Category: Life and Times
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My problem with writing has never been composition. It’s organization, logical progression of thoughts within a structure that makes sense to your average reader. My brain might be incredibly logical functionally but that’s not what often gets related in my writing. Sometimes the flow is near perfect, but rarely. And when I funnel too much,…
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This is the introduction to my Collected Works entitled “The Unmasking of a Phoenix.” A physical book was scheduled for a May 2027 release, but I instead decided to publish it primarily as paid content on my New Vibrations Substack. “It’s butterfly season, I’m finding my wingsA good time for leaving behind the old meHeaded…
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Following in the footsteps of Ralph Waldo Emerson, I have begun to create My Own Bible of words that speak to me. It’s going to be a large project, and far too unwieldy for a running weblog post. So I will be making it a PDF, available to view and download at the link below,…
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It turns out trying to “keep up” with everything in the information age is like trying to drink from a firehose while riding a rollercoaster that’s already on fire. We’ve been told for years that we should “stay informed,” but what they really mean is “drown in a sea of irrelevant nonsense.” Through great cost…
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Had a bizarre question in mind to start the day: which Star Trek ship is most beautiful? And it isn’t necessarily the original Enterprise. But that sort of deep dive isn’t really in my purview today. There’s content out there on that subject already but I have my own ideas how to aesthetically judge spacecraft…
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This is from September 2025, but I’m intentionally posting it now because it’s relevant. Criticism is useful, yes. The discussion is helpful. But when the product is so bad that trying to critique it makes my brain hurt, you have to go to a different level of analysis. I’m not even going to go into…
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Woke up thinking about better frameworks for an intellectually honest life. I think the number one thing is handwriting as much as possible. I think typing is okay, too, if you just allow yourself to flow without distractions. While I don’t see myself going to a Neil Gaiman level absolute devotion to the idea of…
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I’m up at 3:30 AM on Saturday, November the First, year 2025. No longer are these notes preceded by any identifier other than the date in year, month, and day format. I don’t believe anything else is necessary, since these are but brain dumps to organize ideas and brainstorm concepts for serious writing work going…
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What do you believe it means to be humble? I’ve always believed “humble” means being modest and respectful to others without trying to impose one’s own world views and opinions on others. But, whereas it seems many people seem to think that to be humble means always being self-effacing or submissive, I don’t think that’s…
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I’ve long suffered with the fear of not being well-received as a writer. It’s the kind of dreaded existential terror that haunts a prolific writer’s nightmares. As I noticed my writing becoming denser and more convoluted, I worried I’d eventually reach a point where the only person who could decipher my prose would be me.…