The Nation We Live In, a Collection of Essays and Short Stories

Be Here Now. Live in the Moment. Don't dwell on the past.  These are all therapist and philosophically worn phrases. What about the Promise of Tomorrow? How do you feel about the immediate future? Do you think after resting your head on the pillow tonight, and enjoying an entire night of sleep, that the next day will be any better? Will tomorrow be worse? My inner self still wants to believe in my future living days and life. Do you care about your future life? When you are a kid, adolescent, college student and even as a twenty-something, the future, and eminent mid-life crisis seems galaxies and light years away. I'll never be 40 years old. That's what we all wishfully imagined. Personally, I recall as a twenty-something happily partying at night, and easily working during the day. My moods and health were smooth and assured. My twenties consisted of living in Austin, Texas and then later in my 20's after moving to New York, briskly walking the invigor...

Click here for a 2/12/2020 NEW UPDATE on the "Silent Sam" Removal on the Campus of Univ. North Carolina - Chapel Hill The United States southern Confederacy movement, southern states, and war soldiers eventually lost the Civil War to the North in 1865. In current times, the Confederacy is still losing. What's happening? Well, the Confederate resembling historical and prominent physical statues, streets and school names are being heavily questioned, yanked down, physically removed, and entirely renamed. It's happening often, powerfully and with consistency. These physically painful earthly reminders of the Confederacy are being attacked by the opposing human group masses. Governments are meticulously changing street and school names. Some people consider it an attempted re-write of American History. I consider it an intelligent desire to simply highlight more honorable and inspiring figures from America's historical past. In personal evidence of proof...

As an American citizen, the 1st Amendment, in my opinion, is the most important amendment to our nation's constitution. The 1st Amendment gives American residents the absolute right to express their opinions, and the right of free speech. It is also guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. Recently, a slippery slope has occurred in regards to a notorious, hate-filled, conspiracy theorist, and media personality Alex Jones. In addition to Alex Jones widespread media banishment, he is also being sued in court for defamation by multiple parents of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting massacre. One of Alex's awful, stupid and hurtful conspiracy theories is that the Sandy Hook infant children shooting and deathly massacre in Connecticut was a hoax. This detrimental attention crazed human, Alex Jones thinks the murderous Sandy Hook shooting event was "fabricated" to constrain national gun rights. An example of modern Idiocracy. This man is mostly hated in society. It l...

Float the Rivers, Nap, Party all Night at the Square, Sleep, Coffee and Repeat. That's the Small College Town vibe and lifestyle of San "Marvelous" Marcos, Texas in a  nutshell. This summer I decided to mix it up, and try something different. I had been avidly fond of BABY Austin, Texas  for quite some time. One could describe San Marcos as the Brooklyn of Texas. I searched around on the internet, made some phone calls, and found a 2 month plus, short-term furnished lease, with zero security deposit at the Vistas complex in San Marcos, Texas. The Vistas is a welcoming, newer apartment complex that encompasses an entire city block. It has a pool, key entry security, a gym, and on-site management. Basically, everything was included in my $1800 dollar total rent, short term lease. The Vistas Studio apartment was ideal for my leisurely 2nd summer home. The goals were to vacation, relax, escape the bigger ATX city and small-town party! ...

Disclaimer, my 1 week in Nashville was excellent! Nashville possess a 4 season climate, bustling urban mixed-used development, mega-city flair and friendly people. In conversing with current residents, uber drivers, the opposite sex and society in general, I was not able to uncover any true negatives on the city. This Nashville literary experience is derived from my 1 week of an attention based vacation. There will be 2 parts. You'll see, just keep reading.  PART 1. The Bachelor Party. It was the original reason for my trip. One of my friendly Austin, Texas real estate clients invited me to join his mostly San Francisco based entourage. We shall call our lead Bachelor character Medusa. Why Medusa? He often had many tentacles of alcoholic beverages located within the immediate orbit of his head. Medusa is my smart, long distance bike riding, million dollar town-home owning friend. In describing the make-up of our 10 stag party bro's, I was the lone Texan. For your...

Have you ever wanted to swim and just simply be naked? Well, I've recently rekindled this idea of mine. Let's flesh it out. Get it, flesh it out. Ok... The idea and concept for CLOTHING OPTIONAL is for a commercial business . The hope is once the flagship pool is up and running, the business concept could be expanded to different Clothing Optional  markets, concepts, areas, and cities. The primary idea and flagship concept for this business is to find some open zoning land acreage within a large metropolitan city or very close by. Once the land is purchased, the commercial development of the Theme Park can commence. The primary attraction will be a very large, entertaining, amusement, and athletic-style Olympic Pool. There will always be at least 3-5 lanes reserved for athletic or leisure LAP swimming. In order to gain the $7 dollar per day entry fee, applicants must  be over the age of 18, and must also sign a release form promising to NOT publish any photos...

What is the "Peter Pan Syndrome" ? PPS is a condition that occurs in grown up and aging males. In general, they are reluctant or refuse to grow up. In lieu of embracing responsibilities and age-appropriate choices, these man child's prefer to retain their bottled-up youthful tenancies and societal actions. Basically, Peter Pan syndrome is the result of the inner child living within a grown man in perpetuity. For example, a man who refuses to move towards adulthood. In the eyes of the self-diagnosed PPS male, he views his youthful energy as fresh embraceable news! This man-child loves his freedom, youthful hobbies, and constant vigor. He is reluctant to tackle the super serious commitments of marriage, home ownership, kid creation, career and more. Envision the classic movie comedy, "Old School", with Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. Now you've got it! Have you ever met, had a family member, dated, or known a human with Peter Pan Syndro...