There are in a way so many hysterical tales about this wacky establishment that I’m too paralyzed to even find the starting point right now. To summarize the basic dynamic, though, the fate of this particular store and the company as a whole — which at its peak ran to…

During a work related trip to NYC, our conference ticket just happened to include — I’m not sure how or why — a paid excursion in the form of a “food tour” of Manhattan. Though my job only tangentially relates to the food industry, and not at all the restaurant…

Though it’s come a long way in the past decade or so, I still maintain that Charlotte, NC is the most boring city of its size that I have ever seen. Now, of course, any time you say something like this, a town’s defenders are going to launch an offensive…

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. …

One cool aspect about his taking the AP position is that it makes him realize the potential benefits in bouncing people around in various roles. Not just for a person’s own experience, but how if someone has performed two specific functions with a company, they might be able to make…

“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 actually affect anything. Reality keeps on rolling as it is regardless. And the aftermath of this announcement, that Edgar is taking over…

One positive ramification from this dustup, though, is that even Vince Brancatto wordlessly, miraculously, begins emailing him every needed addition. He no longer attempts flying by with his verbals about running such and such sale price on this item for that series of dates, nor does he bring in his…

Among the first of many head-scratchers about this meeting is that by virtue of being here, this means that the five of them are not at Arcadia right now. They are seated in the semi-dark, as nobody has bothered turning on the overhead lights, with only those streaming in from…

Corey has always projected this weird dichotomy whereby, long before appointed to such, he tended to act like someone on the inside circle of every discussion, wielding untold power…until a problem surfaced which might require him to do something, in which case he would deflect. Throw up his hands and…