Category: Creative non-fiction
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A Six Dollar Loaf of Bread
Staples are needs. The fact that America is a nation in which staples are priced as wants is a problem. In means that there are those that are starving while others profiteer. It is an unfair and unjust system of governance.
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A Failure to ASK
We are living in the Era of Jerks. A period of time that can be described only as selfish idiocracy for we have devalued the basic traits that seperate humans from animals. More specifically, the abilities to reason, think and ask questions to find answers to modern day conundrums.
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Blooming Kobe
Kobe Bryant was a hero of mine and the rest of the world it seems. He was a great man by msot measures. However, it doesn’t change that he an early bloomer who missed a lot of living. We can learn from his success, certainly. But also from his loss. Many of us have been…
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Black Eyes and Licorice Pizza
A lot happens behind the scenes. Those with power wield their power so that we, those without, continue to see them with reverance and awe. Neither should be given unconditionally and those with power should be held to the same standard as the rest of us.
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God is: Man is Dead
Villains are those that take from others. The worst villains we call murderers or killers. When we connect this idea to time being relative, any person that steals part of OUR lives to do their bidding are villains. Plan accordingly. Cartoon Villains and Superlatives always get me. What about you? I watch cartoons and wham,…
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The Sheeple, the Herders and the Rabid Wolves, Part II
As Walt Whitman said, “I contain multitudes.” I interepret this to mean that we are all many different people simultaneously. A parent. A child. A student. A teacher. A leader. A follower. We are just one or the other. We are ALL. If we can learn to think like this, then we can learn to…
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The Prediction of Truth
Mike Tyson knocking out Marvis Frazier in 30 seconds is an example of truth. Hulk Hogan beating Andre the Giant is an example of truth by feeling. They are not the same yet we are being conditioned to believe they are. This is a problem for ALL. When we are kids, we are given books…
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An OFTS Retrospect
I wish more were on the path of finding their purpose in life. Not someone else’s. This has been a challenge I have worked hard to overcome. My answer is to accept and love yourself as you are and be willing to change the parts that need an upgrade or fixing. When I first started…
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Defining the Leech
Math and Physics are the building blocks of ALL. Numbers don’t lie. I assume there is a mathematical equation that clearly states how many of the poor and working class need to be united to actuate change. It will never happen if we continue to be devisive amongst ourselves while simultaneously supporting the Leeches of…
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A Shakespearean Workforce
We seem to celebrate mediocrity and excuses allowing our colleaugues to succeed without merit or production. In the world of theater, that would not be tolerated. An actor not knowing his lines. A lighting designer not illumintating the stage. They would be fired. We should stand up and fire those who are unable to do…
Observations From the Spectrum 