Steve’s Shorts
Short Stories
Andy Anderson’s The Prank – Steve’s Shorts
Andy arrived as a freshman, being indoctrinated into the team almost immediately. It was obvious he would be starting or playing serious minutes as a freshman. There were high hopes for him. Good for him, but bad for Jeremy Bartlett. Jeremy had been the star point...
America's Twilight
The baseball team and the Rich Kid
Six boys were on the playground, enjoying a game of catch each day, and they did this day after day: year after year. They became great friends. Eventually, one of the boy’s wealthy parents built them a baseball field on the family’s property. They advanced through...
Mike and Jenny Story – Rural American has crumbled
Mike and Jenny grew up in a small town. They met at the local country club. A club that both Mike and Jenny’s families had been long time members of. Mike and Jenny spent summers together from youth through college. Mike’s dad was a local sports salesperson. It made...
Mike and Jenny Story – The American Farm was Our Backbone
Mike and Jenny had been Democrats living on a small farm. They watched their neighbors shockingly support Republican candidates. It was strange as their farm community had always been Democratic. Like many of their neighbors, they depend upon SNAP for the kids’ food....
Mike and Jenny Story – The Billionaire Peed His Pants
Mike and Jenny were visiting a friend of theirs. Heather was an old college roommate of Jenny’s who had married into a very wealthy family. The wealth was rumored to be $5 billion dollars. When Mike looked up Heather’s new family, the mother of Heather’s husband was...
Mike and Jenny Story – Poli-Evangelical Churches are Evil
Mike and Jenny were raised in a denominational church. When they got married, they tried Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Methodist churches. As they had children, there were two things they discovered. Many of the members of these churches were incredibly old, relative to...
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The Hidden Evils of Data Centers
How to think about data centers and the damages they cause that you don’t even fathom. Today, communities are focused on the pollution, the power consumption, and the unregulated nature of data centers. Understanding that the data center poses environmental threats, hidden costs, and underlying nefarious agendas. MAGA Republicans touted these data centers as job creators and economic stimulators. The truth lies somewhere in the middle. The scary thing is not exposed. Big data will soon know everything about you, not just a general knowledge but a real time diary of your life. Once this is known, billionaires will extract everything they can as if it is one big video game.