Aikido and Zombies
Aikido can change your life… and the world. “The purpose of the Art of Peace is to fashion sincere human beings; a sincere human being is one who has unified body and spirit, one who is free of hesitation or doubt.
Richard Wright: The Best American Haiku
With Haiku, a self-nurturing could begin, albeit so close to his own death. Wright offers his perspective, his own loneliness, and his own desire for wholeness within three simple lines of poetry, allowing us to know him intimately at his most vulnerable and his most human.
Don’t Market Yourself
How many times in our life do we decide to do something based, solely, off of what other people are going to think of us? It’s tempting, isn’t it? “If you just market yourself correctly, you’ll make the big bucks!“ How many times do we decide to do something based off of what other people are going
Solarpunk: The Fiction of the Future
There are limitless options for storytelling, if you set your mind to it. Have you ever wondered what the future might be like? And I am not talking about the future of tomorrow or next week; I’m talking about the future of our species, our civilization; our world.
The Voting Teen
Why teenagers should be allowed to vote for the good of the country. The Republic is flailing rather wildly as we enter the first quarter of the 21st century and, to the eyes of many, the future is far from secure. It seems clear that we need all hands on deck.
Irritation: Factor Nine
I am irritated. I am irritated by the man in the silver Porsche who drove through the T-lane intersection ahead of me today at 50MPH. I am…
3-D Empathy
How we can become better empaths in a thoughtless age — for the betterment of ourselves and everyone around us.
To Write Big, Start Small
Learn the art of weaving description and your reader will never leave. It’s better to make the reader do the work than it is to hand them the finished puzzle.
Become a Self-Directed Learner
If we wait for someone else to manage our lives we’re always going to be falling short of our aspirations Learning good habits — habits that work for our own lives — is key, but so is how we approach the situation; how we look at the work ahead of us is just as important as how carefully we take no
The Importance of Being Vulnerable
When you ask someone what it means to be vulnerable they oftentimes start talking about it as a synonym for weakness.
Extinction (2018): A little diamond in the rough
The critics did not enjoy this film. After finishing Extinction, I went ahead and looked it up — as I do with all films I enjoy — and…
The Rose Within: A Personal Reflection on "The Little Prince"
"Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less." - Antoine De Saint-Exupery Love, and compassion - which is really just a particularly important form of love - are concepts within The Little Prince - and we adults would do well to pay attention.
Fickleness, yet Passion
There is a line of thinking that suggests that attachment and passion are anathema — a bane — to a healthy and productive life. If we give…
Age of War: Review
There is only one terrible problem with Michael Sullivan’s books — once you finish one you go into a state of withdrawal to which there is…
Simply Complex: This World is It.
A simple system is one where the parts are fully predictable: the lock on your front door, for instance, is a simple system. You insert…