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This Whole Writing Thing | The Addicted Mind

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True stories from one addicted mind. This Whole Writing Thing. So I’ve been plugging away on a post about me and my music history and every time I get to a place I want to wrap up, it keeps pouring out. I guess that’s good. I have written what I think are a few good pieces in the music post. If I have to guess, I’m 80% done and just need to concentrate and get it pushed to the end. Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Newer Entry →. Enter your comment here.

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Writing, Always Writing | The Addicted Mind

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True stories from one addicted mind. Writing, Always Writing. So I’ve been reading about a Facebook friend and her attempts to write everyday. She’s a magnificent writer and has gotten better over the last few months. I found her in a Facebook group for writers. So, I’m going to change a few small things and start writing everyday. Not everything will come, or end up here, but that doesn’t mean I’m not writing. Here’s to the next 30 days, we’ll start there! Click to email (Opens in new window). Mother Th...

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I Have This Friend | The Addicted Mind

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True stories from one addicted mind. I Have This Friend. I have a friend from a few, many actually, years ago. He lives in the bay area with his wife and two teenage kids. My issue isn’t with him as much as his views on what some have called “fake masculinity.”. What’s “fake masculinity” you ask? Here’s an example, in order to be a real man you have to hunt, play football, baseball or another “masculine” sport. This is way bigger than me talking to a high school friend, its about our role as people. ...

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Going Through Hell | The Addicted Mind

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True stories from one addicted mind. I’ve been going back and forth through the book and j realized I need to actually write it… NOT just putting together vignettes about the stupid stories…. So, off to the bat cave again…. Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). Sports and...

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What Shoulda Been | The Addicted Mind

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True stories from one addicted mind. As some of you know, I should have died many times, MANY times before from drug use and drug and alcohol abuse. I know what you’re saying, “not more of this self deprecating crap! Just trying to put things in perspective. My wife read to me, in tears, the story of a kid, 20, who took “spice” purchased from a head shop and became brain dead almost instantly. He had made it through rehab, had been sober for several months and boom, dead. I wrote some time before, that, ...

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Flights of Fantasy | The Addicted Mind

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True stories from one addicted mind. The recital… Dun dun duuuuuuunnnnnn…. The kids had a recital that was truly inspirational, filled with talent and a hundred other accolades that I could throw out. With all of the talent that was around me, with all of the wondrous abilities and intensity rarely seen. I’ll have video edited and posted soon enough. It truly IS a site to be hold. Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window).

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My First Purchase | The Addicted Mind

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True stories from one addicted mind. My parents always told us they had to learn something. Since we had a baby grand piano that was kind of the default instrument. My dad’s primary instrument was the tenor saxophone. Tim thought he would learn it in middle school. One day the teacher escorted him home from school and knocked on the door. Yes Mr. Smith, I’m Mrs. Moore, my mom said. Mrs Moore, is your son interested in anything else? Asked the teacher inquisitively. He likes baseball, why do you ask?

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Arrival – Salam alaykum | marmiteandmonopoly

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Meanderings from Finsbury Park to the Middle East and back again. Arrival – Salam alaykum. Asymp; 2 Comments. In the terminal I found men in their traditional flowing collarless white gown known as a dishdasha, spotlessly clean and topped with a kummah: a beautifully embroidered pillbox hat. Women were harder to spot, out of the way and in groups, dressed in silk black abayas with hijabs covering their hair. Larr; Previous post. Next post →. Thoughts on “Arrival – Salam alaykum”. Hey Lynda, thanks! Notes...

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Meanderings from Finsbury Park to the Middle East and back again. The Creed of The Desert Part I. Asymp; 4 Comments. I’ve always been told a crisis is a learning experience. In wahiba sands desert in my friends Wrangler jeep I learned something. But not about jeeps, or the desert; I learned something about people. Three guys in a jeep driving through the desert and camping out under the stars. It was new, it was an adventure… and we were totally naiive. As I watched, I felt a mixture of emotions. Fir...