...For I am not Gatsby, but I have known a love so magnificent that mere mortals can never comprehend. I have had a Daisy in my life, but in...

...Okay, so the song goes: "... have you any dreams you'd like to sell ?" I ponder this, to whom/which lover was Stevie Nicks...

“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.”  ―  T.S. Eliot ,  The Sacred Wood (The above quote was Eliot's stint at humor, parody, a...

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”  ―  Bernard M. Baruch...

Okay, here is my issue for the day...we were shopping at the local Academy (sporting good's store), and we were appalled at all the sad,...

...You know the nightmare: you are in your underwear in front of a crowd of people...maybe at school, at work, or somewhere public; you are ...

Going to college is not just about taking courses and getting good grades, it is also about being social and making friends - hopefully you ...

So, my niece, who is also enrolled at Midland College, and I attended this afternoon's showing of  Il Barbiere di Siviglia  (Rossini, 17...

Okay, it is time for me to get on my almighty soapbox, but believe me, this rant is well worth my time in writing it, and hopefully the time...

I agree with the adage by the mighty George Bernard Shaw: " Youth is wasted on the young ." Lately, I have come to question ma...

Hell, YES, I am political as well! Anyway, during my usual viewing of tele in the morning before my day explodes into a hellish start, I li...

Warning: Long post...dead ahead... I am astonished at how many college students lack a sense of writing and/or good writing skills.  I of...

Warning: Long post...dead ahead... I love writing.  I have been in love with the concept since I was a sophomore in high school.  The ten...

Well, the National Mid-Term election returns were a bit unsettling this past Tuesday (Nov 6, 2014); however, here in the great state of Tex...

... ‪#‎ RIPMaya‬ "A lyrical person was she!" Seldom does a person make such a positive impact on our lives these days! Seldom ...

...Lately, companies that are anti-LGBT anything just anger me.  My partner and I therefore choose to boycott companies such as those.  Any...

     Here I go once again pondering "why?"  So many questions, and still not enough answers.  Even my curiosity for asking so man...

.....Some change is good, but some is also so, so bad!      The negative change of my ex is what doomed another previous friendship of mine...

     I am a defiant person by nature, and I must insist on my autonomy as well.  I like knowing that everything I have is because of my har...

...So I was caught in a bit of a pickle regarding the wonderful and magnificent movie, well, between the two most-known versions: The Great...