Published in Dev Genius·Jun 18, 2020No, Virginia, You Don’t Need a Degree…Working in Software Engineering is pretty great. When I took my first job in 2004, I started at $40,000 in Indiana. It came with 2 weeks of paid time off, full medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401k matching program, and education options. I had instant autonomy and the ability…College7 min readCollege7 min read
Feb 17, 2020Smokey and the Bandit Star Wars Crossover!Recently, I had a fantastic idea and realized that Disney had utterly missed a tremendous opportunity. I have not watched Solo: A Star Wars Story, but here is a different concept that may make for an entertaining use of the Star Wars Universe. Ready? …Star Wars5 min readStar Wars5 min read
Feb 1, 2020Building a Better Twitter BotIn 2018 I self-published a novel, an urban fantasy satire. I went looking for some free advertising, because I’m extremely cheap and my budget for doing anything with my writing projects was next to nothing. While I didn’t have money, I had two commodities that would help: time and over…Twitter6 min readTwitter6 min read
Published in Story Of The Week·Jul 8, 2019The Sandwich ArtistI’m working late, again, trying to wrap up a puff piece so I could get back to a better story in the morning. I manage to corral an intern, Carl, to help me review some recordings of the interviews. …Short Story5 min readShort Story5 min read
Jun 24, 2019The Neighbors (That Tried to Kill Grandpa)Neighbors. Love them, hate them, close or far away, we all have some. My parents tended to move around when I was younger. We moved on average every three or four years. All of the places we lived were in the same town, Frankfort Indiana. In my first blog post…Memoir5 min readMemoir5 min read
Published in Story Of The Week·Jun 24, 2019Molar MurderThe uni that woke me up this morning said there was a body dump, out over by Fort Independence where the river met up with the bay and the edge of Boston. I flew down to the scene, hovering slowly around the river’s edge. It was a hot day for…Fiction7 min readFiction7 min read