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What To Do About YOUR LIFE OF ESPIONAGE

March 1, 2010 By Tim Mallon Leave a Comment

So, you are thinking about a career change huh? Well, let me be the first to tell you to avoid international espionage. Trust me, it is not as glamorous as it seems.

Sure it sounds cool, and it has its moments of danger and excitement, but in the end it leaves you strung out with no friends and living a life of constant compromise.

You spend weeks, months, and years studying your target, and most likely your target has been studying you as well. Finally the time arrives when you will come into close proximity, which of course can be extremely dangerous, but also invaluable for gaining invaluable intel.

What To Do About ALICE

January 18, 2010 By Tim Mallon Leave a Comment

What should we do about Alice? Who is Alice? Am talking about Alice Roosevelt or Alice in Wonderland?

You can’t trust those Alice’s. They are either eating up the world or going down rabbit hole’s. They are always bucking the conventions of the day or drowning in a pool of their own tears.

Such was the case of the Alice I once knew as well. She was a lively one. Very vigorous. We met at a show and it was a rather plain meeting, at the first.

What To Do About BEING GLAD TO SEE MY RED DOOR

September 12, 2008 By Terry Barga 3 Comments

It was a night full of twists and turns that led me to this door that carries the title of the article. Let‚Äôs go back to the beginning and we will take it from there. It was just after noon and the mailman was extra early, I proceeded to get my mail when I saw…

What To Do About THE DAY IT RAINED ONLY OVER MY HOUSE

August 13, 2008 By Nathan Mallon 3 Comments

There was a day long ago on which literal rain only poured over my house. I have never experienced anything like this before. I awoke in the morning to the sound of water pelting my rooftop, the pitter patter sound made me want to shut off my alarm clock and go back to sleep. I don‚Äôt know why the sound of rain makes you want to be lazy, but it does.

What To Do About THE RED DOOR

July 1, 2008 By Nathan Mallon

The year was 1973, and young Bobby Smithington Jr. was about to graduate from his hometown university. Bobby and his two closest friends Ryan Shrimbley and Thomas Clemens III were planning to go on a road trip together to New York City. They decided to leave on a Thursday night from their hometown in Knoxville, TN and drive to a hotel in the city and spend the weekend in NY, they planned to stay until Monday of the next week.

What To Do About A MISSING ORANGUTAN

May 21, 2008 By Nathan Mallon 1 Comment

So I live a few miles away from the zoo and yesterday I heard that an orangutan had escaped so I thought I would go looking for it since it was my day off of work. Maybe if I found it someone would give a reward or at least maybe I‚Äôd get a free pass to the zoo or something. I decided to get in my car and drive to the nearest park to see if their might be any ape sightings there.

What To Do About THE CASE OF THE MISSING ORANGUTAN

May 21, 2008 By Tim Mallon 2 Comments

A gentle breeze rustled the leaves of the trees. I turned my head to the serene view above my head. The perfect blue sky backdropping the vibrant green and worn brown of the tree. Suddenly I saw a flash in the corner of my eye in the tree to the right. It was like a brownish, orange ball high up in the branches.