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And Here We Go
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, DC Studios, Warner Bros., fair use **The Dark Knight spoiler contained herein My favorite DC Comics-inspired...
Deric Hollings
Jan 13, 20247 min read
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U Don't Know Me
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Of all electronic dance music (EDM), I’m most fond of the house genre. Unlike many trance or...
Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20247 min read
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Resignation
[DISCLAIMER] Page seven of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion invites Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practitioners to help...
Deric Hollings
Jan 3, 20245 min read
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Good Enough Is Good Enough
[DISCLAIMER] **What’s Love Got to Do with It? spoilers contained herein I recently watched What’s Love Got to Do with It? (2022) and...
Deric Hollings
Dec 26, 20237 min read
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Schadenfreude
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Admittedly, I find it a little challenging not to express joy or pleasure concerning the suffering of...
Deric Hollings
Dec 24, 20234 min read
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How Does It Feel Like?
[DISCLAIMER] On their 1999 album Surrender, The Chemical Brothers featured a song entitled “Let Forever Be,” which I played regularly...
Deric Hollings
Dec 24, 20233 min read
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Bezmenov's Razor
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use According to one source, “In philosophy, a razor is a principle or rule of thumb that allows one to...
Deric Hollings
Dec 20, 20237 min read
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Weathering the Storm
[DISCLAIMER] The phrase “weather the storm” alludes to one’s ability to deal with a challenging occurrence without being harmed or...
Deric Hollings
Oct 28, 20235 min read
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The Path You Accept
[DISCLAIMER] I recall that in early adulthood I came to appreciate “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In particular, the fourth stanza...
Deric Hollings
Oct 3, 20238 min read
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Unconditional Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] DT The most influential person in my lifetime was my late stepmom, “DT.” Although we disagreed on the timeline, I was...
Deric Hollings
Sep 19, 202310 min read
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Acceptance
[DISCLAIMER] On their 2018 album entitled Delivery, French producers Zoom & Rectape featured the vocals of Dominique Larue for the song...
Deric Hollings
Sep 13, 20237 min read
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The 'Rithm, the Rebel
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The rhythm, the rebel In 1988, rap collective Public Enemy released an album entitled It Takes a...
Deric Hollings
Aug 23, 20236 min read
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Freaks
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In the 1932 film Freaks a popular chant about acceptance was featured in a scene that has since...
Deric Hollings
Aug 22, 20234 min read
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Accept Yourself
[DISCLAIMER] Earlier this morning, when practicing self-improvement through physical training, I heard a line from rapper ANoyd’s song...
Deric Hollings
Jul 28, 20234 min read
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Who Are You?
[DISCLAIMER] To me, one of the most meaningful scenes in the 1951 animated film Alice in Wonderland—based on the novel Through the...
Deric Hollings
Jul 11, 20234 min read
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Tunnel Vision
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Kodak Black On his 2017 album Painting Pictures, rapper Kodak Black featured a song entitled “Tunnel...
Deric Hollings
Jul 3, 20237 min read
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Touching Grass in the Texas Panhandle
[DISCLAIMER] Written on June 11, 2023 Posted on June 12, 2023 When my close friend, “Jammies,” invited me to Bomb City (Amarillo, Texas)...
Deric Hollings
Jun 12, 20235 min read
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Want vs. Need
[ DISCLAIMER ] ** Unique disclaimer : If you desire a short post—the kind of TikTok-esque content that delivers unhelpful advice which...
Deric Hollings
May 3, 202319 min read
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Crossroads
[DISCLAIMER] Tha Crossroads During the year I graduated from high school, hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (“Bone”) released their...
Deric Hollings
Apr 27, 20239 min read
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Good, Better, Best
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In adolescence, I was given a book of quotes and enjoyed one catchy citation in particular. Though...
Deric Hollings
Apr 25, 20238 min read
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