The Event Books

Category: Reflections

  • Putting on the Veil

    If there is one thing I can’t stand is people who refuse to take off the veil of deception and open their eyes. Sure, it can be more comfortable to keep the veil on, to continue to be ignorant, at least in the short term. We have been trained for generations to be unable to…

  • Old Ways Vs. Progress

    With all of the issues surrounding Boeing these days, they are constantly in the news… for not really good things at all. It’s one thing to have a lot of issues with your planes, but it’s quite another to have issues with your human-flight space crafts. Don’t you think you should get air travel down…

  • Empathy is Hard

    Empathy is complex, and it might be difficult to describe in today’s world. It seems as though it’s a rare quality to find in people with everyone wrapped up in themselves and social media. Empathy isn’t something that is glorified in the news media. Instead, it is condemned and pushed to the side. Why try…

  • Despair

    I understand despair. I have felt it; I am feeling it. I might not understand the deepest levels of it, but I can sure understand it. I understand the feeling the world is closing in on me, slowly crushing me, squeezing the air out of my lungs, making it so much more difficult to breathe.…

  • Beekeeper

    What a waste of two hours. I’m just going to throw the first punch, and I’m not going to pull it. It was a shit movie. I watched this with my girlfriend, and we couldn’t believe how bad it was. We’re sure glad I didn’t spend $20-$50 renting it when it first came out on…

  • Question Everything

    In today’s world, the action of questioning things can get you labeled as an extremist or some form of “phobic.” Generations have been taught to fall in line and not question authority, unless it goes against some ideology that you were indoctrinated in. For all of human history, we’ve been taught to fall in line…

  • Grateful

    When in the throws of life, being bombarded from every direction, even the smallest of trials seem like an insurmountable task. It’s difficult to see all of the good all around us when all we see is challenges and evil surrounding us. Even though it is difficult to see the good, we have to look…

  • I Smell Something

    And it smells like bullshit. We all know someone that can tell a story. These stories seem too fantastical for our experiences. It’s one thing if this person is an elite military special-forces operator, but it’s quite another when it’s Bob from next door. I know this special-ops guy isn’t telling me shit. I know…

  • What is…

    I have always told my children, “It doesn’t matter what you think; it only matters what is.” In this day of social media, “fake news,” and so-called journalism, how are we supposed to know the truth? It’s a myth that news used to be unbiased. It’s impossible for people reporting on a story to be…

  • Life is a Challenge

    If anyone doesn’t think life is a challenge, they are either completely spoiled by luxury or are on some pretty amazing drugs. Life is constantly throwing challenges our way. It could be the weather, finances, family, friends, or a host of other challenges. Overcoming these can be taxing at best. Our perception on life can…