The Flame

My life was never going to be easy. Not one bit. I come from a broken home, in a broken part of town, well known by broken people. The life I had chosen for myself at the beginning was one of loss, hardship,

I’ve come to believe that alternate universes exist. Not in some cosmic, sci-fi sense, but right here, on this same spinning planet we all share. I grew up in a humble background, where what to eat could

I'm getting closer and closer. One of these days, very soon, I'm actually going to check every item off the accountability list! For now, I'm very nearly there. I went to sleep an hour alter than intended

Well, I certainly tried, but it seems that despite sleep being my friend, I am not a very good friend with sleep. Yesterday's accountability list: Stay on my phone for <1 hour X Exercise ✓ Stretch ✓

Not 100% success, but I did hit most of the items on my list yesterday. I still call that a success! Stay on my phone for less than 1 hour ✓ Exercise ✓ Stretch ✓ Meditate ✓ Draw or read an art history

Yesterday I was previewing an album by a band I follow. They're called Talk to Her, and they play a sort of electronic indie rock post-punk music. Very evocative and emotional, I love them. They're my

I failed big time yesterday, and I have to take accountability for that. After all, that's the entire point of these accountability lists, isn't it? Figuring out what went wrong. The timing was spectacular,

It's definitely been a bit since I've posted one of these lists. I certainly fell off some of the good habits I had been establishing, so it's high time to resume. I started off feeling quite ambitious

Run around this broken, foreign city like a marionette, trying to find myself a warm sponge bath, and a hand to hold that won’t prickle my thumbs and ask me questions I’m not prepared to answer yet. Where’d

My Samsung S21+, which I bought used about six months ago, suddenly developed a green line stretching across the screen from top to bottom. It's a stubborn streak of light that refused to disappear. At

I was thinking today about Monty Python’s Dead Parrot sketch. You know the one — the one where John Cleese, as the furious customer, tries to return a clearly deceased parrot to a pet shop run by an

Time to write a positive post for a change. Sometimes it's good to refocus away from the negatives. I like laughing. I like stand-up comedy. I like intelligent humor. Unsurprisingly, I like George Carlin!

I just came across a great quote from Terry Pratchett on YouTube: “There have been times, lately, when I dearly wished that I could change the past. Well, I can’t, but I can change the present, so that

Not all men are equal; good men are deserving of respect.

I am not used to being unemployed. My entire life I've either been employed or undergoing education (or both) with small exceptions of a few weeks at maximum. Thus, I am in unfamiliar waters right now.

When I married newly, I made a promise to my wife. A promise born out of love and a deep desire for her peace of mind. I told her she didn’t have to work if she didn’t want to. Not because I wanted to