PopcornJackTerry

I’m switching things up and starting with the soundtrack, because today it is just that, a series of songs for today’s blog. So click here and start listening while you read. I’m pretty good at self sabotage. Anyone who knows what I’ve been doing this year is probably already aware of that, so that’s not… Continue reading October 15, 2014

I wanted to be a bridge. I know I’ve said that before, but I read somewhere that you should always start out with a hook to attract the attention of your audience, make them say “What?” and want to read more. So, yeah, i wanted to be a bridge. I have also, over the years,… Continue reading October 12, 2014

I sometimes think about taking the self help book off the market, if for no other reason than it’s pretty obvious I’m not in as contented a place as that book may suggest that I am, and that I need to study it a bit more and take to heart some of my own lessons.… Continue reading October 6, 2014

There’s something about the humidity in the fall that is different from the summertime, something about the way it feels and even smells a little. I’m sure part of it is purely psychological, knowing that instead of meaning endless days at the beach it instead implies starry nights around a fire pit, but it’s almost… Continue reading October 3, 2014

I said it before, I’ll say it again. I don’t fully understand the fear of clowns. Yes, I have read It and seen the miniseries several times, and I will admit to having seen a few clowns in my day that made me wonder if there was somebody in the make-up trailer that said “No,… Continue reading September 19, 2014

You really have to feel for Moses. Here’s a guy who had to be told what to do by a burning bush, ask the Pharaoh to let him and all of his friends leave, be told no, leave anyway, pray to God that the Egyptians don’t kill them all, have his prayers answered by the… Continue reading September 15, 2014

Outside of my recent post about Facebook quizzes I haven’t been writing here very much lately. There are a couple of drafts still sitting around, one that’s a work in progress and another that needs more time to expire before I can finish it, but for the most part I’ve been held back by my… Continue reading September 12, 2014

My friend Chris put me up to the ten book challenge. It was just that. At first I thought I wouldn’t think of ten, and then I realized I was quickly running out of slots. These are the ten. Ask me next week and maybe there would be some changes. They really aren’t in any… Continue reading September 10, 2014

I was making breakfast the other morning when my sister in law came through the kitchen on her way to work. (I keep slightly different hours than most everyone else in the house.) We got talking about the ubiquitous quizzes that are on Facebook-which superhero are you, where should you live, what color are your… Continue reading September 8, 2014

Eight years ago I wrote a paragraph that I have kept with me all these years. I think about it from time to time, and go back to read it every so often. Yesterday, after hearing about Robin Williams, I went back and read it again. It’s about depression, and the moment I finally understood… Continue reading August 12, 2014