For a very long time I’ve been wondering about this certain music that literally makes me ill. There’s a band I can’t listen to without getting physically sick; nauseated. The band is Bachman Turner Overdrive. Even to write the name out … Continue reading
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TS Eliot and the Wall of Death
“I grow old… I grow old… I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.” I read that line first in 1980 during a class to develop my Bachelors Thesis. I’d never read T.S. Eliot before and when I did … Continue reading
How Religion Can Comfort You
Go figure, but over the years I’ve been an avid listener of super conservative and religious radio talk shows. I have focused on two radio hosts in particular in the last 15 years, local boys, one black, one white, both … Continue reading
Aging Like a Fine Whine
I can remember turning 21. It was nice. I had a surprise birthday. My mother threw it for me as she had for my brother three years earlier. I was definitely surprised. That was over 35 years ago. It is not likely … Continue reading
Little Traumas
I don’t know about you but I’m still haunted by little traumas, some from as far back as childhood. When I say little traumas, what I mean are moments when I said or did something, or something was done or said … Continue reading
Leading One’s Own Mental Health Quest
The Following is a Revision of a Post from 2011: When I was in college, I took it upon myself to write a critique of Percy Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” as a treatise on the inner-workings of a mind as … Continue reading
How Do You Get Over a Tragedy?
Something happened to me years ago. Many years ago now; so many that most of my important adult life has happened since then. And now here I am looking at the tragedy. Make no mistake, it was a tragedy. A … Continue reading
Experience Taking
Losing yourself in a fictional character can affect your real life. It’s called “Experience Taking” and I’ve been doing it my whole life. In fact I’ve often thought I chose the college I did because I was thinking I’d be … Continue reading
Back on the Borderline
Long ago I was diagnosed with something close to Borderline Personality Disorder. I didn’t know what it meant at the time, but it scared me and I denied it. I also denied that I needed drugs back then which I’m … Continue reading
Rage Rage Rage Rage
Some days when I don’t take my meds I get nuts. Well, I FEEL nuts. I have been taking medication regularly for over ten years. I started taking it for a physical condition that I later found had nothing to … Continue reading
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