By Rick Fowler As young man, I never considered myself a writer, a wordsmith, or a word worker. In fact, I felt more comfortable in the woods or on the water, in a gym or on a football field then I did putting a pen to paper. Indeed, allow me to chase partridge in the [...]
god
god and i are pretty tight these days. yesterday i woke up cranky, and while i was brushing my teeth, i asked god for a smile. would you believe that a few hours later i was singing along to music in my car. the man driving next to me was peering at me through his [...]
A 2008 Retrospective
by Annette LaSelle There is honestly not a single, solitary thing even mildly interesting, exciting or amusing (much less scandalous or breathtaking), to reveal about our annum 2008. But, fear not, I will jealously uphold the long-standing tenet that having nothing to say doesn’t mean you should say nothing. In fact this Christmas newsletter I [...]
Bother
by Annette LaSelle This weekend I was clunked on the head with another of life’s imponderables. When has a life been so simplified and sanitized that it no longer represents life? Is there a point that if you extract one more bit of bother from your life God will swoop down and demand his money [...]
Perfect World
In a perfect world, we would wear sweatpants all of the time. Sweatpants would be the new suits, and suits would be the new… nothing. We wouldn’t wear, them. Ever. In a perfect world, guys would always call the next day. Always. They would even call before the next day; like the day of. Don’t [...]
Made a Discovery
by Sysiphus Can’t get enough reading, discussion and debate? Well we here at Flask and Pen came across a wonderful Literary website: Literature Network Forums Very cool, very interesting. Among the threads I came across a personality quiz where you learn which of 64 books you are. I’m Vrigina Wolff’s Mrs. Dalloway. Fun, check it [...]
Gender Grenade
by Matthew O’Brien I like to shop, always have. I have also secretly loathed the process a little bit as well. However, a new shirt, new shoes, new furnishing, if its superfluous and ultimately unnecessary, sign me up. Some equate a shopping experience to sex. I have heard people report the same kind of euphoric [...]
