CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

Scam Wham

June 16, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

Sometime in 2017, a credit monitoring organization suffered a breach in its security and its clients were subsequently exposed to the shenanigans of unethical people and groups, groups who are intent on robbing us of our assets. I was one of the millions effected by the breach, though I lost … Read More

The Steel Ballet

June 9, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

One day, while driving North on Arlington Avenue, I noticed cars bouncing as they passed the intersection of Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive. Some cars drove into the left-turn lane to avoid the bounce and others drove close to the right curb. The ways that the cars moved suggested my … Read More

Three Times A Lady

June 2, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

A recent segment of “CBS Sunday Morning” brought me to tears, which is not an unusual event, as my three children will tell you. There is a skit that plays in my head where a child cries out, “MOM! Dad’s crying again!” The TV show segment featured an interview with … Read More

Average

May 26, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

In the murder/mystery shows that I watch, eyewitnesses are asked to describe a suspect or bystander to a crime. They respond, “Average height, average weight…” And none of the inquiring officers ever says, “WHAT!? IS? AVERAGE!” But that vague description always bothers me: What is average? In my Shorter Oxford … Read More

Fall Down, Go Boom

May 19, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

A post on a social media site surprised me by using language that I had used with my daughter. When she was a toddler and came to us crying, her mother and I would ask her, “Did you fall down, go boom?” The post was about a song from the … Read More