What do you do when a publication goes under? — So, have you been following the latest Medium news? The new CEO plans on making some pretty extreme changes. Some are great. Some are probably not going to be so great. If Medium tries its hardest to do native advertising, I might be down for ads for nonpaying members. Otherwise…

An otherwise dormant subgenre has since come alive! — So in the war between death and black metal, I always picked black metal. Death metal bands still had some self awareness, sadly. They knew they were putting on a show. If you want a real living example of the kind of music psychopathic and potentially schizophrenic people would make…

Everyone wants to figure out how to get rich. Not doing this one thing might be the key… — I have a bone to pick with the phrase, “money doesn’t grow on trees”. I mean, who hasn’t heard this growing up? We teach kids to work hard to make money. Study hard, go to school, blah blah. It takes effort. …

I didn’t earn as much as I did in June. And that’s totally okay. — So, half the house is feeling under the weather. It’s been hot as balls soaked in kerosene here in Amman, and we’re all as tired as a panting dog in the mid summer heat. We’ve been taking life easy and as some old wise person said, this too shall pass. …

What the hell happened to the guitar solo, and why are breakdowns so popular? — Metal went into an interesting direction circa 2006. What used to be music that only literal satanic weirdos were into was increasingly being played on mainstream stations, such as MTV (Headbanger’s Ball) and Fuse (does anyone remember this station?). Satanic Panic definitely did a number on the success of metal…

Every father in America should want to rip this guy in half — So in case you haven’t picked up on it, I used to be an emo scene kid when I was a teenager. That was a little under half my life ago. Strange to think I am turning thirty in a little over a month. Honestly, the music I listened to…

Peer into someone’s library, and you can figure out exactly what kind of person they are… — “Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! No no no no NOOOO!!” This is on loop in my brain any time I think about doing anything that might remotely constitute work. I’ve slacked right the fuck off when it comes to Medium. I busted out article after article last month. Now I can’t be arsed, even though I know I made a…

How a show from the 90s bravely discussed toxic masculinity, mental health, and addiction before it became normalized — My husband and I have reached perhaps the most important milestone in our marriage yet. I got him hooked on “The Sopranos”. Now, I’ve seen this show countless times. I think the first ever time I watched any episode was back in 2008. My love for gangster films and tv…

Trying to get my mojo back here on Medium and I’ve made some keen observations about writers here — So sadly I’ve lost some of my mojo here on Medium. Is it the awful sordid summer slump that everyone keeps talking about? Am I getting bored? Am I failing to honor a commitment I made? …