Another year, another spectacular crash and burn. By now it’s not exactly a seismic event for you to stumble onto one more article lamenting how this season has gone. However, unlike most pieces you’ve probably read — or at least most articles from a Columbus-leaning source — let me state…

Q&A with Jason McGathey — Author’s note: Online publication The Pro Files recently contacted me for a little discussion about “the writing life.” What follows is an emailed Q&A session by the editor, Ben Human. Though it may have been best for all parties if I were edited somewhat, they have allowed me to ramble…

A weird transitional year for me. Moving from Columbus down to North Carolina means I downshift from 3 jobs down to 2. All told it took me about two and a half years to plot out everything and put it all together…

Smiling as he climbs aboard his two decades old, powder blue Honda Goldwing motorcycle, Lenny rolls down the short gravel drive, and waits until he’s on the street before firing up the engine. The roommates at this house where he’s been staying — unofficially, though chipping in for food, beer…

Regarding Edgar’s most pressing task, as it’s now early evening on Tuesday, he’s wrapping up entering all the sales batches for Wednesday, the beginning of their weekly flyer. This is a semi-dry run on the new structure, with the two separate ads for the two groups of stores, though Lorena…

The big news as they arrive in Lorena on Tuesday comes from Universal Foods, as they announce that whatever it is RU Data’s attempting to do on the “EDI” ordering front, this is not going to work. According to Danielle, the liaison for such matters on their end, what RU…

At Todd’s insistence, Monday will mark the day of Edgar and Ken’s big road trip odyssey. Well, in fact, Todd did not specify a day, only that he wanted Edgar to pick one, for taking this flown in specialist around to check out the other three stores. Both agree that…

The question is, though, which scenario is better? This is the thought occupying his mind as he drives to Lorena on Saturday morning. That Todd would latch onto a name already in use out in St. Louis? Or that he was recycling old ideas from a company that had gone…

“Todd canceled the scales order,” Vicky announces, bursting into the employee break room. “What!?” Edgar halfway shrieks, seated at one of the long tables, behind his laptop, “you’re kidding!” Vicky clearly is not, however, shaking her head for confirmation now as she further explains, “nope. I just found out.” Bolting…