Small Talk by Conlee Ricketts


I confess: I am socially awkward. Small talk physically hurts me. Barbeques, potlucks, staff meetings, work parties, birthday parties, it all hurts. It's a weird kind of physical pain that obviously starts in my head the minute I know I will be expected to attend any of these events. Next ...

An Ulterior Motive by Sharon O’Donnell


In an attempt to expand the topics which my two oldest sons and I can have conversations about, I recently completing watching the last five seasons of "Breaking Bad". This is the TV series about a high school chemistry teacher who, when faced with a lung cancer diagnosis, he turns ...