THE SECRET AGENDA OF GRANDPA My dad was always just dad until my son was born, then I started thinking about him as Grandpa. Mine wasn’t even his first grandkid. Technically, he has eight of them, but, since those other ones belong to my brothers and sister, and since I have never given up on... Continue Reading →
GREAT MOMENTS IN DAD HISTORY! Sometimes, as a dad, you look back on things and you realize what a fantastic job you've and you give yourself a pat on the back because, since it’s not Father’s Day, no one else will. Other times, you hope you haven’t completely ruined the precious childhood of your offspring. You... Continue Reading →
A few days ago the staff here at MojoFiction came across a news article on the world wide web that detailed the 10 reasons "He hasn't proposed to you yet" ...or something like that. We were shocked to discover that these 10 reasons had absolutely no basis in reality whatsoever, as noted by reason number 2:... Continue Reading →
So MojoFiction knows some people who know some people who have a book club. It’s an all-female book club and we happen to know one of the members and, in fact, sometimes get her husband in trouble when we do things like change their home computer's default web-browser page to … things we shouldn’t, and then... Continue Reading →
Have you ever been doing dirty, sweaty, outdoor work that was so manly that you knew, as soon as you started doing it, that it would be a testosterone-fueled, blazing sun of epic manliness, burning so bright that you would have to ask your neighbors to keep their wives inside if they wanted to keep their marriages together? Then, when... Continue Reading →
Today’s column offers 3:1 odds that you’ll enjoy it. That’s better than the Bulls-Heat game tonight! On to today’s files! On Humor Writing There isn’t much I like more than writing humorous material. Maybe free-donut Friday at the office, though they’ve started bringing in a lot more bagels, which brings down the experience. Anyway, there... Continue Reading →
We here at MojoFiction thought it would be brilliant to run in a Spartan Race this weekend. There are several different levels of Spartan races, this one being a Spartan Sprint. How four miles is a sprint, we’re not sure. But it’s on the other side of Indianapolis so apparently there’s also a car sprint... Continue Reading →
Time magazine just released their 100 most influential people on planet Earth and, once again, after thumbing through the issue at the book store and not bothering to actually buy it, we realized that we are not in it. Again. Never mind the short-sightedness of Time's decision to only include people on this planet, the point is WE'RE... Continue Reading →
Two for one! Today MojoFiction meditates on the unexpected thought processes of this nation’s youth. And by youth we mean kids under the age of eight. And by kids under eight we mean our own kid (who's actually eight now but never mind). After eight the cuteness scale really drops off. We also mini-review "The Croods"... Continue Reading →
Bear with us, this is going somewhere. [1] Amidst the horde of books MojoFiction has either received or bought for our son during the early years, there was one title that stood out, “If You Give a Pig a Pancake.” It’s a funny little book about the improbable chain of events that would happen if... Continue Reading →
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