Category Archives: Spirituality
Looking Back on #Unveiled
A month ago, my friend Mehnaz Thawer came up with an idea; everyday for the month of September she would post a short sentence or concept about herself that people generally don’t know. Twitter hashtag use was perfect for a project like this, but she also elaborated on her answers each day on her blog. She …
(Don’t) Make Them Pay
When I was in the planning stages of starting my local Introverts Meetup, some suggested I require a nominal fee to attend the meetings. The argument was that nobody who signed up for the group would feel obligated to honor their “yes” RSVPs if they didn’t have a financial investment in the group. When I …
What I Know About the Navy Yard Shooting
Sometimes you go numb, and sometimes you get pissed off. Maybe it’s because this Navy Yard shooting is so close to home for me, or maybe it was just time for me to be pissed, but pissed I am. I don’t know anymore about what happened than anybody outside of authorities knows at this point. …
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 …
Ty Unglebower 