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Good Things Come to Those Who Hate
2009: The SecretaryHaving bagged a job at a sinking ship (Hollywood Video, I was drunk and walked past a "Now Hiring" poster); I came across something that sounded a little more tidy on Monster. Receptionist, full time with benefits, maybe some light newsletter writing. I could handle that. I aced the interview and bought a car for a grand and ( Read more... ) -
10Q: Have you experienced anything Spiritually Significant in the past year?
Just that time I went to Blessed Sacrament to drop off an urn on the same day all those little kids got slaughtered in an elementary school, and a woman was there, praying, and told me about the tragedy, and asked if I was there to pray for them. I said, "Nope!" and when she went to go kneel at the side Mary altar, she said, "Well, I guess Nancy ( Read more... ) -
Amanda M. Linna (5/21/1983 - 6/2/1999)
When I walked up to the bus stop, Chad hugged me and said, "Something happened to Jane ( Read more... ) -
Funeral Home Gathering
"We can just put 'unknown' for place of birth," I sighed, "Do you know what level of education she received ( Read more... ) -
If She Had Been in a Miss America Contest
"She would've have balanced a breadstick on her nose, as her special talent. I love her since the day we met." Mickey came in and left teared up, but didn't shed a one ( Read more... ) -
Another Saturday Morning
And I'm hugging an elderly woman. She's clutching my elbow, because her husband of sixty years or more is in a cardboard box, and it's almost time for us to put him to rest. It's never an appropriate time to say goodbye. So, I patiently swallow my tears and nod. "No rush, Nora." We walk, slower than slugs, from her car to the crematory door. ( Read more... ) -
Nothing Serious
Everyone knows they're going to die. Someday, we all will. That part of life is inevitable. Some people are comfortable in this fact; many are not. What they usually don't think about-unless they've got a lot of time on their hands or know that it's coming soon-is what they want done after the fact ( Read more... ) -
The Mexican Mummy
My first memory of, well, anything, was walking up to the San Gabriel mission with my mother and grandmother. The mission was too old to stand up on its own, and so there was scaffolding all around it. In my opinion, it was held up by stilts ( Read more... ) -
The Arlington of the West
There are two bald eagles fighting in the air, doing breathtaking barrel rolls and nosedives. I drive the hearse slower to watch ( Read more... ) -
Six Months and a Day
I was next door at the trophy shop, trying to get a last minute urn engraved for Nora's flight back to Hawaii in a few hours, when I turn around and recognize the woman behind me ( Read more... )