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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 6, 20258 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 31, 202514 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 26, 20257 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 25, 20256 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 17, 20256 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 12, 20259 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 11, 20258 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 9, 202510 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 7, 20258 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 8, 20258 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 1, 20257 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 15, 20255 min read
One Neva' Know, Do One?
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled Unconditional Acceptance , I listed a number of adages used by my late stepmom (featured to my...
Deric Hollings
Jan 30, 20256 min read
A Question of How
[ DISCLAIMER ] When attending military police (MP) training at Fort McClellan, Alabama (AL) in 1997, a high school friend of mine who...
Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20259 min read
Accepting Exceptions
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use One core tenet of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is unconditional acceptance. This...
Deric Hollings
Mar 6, 20246 min read
Go with the Flow
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Although the above-featured image was generated using artificial intelligence, the scene reminds me...
Deric Hollings
Mar 2, 20247 min read
(I Know I Got) Skillz
[DISCLAIMER] In 1993, I had a set of aftermarket 5”x7” Pioneer speakers with a Pioneer head unit that played cassette tapes in my Ford...
Deric Hollings
Feb 13, 20244 min read
Goin' Thru a Thang
[DISCLAIMER] A month after I graduated high school and had no idea what I’d do with my life, rap group The Dayton Family released an...
Deric Hollings
Feb 11, 20245 min read
U Don't Know Me
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Of all electronic dance music (EDM), I’m most fond of the house genre. Unlike many trance or...
Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20247 min read
Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] DT The most influential person in my lifetime was my late stepmom, “DT.” Although we disagreed on the timeline, I was...
Deric Hollings
Sep 19, 202310 min read
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