What does emerging technology mean for writing and reading literature? I sat in a bar a while ago talking with an old friend over a cold beer. As an Engineer his viewpoint on the various topics we talked about was rather different to my own. Whilst discussing widely publicised environmental issues his response was always [...]
If you don’t know trust in love’s genius, you won’t ever realize love’s gifts. Falling in love means turning off your thoughts, needs or emotions to focus on someone else’s. Imagine the following scene, “Just married, this couple was in their honeymoon suite on their wedding night. As they undressed for bed, the husband, who [...]
Take the word ‘lead’ as an example of major confusion in my native language. In one form, lead is the name given to a heavy bluish soft ductile metal. But in numerous other forms it has a completely different meaning. Here are just a few for you to consider: To lead – the act of [...]
I find fascinating interactions, friendships, and purposeful collaborations between two artists. You probably are familiar with the competitive friendship between Matisse and Picasso. Are you also, like me, curious about the nine-week Studio of the South creative collaboration between Gauguin and van Gogh? Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) and Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) were only five years [...]
By the time of his presidency, Reagan already succeeded in establishing himself as the prototypical American icon. Election Day, Nov 4, 1981, proved an indisputable victory. The people ultimately distinguished Reagan as a prominent leader, earning, “489 total combined electoral votes in all but six states,” (Biography of Ronald Reagan, 1). Overtime, Reagan’s popularity only [...]
Today is my Friday, I said on the chat system at work. You suck, my friend Katy said, but it’s for a good cause. I have to go to court I told people. The first reaction when you tell people you have to go to court is “What did you do? Or is it for [...]
Clarence Willis had little or no regard for his life and the family that he would soon leave behind. Worried about his motorcycle buddies, the pranks and stunts they encouraged him and others to attempt, Clarence Willis ended his life in less than a grand fashion. Legacy’s are important and imagine finding your great great [...]
Ronald Wilson Reagan, as 40th President of the United States, entered office on January 20, 1981, concluding a period characterized by political instability and social upheaval. Upon inauguration, at 70 years of age, Reagan became the oldest person, and only professional actor to ever serve as President. His celebrity status alone transformed American perception of [...]
What stage of life is this, I find myself in? This is after getting weird because I crested over age 35. My grandparents lived into their 80s and 90s so if I don’t get hit by a truck or die of a disease or commit suicide then, even now at age 43 I am coming [...]
Because I have five nationalities in my genetic background, I’ve always considered myself American unless it was a holiday where I could embrace my ethnicity …like being Irish. What can I blame my Irish background for? My milk white skin and rosy apple cheeks, my crystal blue eyes and my mahogany hair….scratch the mahogany; it’s [...]
