“Clear!” Yelled the lead surgeon, holding up the paddles. The attending physicians and nurses raised their hands and stepped back from the lifeless patient on the operating table. I stepped back too instinctively, even though there was a pane of glass between the operating theatre and the observation gallery where I watched the proceedings. I grimaced as the doctor applied the jumper-cables, then WHAM! The prone figure arched his back involuntarily as 20,000 volts coursed through him. Was th...

Who says sitting in the bleachers at a football match is boring? As I watched the kids playing one Saturday morning, a juicy snippet of a rather personal conversation drifted up from three extremely cute soccer-moms sitting in the row in front of me. “You’ve got to be kidding! Everyone knows the big ones are the best!” I immersed myself in my hot latte and stared blindly at the pitch as I strained to hear more… The comment was from Aoi, a ‘hiso’ Thai whose her husband owned a factory. They we...

Keyboard clatter. Penny drops. No matter.

Churning burning, tossing, turning. Not earning.

Order only it could if I.