Some radio station or music service should pit all versions of the same song against each other in a bracket tournament starting at the beginning of December. Listeners vote online and via app. Play until the best version of each is chosen. Keep the top four versions (the semifinalists) for your station/service playlist for that … Continue reading Christmas Song Bracket Tournament
Author: Heath Fogelman
Just a guy with ideas the world might find interesting.
Small But Significant Things
Author's Note: I wrote this one in college. I'm not sure what turned my thoughts in this direction, but I think I did decent job capturing a small defiance in service of reclaimed dignity. As the young nurse twisted the doorknob and began to open the door, she turned back one last time. … Continue reading Small But Significant Things
Poopy Surprise
A cross between poop emoji plush toys and Puppy Surprise. The big poop emoji poops out baby poop emojis.
The Hair-Catcher
Author's Note: This one is pretty much all true. The boy, the dad, and the hair-catcher are all real, and are rendered here exactly as I remember them. Except for the last few lines. I'm not a good enough son for that part to be true. The hair-catcher crossed his mind again. Halting his … Continue reading The Hair-Catcher
Front Bumper Curb Detector
Newer cars may have these already (I don't drive newer cars), but it's something I would have benefited from on many occasions. It's similar to a backup camera, but facing front, to keep you from hitting and scraping curbs and parking bars with your front bumper.
Pictures in the Sky
Author's Note: I recall feeling like there was some intrinsic connection between the names of the protagonist and his girlfriend in this one. I'm generally terrible at choosing character names, so I was happy to have found a pair that fit so well together, for whatever reason. It wasn't until years later that it dawned … Continue reading Pictures in the Sky
Reese’s Milk
Add some peanut butter flavor to chocolate syrup or powder so we can drink our chocolate-peanut butter goodness.
Popkin
Author's Note: After I realized in my early school grades that my fighting skills were woefully out of step with my temper, I learned to control myself. I got in only one real fight after that, in high school. My muddle-minded experience of the aftermath served as the seed of this story. Sam’s grandmother … Continue reading Popkin
Year-Round Eave Lights
Led lights permanently mounted on your home's eaves, and that blend into the color and design of your home when not in use. Each holiday, choose the appropriate color(s) and pattern of lights: red/pink/white for Valentine's Day; green/white for St. Patrick's Day; red/white/blue for 4th of July; orange/purple for Halloween; multi-color of choice for Christmas; … Continue reading Year-Round Eave Lights
It Began
Author's Note: It's interesting to imagine what the boundless curiosity and playfulness of a child would create, if only it could. Like all things living it began as a baby. It gurgled and squirmed and contemplated the darkness around it and imagined light. And then there was light. And its infantile imagination reeled at … Continue reading It Began
Heath Fogelman, author 