Mobile version now ready

The mobile version of this blog is now up and running. Simply visit http://www.wistfulwriter.com from your cellphone and you'll get the mobile version rather than the regular web version. There's still an option to view it as usual though.

Yet some more dreaming

Well, yet some more dreaming that I've done. This time, Will Smith was starring in a movie about a 6,000 year old man (who looked 30) who had the gift of graceful movement. He was a well-practiced traceur and also discovered that he had the ability to stick onto walls like Spider-Man. Basically, he could…

Loneliness (Part something of many)

To walk the earth amongst billions, yet apart, alone. Is it not a fear worthy of worry? To smile warmly and say hello, yet feel emptiness and falsehood. Is it not a fate worthy of avoiding? There is comfort in solitude, but there is only so much happiness derived from oneself...the human spirit yearns to…

Everyone is a copycat

Recently there have been a string of school shootings...it reminds me of a lecture in one of my sociology classes that described the copycat phenomenon. I'll let this fellow describe it: he does a better job of it than I will. It applies to more than just school shootings, including suicides and homicides in general.…

The temptation of darkness

What is it about the shadow that is so alluring? What is it about the darkness that is so tempting? One can feed off the energy of the brooding bitterness and simmering anger...channel it into a transforming force. Hatred is a seductive feeling. It gives one the power of absolute certainty and immense strength. It…