The Two Takes

Last week was scary and we both wanted to write about it. This week's blog is a love letter to our friend. His Take: This week’s column is one that I didn’t particularly want to write. Not because I don’t have anything interesting to say about the subject, I just never wanted to be ABLE to write about it. A couple weeks ago, I got an email from my very best friend, who I’ve known since kindergarten, saying that he had had a heart attack, and was going to have a cardiac catheter procedure etc., etc.. Yeah, I know, I shouldn’t have ect, anything in that last sentence, but I want to get to the point of this because it’s very important.  I was pretty much speechless when I read the email. I just kind of sat there staring into space. I couldn’t wrap my brain around what he was telling me. I thought that maybe if I read the email again, it would change. Maybe it wouldn’t say heart attack, maybe it would say “the clap” or “Lyme’s disease” or SOME thing else, but not a heart a...

The "He" behind "His Take" is taking this week off to focus on a new writing gig and we're super proud of him!    While he's working on reviewing comics, the other 1/2 of the duo is going to sneak in a 3rd installment of a story we started on a while ago that I'm calling "Roy". It's about a lawyer taking a road trip with a genetically modified creature and you can see the first installment  here  and the second here first if you need to catch up.   Chapter Four: Doors              x Kevin stared at the cinder block wall as his Camry idled and his hands squeezed the steering wheel rhythmically. He had a good head of steam and real resolve walking out of his office, picking up the two small suitcases that Roy had left just outside his door, and bursting through the back door to the parking lot, but it had dissipated when the sunshine hit his face. Somehow, he had managed to drop Roy’s luggage in the back seat a...