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Memento Mori
[ DISCLAIMER ] * 28 Years Later spoilers contained herein. Photo credit , property of Sony Pictures Releasing, fair use I enjoyed...
Deric Hollings
Jun 266 min read
I Will Live My Life Till My Life Runs Out
[ DISCLAIMER ] * The Life of Chuck spoilers contained herein. Photo credit , property of Neon, fair use I recently watched The Life...
Deric Hollings
Jun 235 min read
The Gift of Memory Lives On
[ DISCLAIMER ] On their 2011 album Professional Dreamers , a hip hop group from Västerås, Sweden known as Looptroop Rockers released...
Deric Hollings
Jun 188 min read
No Better Time Than Right Now
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his 2001 album Face Off , Georgia rapper Pastor Troy released a track entitled “ Oh Father ”. I appreciated the song...
Deric Hollings
May 255 min read
Do or Do Not, You Will Regret It either Way
[ DISCLAIMER ] According to the American Psychological Association (APA), regret is defined as an emotional response to remembrance of...
Deric Hollings
May 147 min read
Yellow Ribbon
[ DISCLAIMER ] Being that today is May 1, 2025, and given that my mind sporadically recalls songs at random times, a military cadence...
Deric Hollings
May 15 min read
All Those Days That Came and Went
[ DISCLAIMER ] I enjoy discovering existential concepts from unexpected places. From time to time, I’ll draft blog content based on...
Deric Hollings
Apr 34 min read
I Am Not Afraid to Die
[ DISCLAIMER ] Over the past several years, I’ve had many conversations with a fellow United States (U.S.) Marine Corps veteran...
Deric Hollings
Feb 47 min read
All the Years
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 2024, lyricist Joell Ortiz and production team The Heatmakerz released the album W.A.R. (With All Respect) . The...
Deric Hollings
Jan 135 min read
I'll Probably Lose Everything That I Got One Day
[ DISCLAIMER ] Call it what you will, “oldies,” “soul music,” “doo-wop,” or “R&B,” I was raised on tunes which were popular during the...
Deric Hollings
Dec 27, 20245 min read
From Where You're At
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Imagine standing on a long and unpaved road that has many twists and turns. In this very moment in...
Deric Hollings
Apr 1, 20243 min read
O Death
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Having once subscribed to the Judeo-Christian values under which I was raised, I formerly...
Deric Hollings
Mar 26, 20246 min read
This Ride Inevitably Ends
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Despite their many shortcomings, I was fortunate enough to be raised by parents who didn’t lie to me...
Deric Hollings
Feb 6, 20245 min read
Suspicion vs. Belief
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use There’s a popular meme of character “Fry” from Futurama that depicts the look of...
Deric Hollings
Jan 8, 20243 min read
The Path You Accept
[DISCLAIMER] I recall that in early adulthood I came to appreciate “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In particular, the fourth stanza...
Deric Hollings
Oct 3, 20238 min read
You're Gonna Die Someday
[DISCLAIMER] In a blogpost entitled You Gon’ Die: The Existential Window, I stated: “In 2010, when attending a graduate-level counseling...
Deric Hollings
Sep 22, 20234 min read
Six Feet Deep
[DISCLAIMER] “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” – 1 Corinthians 15:55 When I graduated high school in 1995, I...
Deric Hollings
Jun 24, 20235 min read
You Gon' Die: The Existential Window
[DISCLAIMER] “The ‘therapeutic window’. What a delicious term for the interruption of medical treatment! Might you perhaps hurl yourself...
Deric Hollings
Sep 3, 20227 min read
Meaningful Purpose
[DISCLAIMER] **Rick and Morty spoilers contained herein** (And yes, I reference Rick and Morty despite any controversy surrounding the...
Deric Hollings
Jun 23, 20228 min read
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