Monthly Archives: November 2021
NightWare Review Part Four
It’s not working for me. But you should try it in case it helps you. $7,000 but if it is life or death, well . . . NightWare Review – Part One (internal link) NightWare Review – Part Two (internal link) NightWare … Continue reading
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Desert Tarantula Sighting Today in the Resting Springs WA
Music by Henry Mancini.
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Wallace Stevens (Revised)
Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) These are quotes and verses from another dead white guy with a classical Western education. I doubt he is studied anymore and that makes this a poorer world. Can you equal any of these lines? Especially this … Continue reading
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No Progress in Forty Years (Update)
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder contended in Lost in Math that no fundamental progress has been made in physics in the last forty years. Instead of advancing an understanding of the building blocks of the universe, we are simply working out the … Continue reading
The Parable of the Madman (repost)
It’s been a while since I read this. I know God exists so Nietzsche’s view does not bother me. Beyond this rolling prose, which is actually poetry, I find the arrogance and the audaciousness of his vision to be inspiring … Continue reading
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AEnema by Tool (Edited)
And on the Eighth Day, God created Tool. AEnema by Tool (Edited) Some say the end is near Some say we’ll see Armageddon soon I certainly hope we will I sure could use a vacation from this Bullshit three ring … Continue reading
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My First Suicide Attempt
What went wrong was like seeing gravity stop working. I had read dozens of stories of carbon monoxide poisoning working in fairly short order. It didn’t happen. Far from it. I am baffled and perplexed and discouraged. I wish you … Continue reading
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Tagged aided suicide, attempted suicide, mental health, nightmares, PTSD, sleep problems, suicide, terminally ill
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Goldfield Lays Town Father Bryan Smalley to Rest
August 31, 2022 UPDATE A ten minute video about Bryan can be viewed here. It’s a short film the family asked me to do. https://vimeo.com/thewritingrockhound/videoforbryan Original Article Follows: Bryan Smalley died in Goldfield on October 30, 2021. He was 61 … Continue reading
And the Wall Came Tumbling Down
I’m more and more convinced that PTSD and other traumatic events can break down the brain’s normal ability to protect a person from unconscious thoughts and dreams. For the last few weeks I have had a minor cough. A few … Continue reading
NightWare™ Review Part Three
NB: My psychiatrists (and all of the medical people I have dealt with) our obsessed with knowing how much sleep I am getting. How many hours? It doesn’t matter! Not if you go to sleep three or four times a … Continue reading