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Stone Skipping and Skimming
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout childhood and into early adulthood, I enjoyed stone skipping and skimming —the art of throwing a flat stone...
Deric Hollings
Mar 145 min read
Point 'Em Out
[ DISCLAIMER ] On their 2001 album Put Yo Hood Up , rappers Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz featured a track entitled “ I Like Dem...
Deric Hollings
Mar 145 min read
Change My Pitch Up
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use Early in my Marine Corps career, English electronic dance music (EDM) group The Prodigy...
Deric Hollings
Mar 136 min read
Unscientific Thinking and Believing
[ DISCLAIMER ] I’m a professional practitioner of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) which is a psychotherapeutic modality that...
Deric Hollings
Mar 139 min read
Shame on You
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use There’s a scene in the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones in which the character...
Deric Hollings
Mar 137 min read
Distress vs. Disturbance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Per one source , Florida is ranked the number one state with the worst drivers in the nation, and Texas follows close...
Deric Hollings
Mar 128 min read
My Laissez-Faire Attitude About Your Disturbance
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his debut studio album Excuse My French (2013), rapper French Montana (“Montana”) released the song “ Ain’t Worried...
Deric Hollings
Mar 117 min read
We Live In an Imperfect World
[ DISCLAIMER ] Growing up in Texas, I was raised around many Mexicans. As has been the case when learning words in any language, to...
Deric Hollings
Mar 113 min read
You Oughta Keep Your Mouth Shut
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his debut studio album A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002), perhaps one of my favorite of the artist’s, lyricist...
Deric Hollings
Mar 119 min read
Factual and Counterfactual Beliefs
[ DISCLAIMER ] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) uses the ABC model to illustrate how when an undesirable A ction occurs and...
Deric Hollings
Mar 98 min read
Come Into My World
[ DISCLAIMER ] When subject to pretrial detention in the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar in San Diego, California from June 13, 2002...
Deric Hollings
Mar 88 min read
Groove Is in the Heart
[ DISCLAIMER ] Although some people may not relate it to electronic dance music (EDM), “ Groove Is in the Heart ” by house and dance...
Deric Hollings
Mar 85 min read
As It Could Be
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, fair use I’m not usually a fan of the live-action...
Deric Hollings
Mar 86 min read
Metaphorical Disputes
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use I tend to confuse metaphors, analogies, and similes. How about you? Do you know the difference?...
Deric Hollings
Mar 86 min read
Deadly Beliefs
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use I’m fully aware that many people within the United States (U.S.) have expressed displeasure with...
Deric Hollings
Mar 710 min read
Freed from Desire
[ DISCLAIMER ] From time to time, I’m surprised when realizing how many electronic dance music (EDM) tracks I’ve forgotten throughout...
Deric Hollings
Mar 75 min read
No One Voted for This
[ DISCLAIMER ] Since President of the United States (U.S.) Donald Trump was voted into office, replacing President Joe Biden , I’ve...
Deric Hollings
Mar 66 min read
The Fountain Didn't Cause It
[ DISCLAIMER ] In childhood, I had a fear of drinking from water fountains. I understand that this admission may seem absurd to some...
Deric Hollings
Mar 65 min read
Five Major Characteristics of Four Major Irrational Beliefs
[ DISCLAIMER ] In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), there are four major irrational beliefs which are associated with the ABC...
Deric Hollings
Mar 56 min read
Pain
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1994, I sat in a dope spot (also known as a trap house ) with an OG of a Crip set in Bomb City . The front door...
Deric Hollings
Mar 56 min read
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