As any language learning guru can tell you, the most important part of language learning is consistency. The biggest enemy of consistency is procrastination. Two of the worst ways you can procrastinate is by playing video games and spending time on social media. So how do I beat my procrastination on language learning? By playingContinue reading “Productive Procrastination”
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Writing Journal for August 2015
As you may have guessed by now, for the past few years I have been pursuing my dream of becoming a novelist. I’ll get right to it. What I plan on doing at the beginning of every month is putting out how much I write each day. As you’ll see by the small amount ofContinue reading “Writing Journal for August 2015”
What Will Be Your Legacy?
I get a lot of slack for being too serious or not having enough fun. I readily admit that I have a stick up my butt the size of full grown oak tree but there are several reasons for that. One reason I can be such a prude is, legacy. We are all leaving behindContinue reading “What Will Be Your Legacy?”
We’ve Been Wrong The Whole Time
This week, the National Hemophilia Foundation is having their annual meeting in Dallas Texas. This wonderful meeting is America’s premier bleeding disorder yearly reunion. And it got me thinking about two themes that I have been told nearly all my life as a person living with hemophilia. Those two things are, one, that people withContinue reading “We’ve Been Wrong The Whole Time”
An Apology
A few days ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled on redefining what marriage is in this country. My first response was one of anger and I lashed out by posting these words on social media: “Hatred of God (who is Love) is being veiled as love. Fascinating. Congratulations Generation Kardashian, but Love, real love,Continue reading “An Apology”
Our Collective Suicide
According to the Ovid, Narcissus was a young hunter who put himself first before everyone else. Enamored with himself and him alone, Narcissus led a vain life filled with doing nothing but loving himself and only doing what he wanted first. Then one day Echo saw him and fell in love. Echo started following Narcissus.Continue reading “Our Collective Suicide”
Role Reversal
“What’s right isn’t always popular. What’s popular isn’t always right.” –Howard Cosell Out of my many travels between Europe and America, I’ve learned many major difference between our two cultures. The one that stands out the most to me is how quickly American men are feminizing and American women are emasculating themselves. The Problem, AsContinue reading “Role Reversal”
I Fell in Love in Paris
I fell in love in Paris. Cliche, yes, but also very true. A few years ago I had the opportunity to visit France for a World Federation of Hemophilia conference they were having there. Every two years, the WFH holds an international congress, and that year it fell in Paris. I didn’t know what toContinue reading “I Fell in Love in Paris”
On Franco-American Relations
This morning I awoke to the nicest news from France, only to then hear some of the worse and it made me reflect on the state of Franco-American relations. I woke up this morning and did my morning prayers. I woke up a little late and had a doctor’s appointment so I was in aContinue reading “On Franco-American Relations”
The Writing Myth
So this is like my fourth or fifth post on the craft of writing, but this is the one that I’ve been itching to write about. The myth of writing. First, what is craft? I keep saying that word and if you’re a new writer, you’ll be hearing a lot of it too. Craft simply meansContinue reading “The Writing Myth”
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