Twenty Twenty Two
In the closing days of 2021, I found myself in a melancholy state caught between retrospection and introspection, facing my personal demons who still linger. I still yet needed to release the held back tears of over a decade and a half of constant struggle and suffering. Shortly before Tom and I had a year-end […]
Thoughts on Laozi, Taoism, and Leadership
Leaders should do what they feel is best for their people, whether or not the leader believes that decision to be popular. It is a leader’s responsibility to use force as little as possible, and violence as the ultimate last resort. In the use of force, lives are often put at risk and risking lives […]
An Analysis of Emily Dickinson’s Poem #632
Emily Dickinson’s Poem #632 seems to revolve around the human mind as its theme. The first stanza is what instantly drew my eyes to this poem. “The Brain – is wider than the Sky…” she writes, “For – put them side by side – the one the other will contain…” These two lines at first […]
Why You Should Become an Omnivore of Ideas
Plus, Why It’s Important to Have Obscure Curiosities Without getting too philosophical, I have found that spending my time investigating obscure curiosities is the best way to not get too involved with the problems of the present moment. One of the great paradoxes that exist within the human mind is that both the past and […]
How Becoming a Better Editor Made Me a Better Writer
Since the 2020 pandemic, my primary focus in my life was to make the best of my writing archives. As of September 2022, however, my focus has shifted slightly: make my writing archives better. This is, in fact, a very straightforward process. Find the posts that used to get love and improve them, then find […]
Did the Milwaukee Brewers Win the Kolten Wong Trade?
Kolten Wong is a solid Major League Baseball player. While his defense suffered in 2022, it seems that he was having leg issues during the season, and according to Wong those issues should be behind him. But, the budget-conscious Milwaukee Brewers decided to trade Wong in his last arbitration year with the club to the […]
Happy Rickey Henderson Day!
Happy Rickey Henderson Day! Today we’re celebrating the greatest base-stealer and base-on-balls taker in Major League Baseball history! Now, you may be thinking, isn’t December 25th someone else’s birthday, too? Thing is, the Lord Jesus Christ most likely wasn’t even actually born on December 25th. He was likely born closer to April or May. I […]
Zach Eflin Signs with the Tampa Bay Rays
When I first saw that Tampa Bay had signed pitcher Zach Eflin to a contract, I wasn’t surprised. But, when I saw they gave him the biggest free agent contract in Rays history, I was quite confused.
Every Red Sox Player Ever – Don McMahon
Don McMahon may not be a household name, but he was a pretty good baseball relief pitcher for almost two decades. He actually pitched in Major League Baseball until he was 44 years old! McMahon would spent parts of two of 18 seasons in MLB with the Red Sox, and pitch fairly well in the […]
Is Kilowattrel a Good Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet?
Kilowattrel evolves from Wattrel, the little electric bird you will often find hanging out around beaches. They are Electric/Flying type, which is actually not a common type at all. It’s certainly more Emolga than it is Zapdos, of course. But, it’s notable that the only other Electric/Flying type is the Electric-type Oricorio Pom-Pom Style, which […]