Intellectual loneliness is about realizing how few people can tolerate complexity. Intellectual loneliness is the basis of art. It isn't about wanting 'deep talks'. It is about how quickly people rush to have an answer; rather than to understand. Unfortunately, it is understanding that leads to compassion. Generally, people want to feel good and be … Continue reading Intellectual Loneliness
Category: Music
Hick-hop: Smash or Pass?
Hick-hop: smash or pass? Hick-hop is a music genre. I just found it out on a road trip to SoCal with my niece and grandniece. That makes two in the last few months. Yacht Rock being the other. However, I knew the songs that make up the genre of Yacht Rock. I just didn't know … Continue reading Hick-hop: Smash or Pass?
The Author’s Cafe on Spotify is Fantastic
The Author's Cafe is a playlist on Spotify. I just made it. The Author's Cafe Playlist on Spotify is fantastic! Specifically, it is songs referenced in the books I write. I am The Author and this is my cafe. Sometime around 2012 I tuned into streaming music via Spotify. Furthermore, I began to make playlists to mark … Continue reading The Author’s Cafe on Spotify is Fantastic
My Inbox is on Fire
My Inbox is on fire; and has been since November. I've been re-reading World On Fire (2003) by Amy Chua. She's a long time professor at Yale Law School. The subtitle of the book is: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability. Unfortunately, not many people read it. Moreover, no one "got it". … Continue reading My Inbox is on Fire
Weekend at the Movies: No Heroes Here
I spent a weekend at the movies and found no heroes. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the films. However, view at your own risk. Let's get into it. Four Movies I watched were: Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970) Basic Instinct 2 (2006) The Tribes of Palos Verde (2017) The Girl on the Mountain (2022) All these … Continue reading Weekend at the Movies: No Heroes Here
Traumatized: We Don’t Stop
Trauma is "stress without resolve." So says Teal Swan, and I agree. Swan also says that unresolved trauma manifests as problems with one's physical, mental, and emotional health. Again, I agree. Furthermore she says that trauma "lies at the root of the vast majority of physical illnesses." I concur. That has been the case in … Continue reading Traumatized: We Don’t Stop
Bartender Blues: A Review
Bartender Blues is a song written by James Taylor in 1978. It is a sad song and on my BEST PLAYLIST EVER. Additionally, it's of the musical genre NEW AMERICANA. Before even there was such a thing! However, Bartender Blues is the epitome of NEW AMERICANA because it blends Folk, Country, and Blues (obviously). The song … Continue reading Bartender Blues: A Review
Jack’s Service
"Almost no one wore black to Jack Joseph Jabbour’s memorial service. Instead, the rows of New Hope Church on Friday were filled with family and friends — some smiling, some weeping — wearing bright colors... — Read on http://www.postindependent.com/news/before-i-say-ta-ta-for-now-new-castle-honors-jack-jabbour-with-a-celebration-of-life/ Front page, above the foldSo that's my brother Jack. We (the family) had a second service … Continue reading Jack’s Service
Smile
Smile. "When you smile the whole world smiles with you." Ha! Sometimes. A smile is contagious. As is laughter. It's how we're wired. Try it. The question is: What about faking it? Here is a favorite jingle of my father: It is easy enough to be pleasant When life rolls along like a song, But … Continue reading Smile
Jack’s Eulogy
My brother Jack was sweet, gentle, and kind. He was two years older than me--born at the close of summer in 1947 at Bolling Air Field in the District of Columbia. Which is not to say he didn't get angry - he did. However, I think, that he thought it was a sin to show … Continue reading Jack’s Eulogy