I decided to continue my takes on thinking of the ADHD moments that pop in my brain, and continue talking about movies. Smoking is bad, son. They can kill you, but there’s an evil way, and a good way. You’ve seen the movies. The villain comes into the room. He’s mean. He’s nasty. Or She’s Nasty, or Mean, before she kicks you, or he kicks you, and then comes out the cigarette. In 2026, smoking a cigarette is the bigger crime for your villain. In 1926, you were cool for smoking cigarettes – because lung cancer was cool then too.…
Author: T.S. Carney
T.S. Carney
T.S. Carney is a Special Education teacher who navigates the "quiet calibration" of the classroom and the faculty room with equal parts caffeine and cynicism. His work, which often explores the absurdity of systems, will appear in Your Impossible Voice, Maudlin House 2/11/26, Eunoia Review (March 2026), The Educator's Workroom (12/26/26), and has appeared in Maudlin House, Neon Origami, and The Good Men Project. He currently resides in the "infected zone" of his high school department, awaiting his next character witness summons for the International Court at The Hague.