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A Precarious Situation (Pt. 3)
I’ve been getting a lot of calls lately from bill collectors and such demanding payment on some of the purchases I’ve made since I thought I would be in Richie Richville. It seems my bank account and 401-K funds have been bled dry by someone I’ve never met– a Mr. Wong, allegedly from Hong Kong,…
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Wong Don’t Make Right (Pt. 2)
It seems I may have been a wee bit premature in declaring my independent stinking fat-cat wealth recently. Apparently Mr. Peter T S Wong of Heng Seng Bank Hong Kong is too busy to cut me my check for $125,750,000 as promised. In the meantime, I have incurred some substantial debt…
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Hitting The Hong Kong Jackpot (Pt. 1)
While the world economy melts down like a candle in a blast furnace, I just received the opportunity of a lifetime in my e-mailbox: “My name is Mr. Peter T S Wong director of operations in Heng Seng Bank Hong Kong, I have a Business proposal in the tune of 125,750,000USD.” …
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Lesser-Known Blues Legends
Any blues aficionado knows the legendary names of “Blind Boy” Fuller and “Blind” Willie Johnson. But even hard-core blues fans know little, if anything, about bluesmen like “Terribly Nearsighted” Lewis… or “Can’t Read Much Small Print At All” McCoy… or “Having Awful Problems Seeing At Night” Mason… or “Trouble Judging Distances” Jenkins. Unfortunately,…
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My New Hobby
Like many people, I like to take up a hobby occasionally for a little something to distract myself and pour my passions into. So I thought long and hard about what hobby to take up: coin collecting, serial stalking, magic, competitive mumbling, animal husbandry — then it hit me like a ton…