Author Archives: Phillis Benson

Freya’s Concerto

There have been times in my life when things have worked in my favor with no effort on my part.

Muse www.GuyOliverSpeaks.comSuch has been the case over the last few weeks, and I lay this good fortune squarely at the feet of my muse, Freya.  My writing has been on hold lately because she’s been on vacation—at least that’s the story she told me.  I’m pretty sure she was actually cheating on me, a suspicion I find very upsetting.  Relationships, in my experience, are based on three things: trust, common interest, and mutual attraction.

Until now my relationship with her has engendered all three, although I’m starting to rethink that first and most important item because of her absence lately.  However, I still find her stunningly attractive, so I’m not ready to break up with her just yet. Continue reading

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Cat-atonic

CAT www.GuyOliverSpeaks.comI’m exhausted.

It’s funny; if you’re in the dwindling majority who remain gainfully employed, you must be wondering what is so fatiguing about my life.  I practically brag about the relaxed pace of my so-called schedule: get up, have coffee with family, shuffle the 40 paces to my office, get online, check e-mail, check FaceBook, check the news, apply for work, graduate to beer (or whiskey), work on this blog, watch Netflix, leave my office, turn on some music, sit at my bar, graduate to beer and whiskey, eat dinner, go to bed. Continue reading

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Karaoke Gremlins

Life lesson #321: karaoke is always a bad idea.

The reason?  Gremlins.

Gremlins www.GuyOliverSpeaks.comGremlins are mischief makers who were first discovered in association with the problems of pre-modern combat aircraft engines.  In the 20’s and 30’s, the internal combustion engine was still relatively new and tailoring it to the miracle of flight was a cutting edge, technological innovation of that time.  Such advancement is, of course, problematic and although nobody has ever actually seen a gremlin, their existence was considered evident as fighter and bomber pilots attempted to explain unexplainable failures. Continue reading

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