: About Me

Hi, Thanks for visiting. I'm an English teacher living in Rio de Janeiro.

My passion is ...

golf, art, teaching, cooking, family, writing, travel, language

I know too much about ...

Nothing

My parents always told me ...

To be home by midnight

My childhood ambition ...

pro golfer

My favorite memory ...

falling in love for the first time

Why I write ...

to share

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Dorian Gray/Golf on the box/

My first job ...

customs clerk

My best moment ...

the perfect 3 iron

My inspiration ...

dad

Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Home

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Home ([pronounced Hom -ey) is an nickname for a gay friend of mine who went to my wedding. He's a a helluva nice bloke but he walks on his toes, holds a pose, and is ever so gleeful which I find disconcerting. I don't know how he got his name. His parents have shunned him, but they're coming back. Pardon the pun. Funnier still. Because he is gay and openly so which is a pity. For his folks I guess. Home pops in occasionally to gesture and gab with my wife. That's when I write or draw something. He's not here now though. I like Home in a peculiar sort of way. I wonder what it's like. Yunno....

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