A couple months ago I wrote my first ever album review for Shadow Gallery’s “Digital Ghosts”. It is an album I truly enjoy listening to & it seems I discover something new every time I listen. Going to see SG in concert would be a great thing…too bad they don’t perform live. Well that is [...]
Empathy: em·pa·thy Pronunciation: \?em-p?-th?\ Function: noun
Etymology: Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empath?s emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathos
Date: 1850
With all the emotions that have churned up lately I’ve been on a less than even keel. (I know you’re shocked by that as I”m sure you couldn’t tell from all the crazy that’s been bleeding out around here…)
It’s been a down couple [...]
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is interference. Specifically how we interfere in the lives of those around us. There are all kinds of reasons & excuses given for this: they asked for advice, I’ve been there, I care about what happens to the other person etc. Many times these are legitimate reasons [...]
Lately I feel like I’m suffocating. Life feels like this big heavy weight pressing all the oxygen out of me. One of the only times it seems my lungs are working & my heart is still beating is when I’ve got words flowing onto the page (or screen as the case may be). When I [...]
I’ve decided that not only do I need to keep writing on here but that I also need to work on writing poetry. Poetry has always been my first love in writing. During college I wrote a lot of what was most likely terrible poetry. I stopped writing for years and have only started writing [...]
Well I’ve had the new website for nearly a week. I did manage to narrow my theme choices down to three…well 2 but one may be too “masculine” for me. I’m still looking at my options. The one theme that I’m using right now I like the look of but do not like the colors. [...]
Friday was the day…I went ahead & purchased my own domain & hosting package. As of 11 o’clock yesterday morning I became the proud owner of http://nil17.com. Excitement rushed through me as I made the commitment to see where this blog thing will take me. Then I left the office to get my hair [...]
Not a literal move but a virtual move. I’m thinking about taking the blog to a new site. I haven’t made any final decisions as of yet. I’m weighing my options & consulting with some people who have their own blogs.
I’m thinking of the move so that I have more flexibility with my design [...]
I have been struggling with the 25 things meme that has been racing around the internet lately. At first it was that I couldn’t think of 25, then that nothing I could think of was interesting. However the more I’ve thought about it the more attractive the idea became. Why? Not necessarily so that you [...]
I’ve decided that I should become an evil genius with designs on world domination. Of course I’m not looking to walk in the footsteps of the “Axis of Evil” by any means. I’ve decided that this bid for ultimate power will be hallmarked by unusual, impossible WMD’s.
My brother TJ gave me the idea when we [...]