People that know my history and see me smoking a cigarette look at me with this judgmental stare. “How can this guy be smoking after having his tongue removed? Does he have a death wish or something?” As I inhale another drag of my smoke and ponder the reactions of…

The tiny little blister on the top of my tongue wasn’t going away. For years I smoked a pack of cigarettes a day with shots of grey goose in between, often polishing off an entire liter per day. After about a week of having this blister, I went to an…

With the incessant influx of information bombarding our brains every second of the day, it’s really hard to decipher which information is true and which information is not. — It’s a sad, sad, sad state of affairs these days. If everything we are being told on every news station isn’t even true, how are we as a society going to know how to navigate our environment? We base everything we do on interpreting information and acting accordingly to what…

The human mind is a wonderful thing isn’t it? — I just had THE most insane dream! I dreamt that I was sort of this detective/policeman in a dystopian future. Only I knew that it was all a game that I was playing on my Oculus VR goggles. The entire dream was filled the most vivid graphics that appeared much…

Unfortunately, There are no Tricks to Hack the Grief — This is the poignant story of losing my father and how I personally dealt with the impending grief from his death. His decaying body draped helplessly across the lounge chair as he quietly enjoyed his family still living all around him. The cool summer breeze complimented the fresh iced tea…

Learning self-awareness and getting exposure to multiple communication techniques as early as possible, helps to ensure our children will achieve their goals and be successful in life. — I am totally in love with my kid! Ha ha. Everyone in the world says this about their child, right? It doesn’t matter if they look like Mr. …

Where do the writers, artists, scientists and entertainers find inspiration? Is there a proven method to capturing that creative spark anytime you need it? — The funny thing about being a soul that has discovered their inherent eloquence with words, is when you paradoxically find yourself on your 10th mug of beer and suddenly these beautiful words start to echo from your mouth, as if some other entity has stolen the reigns of your creativity…

Will are all the Top Stories Always About How to Make More Money or Be a Better Writer? — How come the most popular, most viewed, most clapped stories on Medium seem to overwhelmingly be about: How to make money on Medium. How to improve your writing chops. How successful a writer is and showing off their stats. Programming Cryptocurrency I’m relatively new to Medium, but it’s quite confusing…

From Chaos Comes Order, From Order Comes Chaos — The Never Ending Oscillation of the Universe — The awkward stillness sprawled its unrelenting boredom across the helpless surface of the shallow pond. The void sky casts itself atop the vacant plane, cascading an exact replica, completely opposite of its present composition. Undisturbed, the imprinted illusion sits skewed in horizontal stature, stretching edge to edge, all the way…