he’s from another generation…

in thirty years i'm an old man at a family gathering and i say something that makes everyone gasp and go silent, and younger people hurry over to shush me up and then later they say quietly to each other 'he's just from another generation, in his time it was normal...' --- what will they …

Why all politicians are liars and manipulators

answer: they have to be, otherwise your dumb ass wont vote for them. it has long been said that power corrupts, and that anyone in power for too long will become corrupt, selfish, greedy, and evil, and will tell any lie or manipulate in any way to hold on to that power. it has also …

ive made a huge mistake

listen, writing is tough work. youve got to put words on a page, then delete them, then put them back again in a different order, over and over, for hours, for years. and no one will ever know youre doing it. you will receive no attention, and no reward, and only the slightest satisfaction, the …

there was a time when i would write about books

one might have even called me a book blogger. i look back on my old posts, and there they are: thoughts and opinions about the books i was reading. i appreciate remembering what i thought. it's nice reading back through them. i wish I'd kept that up. at the time, though, i was disappointed with …