“A rat race is a term used for an endless, self-defeating or pointless pursuit.”
I’m walking down the hallway. The flicker of florescent lights is burning my bloodshot eyes. It’s around 9:45 AM. I’m well over an hour late for work. I swing open the door and enter the main office. [...]

There is an old Rastafarian mantra that goes like this: “A man without hair is like a tree without leaves.”
Just to be clear, I’m not a Rastafarian nor do I plan on growing dreadlocks, but I have been playing around with growing a long hair style and this particular quote seemed appropriate.
Ever since [...]

“Hellllooooo, is this Mary Ellen?”
“Umm, yes, who’s calling?” she asks
“This is Matthew Savage and was wondering if I could make a payment on my brother’s account please?”
“Oh uh, um, of course you can….uh hold on one second,” she says, unprepared for such a scenario, “Uhhh, ok, I’m sorry, people don’t usually call me back. [...]

I step inside from the drizzly rain, the old creaky door slams shut behind me and a little bell rings to notify the customers of my presence. The place has a musty smell like a grandfather’s garage. The entire store is cluttered with instruments and their various accessories. One corner is [...]

I’m sitting here typing in an old green armchair from the late 70s. The embossed green floral patterns are a direct contrast to the bright orange walls that now surround me. It’s the end of October in New England. My heat hasn’t been turned on. The stove is broken. The [...]