Shifting Paradigms: A Personal Journey to Authenticity

The Gospel According to Beer and Mulder

It started out as just something to do on a Sunday night, an unnamed ritual that slowly turned sacred.

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July 2025

The Physics of Ice Cream

Musings on beach side ice cream and quantum physics.

Jul 31 • 

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Don't Forget to Sing When You Win

It’s official. The plane tickets have been bought. We’re getting ready to leave.

Jul 26 • 

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June 2025

Murderbot and Me

I started to wonder if the ethical line was starting to blur. How much was too much? What made something written by AI instead of by me? Should I…

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May 2025

Walking on Air

This song shouldn’t be as good as it is. It’s not “cool.” It didn’t define an era of music. It was the theme to a goofy, short-lived show about a…

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April 2025

After the Smoke Clears

So, after the crowd’s roar settles, the parades are over, and the smoke bombs have cleared, what comes next?

Apr 27 • 

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Dogs in the yard

It didn’t bring back memories—but it triggered something that I was unconsciously reaching for. The imagery was simple: dogs running freely, belonging…

Apr 23 • 

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December 2024

Beauty Without Belief

The majesty of the music and a belief system do not have to be married to each other.

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September 2024

An Autumn State of Mind

I understand that this is incredibly basic and capitalistic of me, but I do love them. A PSL is a taste of fall in a disposable cup.

Sep 2, 2024 • 

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August 2024

Grits, Eggs, and Hashbrowns

Every weekend, and even some weekdays, for as long as I can remember, I would make them their preferred breakfast: cheese grits, fried eggs, hash…

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July 2024

Notes from an atheist attending a church service--that made him emotional.

I found myself reciting and responding with everyone else. The words came pouring out from somewhere in the deep recesses of my brain.

Jul 20, 2024 • 

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Light Waves To Me and Light Particles To Others

He was light-waves to others and light-particles to me. My relationship with him was one way, the relationship he had with others, outside of the…

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