Originally, I had planned to allow my pre-reunion article stand on its own merit and become the sole thoughts shared of this incredible celebration we all experienced. Then, while headed home, some words from a Tennyson poem blasted into my head and would not escape. They were words that brought it all home  reminding me just how unique our experience seems to have been. Tho' much is taken, m

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” So begins the Dickens classic A Tale of Two Cities. While this timeless tale was a story about the French Revolution and its impact on two cities, it also had a deeper and more spiritual core which we all live; duality. Duality is a life force we cannot escape. Rather than looking to escape this duality, we as a collective, embraced this stru...

Tomorrow marks a new day; a new beginning.It has been a difficult struggle for me over the last year. I have been balancing many things including my inability to separate the writing from the writer.While this all began as a bit of an experiment, there was always plenty of accolade for what was done; when I tried to become that which I had originally opposed; a journalist; it backfired on my psych

While it is very tragic that the crime of rape exists, we have to ask ourselves where our philosophical ideals lay in times like these. The problem with most of these journalists is that they do not have philosophical ideals. They blindly write what generates revenue.I was speaking with my brother today and we talked about the deeper thoughts about crime and punishment. I have LONG held the belie...

Today a seemingly historic and courageous decision was made by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. While I think the decision is the correct decision given Donald Sterling's history, there are many questions that need to be answered before this chapter can close in my mind.Many people want the whole saga to go away and expect that this decision will allow that to happen. There is little pity for Sterlin

I actually hate the phrase "YOLO" because most of those who aspire to live by this so-called "life altering motto" do so not because they truly recognize the fragility of life, but because they want an excuse to act without thought or concern for how those actions affect not just themselves but everyone around them. It has essentially become their excuse to live a life of debauchery without guilt....

I was reading through Gogol's Dead Souls and, upon reading the beginning of chapter 7, I came across a paragraph that really made my mind work furiously at recognizing the remnants of a muse lost. This reads like the last two years of my writing life. In the beginning:Happy is the writer who without dwelling too long on tedious and repulsive characters, which impress us by their distressful ...

An interesting thought occurred to me today.Two plus years ago, when I first wrote on this blog, certain "professional" media members said that my thoughts were not valid for several reasons most of which centered around the concept of my not having editors and my being too much of a "cheerleader" rather than an objective member of media.Two plus years later, whenever I happen to say something not

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After the debacle in the desert, I had hoped that the leaders of the Oregon football team might figure out that they had begun to stray too far from the mentality that led to a 46-7 record over 4 seasons, including a 33-3 record in conference play.Well, it looks like those days are gone forever. Mark Helfrich cannot grasp the concept; apparently.Today, Kerry Eggers has a quote from Helfrich that s