Joe Class III

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What Are The Odds

I got fired on a Friday. Made a phone call. Started a new job on Monday. Worked there long enough to memorize one name. Left fifteen years ago and never thought about it again. Then on Saturday, at…

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Carrying Me

It’s my life. That’s what Jon Bon Jovi says. What if you could put down your stuff and let someone else carry it for you? Would you?

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Every day I drive for work, I see it. Red lights ignored. Phones out at seventy-five. People adjusting to the chaos like it's normal. Because it is now. But here's what I keep thinking: we take our cues from the people above us. And when those people stop following the rules, the message travels fast. New post. Rules of the Road

http://fiveminuteobservations.com/2026/03/21/worth-holding/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Worth Holding

I drive for work. Research participants, behavioral health appointments, so many miles on the company’s Nissan Versa. This morning on West Main Street, I watched someone blow through a red light li…

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Realer, Maybe

Her mother said he was real. Not like a story. Real like a person. Realer, maybe. Amber let it go. She thought there would be more time. New fiction. Link in bio.

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What if your next job interview happened at Walmart, and you didn't know it?

New leadership/fiction. Link in bio.

http://fiveminuteobservations.com/2026/03/19/three-feet/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Three Feet

Fran drives to the far end of the Walmart parking lot every time. The walk tells her more than any interview. Thomas Sudameyer IV has a Patek Philippe on his wrist and a 2:30 he keeps mentioning. H…

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The best lessons don’t come from conferences. They come from rooms like this. Theology or Horror. Who’s Driving? New post. Five Minute Observations.

http://fiveminuteobservations.com/2026/03/18/theology-or-horror-whos-driving/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Theology Or Horror. Who’s Driving?

Patrick Holloway walked into that book club with four good points and a disciplined spine. Candice Pruett walked in with rubber bands and color-coded tabs. One of them was more prepared than they k…

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The Word Got Very Tired

“I was this close.” Danny shows the gap between his thumb and forefinger. “I had it on me. I just. I couldn’t.” “None of us did.” Ray’s voice is flat. The woman at the counter picks up her phone. N…

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Wrote a short story about a man who thinks he's running a quick errand. Sometimes the most important thing in the room is the one you know nothing about.
Read it at fiveminuteobservations.com

http://fiveminuteobservations.com/2026/03/16/can-i-ask-you-a-question/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Can I Ask You a Question?

She smoothed her red dress, grabbed her purse, and said she knew a lot about accounting. She wanted to ask me a question and I told her it could wait. That was my mistake.

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Sixteen miles after months of nothing. A race named for a man in a wheelchair who refused to call it a handicap. Everyone here carries something. Everyone here shows up anyway.

New post up at Five Minute Observations.

http://fiveminuteobservations.com/2026/03/15/a-brief-inconvenience/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A Brief Inconvenience

Is it worth it to show up? Misery loves company. We lied. We just didn’t want to be alone. Showing up depends on what you’re carrying.

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He Likes You

Waiting for an acknowledgment. Even an argument would be something. An apology?

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