Blog Entries
This is a collection of prose entries, my thoughts and views on a WIDE variety of topics, more so than a daily/weekly “blog” of what’s going on in my life. Reading them in any sort of chronology is not really necessary unless it’s marked “Part 1” or something like that. Enjoy!
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Velvet Rage Skills – Wrap Up #1
So yeah, I got tired of the daily blogging of each of the 22 skills. This is part one of two which will wrap up the remaining 10.
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Keep it to yourself, it’s my life.
The title is a Billy Joel lyric and comes off harsher than I intend, but only a LITTLE. This re-entry into video land is a quick but vague update on the last 8 months (you’ll need to read if you want more deets!), and the realization that I/we are responsible for our lives and our…
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Choose Your Focus
When, where, and how you capture things makes all the difference.
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The Gay Christian
What will the church do with us?
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Welcome to My Head
This was the first in a very irregular stream of video entries. I’m slowly uploading them to my site so I can catalog them differently. I apologize if you are a subscriber and are going to get ALL of these notifications…
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it all leads to here – so what?
Shit happens. If you don’t believe that, you aren’t paying attention.
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Silver Linings
Finding good in the bad. That’s my new hobby.
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Pain Hurts… Duh – Velvet Skill #8
The recurring feelings of hurt, abuse, neglect, failure (fill in the blank) begin to define who we are, and we fear we won’t know who we are if we become someone BEYOND or WITHOUT that pain.
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Judgment-Free Zone – Velvet Skill #7
Actively resist the temptation to place everything in your life on a “good-bad continuum.”
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The Multitask Myth – Velvet Skill #6
You are going to be surprised (unless you are already a pro at this) at how difficult this skill is. Apart from those of us who have pre-programmed performance orientation, society itself keeps telling us “busyness” and “doing many things at once” show value.
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WWRBD? – Velvet Rage Skill #1
Our hearts tell the truth, even when what it has to say scares the shit out of us.
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The Velvet Rage – Pre-Pride Ponderings
“Straight people don’t get a Pride Month!” Exactly.
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MAYbe Day 2021 – #SoCS
“Good luck with your self-discovery, Ben!”
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Running… for What? – #SoCS
Run, walk, crawl, and ALWAYS be open to go someplace you didn’t plan. You might have been given a faulty map at the start.
defying atrophy 