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Plato's Allegory of the Cave
[ DISCLAIMER ] For most of my life, I was allegorically chained to a wall in the cave of ignorance (lacking of knowledge, education, or...
Deric Hollings
Apr 307 min read
Wildfire
[ DISCLAIMER ] Have you ever experienced a wildfire? I have. On the morning of October 26, 2003, I discovered local news stations...
Deric Hollings
Apr 304 min read
It Doesn't Matter, Because I Wasn't Even Trying
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 297 min read
Don't Call Me Baby
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1994, I had a girlfriend (“Baby Girl”) who was friends with the same gang members I befriended. In the image above is...
Deric Hollings
Apr 294 min read
Imagine My Shock
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use I sometimes engage content on the social media platform Reddit, as an observer and not...
Deric Hollings
Apr 297 min read
O Let's Do It
[ DISCLAIMER ] On the first in a series of mixtapes under the Salute Me or Shoot Me (2009) title, rapper Waka Flocka Flame released...
Deric Hollings
Apr 295 min read
Never Present
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his 2022 album Three , featuring Maticulous , lyricist Justo the MC (“Justo”) released a song entitled “ Never...
Deric Hollings
Apr 285 min read
Celebration Parallax
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blog entry entitled Gaslighting , I defined the namesake of the post by stating “gaslighting [is] a form of...
Deric Hollings
Apr 287 min read
Know Why You Do What You Do
[ DISCLAIMER ] One of the earliest and most influential leaders who left a positive impact on me when in the United States Marine Corps...
Deric Hollings
Apr 286 min read
What You Can Avoid
[ DISCLAIMER ] Since Donald Trump became the 47th president of the United States (U.S.), I’ve heard a lot of sociopolitical...
Deric Hollings
Apr 278 min read
One Mistake
[ DISCLAIMER ] Arguably, from the perspective of modernity, one of the lesser known forms of electronic dance music (EDM) relates to...
Deric Hollings
Apr 276 min read
I Still Got It
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his 2022 album Reef the Lost Cauze IZ ALIVE , in collaboration with producer Caliph-NOW , lyricist Reef the Lost Cauze...
Deric Hollings
Apr 275 min read
Ignoring the Distraction of Sirens
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use In the ancient Greek epic the Odyssey , there’s a tale about mythical creatures known as the...
Deric Hollings
Apr 277 min read
Jerked About on a String
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Apr 266 min read
Hold On
[ DISCLAIMER ] Earlier, I listened to an electronic dance music (EDM) DJ set from Sara Collado that featured the track “ Hold On...
Deric Hollings
Apr 264 min read
Respect Game or Expect Flames
[ DISCLAIMER ] Yesterday, I posted a blog entry entitled Preferences vs. Expectations in which I illustrated the process of...
Deric Hollings
Apr 265 min read
The People, They Are Getting So Crazy
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his debut album Mr. Marley (1996), Jamaican reggae musician Damian Robert Nesta “Jr. Gong” Marley , youngest son of...
Deric Hollings
Apr 254 min read
Preferences vs. Expectations
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The idiomatic term “red tape” refers to an official routine or procedure marked by excessive...
Deric Hollings
Apr 257 min read
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
[ DISCLAIMER ] I encourage people to begin practicing rational thinking (that which is in accordance with both logic and reason ) with...
Deric Hollings
Apr 247 min read
Distress Tolerance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable A ction occurs and...
Deric Hollings
Apr 246 min read
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