Category Archives: Miscellany
Leave Me Alone…Sometimes.
Options. They are crucial to success and fulfillment in so many of life’s endeavors. While there is evidence that having too many options at any given time can actually lead to a bit of mental paralysis, making decision making more difficult, my guess is that most would rather deal with the difficulty of having too …
What’s In An Age?
I know people who feel old because they passed a certain age. For some it was thirty, for many forty. For a sickening number of others, the age “getting old” thing started in their late twenties. Seriously. They finished college and suddenly a certain depression about “not being young anymore” or “being able to do …
Memorial Day
To paraphrase Martin Luther King, if someone hasn’t discovered something he is willing to die for, he isn’t fit to live. I’ve always found that ever so slightly harsh, coming from the good Reverend, but I certainly see his point. Being willing to die for something, or even for someone without a doubt represents that ultimate …
Scintilla13 Day 15
Tell the story of how you got the thing you are going to keep forever. Include an image in your post, if you can. This mug has never held a beverage. I was in college when I got it. I had been sick, quite sick for several days. Sick to the point of asking …
Scintilla13 Day 14
We exert control over ourselves and others in many ways. Talk about a time when you lost that control. This can go beyond the obvious emotional control into things like willpower, tidiness, self-discipline, physical prowess – any time that you felt your autonomy slipping away. I really can’t say my very autonomy has slipped away …
Ty Unglebower 