Quiet desperation. |
It builds slowly over time starting with small successes that lead to spectacular failures. The result of seemingly insignificant compromises made to appease the world, friends, and family. A ...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:33:00 PST |
Austin or Autumn? (a short story) |
David Fitzgerald felt it and so did his wife, although neither would admit it. Instead they chose to live quietly in the suburbs lost in thought. Only the calendar marked the passing of time. ...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:24:00 PST |
Blind ambition. |
Before I became Mystery Cookie I was a full time dream chaser. I used to sit at my mom's dresser and stack blank sheets of paper, align pens and pencils, and carefully position a big metal stapler i...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:13:00 PST |
Giuliani. An abortion doctors best friend? |
Rudy Giuliani is the Corleone's leading candidate for President of the United States. Although Mr. Giuliani is a likeable guy with plenty of charisma I believe his political views, which served him...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Mon, 14 May 2007 11:47:00 PST |
Good credit, bad credit? No problem! |
"Unlike other segments of the economy, there's no price competition for credit in the mortgage arena. When the bureaus say they want more, you pay more." Kenneth R. Harney, Washington Post.________...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Fri, 11 May 2007 11:50:00 PST |
Weapons of Mass Destruction. |
It's not surprising that both the Corleones (Republicans) and the Gambinos (Democrats) are doing their best to create a political spectacle of Iraq. The Gambinos claim they voted to go to war but w...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:37:00 PST |
Hate. |
One of the things I've always struggled with is hate. It's a very strong and potent emotion. Entire nations have built armies on hatred alone. The only problem with hate as a motivator and springboa...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Mon, 07 May 2007 11:00:00 PST |
Serenity. |
I've always loved the stories of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Even before I had read them I'd stumbled upon the idea of hitting the road in search of an adventure. And that's why when I was almo...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:46:00 PST |
Hell hath no friends. |
I've been accused of attempting to scare people into belief in God. And more specifically readers have used hell as a good example. I've never intentionally done this, but it's interesting that it c...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:57:00 PST |
The bad man. |
The legal system is focused on the bad man. And by that I mean they create laws in order to keep the bad man in check. They always ask this question, "What would the bad man do?" The problem wi...
Posted by Mystery Cookie on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:44:00 PST |
