• Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: I started writing my next novel “Running With the Enemy” in 1981 as a memoir of an American Marine serving in Vietnam in 1966. In 1981, I was working toward an MFA in 20th century American literature/writing at Cal Poly Pomona where I earned a teaching credential in 1975 – 76. I never…

  • From Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” to God’s chosen

    About 1% of the US population is gay while there are more than 310 million Americans and 75% are fat and a third of those fat people are obese—that’s more than 232 million people.

  • Barber Shop Quartets and Amazing Acappella

    Their motto is “Life is music and music is life.”

  • Stunning and worth sharing.

  • When a Girl becomes a Woman depends on the Law at the Time

    Depictions of ‘child-romance’ in ancient or modern Chinese literature are not difficult to find. Children are usually described as natural sexual beings…

  • An Author’s Bane – the negative review

    What an author should not do when it comes to reviews of his or her work.

  • The going, going, gone American Dream

    The American Dream never had one meaning.

  • Good for you. I have been a vegan since 1981. I did it for health reasons and never looked back. In fact, I haven’t had the common cold since 1981 either. I seldom if ever get headaches or an upset stomach… Oh, and my doctor says that 80% of people my age are on one or more medications for lifestyle…

  • Originally posted on Left Coast Voices: If you denied a request by your ten year old son for permission to buy a CD or go to a rock concert with his older brother or something, and then he went and asked your spouse and he or she said yes, you would probably punish your son for gaming the system. Your…

  • Originally posted on Elfwriter: First a big Thank You to the 30+ people who filled out my survey – Who Are My Target Audience – I am going to keep tweeting it and hopefully reach my goal of 50 responses (it makes it easy for my mathematically-challenged brain to do percentages).  If you have not had the time, please consider…