The existential vacuum, something that I’ve found out I’ve grappled with forever, finally put into words. What does it mean? Good question, still parsing through it, however, its one of those damn foundational building block elements that you have to find out the find your soul and all that. Logotherapy is the name of the [...]
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl, perhaps the best ‘self help’ book on the shelves, I find the pages soothing every time I pick it up. The search for meaning is paramount in the quest of human motivation. I35, a road that is vast, a road that goes through Texas all the way up to [...]
I used to be in the boat of watching ice glass, while the pilgrims pass. I used to let the moment define me, I used to think much more ‘left brained.’ However you want to articulate the ‘catch phrases,’ there have always been ‘pilgrims.’ Borrowing from the book I’m reading, we go from monkeys to [...]
Two things have been pretty consistent with my musical preferences, and that is sad and sappy. There’s something to be said about exposure to those feelings. I had a chance to see the Derailers last Friday night, but after a big ol’ plate full of fajitas and a big bud light, I was kaput. The [...]
Never liked Dawson’s Creek or any of those shows. The people had too much drama, it was fake, so far fetched that it wasn’t even entertaining. However, I can handle the drama when there are aliens involved. Today I watched the final episode of Roswell, the series I started six months ago, and I must [...]
There is something big going on in politics right now, something new, fresh, and something for people like myself to get excited about. Something that stands out. Last night the other night I was one of the 20,000 people to give. When the history books are written, which side of that coin are you going [...]
T.S. Eliot has a line for everything. Here’s what I’m going to have trouble understanding. Hillary Clinton’s ‘famous’ ‘The United States is in peril and I don’t want it to fall speech, in which she lets out a little whimper of passion that then unites a debate of ‘is it real, is it not’, and [...]
First time for ‘real snow’ in 20 years! A therapeutic visit to Jolen in the frosty north. Loads of pictures, here are a few for the hallowed pages of the blog. For millions more, join facebook and check them out. My first wiff of cold air, I’m like ‘holy sh*t’ is this for real? For [...]
Find a blog out there that combines a Beautiful South lyric about pretty eyes and commentary on tacos and I’ll give anyone a hundred bucks. tonight we talk about an important topic….. TACOS!!! What happens is we have 3 fast food taco places that compete for that spare tire area around your waist, I like [...]
General Ramblings on Politics For the Democrats, its not about determination, its about getting a fresh face in there, and not fighting the same battles that were fought in the 90′s. 1 — Its amazing the dynamics of this country, how Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina can predict the leader of the free world. [...]