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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
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
You Will Realize You Are Dying Before Your Time
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , artist: Don Aguillo , fair use In childhood, I enjoyed watching Masters of the Universe and ThunderCats...
Deric Hollings
Apr 84 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
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
Perverse Incentives
[ DISCLAIMER ] Definition and examples A “perverse incentive” may be defined as a negative unintended consequence of a performance...
Deric Hollings
Feb 10, 20248 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
How Would You Like to be Remembered?
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, photographer: Marcela Patino, fair use My dear friend “Jammies,” a professional model and makeup artist,...
Deric Hollings
Jan 31, 20243 min read
One Day, You're Here...
[DISCLAIMER] When stationed in Okinawa as a Marine from ’97 to ’99, I met a fellow military police officer, “Nat” (female), who was also...
Deric Hollings
Dec 3, 20236 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
What the Future Holds
[DISCLAIMER] There are a number of rap groups—duos, trios, etc.—that are heavily intertwined with various periods of my life. One such...
Deric Hollings
Jun 30, 20229 min read
Stoically Existential
[DISCLAIMER] It’s relatively easy for me to highlight mental and behavioral health examples in rap. Rigid and extreme attitudes are...
Deric Hollings
May 28, 20225 min read
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