On the Ropes This past Wednesday, I found myself on the ropes while sparring and took a hard shovel hook to the ribs that brought me to my knees.1 I suspected that I was only bruised. Yet, since the pain was intense, I visited my local urgent care facility to have X-rays. It was just one more way to unintentionally spend money. But the verdict: All's fine. Nothing's fractured except my pride. True Confession The good thing, however, is that fellow parishioners at Holy Redeemer invited … [Read more...] about A Short Valentine’s Day Treatise on Male Strutting
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“Words make poems, and poems always work.”
People often assume I'm a writer and that I live for it, but I actually trained as a chemist instead and am more at home with STEM subjects – meaning science, technology, engineering, and medicine. No wait, drop the medicine. I'm not interested in human pathologies and the like. Although even that qualification isn't enough. The truth is that I really wanted a military career. To fight enemies was my heart's desire, not living the vegetable life spending 8-hours plus in a laboratory 5-days a … [Read more...] about “Words make poems, and poems always work.”