Dreams are tricky. Some people believe they carry meaning. They can be transparent like “You’re dreaming of an ex-girlfriend? I think it means you’re lonely.” or “You met your ex at a waterfall? The water symbolizes rebirth. Forget the girl…what’s new on your horizon?? Whatever it is, this is your cue to take that chance.”…
I saw the preview for The Boogeyman (2023) when I saw some other movie in the theater. Being on the casual end of a devoted Stephen King fan, I added it to my mental checklist of movies to consider seeing and subsequently forgot about the trailer entirely. I love many a Stephen King book and…
If 2022 was the year of misfortune for me, 2023 could be the year of missteps if I’m not careful. It may be unsettling to some to learn that I’ve been on a handful of dates this year. For the most part, they were surprisingly easy. Whether I did them “right” or not doesn’t matter.…
Broken and mendingMy heart’s scars tell you no lies.I’m real. I’m enough.
Many people know of Steve Earle. “Copperhead Road” is practically a classic. What fewer people know is that the elder Earle had a son named Justin Townes Earle and had an accidental overdose not taken him at just 388 years old, he might’ve become as popular as his father. Maybe even more popular. “Lone Pine…
What is Magic: The Gathering? I’ve written about games a lot, but I know the audience for this site isn’t gamers (though some of you may be gamers). I even debated on which site to publish this article on Magic: The Gathering on and ultimately decided here for a couple of reasons: First, no one…
What follows are links to articles I wrote for Ram’s Gate Winery. I’ve included excerpts from each, but if you want to read the entire article, you’ll have to go to the Ram’s Gate Winery Blog to do so. They have several other great articles that I didn’t write, so I hope you spend some…
This book was a gift from a friend. “From one nerd to another,” she told me. I mentioned it to another friend while I was reading it and he told me there was apparently some controversy around it. I couldn’t find much that was absolutely damning about it. Scholars generally regarded it as a decent…
I still remember the exact moment I discovered Joe Bonamassa. I was in the Army at Fort Bragg in 2002 and my roommate was fond of turning the TV to those music channels where there is no video, just music. That’s when I heard a familiar song, but it was clearly by a different artist.…