I watched the season 10 premier of Doctor Who in my local theater on Monday, and was pleasantly surprised at my lack of confusion, irritation and boredom. The previous two seasons have been plagued by lazy writing leading to rushed, confusing, overly-manipulative plot-lines. So I was expecting to do a lot of sighing and woling …
Consistency works
It happened sometime in the past few weeks, and I only just noticed it now, but: I have now surpassed the number of views and visitors this year than I had for all of 2016. And I have nearly triple the likes IÂ had in all of 2016. And it's only April! That's what being consistent …
A ghost
Sometimes it feels like I am one... do I have any effect on anything? Can anyone hear me, see me? Will anyone read anything I write? There can be an impulse to do something crazy, absurd, drastic--just to see if anyone notices you are there. To see if anyone looks up from their phone for …
Monastery life
I think I could be happy being a monk/scholar/priest, whatever you want to call it. A person who leaves behind 'life' in order to devote themselves to the world of the mind/spirit. If I could spend every waking hour studying, reading, learning, teaching, etc, I think I could give up material possessions and all the …
Never stop never stopping
If you've got momentum, keep it! Because once you give it up you will have to expend ten times the energy to get it back. How many times have I said "write every day?" Probably a lot, but, I am trying to write every day here... and it bears repeating! If you don't write tomorrow, …
Jonas David 