Published in The Haven·PinnedMember-onlyDo We Need to Blow-Up This F***’n Platform and Start All Over Again?The impossibility of growing readership and earnings here — I’m more serious about this than I wish I were. Medium for me has had ups and downs. It seems like the changes constantly happening here manage to knock down the “up’s” at least as often as they help with any of the fuckin’ down’s. I’ve posted over 1900 pieces…Complaints5 min read
Published in Dawn Novels·PinnedMember-onlyPlease Read ‘em!!!If you follow me, these are must-reads — Stuck in Neutral is available in almost every school and public library in the United States.Writing3 min read
11 hours agoStill waiting for the target to stop moving.601Brian Dickens BarrabeeLMAO, indeed, a moving target is tougher to hit.LMAO, indeed, a moving target is tougher to hit.1 min readLMAO, indeed, a moving target is tougher to hit.----
Published in The Haven·12 hours agoMember-onlyImmortality and You, Medium SuperheroYes, you too can become a legend!! — According to Ernest Becker in his Pulitzer Prize Winning book The Denial of Death, he hypothesizes that virtually everything we do psychologically is part of an “Immortality Project,” an effort to convince ourselves that we can avoid dying and becoming personally extinct: Jesus worship, publishing an award-winning book, seeing your…Truth4 min read
Published in Christian Pollution·2 days agoMember-onlyJust Say “Gay”The things we’re most afraid of offer the deepest, fastest path to full-life adulthood — unless you live in Florida — The recent war of our 95% magical thinking (Jesus grows limbs back on lepers and floats around in clouds and stuff, and believe it or you’re going to hell for ALL FUCKIN’ ETERNITY!!!!) …Gay3 min read
Published in The Haven·3 days agoMember-onlyThe Company You KeepTrump fan hopes jailhouse friendship with R. Kelly will convince sentencing judge to go easy on him.* Click on the subtitle for the full story and don’t confuse the pic above of a vicious killed taking a dump, with John Travolta, the actor playing him. *BTW, the guy in the…Humor3 min read
Published in Dawn Novels·3 days agoMember-onlyHemingwaySOMETIMES HEALING OURSELVES IS HARDER THAN IT SOUNDS! — Hemingway By putting that shotgun in his mouth and pulling the trigger, to me, he was typing “The End” to any message of courage, heart, justice, truth, or any other virtues he once pretended or attempted to embrace. This is because, to put it very simply, in life: you gut it…Hemingway2 min read
Published in Dawn Novels·4 days agoMember-onlyBeatles Coattail Clinging & Other Fame-Surf Riding TricksThe BEATLES: The Ultimate Unabridged, Click-baiting Trick — A hopefully helpful hint for attracting viewers and readers for your work here on fuckin’ Medium . . . and I refer to it profanely, b/c so little of what Medium always does, changes incomprehensible to any but some mad algorithm that can’t be counted on to help you make…Beatles3 min read
Published in The Haven·5 days agoMember-onlySeeking Perfection and Reaching for Orgasm in Subtle PastelsIf you stare at her long enough . . . — Stare, or at her, really STARE . . . For long enough, for a looonnnnggggg timeLies3 min read
Published in Write Under the Moon·5 days agoMember-onlyIndefatigable, NOTYet here I go again — Back in November 2021, I posted a piece, a short poem about my energy and involvement here on Medium (see below). Not long after that posting I met some interesting other writers here, some of whom I’m still in contact with, a few not so much or not at all…Life2 min read