Ever have one of those days when everything that can go wrong does? We here at MojoFiction would like to officially call that day Tuesday … and Wednesday. Okay, fine, let’s go ahead and throw Monday in there, too. MONDAY NIGHT We tried to go to sleep at a reasonable hour on Monday night because... Continue Reading →
I’LL TAKE THE BLONDE: A CHICAGO CRIME STORY
Location: Chicago Time: 9:35am CST Date: Classified Our Hero: MojoFiction (What? It’s our story and we’re the hero.) Everything you are about to read is true. Ever have one of those days where you feel like you’re sitting around forever, waiting for something exciting to happen? That’s right, they’re called workdays. On this particular workday,... Continue Reading →
DISC GOLF HERO
We here at MojoFiction decided it was high time we started playing disc golf. We decided it after our brother-in-law wouldn’t quit talking about it and then his wife wouldn’t stop talking about it and since, if you’ve followed the lineage, his wife is MojoFiction’s sister, we had to respond lest we lose another battle... Continue Reading →
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FANS UNLEASH MASTER PLAN VS. CUBS
Anyone familiar with the baseball rivalry between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals knows that it’s the greatest rivalry in the history of sports where at least one of the teams constantly sucks. Since it’s baseball, I’m sure there’s a stat about that somewhere. So it’s a decidedly lopsided rivalry, which may be... Continue Reading →
Norman Rockwell, Where Art Thou?
Picture if you will a dark, overcast day in Chicago. Street lamps reflect in small pools of water left over from the rain and a thin mist seems to hang in the air. Our eye takes us downtown, to the intersection of Wacker and LaSalle Street, just over the bridge. Imagine the rain has stopped ten... Continue Reading →
The Girl From I.T. – A Love Story
Okay, so we here at MojoFiction are actually in the midst of writing our second novel and we hope to have it finished … some day. It’s the story of a Chicago girl trying to make her way in the world despite her tendency to get in her own way of doing so, including getting... Continue Reading →
Whisky Magazine Scores One for the Printed Word!
There has been a tennis match going on for some time now between those that think the printed word is dead and those who firmly believe that spending $50 - $200 on a gadget that gives you the privilege of spending more money on something to read is a little wacky. We guess you know what side we're... Continue Reading →
The Long Father’s Day – Celebrating All Things Dad (Part 5)
FATHER'S DAY GIFTS! Now we come to it, the real meaning of Father’s Day. You thought it was all that other stuff, but let’s get real, it’s about the gifts. Like any guy, MojoFiction won’t waste any time extemporizing on why gifting is important on Father’s Day. We’ll just get to the gifts. 2013 Dodge... Continue Reading →
The Long Father’s Day – Celebrating All Things Dad (Part 4)
THE DRAWING One of my best friends is Puerto Rican by way of New York. He was best man at my wedding and I was best man at his. His best man speech was one of those designed to embarrass, but the open bar before the reception may have led him to forgetting some of... Continue Reading →
The Long Father’s Day – Celebrating All Things Dad (Part 3)
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 →