August 2019 – Pisaries Creator

Labor Day Quotes

08/30/2019

Quotes

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Netflix TV Recommendation: Mindhunter (2017-)

08/29/2019

Netflix Recommendations, TV Recommendations

Quote from Mindhunter by Bill Tench: “I can choke down the bile, manufacture empathy – when our subjects are at least informative.” Creator: Joe Penhall Executive Producers: Christopher Daniel, Lone Korslund, Marc Schmidheiny, Petter Skavlan, Johan Christopher Stenersen, Dario Suter, Peter Watson, Henrik Zein, and Harald Zwart Directors: David Fincher, Carl Franklin, Andrew Douglas, Asif
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10 (+1) Songs That Scream 1980s

08/29/2019

Music, Random Posts

I recently was looking at a Rolling Stone magazine and recognized none of the singers or their songs. I haven’t been into new/recent music for a long time. The last CD I bought was from a long time ago. I think many of the artists on the radio sound the same today. Since I grew
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What Song is Playing on Your iPod?

08/29/2019

Music

This is going to a little different blog. I call it nice and short because it’s about jogging and listening to music while jogging. I yanked myself away from my computer last night because Monday and Tuesday was a bust for exercising. Did I have a good reason for not exercising? Sort of. Monday I
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Five Things I Look Forward to in 2020

08/29/2019

Random Posts

Peter Rabbit 2 movie release date is February 7th. James Corden is the voice of Peter Rabbit, Domhnall Gleeson is McGregor, and Rose Bryne is Gemima. The Tokyo Summer Olympics begins with opening ceremonies on July 24th and ends with closing ceremonies on August 9th. 206 nations are expected to participate with 11,091 athletes competing.
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One Lonely Quote About Writing

08/28/2019

Quotes

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Part Writing Exercise and Part Dream

08/28/2019

Writing

The crowd got louder as those sitting closest to the entrance saw her pinchers. By the time we reached the center of the arena, most everyone was standing and chanting. “Begin the fight. Begin the fight. Begin the fight.” Once the chant died down some, the crowd began to stamp their feet in
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Four End of August Quotes for 2019

08/26/2019

Quotes

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Journal Entry Type #17: Back So Soon?!

08/26/2019

Random Thoughts, Writing

Okay, so as I was trying to fall asleep last night because like most of us, I have to get up and work for a living, I thought about a short story I could write, how I would change my introduction to my next novel idea, the poem I wanted to write over the weekend
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Poem: Your Turn

08/26/2019

Poetry

You ask what my tongue would feel like, but I don’t have a suitable answer. No, not now. Maybe, never. These games you play, alone at night, I hear about them the next morning. Let me know when they stop. You ask where my hands would rest, but I can’t tell you. The
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Journal Type Entry #16: Quick Reflection of 25 Years

08/23/2019

Random Thoughts, Writing

A classmate of mine posted a picture from high school. It happens to be our 25th high school reunion this weekend. As I looked and read about everyone attending, some of them had kids already in college, some are still having kids, some didn’t want any kids (including myself), some are still married, some are
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Flying Bug

08/21/2019

Photographs, Random Posts

Blurry picture because I have a crappy iPhone still, but I take them anyway.
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In the Order of Roman Kings, Roman Republic, and Roman Empire

08/20/2019

History, Random Posts, Rome

Here’s a list of the Roman Kings, Republic, and Empire from 753 BC to 476 AD and the Byzantine Empire 330 to 1453 AD. Romulus Augustulus was the last Western emperor. The Eastern or Byzantine Empire fell in 1453 AD making Constantine XI its last emperor. With an empire lasting over a thousand years, it’s
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