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Emmitt Owens

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  • Chill n’Fill #46 (Book 2, Episode 12)

    Another Night at Chill n’Fill: The Baby Lotion Theorists    It was Friday night at Chill n’Fill, and I was nearing the end of what Bob optimistically called my “probationary period” but what I recognized as “we can’t find anyone else willing to work these hours for minimum wage plus the occasional expired energy drink.” Read more

  • Chill n’Fill #40 (Book 2, Episode 6)

    The Writer, The Aggravator, and The False Prophet    It was Thursday night at Chill n’Fill, and I’d just finished rearranging the energy drink display into a color gradient that would make a rainbow jealous. Bob had insisted this would “maximize the chromatic purchasing energy” of our customers, whatever that meant. At least it gave Read more

  • Chill n’Fill #43 (Book 2, Episode 9)

    Another Night at Chill n’Fill: The Culture Warrior, The Evangelical, and The Activist    So, Jennifer called in sick for the sixth time this month—”food poisoning” according to her text, though her TikTok suggests she’s at a political rally downtown. Whatever. More hours for me, Karlee, professional chaos coordinator and now apparently the unwitting referee Read more

  • 7160 W. 14 Road (1985/1986)

    The House on West 14 Road    In the spring of 1985, my family relocated from 112 John Street to 7160 W. 14 Rd. in Mesick, Michigan, a rural community known locally as Glengary. I was about to turn nine years old. The sprawling five-bedroom, two-story house stood weathered against the Michigan landscape, its painted Read more

  • Chill n’Fill #41 (Book 2, Episode 7)

    The Night of the Silent Breakdown, the Snack Commander, and the Law-Defying Fisherman    It was Wednesday night at Chill n’Fill, and I was halfway through my shift when the fluorescent lights flickered in that particular way that always gave me a migraine by midnight. Jennifer had called in “sick” again, this time claiming she’d Read more

  • Chris Henson Rants: #10 Marty’s Quikmart Chill n’Fill

          OKAY WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS GAS STATION CALLED CHILL N’ FILL AND THEIR DEMONIC WINKING BEAR MASCOT!!!! 😤😤😤 Chris Henson here, and I’m LOSING MY MIND over this establishment!!!   First of all, what kind of name is “CHILL N’ FILL”??? Every time I say it, I feel like I’m Read more

  • Chris Henson Rants: #28 Content Creators

       WHY ARE THERE SUDDENLY MORE “CONTENT CREATORS” THAN ACTUAL CONTENT ON THE INTERNET?!?!? 😤😤😤 Chris Henson here, and I am ABSOLUTELY LOSING MY MIND over this EPIDEMIC of SELF-PROCLAIMED “CREATORS” who somehow create NOTHING but NOISE and ALGORITHMS, SHARE CONTENT THAT THEY DID NOT CREATE and CALL THEMSELVES CREATORS!!!   Let me paint you a Read more

  • Chill n’Fill Episode 23

    Braggarts, Brains, and Betrayal    Thursday night at Chill & Fill greets me with its usual fluorescent embrace. The one-eyed polar bear sign watches over the parking lot, its neon wink a perpetual commentary on the human comedy below.   The radio plays Queens of the Stone Age’s “No One Knows” as I restock the cigarette Read more

  • Chill n’Fill Episode 22

    Spilled Coffee, Supernatural Seekers, and Late-Night Confessions    My Friday night shift at Chill n’Fill was off to a promising start. The one-eyed polar bear sign flickered less tonight—Bob had finally convinced the electrician to return and fix the wiring after three rescheduled appointments. The bear’s eyepatch now glowed a vibrant purple instead of its Read more

  • Chill n’Fill Episode 20

    Limitations, Lamentations, and Lyrical Coincidences    Jennifer called in sick again. This time her excuse was that her “goldfish blew bubbles” which is either some elaborate euphemism I’m not hip enough to understand or the weakest excuse in the history of employment. Either way, I’m covering her shift for the eighth time this month. At Read more