What was supposed to have been a slow month was anything but. I fully intended on making the rounds, while adding my own stamp on the challenge but it wasn't meant to be. Life got busier and when I had a moment to myself, I was too exhauste…
An Idiot's Guide to Randomness. "Love makes your soul crawl out of its hiding place." - Zora Neale Hurston Can you fly? - what a question to ask someone in a poem. My heart, my soul, my mind, or my body. What do I need to take to the skies
An Idiot's Guide to Randomness. "Love makes your soul crawl out of its hiding place." - Zora Neale Hurston An Idiot's Guide to Randomness. I know! I'm a bit "all over the place" currently. My goal was to post daily, starting with A and endi…
An Idiot's Guide to Randomness. I know! I'm a bit "all over the place" currently. My goal was to post daily, starting with A and ending with Z. IN ORDER! That hasn't worked out. I will catch up but in the meantime, I'll be jumping out of or…
"Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds." - Orison Swett Marden The story, as it is told, is that David defeated Goliath, with a sling and a stone. Insurmountable odds. The stron…
I have recently started decluttering and clearing out old boxes that had been stored and happened upon an old notebook of sketches and scribbles from long ago. A buddy of mine (we will call him B) and I used to sit atop the roof of his rent…
An Idiot's Guide to Randomness. In society today, violence is all around us. We are inundated with it. We see it in the morning AND evening news. It is glorified in Hollywood and at times, we see it in front of our very eyes. We breathe it
An Idiot's Guide to Randomness. A diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Overwhelming anxiety, caused by violent, intrusive thinking. A potent regiment of medication (several). Two separate, one week stints in a behavioral hospital bec…
I know it's a couple of days late but late is better than never! I'll begin by introducing myself and by providing a brief summation of my story. My name is Nate, also known as ib (Idiot Box). Circa 2012, this blog was created to shed light…
I'm a bit late in posting this so I apologize. Let's get right to it! As a child, I simply could not grasp the vastness of the earth and the billions of living organisms dwelling on it. This inability to wrap my mind around these simple fac…
The first Wednesday of every month should, in my humble opinion, be enacted as a federal holiday. Why, might you ask? Because it is "Insecure Writer's Support Group" day! On this day, writers of every level, published or not, can air their
The first Wednesday of every month should, in my humble opinion, be enacted as a federal holiday. Why, might you ask? Because it is "Insecure Writer's Support Group" day! On this day, writers of every level, published or not, can air their