Invisible Mikey

Invisible Mikey on Blogging, Writing, Creating

How I Blog
by Invisible Mikey

Larry Brody and I are pals. We enjoy each other’s conversation and company. We also enjoy each other’s writing, though we have little in common there except that we get each other’s jokes. Maybe that’s not such a little thing. Larry asked me to write about my “process”, to share with his readers, which is both flattering and amusing. I thought of the Mother Theresa joke. Forgive me if you’ve heard it.

A reporter who was interviewing Mother Theresa asked her if she could have a personal wish fulfilled, what it would be.

“Oh, I would like to see the world at peace.”
“No, I mean something for your personal benefit.”
“Oh, I would like to know that no one anywhere was hungry.”
“No, no, I mean something JUST for you. For you, yourself.”
The revered lady thought silently for a moment…
“Well… I’ve always wanted to direct.” read article

Invisible Mikey: Most Evil Job Ever

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by Invisible Mikey

Some of my readers urged me to write about another odd job I held once, but at the time I deferred because it was an unusual experience of real evil, the kind that swims in the dark river of sludge beneath all capitalism. I did it because at the time I wanted more income badly. However, no one needs money badly enough to do this. It was the desire for money that seduced me into doing it. It was the desire to have a clean soul that got me back out. For eighteen months, I helped make INFOMERCIALS. (You may scream now.)

When I went to interview, I was still a “human search engine” by profession (seeOddest Jobs Ever Pt 4). The interview was in a nice condominium which should have been a red flag, but my curiosity often wins in these situations. The initial job was billed as “office manager”. There wasn’t an office, and the manager was a nice old lady doing the books. I had done simple bookkeeping, so I thought I could handle it. How much commerce could be taking place in an apartment? I could sense that the old lady and the man who interviewed me didn’t get along, and you would need to in such a close environment. The man who interviewed me was gregarious, charming, enthusiastic and nicely dressed. I didn’t see the horns and tail. They must be removable. (Eerie music cue goes here.) read article

Invisible Mikey: My Trigger

by Invisible Mikey

I was reading Zeenat’s post about daily methods for reinforcing your inner upside (http://positiveprovocations.com/2011/02/21/top-9-ways-to-be-positive-and-happy-everyday/). The first one listed was to Carry a positive Trigger. She was writing about having a token of something that makes you happy with you at all times. When you get sidetracked, you can use it to get back in the game of life. She did not realize that by saying this she reopened a beautiful memory from my early childhood. I’ve had a positive trigger inside me since I was three! It’s Trigger himself, the smartest horse in the movies.

Roy Rogers was a former shoe factory worker from Ohio named Leonard Slye. He reinvented himself and became a beloved singing cowboy in movies and on TV. In preparation for his first lead role in Under Western Skies (1938),Roy tried out several handsome horses the studio provided. He was carried along smoothly and rapidly by a six year old palomino named Golden Cloud , but Roy was also impressed at how intelligent and responsive the horse was. During the shoot, co-star Smiley Burnette remarked that the horse was so quick Roy ought to call him “Trigger”. And quick he was, a fast learner and a fast runner. The name stuck. read article