Confessions of an Everyday Narcissist: Boundaries Schmoundaries

Welcome back to The Complete Guide to Misery. Each post in this absurd series promotes a different form of human suffering, and encourages readers to adopt self-destructive habits that will bring them mountains of anguish. This silliness is intended to be satire, not self-help. However, if readers’ lives are enriched in some way beyond laughter, … Continue reading Confessions of an Everyday Narcissist: Boundaries Schmoundaries →

Confessions of an Everyday Narcissist: Where Would I Be Without Me?

I wonder who would portray me in the Netflix version of my story. My movie is called Me. Actually, it's the film adaptation of the story of me, based on the novel Me, written by yours truly. Hollywood or Bollywood. Because my qualities go beyond national and cultural boundaries. I can think of a lot … Continue reading Confessions of an Everyday Narcissist: Where Would I Be Without Me? →

Confessions of an Everyday Narcissist: Introduction

Time to Celebrate Rejection

I'm writing to celebrate a rejection. Yes, it's an odd thing to celebrate. I just received the first official rejection letter for my book. For those who don't know, over the past two years I've written a book of psychological satire called "How to Make Yourself Angry in Any Situation." Ran the book through several … Continue reading Time to Celebrate Rejection →

From the Diary of a Serial Killer

The best part of having a career as a butcher is that you never have to explain all the blood on your clothes.

The DoD and Me

I had the honor of playing for the United States’ military and Allied troops in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait after Operation Desert Storm, in July and August, 1991. Spent five weeks stationed in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and ten days in Doha, Kuwait. True story... I was in college, at Appalachian State University in Boone, North … Continue reading The DoD and Me →

I’ll Give You Something to Wipe

Imagine it’s Friday evening and you’re driving home in your brand new, red Audi after a long week at work. You haven’t slept well because you’ve been stressed about [FILL IN THE BLANK: That project? Your irritable innards? Inflation?]. You’re tired. Irritable. Looking forward to stretching out on the couch and tucking into a bowl … Continue reading I’ll Give You Something to Wipe →

The Summer of Our Discontent

We’re getting close to the end of daylight saving(s) time this year. Remains to be seen if we’re getting close to the end of it as an institution. Anyway, I’m one of those who needs the reminder about the time change. Not because I don’t know that I’m supposed to adjust every clock in my … Continue reading The Summer of Our Discontent →

Should I Quit My Day Job?

Working on Continuing Professional Educational credits (CPEs) in order to keep my accounting license, that is, my CPA. So... CPA CPEs. Decided to focus on real estate issues this year. The process in completing CPEs, these days, is that you pay the outrageous fee, register for one of these online classes, download the course content, … Continue reading Should I Quit My Day Job? →

Make a Difference Day Shows Us How Really Useless We Are

Welcome back to The Complete Guide to Misery! Each post in this absurd series promotes a different form of human suffering and encourages readers to adopt self-destructive habits that will bring them mountains of anguish. This silliness is intended to be satire, not self-help. However, if readers’ lives are enriched in some way beyond laughter, … Continue reading Make a Difference Day Shows Us How Really Useless We Are →