While all of my stories may offend because of their kinky sexual content, each story may also offend because they depict various vocations in an unflattering light. An evangelistic minister is portrayed as a greedy man who fleeces his flock; a grade school teacher shown as being bored by an unchallenging profession; a Catholic priest as a potential pederast; a middle manager as ethically unprincipled; and an artist as naïve in expecting her audience to appreciate her work more.

If you want my apologies, I offer these. I’m sorry that I see my elderly parents sending money from their pensions to a wealthy television evangelist because he tells them that it will help them get into heaven. I’m sorry that my children had a few grade school teachers who were disinterested in doing their jobs properly. I’m sorry that the Catholic Church has spent so many years protecting a few evil priests, transferring them instead of defrocking them. I’m sorry that I spend so much of my career working for incompetent managers. I’m sorry that artists have canned their own shit and sold it as art.

But, like the characters in my stories, these are individual cases. I have known many sincere and ethical ministers; grade school teachers who were dedicated to their jobs; Catholic priests who devoted their lives to improving the world; managers who worked with their staff and resources to accomplish important goals; and artists who gave me profound experiences. I have not generalized from the individual characters in my stories to every minister, teacher, priest, manager, and artist. If you do so, then you do so of your own accord.