Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Thirty-Four
Yesterday, I completed my thirty-fourth trip around Sol. The day was marked by the annual explosion of my Facebook profile -- and my inbox (because I have Facebook set to email me whenever someone posts on my profile since I don't generally check it regularly; I'm...
Of Search Bars and Series Links
Ok, kids, Basic Web Design 101. First, if you're going to run a blog-type website, it needs to have a search bar -- that works! If you neglect to include a way for readers to easily search for and locate content on your site, then don't be too disappointed when they...
LinkedOut
I closed and deleted my LinkedIn account today. Why? In the five (six? seven? more? I've actually lost track) years I've had my account, I've never once used it to make a professional reference or connection. Not. Once. I had people on my contacts list I'd never heard...
Fiction
Companions in the Dark
We traveled again, the tunnel growing narrower and wider at sporadic intervals. At times we were able to walk side-by-side. At others we were forced to move one behind the other, and when we did, we each took turns leading the way forward. When you led your stride was...
Aid in the Dark
You were at my side in an instant, an angel of light and beauty so magnificent that even now I cannot put it to words. You fell to your knees and cradled my head in your lap. I barely heard the slight pop of a vial being uncorked, but a second later a liquid coolness...
Wounded in the Dark
We spotted dozens of other traps as we progressed, avoiding each with ease. They were not well hidden, seeming to be laid more as an annoyance than as to be any genuine threat. And yet we took no chances. We treated each one as potentially lethal, until finally we had...