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Popcorn Fiction

I’ve been rolling around a post about some of the very cool websites I read. Maybe soon. But for now, I just stumbled upon THIS and it’s awesome. Staley Out

The Race – Chapter 3

This is the third week of “Official” training. I ran 4 miles on Sunday and 3.5 this morning. The last mile and a half this morning were actually easy and fun. I felt like I had another 3 in me. Maybe I’ll be able to do this thing. From here out I add a mile [...]

More McCarthy

The task of the narrator is not an easy one, he said. He appears to be required to choose his tale from among the many that are possible. But of course that is not the case. The case is rather to make many of the one. Always the teller must be at pains to devise [...]

The Race – Chapter 1

Last night was a surprise birthday party for Dani’s brother. He turned 40. It was at a nice local restaurant in a private room and featured an open bar for select drinks. This is dangerous for me. I knowingly lack a few degree’s of self restraint when faced with certain pleasures of life, like free [...]

New Years, Old Years and Gifts of the Past

That’s me with my back to camera, in baggy underpants and socks with my hand on Snoopys Good Grief Glider. And that’s my brother, David Staley, sucking his finger and mugging for the camera. He doesn’t do that anymore, suck his fingers I mean. He is still very much a mugger for any camera. God [...]

December 17th

This is hands down my favorite day of the year.

Inspiration Part 3

Part One and Two are HERE About a day after it went up it occurred to me that I had left out something very important I needed to share. Music just might be the biggest inspiration for me. I went on YouTube the other night and started pulling songs. At first I wanted to post [...]

Today at Work

The Dark Forest In My Brain

2 Years Ago

Dani just sent this over to me. I guess it sorta f-ed me up a little. Maybe because she (Charity) is curled at my feet right now. We just came in from playing outside. We were playing tag at the basketball court in the little park that sits above the pool in our neighborhood. When [...]