How my book may start/end

"This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen," she said under her breath. "I think I said the same exact thing when I first saw this," I replied. The man on the stage looked like he was just about done pulling anal beads out of his conjoined twin's anus. I mean, I could only hope…

I talk about important television in my life

Every day, there's usually one or a few things that remind me of some very important life lesson I've learned through TV shows and have been reinforced through very defining circumstances in my life. I want to credit TV shows. It seems they are so quickly and easily dismissed. You watch them and think the…

On Relative Time

Peoples' lives are like clocks in the way they are counted. We call everything up to halfway through as counting up and everything after as counting down. Time moves differently for a man in his 20s than it does for a man in his 50s. The weight of time bears down more heavily on the…

I talk about a new holiday

The new clicheé with Valentine’s Day is the notion that one “should show their love every day instead of just once a year.” And it is not that people are not doing this; admittedly, it is not daily but it is way more than once a year (anniversaries, birthdays, CHRISTMAS). However, the general consensus is…

I talk about bad writing

Bad writing may be just as valuable as good writing. Honestly, I do believe that it is just as crucial as good writing. I don't know the proportions, though. Actually, as I think about which of 51/49 or 60/40 or 75/25 is most appropriate, the idea that it doesn't necessarily need to be constant is…

I talk about a song on the Moana soundtrack

I think there's a certain thrill in anticipation of listening to a song for the first time, expecting to like it, particularly when the song starts just the way that's right for your ears and only gets better. I have abundant expectations for Moana. A Polynesian princess? Hell yes! And for the soundtrack, Alessia Cara recorded How…