There was some damn good momentum going. Some traction. Things were starting to come around. It was maddening motion, and it really felt like the sparks were building and building and building and a situation was on the verge of such explosive birth that it would likely rip all existence to shreds of piñata hair. more ›

I had a good one saved up. I really, really, really wanted the whole thing to go smoothly. In my mind, it was an event. A mind circus. Something that I had, in some small way, planned for a long time. I had grand expectations. more ›