• What are you passionate about? What am I passionate about? It’s an easy answer, easy to find … I’m passionate about everything! Yes, everything!  Because I find inspiration in everything. I know that sounds like a cop-out answer, but it’s true. Whether it’s a random conversation overheard at a convenience store, a book about birds, Read more

  • Mad Mechanics: The Funbar Disaster – Buzz’d, Bling’d & Burned Out*Written by: Emmitt Owens**Narrated by: Waylon* Waylon: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day a social media app called Funbar turned the Mad Mechanics shop into something resembling a teenage sleepover, complete with constant phone checking, mysterious notifications, and grown men arguing Read more

  • Gremlins in the ECUWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by: Waylon*    Waylon: “Well now, gather ’round folks, ’cause I got another tale from the boys down at Mad Mechanics that’ll make you question everything you know about electrical repair. This particular adventure happened on one of them dog days when the humidity was thicker than Read more

  • Mad Mechanics*Written By: Emmitt Owens**As narrated by: Waylon*    Waylon: “Well now, settle in folks, ’cause I got me a story that’ll curl your toes and make you question everything you know about fixin’ automobiles. This here tale’s about four of the most peculiar mechanics you ever did see, workin’ out of a garage that Read more

  • Mad Mechanics and Midnight Revelations    Saturday night at Chill n’Fill was buzzing with an unusual energy, the kind that comes when change is stirring in a small town. Behind me, tonight’s painting had appeared as René Magritte’s “The Treachery of Images” from 1929—that famous pipe with “This is not a pipe” written beneath it, Read more

  • Unbreakable Spirits, Robin Songs, and Childhood Fears    The clock had just struck ten on this Friday night at Chill n’Fill, and the weekend energy was already crackling through the air like electricity before a storm. Behind me, tonight’s painting had appeared as Norman Rockwell’s “Saying Grace” from 1951, that tender scene of a grandmother Read more

  • What are the most important things needed to live a good life? What are the most important things needed to live a good life? To me … A good life is monotonous, it’s drama free, it’s a form of solitude, it’s comforting, it’s scheduled, it’s paced… Has nothing to do with what we drive, what Read more

  • Beef Jerky Dreams, Anthemic Aspirations, and Gaslighting Revelations    Wednesday night at Chill n’Fill had that mid-week restless energy, where people stopped by seeking either practical necessities or emotional escape from their daily grind. Behind me, tonight’s painting had materialized as Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom from Want”—that iconic Thanksgiving dinner scene where prosperity and abundance radiate Read more

  • Bob’s Great Hot Dog Roller Caper    I arrived for my Tuesday shift at Chill n’Fill to find Bob crouched behind the counter like a surgeon preparing for the operation of a lifetime, surrounded by what appeared to be the dismantled remains of our hot dog roller. Tools I’d never seen before were spread across Read more

  • Seriously??

    Describe your dream chocolate bar. 😂 What???? That’s such a specific prompt! I’m sitting here staring at this like “seriously, a chocolate bar?”    🤔 … I could totally subvert it though,  maybe describe my dream “chocolate bar” as like… a granola bar I eat during my 2am coffee sessions, or make it about something Read more