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Time Drifts By

15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

By and By, time drifts by, Moments fly long before you can say goodbye Leaves you feeling like a fruit fly just before they sprayed the sky.   By and By, the ticking never ends, Funny how the best times feel like the names of old friends,  you just c...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 44

14 Oct 2024 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

For Emily, the terror wrapped around this frantic dash from The Ruiner has nothing to do with the distance traveled. Rather, it’s the lack thereof. That and how it’s even possible to get this catastrophically turned around in such a short p...

Flow

13 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

With the rise of the sun i made up my mind, its time for change, its time to say goodbye to rage.   Getting in the lake and drifting with the waves, just simulating the drift through time.   Came to the realization that to sacrifice control, is to ga...

Exploring Human Connectivity: Reflections on John Donne and Hemingway

13 Oct 2024 2 minute read 1 comment Alexander Kass

So this guy John Donne says, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.” Sounds poetic, deep, old-school philosophy. We’re all supposedly connected, pieces of one big landmass, one world. No one exists in a vacuum,...

Mind Loops

12 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

I know nothing lasts forever, but this loop feels endless.   We find a weak spot, one to shatter, yet it only bends, forever bending, never breaking.   The rush is gone the rage persists and i want to quit, yet i know were not done with this, my mind...

Lending Money: A Friendship Test or a Ticket to Nowhere?

12 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Alexander Kass

  Let me tell you something: lending money is a fantastic way to see people in a whole new light. It’s like a test drive for relationships, minus the car. And minus the fun. You just hand someone cash and then watch as they slowly disappear from your...

Finding Happiness in the Ordinary: A Love Beyond Wealth and Fame

11 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Alexander Kass

    Happiness is a strange feeling that’s been visiting me way too often lately. I’m not rich. I’ve never had millions in my pocket. But damn, I’m happy. I haven’t found the meaning of life or any new religion—no, I found her—the woman I’ve been with...

chains of strife

10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

Another out the door another i adored The silence screams and i hit the floor.   The clocks tick by, i feel myself losing time its been a long while since life felt worth these dimes. Saving them up so one at a time till i have enough to go cross som...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 43

8 Oct 2024 3 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Kay stands in front of a communal bathroom mirror, staring at her reflection in this unforgiving light. She almost wishes Harry had gone a cheaper route with the lighting, but no, say this much about the guy at least, everything — except fo...

The Black Phone Movie Review

4 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments logen9f

  The Black Phone is a movie based on Joe Hill's (Stephen King's son) short story. It's a horror/thriller movie set in the 1970s much like other movies based on novels by his dad, Stephen King. Summary The movie's main character played by M...