What are your future travel plans? A long time ago in a galaxy far away… Thus the Star Wars debuted back when Dallas the TV series was making a splash, in 1977. Just like Lucas’ game changing show, my future travel plans started back in 2006. Back then I had decided to move out of … Continue reading A New Beginning
What's your definition of romantic? My definitions hail from the realm of literature. They do not and never had anything to do with love. Let me be clearer. The Cid is a play authored by Corneille, the great French classical playwright in late 17th century. This play was written during the glorious reign of Louis … Continue reading Romanticism v. Classicism
How important is spirituality in your life? I hate the word ‘spirituality’. It’s so imprecise. It can mean anything… and nothing. Why not be precise? Let’s take ‘materialism’ for instance. It covers the whole spectrum of the material world. It also lacks precision but it doesn’t need it, now, right? Materialism is unfocused by design. … Continue reading Materialism v. Meaning
What countries do you want to visit? Having gazed upon Tivoli’s hills and valleys, walked Rome’s Via Apia Antiqua, wandered among Florence’s many artistic displays, there is only one place on Earth where I want to go back to. My mind often goes back to Rome. And I left my heart in Florence for a … Continue reading Italy
What’s your favorite thing about yourself? Change is hard. But it is also a fact of life. The capacity to roll with the punches is what separates Man from everything else around us. Now I’ve been known to hate change. In the past, I was as reluctant to change as the most conservative old farts. … Continue reading The Capacity to Change
What quality do you value most in a friend? The Romans used to value amicitia or friendship above all other institutions. In their book, the familia extended beyond the uxorial network or blood kinship that define today our notion of what family means. Back then, familia encompassed one’s wife, offspring, parents, cousins & al., and … Continue reading The Absolute Good of Amicitia
Daily writing promptDo you practice religion?View all responses Yes, I do practice it but not religiously. Hahahaha! You know how much I enjoy a pun, eh. But in all seriousness, I am not a church-going man. I do believe in a higher power. I believe that everything is fixed, and we cannot change it. I … Continue reading Religion v. Sauces
Daily writing promptDo you remember life before the internet?View all responses Internet could have been a Force for Good. As designed and purposed by its originators, it was supposed to bridge the gap between knowledge and people. It was supposed to bring a brighter future closer to our generation. It was supposed to make our … Continue reading The Bad Internet
Daily writing promptWhat's one small improvement you can make in your life?View all responses The Best Way to move forward is by constantly reaffirming your life goals and the judicious and constantly renewed repetition of the right actions towards achieving them. One must strive to be resilient, hard on oneself, and set in one's good … Continue reading On Fortitude
What public figure do you disagree with the most? What kind of a prompt is this? Is WordPress the tool of the establishment? Is it trying to mine people for information? I fear that the Internet has become to Information what Hell is to Purgatory: a place where knowledge goes to die. Beware of hidden … Continue reading On Intoxication
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