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Lucy Liu Them
[ DISCLAIMER ] It isn’t necessarily easy to discuss one’s own past mistakes . Yet, here I am addressing my historic error in judgment ....
Deric Hollings
Oct 1210 min read
Heard 'Em Say
[ DISCLAIMER ] I make no secret of or apology for the fact that I’m a fan of lyricist and hip hop producer Kanye “Ye” West ’s music...
Deric Hollings
Oct 1110 min read
The More You Know
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of NBCUniversal, fair use A number of friends and I used to send text messages to one another...
Deric Hollings
Oct 58 min read
Control and Influence: A Soft Center and Coated in a Candy Shell
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use When working with client X, I recently discussed one of the major techniques of...
Deric Hollings
Oct 36 min read
Murderer, Your Insides Must Be Hollow
[ DISCLAIMER ] * Caught Stealing (2025) spoilers contained herein. I recently watched Caught Stealing (2025), as I was pleasantly...
Deric Hollings
Oct 28 min read
You Are Not a Bad Person
[ DISCLAIMER ] * Black Rabbit (2025) spoilers contained herein. Photo credit , property of Netflix, fair use Because I’m a fan of...
Deric Hollings
Sep 2811 min read
The 5 Stages
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout my adolescent years I heard people referencing the 5 stages of grief, which were proposed by Elisabeth...
Deric Hollings
Sep 278 min read
What Can I Do?
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use One of my favorite albums of 1993 was lyricist Ice Cube ’s anthology Lethal Injection ....
Deric Hollings
Sep 105 min read
Control What You Can
[ DISCLAIMER ] I’m the sort of old school hip hop head who’ll debate a person about the distinction between a lyricist and a rapper....
Deric Hollings
Sep 68 min read
Options
[ DISCLAIMER ] The Wisdom of My Late Stepmom Earlier, I listened to the track “ Options ”, from the Su & Tye – EP (2025), by Sule ...
Deric Hollings
Aug 3114 min read
A Preventative Approach to Self-Disturbance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit (edited), fair use When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)...
Deric Hollings
Aug 267 min read
Power to Alter Your Circumstances
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 256 min read
It's Not Right, but It's Okay
[ DISCLAIMER ] Earlier, when listening to an electronic dance music (EDM) DJ set by Stephanie Loayza , I heard a track by Dutch EDM...
Deric Hollings
Aug 176 min read
Swallowed
[ DISCLAIMER ] Not long after being stationed aboard Camp Kinser in Okinawa, Japan (1997), the album Razorblade Suitcase (1996) by...
Deric Hollings
Aug 129 min read
Self-Disturbed About a Lack of Readership
[ DISCLAIMER ] Dating back to the days of MySpace, I’ve enjoyed posting written content for readership (the mass or a particular group...
Deric Hollings
Aug 118 min read
Live In What's Real, Despite Memory Reconstruction
[ DISCLAIMER ] In the early day of blogging for my website, I took a scholarly approach to writing. In particularly, self-references...
Deric Hollings
Aug 910 min read
The Scourge of the Wrestling World
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken when I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan (1997-1999). The Marine mimicking a wrestling hold is...
Deric Hollings
Aug 78 min read
There Is No War in Ba Sing Se
[ DISCLAIMER ] According to one source , “For months, Attorney General Pam Bondi promised the release of documents on the disgraced...
Deric Hollings
Jul 88 min read
SOL
[ DISCLAIMER ] Growing up, I was made familiar with the phrase “shit outta luck” (also expressed as “shit out of luck” and “slightly...
Deric Hollings
Jul 17 min read
Mind Over Matter
[ DISCLAIMER ] When listening to an electronic dance music (EDM) DJ set from Marixia , I heard the track “ Mind Over Matter ” by...
Deric Hollings
Mar 155 min read
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