The line between civilization and savagery is frighteningly thin; in my case, as thin as a wire. I came home from a tough week at work and my wife said those words that no modern man wants to hear. “The internet is down.” Internet? Down? I contemplated an evening with no access to the [...]

  It was just a bad dream, but it scared me. I don’t know that anyone’s ever been acquitted of murder because their mate was a bed hog, but it wouldn’t surprise me. When my wife and I were first married, we had an iron-framed, sway-backed, double bed that my parents had given me when [...]

  The very first episode of Short Cummings Audio was released one year ago today! In this special bonus episode, I step out of my usual format to talk a little about how Short Cummings Audio got started, to thank the people who have helped me along the way, and to tell you about a [...]

  For sheer, unadulterated, adrenaline-fueled pleasure, nothing beats changing a tire on a dark road at midnight … except maybe memorizing the U.S. Tax Code, or bathing an angry cat, or even working as the assistant to a knife-thrower nicked-named “Fred the Fumbler”. Really. At least that’s what I kept telling myself when I had [...]