Cannot sleep.  Mind won't stop dwelling. Like, how I want to believe in places beyond madness.  Beyond cruelty.  I want to believe that ...

In the fall of 1994, I dialed into a friend's bulletin board system for the first time.  If you're wondering what that is, or was, a...

There is both jubilation and lamentation abounding tonight following Congress's approval of President Trump's "One Big Beautifu...

 Something I read on a news/politics discussion forum last night that has stuck with me almost 24 hours later: "The earth isn't goi...

Over the weekend I watched Gettysburg , the 1993 Civil War epic film about the Battle of Gettysburg.  It's one of my most favorite histo...

Had some very good news today!  Wish I could share it but I had to sign all kinds of non-disclosure agreements and whatnot.  But trust me, i...

Had a very vivid dream last night.  It's stuck with me all day.  I can't get it out of my head.  Maybe sharing it will let me be fre...

 It was twenty-five years ago tonight that for the very first time I was sent to a psychiatric hospital. The bipolar disorder had started du...

And hey, I've got a dog too. The Tramp.  Charlie Chaplin's classic character.  Seemingly forever making his way from one set of expe...

Writing my book compelled me to examine a lot of situations that have come about in my life.  Especially where other people are involved.  I...

So last weekend after vowing to write an op-ed piece every week this year, I composed the first of the series.  It exists, honest!  I submit...

Writing is my calling.  Writing is my gift, ever since my ninth grade English teacher told me that on our last day of class.  It is somethin...

Every year at Christmas I used to leave this site for a few days.  Just sort of to take in the holiday and enjoy it with friends and family....

I have a lot of fond recollections stemming from  A Christmas Story , that 1983 film about nine-year-old Ralphie Parker (delightfully played...

This is one of my favorite scenes in motion picture history.  From the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian.   Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has ju...

In searching around for churches in this area, obviously I'm looking at their websites.  I'm studying a few things, particularly the...