CHAPTER 3: The Hook (Note: To catch up on chapter 2 go here: Chapter 2: The Set-Up) This was my latest reply to our friend Mr. Fred Aragon. Of course a transaction of this nature and size demands a face-to-face meeting in Madrid: Dear Fred: Since we received your timely and important letter much has…
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The Saga of Joseph Malchus — Chapter 2: The Set-Up
Chapter 2: The Set-Up My letter worked. Fred Aragon, the great Spanish attorney extraordinaire, specializing in banking, commercial, and –of course– inheritance, replied to me. Fred Aragon, otherwise known as Strider, has returned to regain his throne as the King of Gondor. (Note: To catch up on Chapter 1, you can find it here —…
The Saga of Joseph Malchus —Chapter 1: The Big Inheritance
CHAPTER 1: The Big Inheritance Grifters gotta grift. We’ve all seen the letter. The Nigerian prince who wants to give us $20 million just to help him get his oil money out of his corrupt country. What a great idea. Whoever fell for this one ruined it for everybody. Thanks to you, the 25 year…
Let us unite against the Password Nazis
Software developers, what is going on in your brains? Seriously. I want to know. I need to… understand. I picture this conversation taking place in every suburban household and with every burgeoning young computer science student: Student: Mom, I’m going to consider a future career in the tech industry. Mom: That’s wonderful, Timmy! Student: Thanks….
The Great Milford Grocery Conspiracy: Part Deux – Redemption
I’m not an activist. Okay that was probably a lie. Sometimes I am. Since writing part one of The Great Milford Grocery Conspiracy, I can’t begin to quantify the number of comments I have received, online and in person, not just from people in Milford but all over Utah. And Canada. And England. Lately it…
The Great Milford Grocery Conspiracy: Part One – The Exposé
I don’t want to alarm any of you, but we have a problem here in Milford, Utah. Asparagus is $2.99 a lb. So what, right? I work in this small town in southern Utah. It’s not on the way to anything, and it’s not particularly scenic, and there’s not much to do here. Which is…
Why Am I? The Story of the Meat Pie
Why am I? Not, Who am I. I do mean Why am I. A friend of many years just lost her mother today. Janet Heer passed away after battling a life-ending heart ailment. I became sad after hearing the news. Why am I sad? What is it about today’s news that could possibly make me…
Careful what you Fish for…
I always loved the opening day of fishing season. As a 10 year old, few things are as exciting as hooking and landing a big trout. My dad woke me before the dawn. We loaded up the boat and headed twenty miles or so to Minersville Lake, in southern Utah near my hometown of Milford….
Wash This
A very personal exposé of the sleazy world of the used appliance industry.
Mileposts: The Allegory of Kim Williams
Milepost 60: College students are not supposed to care very much and I didn’t. Summer would be over soon meaning it would be back to class. Physics and history. Who cares? These were little more than compulsory hurdles placed by the world leaving you to prove you are worthy of something more than selling shoes or flipping…
Monkeys with Diapers 