by Mark O'Brien | Sep 23, 2019
Author’s Note: Every word of this story is true. No morons were hurt in the making of the story told here, except yours truly. I’m all right now. Thank you. I once had a client (who shall remain nameless), whose wife (who also shall remain nameless) worked in the...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 16, 2019
While reading the news feed on my iPhone in the gym the other night, even as I cranked my heart rate up to 340 on a Matrix elliptical machine, I came across a headline that damn-near blew me off the machine: “This 74-year-old woman just gave birth to twins.” The piece...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 9, 2019
Sometimes, the most idle reading yields the most alarming discoveries. Case in point: Since I like to stay current with what’s up Down Under, I was perusing the online edition of The Sydney Morning Herald (the abbreviation of which is SMH for all you fans of irony),...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 3, 2019
Most people think the biggest fears in life are of dying or of public speaking. I’ve never been able to equate the two. But maybe that’s because I’ve never been asked to give a speech to an audience of armed snipers. Besides, I’ve pretty well resigned myself to the...
by Mark O'Brien | Aug 26, 2019
Readers of George Orwell’s 1984 typically imagine Big Brother to be a rather ominous looking character — dark, menacing, clearly threatening, though he neither raises a fist nor carries a weapon. (Can someone please remind me, again, why 1984 isn’t required reading?)...
