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Dream Time…
(No, not the Australian Aboriginal concept of the after life, well, more like before and after life, but bonus points to you if that’s where your mind went. I like the way you think.) No, this is a post about … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life
Tagged advice, learning, Life, personal, The Writing Life, Work, writing
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So, I’m Sick…
It’s some kind of sinus thing. I have no idea. I have no idea how long it’ll last. What I do know is that it makes thinking clearly one of those rare things that appears on roughly the same schedule … Continue reading
Welcome to the Vaguely Uncomfortable Side of Sharing, Make Yourself a Drink…
I had plans today. Plans to go to the gym. Plans to work on my current novel. Plans to write back cover copy for my self-publishing marketing push. None of those things happened… …Because my brain is being an asshole. … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, health, humanity, Life, mental health, personal
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PCBC: Argumentation – Pt, what is it, 4? Yeah, sure, Pt. 4. Why not?…
And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for… … (and waiting much too long for. BTW, sorry about that) … Logical Fallacies First off, what the hell is a Logical Fallacy? Glad you asked. A … Continue reading
Posted in Putting the "Civil" Back in Civilization, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, Argument, humanity, learning, Life, logic, politics, public discourse
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Managing Symptoms…
As part of my quest to burn down/ salt the earth of the stigma against mental illness in this country, I occasionally post about my depression. I don’t want this to be the blog where that’s all I post about, … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, anxiety, Buddhism, depression, energy, health, humanity, learning, Life, mental health, personal, symptom management
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Karma’s a Bitch…But not Really
If you thought this post would be more about Argumentation, sorry. It won’t be. But, it is going to be about one of my other pet-peeves of American ignorance: Karma. Here I’m going to do something that “they” say one … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Karma, Buddhism, Good Karma, Hinduism, Karma, Knowing is half the battle, Life, rants, religion
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Putting the Civil Back in Civilization: Argument – Pt III
When not to Argue, or, Sometimes it’s just fucking pointless. This is a big thing. Which is why I’m shoe-horning it in before a long discussion about fallacies. In pt I of this series I made mention of when argument … Continue reading
Posted in Putting the "Civil" Back in Civilization, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, Argument, facts, humanity, learning, Life, politics
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What Makes a Man?
Hey folks, time to talk a bit about Masculinity. (I know, I know. Why haven’t I finished the series on Argument yet? Well, too many reasons to go into here, but soon, my friends, soon…) So, I was driving for … Continue reading
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Tagged in the news, Life, manhood, masculinity, NPR, philosophy, school, univeristy fo texas at austin
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Since You’ve Been Gone…
…Oh no, wait. That’s me. I’ve been gone. A while now. Lots of reasons, thanks for asking. Some of it was definitely depression. Seems I can’t ever get too far from that, not yet anyways. Some of it was a … Continue reading
Of Ruins and Non-Confession Confessions
My brain is fucked this morning. Figured I’d share. I hope what follows is something like coherent. First, a little background: I did not have, what is now commonly referred to as, a stable childhood. I’m old enough that when … Continue reading
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Tagged coping, heart ache, letting go, Life, not letting go, rebuilding, recovery
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