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Dusting Off

  It’s been a long while since I’ve posted anything here. Looking back, I see it’s been since 2019 that I posted anything written. It’s been since 2020 that I posted anything at all. However, this year that will change. It’ll be back to business – writing and sharing my thoughts on all things pop culture (with maybe some other topics thrown in for good measure), getting my Patreon thriving, making long and short form videos, and maybe even self-publishing a book. It will take some time and I hope you follow along this journey. I’ve got great plans.   What exactly has been going on in the last 5 years? For better or worse, the world changed back in 2020. It keeps changing. It feels like time and history keeps barreling forward. Jokingly, people say they’d like to live in precedented and I’m inclined to concur.    We’ve watched political regimes rise and fall. We’ve struggled through ever-changing climate crises with excessive heat, floods, blizzards, earthquak...

The Nerdy Crafter #1: Neighborly Book Choice

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My Coming Out Story (Not clickbate)

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Virgo Vlogger Needs Tea

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More than Meets the Eye

            Werewolf stories have been around since the 12 th century. Most of them were written as warnings. They were stories that warned readers against breaking laws, following sexual urges, or disobeying religious texts. These stories were warnings about what could happen if we act upon primal urges and become the hunter instead of the hunted. Even though these horrific stories show the animal within escaping its human body confines, these stories often do show the downfall. At the very end, readers are reminded that the hunter will become the hunted. There will be penalties. There will be pain and suffering for disobedience. Werewolves will be destroyed.   What if, though, werewolves could be different? What if they could be gentile souls who want to live? What if werewolves were actually an allegory about people living with a crippling disease? With Remus Lupin, JK Rowling boldly presents these ideas within the Har...

Failure - It's Okay

It’s okay to fail. Say it with me. It’s. okay. To. fail. Shocking news, isn’t it? But it’s true. It’s fine to fail. It doesn’t mean you’re a failure. It doesn’t mean the world will end. On the contrary. The world will be fine. You will be fine. In fact, you will be better than fine. You’ll be stronger. You’ll be wiser. You’ll be braver.   It might feel like it right now. It might not feel like it tomorrow or the next day. With time, you will realize you did the right thing – for you. Don’t worry if some days you wonder the what if’s. What if I stuck with it? What if I finished? What if I’d chosen differently? What if I made the wrong choice? That’s okay. It’s okay to wonder. It’s only natural. It’s only human. So yes, it is okay to fail. Those words come easy. The reality is that it’s much harder to fail than to succeed. You’ve made a choice. Now you have to stick with it.   Now you wonder if it’s the right one. Sometimes the choice feels perfect. A weight’s been li...

Timeless Themes: Religion, Romance, and Revelations

Each person has a unique experience when it comes to spirituality. In times of struggle people either find the faith, hold tight to their beliefs, or lose them. No two reactions are identical - just as no two people are identical. Human DNA is capable of creating 70 billion combination; that means there will be 70 billion people before a DNA sequence is replicated. Those 70 billion persons will have different experiences with economics, schooling, language, household makeup, traditions, local and national laws, neighborhoods. "The Kennedy Curse", the April 15, 2018 episode of Timeless  touches on fate, destiny, and belief. No single character is left uncathed. None of the relationship will ever be the same. For here down there will be spoilers. Jessica seems to lose all faith in Wyatt. She felt ready to leave and let Wyatt have the life she thought  he wanted. Yet she stayed once Lucy professed everything Wyatt had done in order to try and bring Jessica back (much to...