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27 Apr 2025 1 minute read 2 comments AryaStark
"The Room" is a movie that initially seems innocent, but as the plot unfolds, it becomes increasingly unsettling. However, the fear it evokes isn't rooted in a malevolent entity, but rather in the latent fear conveyed by the protagonists regarding th...
26 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments soyernesto
Article first published on my personal blog at HIVE. One day out of curiosity I downloaded Duolingo, an application omnipresent in social networks, it caught my attention and awakened my desire to advance in my English learning. My main motivation...
2 Aug 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
1. I Hate Stupidity My Redbubble is full of designs that never sell. It begs the question, who's your target audience, man? The answer is simple. I am my own target audience. I am a target audience of one. 2. Reservoir Cats Personally, I wou...
18 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"I come home to Mariawhere else would I go?Across the river to die by myselfdown in old Mexico?"The Border Roses in the Coal Mine They don't race horseson St. Patrick'sDay anymore The padre put a stop to itafter the parishioners started fighting abo...
20 Feb 2024 9 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
What's the hardest part about being a Christian. Is it abstaining from sin? Controlling your tongue? Forgiving your enemies? Speaking graciously and with 1st Corinthians-grade charity to self-righteous, arrogant people who lower the standards of t...
21 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
It may be necessary to withdraw from people, places, and situations that drag you into a carnal mindset. More than mere hedonism, the carnal mindset also includes depression, despair, and perhaps even a desire to die that can open you up to suicidal...
11 Apr 2022 9 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I was watching a documentary about "Narcocorridos" (drug ballads) a couple years ago, a phenomenon in Mexico where the artist is commissioned by the cartel to write songs about their exploits. In an age in which no artists can make an independent li...
28 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I am taking the scenic route to Spanish fluency. It took me several months to learn the difference in "horse" and "onion." The words are very similar. "Caballo" means horse and "cebolla" means onion. I have never actually tried to buy a horse at...
23 Nov 2021 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Until yesterday, I didn't know what "praise and worship music" meant. Most "praise and worship" music grates on my ears, and I never listen to it. I usually see (or hear) it as bad art, and not truly capable of praising or worshiping anything. It'...
6 Nov 2021 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I can't listen to The Handsome Family anymore. I was a big Handsome Family fan from the late 90's through about 2009. We shared a back page in the Illinois Entertainer, in which my band had received a 25-word write-up; they had an ad for a show or...
