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"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - D13

6 Oct 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

A potential empire in ruins   Catching even the top brass off guard, this bombshell about the closure sends Duane, Rob, and Mr. Locke immediately scrambling for a replacement store. Though they make a weak attempt at arguing with the strip mal...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - C13

5 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

paper notes are still surprisingly useful in this day and age — assuming you can make sense of them   The twelfth and final column in the new items spreadsheet concerns case quantity. This has never truly mattered before, but is a nice conveni...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - B13

4 Oct 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Tentacled creature that also meows — and a decent facsimile of certain persons in the building   Everyone expects that the Liberty Avenue store will be the next to close. It’s staggered along on life support for years, so much so that for the...

NaNoWriMo Preptober Outlining - Part 1

4 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments NKvM

Well, Preptober is on us, and for those interested in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), it is time to start gathering ideas and making plans. If you haven't signed up, yet, you might want to head over to their site, and make things official....

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - A13

3 Oct 2023 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Partial view of the growler and singles beer section at Palmyra   This move back to the store is like everything happening in reverse. It’s possible Edgar even gives Duane the exact same response, verbatim, in shrugging and saying, “wherever you...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - A12

2 Oct 2023 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Hurry up and wait…for your brain to fry   The little blurb people put beside their name in Twitter is usually far more comical than anything they ever post. This is one thing Jack Lincoln has noticed, scrolling through that social media time s...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - F11

1 Oct 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Someone clearly skipped their morning coffee before faxing this   A month or so into her term, after Pierre has long since decamped for Liberty, Melissa emails Edgar out of the blue, to ask if she can possibly spend some time training with him....

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - E11

30 Sep 2023 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Brand #1 of 4 in the patchwork puzzle of scale databases   In the wake of this Pierre fiasco, Corey is attempting to redirect his story. Now he’s stating it wasn’t that he ever thought Edgar was a slacker or a joke or anything like that, but r...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - D11

29 Sep 2023 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

A magical program, but not THAT magical.   Their de facto leader who becomes the actual leader, with the latest devastating news. Upon reflection, so much more is making sense now. One morning everyone arrives to Karen Hatley’s mass email in t...

"Tales of a Scorched Coffee Pot" - A11

25 Sep 2023 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

approximate view of computer screen with no glasses or contacts   “Well,” Corey sniffles, with a dismissive upward head tilt, “you’re probably our best option at this point.” The thing about a dismissive attitude, though, is that it doesn’t ac...