Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Video: Shakira – Did It Again
I don't much care for Shakira's music. Nothing against her form, per se; it just doesn't really match my tastes. In fact, anyone who knows me is pretty familiar with my general disdain for all things pop. I like to joke that if it plays on the radio, chances are...
Dilbert: Teamwork?
I've had this Dilbert strip hanging up on my cubicle wall for the last three years. I'm a huge introvert, and I usually prefer to get through my day with as little human contact as possible. It's nothing against my friends, family, and co-workers. It's just that the...
YouTube – ROCK SUGAR-Don’t Stop The Sandman
YouTube - ROCK SUGAR-Don't Stop The Sandman. I gotta admit -- I did not expect this. These guys make a mish-mash of songs that is surprisingly pleasant to listen to. Who'da thunk that you could put Metallica and Journey together and get something pretty dang cool?
Fiction
Fiction: Shade
Night clings to the forest like a shroud. The darkness is nearly absolute, the silhouettes of the trees only just a hair's-breadth deeper black. The sounds of life are everywhere, however. The chirps of insects and the calls of nocturnal predators. The sounds of...
Fiction: Death, Unstay Thy Hand
I can tell the Wellbutrin is doing its job. This is the third individual item I've written in as many days, which I think may very well be more than I've written in the last year. I also have story ideas spilling out my ears, which is also something that hasn't...
Fiction: Fog
"Ain't natural, Karl." "'Course not." "Fog's 'sposed to burn up in sunlight, not pile up against the edge of a man's property like it's beatin' on a wall." "Ever'body knows that, Carl." "Yeah? Well somebody 'parently forgot to tell ol' man Hemp. Ain't natural." "Ya'...