Barbecued Pork, Fried Noodles, and Time Travel There is a café in Georgetown, Malaysia, that I have been to many times. Good food, good prices, and an old charm that comes with age. This was no brightly-lit,

Cognitive Dissonance - When Our Delusions Meet Reality From Wikipedia – (link below): In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort (psychological stress) experienced by a person

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A Strange Encounter of the Random Kind I met a man a few nights ago, in the Chinatown area of Georgetown, Malaysia. We encountered each other at the Mona Lisa Cafe, an old-school Chinese colonial-era

Today I happened upon a story about a consummate liar and scam artist, Frank Abagnale. Throughout the 1960’s, he was a notorious fraudster, scammer and con-artist. At various times he posed as a doctor,

Happy Sunday friends! So before I headed off to the gym this morning, I briefly stopped by Dtube, as it's kind of part of my daily routine now. As I was thumbing through videos, something became glaringly

The Dress Back in 2015, a photograph called “The Dress” became an internet sensation. Some people saw it as white and gold, others saw it as blue and black. When I first saw it, I was 100% sure it was

A Present to End A Future High School Years ago in high school, I knew another boy, I’ll call him ‘Andy’. We were acquaintances, not close friends, but we were on friendly terms. His younger brother and

Various Places in the Libyan Sahara *Note - These were taken over a span of years with various cameras. Some were edited from the original. These were not meant to be professional quality. I am not a

Sad, but Thankful. Source Greetings, Steemians. I meant to write this post last week. I even started it, but I felt I would not be able to think straight until I heard from my son, José Andrés. Today,

The Dream That Came to Visit – A True Recollection Image Pixabay - Pezibear In My Teens Back in my teens, I started to have a series of recurring dreams, all similar in theme and substance, if not every

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I’m delighted to announce that I am holding my first ever contest, and I’m going big. My recent post about my trip to Tallinn, Estonia was picked for @curie by (I think?) @wdoutjah — correct me if I’m

When Little Moments are Big Events Part of a Contest sponsored by @malloryblythe. She is generously donating AT LEAST 24 SBD worth of #steembasicincome shares in honor of @curie and @newbieresteemday.

Too many people are using Steemit without voting for witnesses. This contest is my attempt to change that. Read on to find out how you can participate and get a chance to win some SBD! DISCLAIMER: No one

Dream Eater ...You dream that you are deep in a jungle.... Image - Pexals -David Riaño Cortés ... A savage predator chases you, and it is gaining. Tired and out of breath, you climb a nearby tree. The

Let Them Eat Dust Contest sponsored by @conradt in #steembasicincome Just a few days ago, someone made a very thoughtful and detailed comment on one of my posts. I replied in turn, and went to click the

After reading a post by @simplymike about Steem Basic income I have become very interested in the idea, and even wrote an article about Universal basic income here. In the past I have run contests, and

Image Pixabay - IanZA Health For Life I have been interested in health, nutrition and exercise for many years now, to the point of being called a ‘health-nut’ in the past. I’m not that fanatical anymore,

I FED A HELPLESS CRYING KITTEN - TO A MANGEY HUNGRY STREET DOG Good Intentions Gone Horribly Wrong - A True Story Image Pexels - Krysten Merriman I have a fondness for most of God’s creatures, as many