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Deric Hollings
Jan 75 min read
It's Time for the Percolator
[ DISCLAIMER ] I have a friend who has low frustration tolerance (LFT) for songs in which lyrics are used repeatedly. As such, she’s...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 67 min read
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are
[ DISCLAIMER ] In elementary school, my mom drove me and my sisters past the administrative office of a local children’s home and...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 66 min read
Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use According to Google’s artificial intelligence overview, the phrase rearranging deck chairs on...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 611 min read
Self-Downing
[ DISCLAIMER ] In my personal and professional life, I practice Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) which is a form of cognitive...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 54 min read
Looks Can Be Deceiving
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 2009, a friend of mine asked me to put my amateur photography skills to use for the band State of Insomnia (SOI)...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 58 min read
Dealing With Toxic People
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Warner Bros., fair use The above photo features a scene from the 1984 film Once Upon a Time...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 59 min read
A Question of How
[ DISCLAIMER ] When attending military police (MP) training at Fort McClellan, Alabama (AL) in 1997, a high school friend of mine who...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 520 min read
Spooky Business
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use The above image was featured in a 4th Psychological Operations Group (4th POG) recruiting video...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 37 min read
Kayfabe
[ DISCLAIMER ] As a child, I was entertained by the aesthetic of so-called professional wrestling. In particular, I enjoyed content of...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 29 min read
The Distinction Between Law and Justice
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Although he was once a participant in the hippie counterculture movement that rejected strict...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 26 min read
The Choice Is Yours
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1991, when I began the informal practice of life coaching in regard to other residents of a children’s home in which...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 16 min read
Imagine Being This Oblivious
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled Discrimination , I stated: My dad (black), late stepmom (black), and late mom (white) told me...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 14 min read
You Better Believe in Something
[ DISCLAIMER ] I’m not a fan of Donald Glover , also known by his musical name Childish Gambino, although I recognize that he has...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 30, 20246 min read
Empowerment
[ DISCLAIMER ] When I was in junior high school, German electronic dance music (EDM) group Snap! released their debut album World...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 29, 20246 min read
Sonically-infused Emotions
[ DISCLAIMER ] As I delved deeper into my short-lived infatuation with DJing in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, I came across the work of...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 28, 20248 min read
Unhealthy Assistance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Not long after completing graduate (“grad”) studies in counseling (2009-2011), during which I focused on Rational...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 28, 20248 min read
It's Like That, and That's the Way It Is
[ DISCLAIMER ] In elementary school, one of the hip hop acts which was most popular among both children and adults with whom I...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 28, 20245 min read
Sweat Equity
[ DISCLAIMER ] It isn’t often that I come across a DJ with whom I’m unfamiliar and who demonstrates the intensity of the late ‘90s and...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 27, 20245 min read
I'll Probably Lose Everything That I Got One Day
[ DISCLAIMER ] Call it what you will, “oldies,” “soul music,” “doo-wop,” or “R&B,” I was raised on tunes which were popular during the...
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Deric Hollings
Dec 26, 20246 min read
LimeWire
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1999, I sat at a computer in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil while corresponding with an online friend in Sydney, Australia...
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