EX: Writer’s Toolbox – Popsicle Sticks

He swore on his mother’s grave, but then he swore on just about everything. Mark was also a habitual liar. It was no wonder that he had a rap sheet with the Detriot police a mile long. He was constantly in and out of jail for gambling and conning people out of their money. He [...]

EX: Writer’s Toolbox – Popsicle Sticks

First Sentence: There I was, just standing there, when what I wanted to do was forbidden. Non Sequitur: I cheated on my spouse. And it wasn’t the first time. Last Sentence: The day her mother slapped her face.

Sleepytime Crusade

From the hours of 2pm and 4pm, I suffer from my usual post lunch lethargy. Nothing I do can shake the head nods and the eyelid drifts. Getting up and moving around for a few minutes to get the blood flowing helps for all of a few minutes before I am once again in the [...]

WOTD – May 8th, 2007: kibitz

kibitz (KIB-its) verb intr. 1. To look on at some activity and offer unwanted advice or criticism. 2. To chat or banter. [From Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen (to look on at cards), from Kiebitz (busybody, literally pewit or lapwing, a shorebird with a bad reputation as a meddler).] I often play chess, checkers, cribbage [...]