Heartstrings

by Tyler Gant

Those delicate cords we like to refer to as heartstrings are plucked and tweaked by the very instrument modernity holds high: the television. No other programming does a better job at plucking our heartstrings than the TV commercial. Sometimes these little plucks help us take notice of the best in ourselves.

Holiday Eve

by Tyler Gant

The holiday season is becoming less of a season and more of a year-round event. In our effort to prepare we have started to dig out the decorations earlier and earlier. Ten years ago it was close to November; now it’s closer to September. This isn’t the only indicator, our favorite retailers have used this insight to their advantage.

May I Have A Fork

by Tyler Gant

There are foods we eat with our hands, and there are foods we eat with a fork. But for some there are foods where the hand is a no-no, and the fork reigns supreme. This was clearly apparent during a post game trip to a burger joint not long ago. Man and beast were made to question the other while grease made the debate a little easier to swallow.

The Three Day Weekend

Letterbox at the Smithsonian (Quadell)

Holidays often give us that special three-day weekend; a time to catch up on things around the home, or take a small vacation. These holidays give us added time but seem to loose their potency when they are attached to our weekend because we forget the holiday and focus on the things we must do, or places we must get to.

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Lacing (a short fiction)

Eventually, you feel that familiar pressure inside your bladder. You stand up, straighten your skirt then step away. But before you can leave the reception, before you step onto the carpet, a small portion of dance floor stretches out to meet the tip of your shoe. You fall and slide two feet across the carpet; your dress rolling up to expose your pink, silk undergarment with a lace so thin that it shows your hoohaa and your hoohee—a gift from that ex-husband.

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The Learning Curve

from Study, Charles Sprague Pearce (1896), Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.

If you have ever had the opportunity to train someone to do a task or job, then you are aware of learning ability. You understand that every individual learns at a different rate. When it comes to the learning curve, there are coaches who need to remember that they too were on the side of the learner, and they should apply this knowledge accordingly.

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Time Is All In Your Head

Swatch by Bookworm (Wikipedia)

The idea of time is really a man-made phenomena. The wristwatch, the calendar, the stars, even the idea of today, tomorrow, and yesterday. These are all concepts that man has invented, but they are not the true nature of time. Time is in our mind and it is all in how we perceive it that determines our influence over it.

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