“You’re not one of us!” they yelled. And that’s bad. I knew exactly what the rest of that thought was. Different is bad. I’m different. So I must be bad. The seed was planted. Partially by socialization, somewhat by biology, … Continued
Wednesday night, I randomly came across a HuffPost opinion piece titled ‘Christians Turn Love into a Four-Letter Word‘. It’s by Suzanne Dewitt Hall, a freelance writer who lives with her wife and cat named Chicken. I found it Googling “turn word … Continued
…also, that’s not how evolution works. Previously, I covered socialization and its effects on us. In A World Full of Impersonation, I Crave Unique Interpretation. Mimicking is a big part of our learning process. To this very day, I put … Continued
I’d like to extend a few challenges: See how few words you can use and still get what you want. See how few steps you can make between deciding what you want and getting it. See how good you can … Continued
When people talk about dreams coming true, it’s usually not in the negative sense. I had a dream once that I was standing on the stage of my grandparents’ church, in front of an audience of family and friends, as … Continued
The entire universe does not abide by our rules. Everything we’ve created to explain phenomena, like why we don’t fall off the planet and go floating into space, are just that: explanations. Creations. Widely-accepted creations. Newton’s apple helped us understand … Continued