This past Monday was my first day as a temporary city worker, and I had been tasked with cleaning up local parks. These parks are usually trashed after a weekend, and with Sunday having been Father's Day,

Yesterday, I saw an argument occur over Facebook. A friend of mine noted that Google would not yield any results for a particular search. Someone else responded with a simple statement: “I think Google

Four years ago, I viewed the world with disdain and distrust. I had a hard time existing in the world because I had never learned how to be honest with myself. I did not know how to look at my faults,

The memory of childhood slumber calls to us. The miracle of a cloud passing in front of the sun; the cleansing property of mud; the innocent wading through a mountain stream; worlds of wonder, mysterious

242 years (and a day) ago, a group of European immigrants told a sack of bureaucratic elitists to piss off. 242 years later, U.S. institutions would be overrun with bureaucratic elitists, but let's be

Greetings Steemians! My name is Shaun, and I'm a musician, philosophy student, traveler, construction worker, writer, husband, animal lover, and weirdo. Here's a picture of my dog, Marble: Marble is about

I work hard out here in Florida as an expediter, ensuring that the proper materials are provided, the work packages are progressing, people get to where they need to go...in short, I'm a valuable asset

I grew up going to church thrice a week. At one point during my mid-teens, my mother served as the church drama director and secretary, while my father took the position of worship leader. Because I went

How do you respond to invitations? When life beckons you to change, do you shut your eyes and wait for it to pass, or do you take action? True - it starts with an idea. In the comments on my last post,

Yesterday, I was driving my crew's buggy around at work and got the word to head out to the warehouse...I pulled up to the gate, where I was forced to sign in with my badge (a.k.a. cattle) number. As the

When I was 10 or 11, I picked up the guitar. At the time, I had never listened to any modern rock music (I grew up in a rather stifling religious environment, and most rock was considered the work of the

Recently I took a Project Management course on Coursera just to see what it was all about. Near the end of the course, there was a section on authority versus influence. The instructor noted that having

I haven't had nicotine in nearly 48 hours. That hasn't happened in ten years or so. It's true that I'm eating like a pig, so I'm not feeling that great. Yesterday I wanted to bash my head into a wall;

It took me years to understand where I fit in. In order to reach that point, I had to obtain a world view (I would even say cosmological view) that gave me solid ground to stand upon. If a philosophy is

There are a lot of special interest groups who are fighting (apparently) for a “better world”. Some of these groups have names (PETA, for example). Others don’t have names yet, such as the masses of women

If you knew that everything was about to fall apart, how would you redirect your effort? Let me tell you a little about me. I'm 28. When I was younger I had dreams of grandiosity; not ones of