Entries Tagged as ‘Time Well Spent’

November 11, 2008

J.K. Rowling’s Money

Not figuring on too many people reading this one, so I’ll just go balls out and cut it loose here…
 
At Halloween I posted a true story about a house I once lived in; an old place where things went bump in the night, doors slammed shut and potted plants moved before one’s very eyes. Once [...]

October 30, 2008

Ghosts Bark

There are no ghosts.
 
I’ve been slumming with the militant anti-paranormal crowd for quite awhile now, for all the usual reasons.  Paranormal stuff- you know, the vacationing spirits of dead people, telekinesis, stuff like that- always breaks down when subjected to scientific investigation.  Perpetual stage fright, or whatever.  And besides, based on every TV show I’ve ever [...]

October 19, 2008

The Limo Life

DIVAS
 
I worked as a chauffeur for a few years. Yes, I rubbed elbows with a couple famous people during my tour of duty, but not too many.  I drove a Lincoln Town Car, and most famous people don’t want to ride around in Town Cars- they want stretch limos or Escalades or whatever.  They want something [...]

October 16, 2008

The Hit Kings: Rennie Stennett and Me

This “blog” thing is starting to get out of hand! 
 
There were forty-nine “visits” to my site yesterday, and we’ve only had this puppy up and running for a couple days.  Now, forty-four of those “hits” were actually me, logging in anonymously to see if anybody else had showed up.  But still… 49 hits is [...]

October 10, 2008

Bring the noise!

Hi, my name is Scott Simkus and I live outside Chicago.  If you happen to know me personally, you have my condolences.  For those who’ve never heard of me- it’s probably best to keep our distance, we’ll get along much better that way.  I’m a writer and researcher with an irrational affection for baseball history.  [...]