I read an article recently about table manners in the country of Spain. It’s a bit long-winded. I mean, there are a lot of rules. The most interesting ones, to me, were about bread. It’s a bit hard to explain exactly what you’re supposed to do with the bread. Something involving keeping the bread separateContinue reading “The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #5 – In Spain, Bread Can’t Go Just Anywhere (A Sedative for Irresistible Good Manners)”
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The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #4 – Nobody is That Wound Up, When it Comes to The Tight Point of Modern Corsets
I’m not well versed enough in old style women’s underclothing to figure exactly how much pleasure and suffering has ever been caused by the wearing the item known as the corset. The articles really don’t add up. But I do know this, that a lot of people wish they were never a thing, a lotContinue reading “The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #4 – Nobody is That Wound Up, When it Comes to The Tight Point of Modern Corsets”
The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #3 – Those Damn Mergers are Messing With My Streaming (A Good Choice Misery Maker)
Funimation’s streaming service is merging with Crunchyroll. I was really enjoying anime a whole lot with Funi. I mean, where else can you marathon dubbed One Piece? Business moves like this are one of the things that’s a real grade-A clusterfuck despite being a huge gift. The new responsibilities of the businesspersons, the new burdensContinue reading “The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #3 – Those Damn Mergers are Messing With My Streaming (A Good Choice Misery Maker)”
The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #2 – Smokers Have a Nice Vibe and That’s the Everyday Havoc
I’m going to briefly write about smokers for a bit, or maybe a bit longer. Earlier on, I planned on really digging into them, but I have a better approach now. I am really am frustrated with ever having to get a scrap of that stuff near my face. And it may be true thatContinue reading “The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #2 – Smokers Have a Nice Vibe and That’s the Everyday Havoc”
The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #1 – A Diagram to Explain and Bind The Egregious Strength Within “Your Heart”
Hey….it’s me again. I’m back. Once again, it’s time. I’m gonna condense my philosophy even more. Polish it like marble. Crush it into powder. Shape it into a supernova. I know what I have to do. Break it down into something so simple, something not even metaphysical. Something bland, something hot, something universal. Restrain myselfContinue reading “The Heart’s Three Infamous Positive Energy Directives #1 – A Diagram to Explain and Bind The Egregious Strength Within “Your Heart””
Inner Beauty Parry 12/24/21 – Most Holidays are 29 Hours Long (A Quick Initiation Game)
You there! You there! Did you enter the URL? Did you take a picture of the QR code? Did you click on a link? Did you wind up here randomly? How about we play a quick game? Think of me as someone working at a carnival. Or maybe you can think of this as someContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/24/21 – Most Holidays are 29 Hours Long (A Quick Initiation Game)”
Inner Beauty Parry 12/21/21 – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Unstoppable Heart of Vengeance
You know about Rudolph the Red-Noised Reindeer, don’t you? It’s an absolutely classic little nugget of popular culture. A cute and epic little song that works as a sequel to ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, the classic poem. It got a famous TV adaptation, and quite a few more non-famous ones. Lately the song isContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/21/21 – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Unstoppable Heart of Vengeance”
Inner Beauty Parry 12/14/21 – The YouTube Dislike Meter Elegy (The Internet’s Final Tantrum)
The destroyed the dislike button a few days ago. On YouTube. Maybe I should say the “dislike meter”. The button is still there. And I’m sure a few millions of could feel our stomachs turn. Our lower lips clench. Our eyes take in air as they flared. As we said to ourselves, “the ability forContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 12/14/21 – The YouTube Dislike Meter Elegy (The Internet’s Final Tantrum)”
Inner Beauty Parry 11/28/21 – Personalized Morning Greetings for Kids are Just as Cute to the Despicable
There’s a video going around of a teacher greeting a line of young students into her classroom. Every one of them gets to choose which type of greeting they want by touching icons on a wall. Some of them hug, some of them shimmy, some do something like a bow. I’d have to look upContinue reading “Inner Beauty Parry 11/28/21 – Personalized Morning Greetings for Kids are Just as Cute to the Despicable”
CarHonk Catharsis (The Big Damn Freakin’ Elevator Pitch)
You know what they say about trying to promote your ideas. If you can’t do it in the length of an elevator ride, you’re probably fucked. You ever try crossing the street in the middle of a traffic jam? Chances are, one car is gonna stop for you. And there’s a good chance the carContinue reading “CarHonk Catharsis (The Big Damn Freakin’ Elevator Pitch)”