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Coping Strategies…
In a trend that is threatening to become the norm, I can’t muster the concentration to write the post I sat down to write this morning. Maybe it’s just mornings? (some days there just isn’t enough coffee.) Thankfully it’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Tools for a Better Life, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, anxiety, Anxiety and depression, Behavioral Health, Coping mechanisms, Coping strategies, counseling, dealing with anxiety, Dealing with depression, depression, diet, exercise, health, humanity, Life, meditation, mental health, personal, therapy
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Hot Takes on Universal Truths (PT 1)…
Disclaimer: I’m not convinced there are universal truths so much as there are universal facts. Facts aren’t truth, they’re just reality. Facts are what make statements true or not. But since I may be one of the only people who … Continue reading
Posted in Tools for a Better Life, Uncategorized
Tagged anduril, change, continuity, facts, humanity, impermanence, learning, Life, shards of narsil, theseus ship, time
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Hot Mess…
So, I was trying to write a completely different post this morning. If I’m very lucky, I’ll be able to finish it sometime this week. But that will be entirely predicated on my mind not sparking like a nest of … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life, Uncategorized
Tagged depression, health, humanity, Life, mental health, mental illness, personal, writing
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Coming Up for Air in Quick Breaths…
Breathe, that’s the thing I’ve been forgetting to do. The dizzy spells, the inability to concentrate, the ravenous sugar cravings, it all makes sense now. I’m fine… Really… I promise. Anyway, I thought I’d drop in with a few quickies, as … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd Eye Detective series, The Writing Life, Uncategorized
Tagged announcement, climate change, government, humanity, in the news, Life, marginal tax rates, news, writing
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The Abyss…
As it seems the Ghost of Sinus Funk Present has decided to manifest its own brand of holiday spirit inside my head, and I am now on everything but roller skates to deal with its less than tender ministrations, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Tools for a Better Life, Uncategorized, weird shit
Tagged advice, faith, health, humanity, learning, Life, occult, personal, religion, the Abyss, the dark night of the soul
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Meditation on Philosophy…
I have a B.A. in Philosophy. I’ve mentioned somewhere before, but it bears repeating, the exchange I’ve had – more than fucking once – with random people when I tell them about my degree. It usually goes something like this: … Continue reading
Making Your Way in Uncharted Territory…
So, I was watching one of the people I follow on YouTube. It was the first time they’d posted in a while. I dig their content, so I was curious about the absence. By luck, it happens that this very … Continue reading
Posted in Tools for a Better Life, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, culture, culture as self, facts, health, humanity, identity crisis, learning, Life, life plan, Media, personal, rants
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A Saturday Morning Rant…
What kind of President of the United States doesn’t know that the FBI aren’t the ones you call to investigate a sexual assault? How did we put an idiot of this caliber into the highest elected office in our land? … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged America, government, humanity, in the news, Media, news, patriotism, politics, rant, rants, underdogs
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The Price We Pay…
I am a 40-year-old, white, heterosexual man. (Also, cis gendered, but I’m not terribly fond of that appellation, as it smacks of non-scientific taxonomy. But alas, here we are.) I am beginning to grow accustomed to the possibility that the … Continue reading
PCBC: Argument – the Wrap Party…
So, what’s left to say about arguments and how to have them? Well, a shitload more than I’m willing to post about here, at least for the present. For this, the last post in this series, I am not going … Continue reading
Posted in Putting the "Civil" Back in Civilization
Tagged advice, Argument, Argumentation, humanity, learning, Life, logic, reason, search for truth
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