What My Dad Taught Me

I've been thinking about my dad a lot this week. Don't know what triggered my thoughts. I think, with everything happening in my lif...

Journey of One: Loving Life, Living Love

2013 is turning out to be a milestone year for me. This will be a year long remembered. "It has seen the end of Kenobi; it will soon s...

Think If you were in their shoes, stop GAY hate!

        This just a short little film I saw on Facebook, Showing us the world if being straight was looked down on by society. This is a wo...

Journey of One: Live, Love, Fight [part two]

Focus . I tell my students that's what you need to be successful, and not just at martial arts. Focusing on a goal, keeping your eyes on...

Journey of One: Live, Love, Fight.

I still have no computer, so once again I am blogging via my iPod. I am also once again blogging from my favorite pub, the Celtic Mist, wher...

Thoughts at a Pub on the Pale Blue Dot

I'm drinking Guinness right now at The Celtic Mist, my favorite pub here in Illinois' capital city. Blogging via iPod as the music o...

A Brief Thought Concerning Happiness

"We accept the love we think we deserve." Yes, I'm quoting The Perks of being a Wallflower , but it's true, I think. If on...

Journey of One: the Journey Itself (part one)

Some people have well-organized minds, with thoughts, ideas, and memories neatly organized like files in an office file cabinet. They can re...

The Human Collective

Thank You, Dr. King

My Warrior's Code

"Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go...

Left-Handed in a Right-Handed World

I am left-handed; a southpaw. Living amongst right-handed people my entire life led to my conditioned ambidexterity. I call it "conditi...

If I Didn't Have You...

Here's another Tim Minchin song. This is the kind of song you have to listen to at least twice. And yeah, this pretty much represents wh...