I accidentally got voted into presidency once. True story. 6th grade student council president to be exact. Conspiracy at the hands of a vindictive teacher maybe a better set of words than "accidental" to describe the process that found me in my short stint in politics. Backstory: 2nd through 6th grade was a period in … Continue reading Elections, opinions, and Tom Hanks said we’d be OK
Author: thelionfire
Inspired Unoriginality
Just outside of the tiny town of Tioga, Texas on a single lane highway, the odometer of my vehicle hit 300,000 miles. I had been watching my odometer for a few days in anticipation for the big moment because I did not want to miss out on these prestigious digits of automotive triumph. The possibility … Continue reading Inspired Unoriginality
Words
To quote my first post: "I like to read. A lot." I've enjoyed it for as long as I can remember. My mom is pretty unique in a great way but one of the few commonalities she shared with most mothers was her habit to horde a huge collection of Reader's Digest magazines and I … Continue reading Words
I’m kinda sick of church
"I'm kind of sick of church." These words came spewing out of my mouth while I was sitting in the passenger seat of my friends car a couple of Sunday afternoons ago. I don't know why. He asked me how life was, and that was my answer. Maybe "spewing out" isn't a fair phrase. This wasn't … Continue reading I’m kinda sick of church
beauty
"Precisely where does the beauty of a tree reside? Like every other physical object, a tree is made up of atoms, and atoms are identical and without color. So when you call a tree beautiful you are actually speaking of something other than the atoms of which it is made. A light from the vibrations … Continue reading beauty
lion on fire 