You’ll have to hear me out on this one, because trust me, I know.It’s been 11 years since this little sailor got a sizable dose of brain damage. I won’t bother going into details (because I don’t want to), but my Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has profoundly impacted my life. I’ve got the usual symptoms — bad memory, poor impulse control, and a constant simmering rage that’s always one twitch away from taking over my world. The weird one I wasn’t expecting, though: I’m hungry ALL THE TIME.Pictu...

You’ll have to hear me out on this one, because trust me, I know.It’s been 11 years since this little sailor got a sizable dose of brain damage. I won’t bother going into details (because I don’t want to), but my Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has profoundly impacted my life. I’ve got the usual symptoms — bad memory, poor impulse control, and a constant simmering rage that’s always one twitch away from taking over my world. The weird one I wasn’t expecting, though: I’m hungry ALL THE TIME.Pictu...

As a combat veteran, today’s date is extremely important to me. An entire nation came under attack, and millions felt their freedom and security fall away under the onslaught of ideological oppression. In the fight for democracy and human rights, I try to make sure we never forget what happened on September 11th, 1973. When the U.S. fought against democracy, and ruined the next 40 years of a country’s history.I couldn't agree more, dick.Under the direction of two dicks, Richard Nixon and...

As a combat veteran, today’s date is extremely important to me. An entire nation came under attack, and millions felt their freedom and security fall away under the onslaught of ideological oppression. In the fight for democracy and human rights, I try to make sure we never forget what happened on September 11th, 1973. When the U.S. fought against democracy, and ruined the next 40 years of a country’s history.I couldn't agree more, dick.Under the direction of two dicks, Richard Nixon and...

Marcus Aurelius is blowing my goddamn mind, and I couldn’t beat him in a fight.Photo by Johann Walter Bantz on UnsplashMy background is violence. I grew up a victim of violence. I became an instrument of violence. Now I’m striving to be a diffuser of violence. Most of my life has been spent avoiding violence or planning violence. Every time I enter a restaurant, I find the doors. I find the kitchen. I know where the knives are. My worldview was solidified when the military threw me into comba...

Marcus Aurelius is blowing my goddamn mind, and I couldn’t beat him in a fight.Photo by Johann Walter Bantz on UnsplashMy background is violence. I grew up a victim of violence. I became an instrument of violence. Now I’m striving to be a diffuser of violence. Most of my life has been spent avoiding violence or planning violence. Every time I enter a restaurant, I find the doors. I find the kitchen. I know where the knives are. My worldview was solidified when the military threw me into comba...

Spoiler: You’re masturbating in public.Photo by Deon Black on UnsplashI adore words. I write because the feel of language structure knocking off the inner lining of my skull brings a satisfaction that I legitimately require to experience happiness. One BIGASS problem: That opening sentence sucks for a reader. My extreme niche of kink writing is gatekeeping most of the population. It’s all just authorial masturbation. Online writers often mistake beautiful words for useful thoughts. Sure, you’...

Spoiler: You’re masturbating in public.Photo by Deon Black on UnsplashI adore words. I write because the feel of language structure knocking off the inner lining of my skull brings a satisfaction that I legitimately require to experience happiness. One BIGASS problem: That opening sentence sucks for a reader. My extreme niche of kink writing is gatekeeping most of the population. It’s all just authorial masturbation. Online writers often mistake beautiful words for useful thoughts. Sure, you’...

It’s a difficult undertaking, but the shift from hate to love is the only fight worth joining. My life was violent very early on. I don’t know if it was the stress of a new country, but my parents hit me regularly from the age of 6. It didn’t start this way. I have vague memories of playful wrestling with my father, or my mother giggling with me after bathtime. But once we moved to the United States, a shift occurred that directed the course of my entire life.The GoalI’m trying to be upliftin...

It’s a difficult undertaking, but the shift from hate to love is the only fight worth joining. My life was violent very early on. I don’t know if it was the stress of a new country, but my parents hit me regularly from the age of 6. It didn’t start this way. I have vague memories of playful wrestling with my father, or my mother giggling with me after bathtime. But once we moved to the United States, a shift occurred that directed the course of my entire life.The GoalI’m trying to be upliftin...