Johnny BingoA new challenger appears: 5I wrote my first academic paper in 25 years. And I got a 70. I didn’t panic — — not yet, I didn’t. I can accept a 70, I told myself. No…Aug 19Aug 19
Johnny BingoA new challenger appears: 4No, there are no traditional classes in my modernist schooling program. No online classes, either. Instead, there are assigned weekly…Aug 16Aug 16
Johnny BingoDomestic LifeThere is this perfectly lovely tree outside my kitchen window, a real beauty known as a Japanese maple. Its maroon leaves nuzzle the leaded…Aug 14Aug 14
Johnny BingoA new challenger appears: 3For the last 15, 20 years I’d honestly always wondered if I could land one of those Big Deal Jobs in tech. The kind of job where the…Aug 12Aug 12
Johnny BingoA new challenger appears: 2One of the dogs got ahold of my right shoe when I visited my inlaws two weeks ago. Within mere seconds, the laces were thoroughly chewed…Jul 19Jul 19
Johnny BingoA new challenger appears: 1I’m a 55-year-old man who’s out of work at the moment, technically speaking. No, I‘m not lazy; I’m only back in school for the first time…Jul 17Jul 17
Johnny BingoThe reader at 55I’ve been making a real effort lately to slow things down, to shift my days into a lower gear, to not rush through the hours like my ass is…Jun 20Jun 20
Johnny BingoSo, what are you going to do about it?You know, I feel good when I write. Damn good. Even when I write poorly, I still feel good. Not as good as I do on the good days— — though…May 30May 30
Johnny BingoA change of gearsLook, I know the last couple of posts were self-serious—far too self-serious, probably. I was trying to say something real about myself…May 22May 22
Johnny BingoWe have deficiencies within, all of us…So it’s a gray Saturday in Vancouver. Ate cereal and toast in the kitchen this morning while finishing a terrific Alice Munro story called…May 18May 18