A Toast for Drink Beer Day

Do we have enough for a quorum?

Here's to a long life and a merry one
A quick death and an easy one
A pretty girl and an honest one
A cold beer and another one

A Native Poem for the First Day of Autumn

Sacred steps in the desert?

Every step you take
should be a prayer

Ancient Custom Assures Safety of CEO

A short story by Jordan Crittenden.

By now it's an open secret that a major US corporation, ranked within the top 20 of the current Forbes 500, has taken a highly unusual step in the annals of corporate operations. The firm (which chooses to remain anonymous) has assigned an employee the task of tasting beforehand all food and drink to be ingested by the Chief Executive Officer to prevent any attempt to poison him.