Observations
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I don’t have to Love your Dog (or Cat)
Before you, Dear Reader, mentally pulverize me, please know I adored our Family’s Great Dane with all my heart. Her 168-pound presence was full of gentleness and grace. She grew alongside my Children, with each one getting to cuddle ample of her as they all sat in a single cluster, watching television. I still miss Continue reading
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The Art of the First-strike Narrative
“Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it.” Jonathan Swift, 1710 Rounding out eighteen-month old topics in my writing queue is this subject very painfully real to me. Rather than waiting for an apropos time to pursue this subject, I thought I’d enlist some help. It’s more important to me that I express this observation Continue reading
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The Shadow Side of Online Therapy
In recent years I have become sensitized to the double-edged nature of online therapy. I had this title and a few paragraphs in my draft writings for the last eighteen months. Today, I decided to see what Gemini would produce on the subject. My promt to Gemini 2.5 Pro: Explore The Shadow Side of Online Continue reading
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Social Media is the Matrix
For a number of months, I’ve had this title as a draft idea upon which to expand. I’d return to it from time to time, write a little, then get pulled away by something more emotionally compelling. Then, I had an idea. I know what I want to say; let’s see what Gemini Pro 2.5 Continue reading
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The Epiphany
For over a month, a Family member has been recovering from an acute illness and we’ve rallied around our Patient, while often fumbling through questions around what actually constitutes help vs what only makes us, the powerless bystanders, feel better. The early days in the hospital were straightforward; weeks later, we’re out of emergency mode, Continue reading
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The Bigger Jar
The world goes on whether we are living in it or not. The sun rises whether we have the wherewithal to raise our heads or not. Let’s do a whirlwind tour through select parts of my life: – At age 2, I was told I had to be moved to the 3-year old class because Continue reading
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Critical Consciousness
Prompt: What is that feeling or state of mind when someone is highly sensitive to injustices in the world, keenly aware how of different perspectives the one most vocal gets to set the defining narratives. Gemini 2.5 Pro: Critical Consciousness: This is the intellectual and analytical core of the state you’re describing. It’s the keen Continue reading
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Music Lyrics, Movie Lines, Quotes (Routinely Updated)
“Is history so simple that it has only one “right” side?”Beryl Lieff Benderly, Washington “All people engage in what psychiatrists call motivated reasoning — we adjust the facts to suit our arguments” Georgetown law professor Rosa Brooks “You got the chance to tell everybody your side; it’s my turn to tell ’em mine.” LANY “To Continue reading
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The Southern Belle: How a Sweet Persona Became a Strategic Public Relations Tool (with Gemini 2.5 Pro)
I have long been perplexed by the women in the 21st century who admire the ways of the Southern Belle. It’s a multibillion-dollar industry. I have not taken the time to explore it in great detail, as obviously, I did not grow up with this cultural concept in Hungary, and upon my arrival into 9th Continue reading
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All the People I Blame
Well, that’s a trick title. I blame no one. That’s because I have learned to respect the power of the first six years of our lives on how we experience the world. I am, to a degree greater than I ever realized, a product of my original emotional environment. So are my Siblings. So are Continue reading
One More Perspective 