There’s something sad about people who feel the need to take a scorched earth policy to their past. It’s sad because you should never have to look at your past as something you survived but more something that lead you to where you are. And the thing is that it’s simply classier to move forward… Continue reading Moving On
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Building Change
Cities like Flint are struggling. Cities built to support one or two industries which leave, cities built to support and reflect a moment, and cities built by individuals not groups. And when those industries left so did the people and so did the city and all that remained were ghosts, excuses, and blame. Luckily, the… Continue reading Building Change
Looking Back In Anger
Looking Back In Anger We humans and especially we Americans have a very bad habit of looking down our nose at everyone that isn’t us. We love to lecture, to harass, to harangue, and to tell people how wrong they are in their beliefs, upbringing, and the way they live their lives. We like to… Continue reading Looking Back In Anger
The Past Doesn’t Always Need To Leave
It doesn’t take long to see people and things that are crying out for technology. People whose work and tasks could be made so much easier if they’d just succumb to what tech has to offer. There are those though that will refuse using ‘new-fangled’ devices and methods because they like the tried and true,… Continue reading The Past Doesn’t Always Need To Leave
For Those Who Stay
For Those Who Stay Sometimes the wisest thing you can do is leave.Just…go.In the end sometimes you just have to look out for yourself.In Flint that’s been an issue that’s plagued the city for decades now and it’s something I find it hard to argue with. But sadly, the landscape of America is starting to look… Continue reading For Those Who Stay
The Lame Game
The Lame GameEr, I think I meant to make that the BLAME Game but, well, maybe lame works better.Truth?It does.This is an odd time in America and we are going through a VERY awkward period. Taking out my monocle and playing pocket Sociologist I can’t wonder if we’re still suffering the growing pains of righting… Continue reading The Lame Game
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There's a point in your adolescence that every age beyond your own seems old. So very old. So distant. Thirteen you can go to 'PG-13' movies. Fifteen and you can learn how to drive. Sixteen and you can drive. Seventeen and you can get into 'R' Rated movies. Eighteen and you can vote - and… Continue reading 40
The Death Of Politeness.
I have a problem. A sickness some may call it. You see, I call women ‘ma’am’ and men ‘sir’ when I deal with them. Now, this is even if they are family or friends. It’s meant as a sign of respect and it’s a bit of formality that I like. It’s also POLITE! I worked… Continue reading The Death Of Politeness.
Preaching to the Choir
With the recent death of GWAR lead singer Dave Brockie it occurred to me that we’re losing our appreciation of The Other Side. We’re losing our ability to see past ourselves and to imagine a bigger world.I followed Brockie’s ODERUS (his GWAR character’s name) Twitter feed and it was all but guaranteed to offend at… Continue reading Preaching to the Choir
2013
With the ending of each year I think it’s healthy to go back and look at what the year meant to you. You try to honor the good, learn from or get over the bad, and the rest you sort of see where it fits into the bigger picture of your life. Since most folks… Continue reading 2013
Dancing Goodbye
The odds are that we will never get a chance to properly say goodbye. If we are lucky, and we live long enough we can hope, hope, hope that we get a chance to say the things that we always meant to say. Say the things we should say. And will get a chance to… Continue reading Dancing Goodbye
On Being An Apocalyptic City And Finding Hope In The Flames
I have been stewing for a few days on the most recent ‘article’ which offers up Flint as public sacrifice to the gods of ‘page views’ and ‘controversy’. I was shocked to see another missive on how terrible, and deadly, and dangerous the city is from another person who has never been within a hundred… Continue reading On Being An Apocalyptic City And Finding Hope In The Flames
Support System
In the excitement of creation it’s really easy to forget that essentially you’re on your own with that excitement. Unless you are in a band or worked on a collaborative piece it’s pretty much you on your own that did the work, put in the time, and will usually take the risks and reap the… Continue reading Support System
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 