Category Archives: Essays

My Ancient Soul

My Ancient Soul I’m old and certainly not very cool. I don’t know that I ever was. I don’t belong here in the age of selfies, but I’m not so sure I belonged in the age of transistor radios. I don’t understand selfie-sticks. I don’t understand the ego behind selfies. I grew up in the age when Polaroid… Read More »

The Fight For Net Neutrality

The Fight For Net Neutrality Before we begin our rant, let’s first define what net neutrality is and what happens when it’s gone: What is Net Neutrality “Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments regulating the Internet should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content,… Read More »

Raincrows [Revisited]

Introduction This essay is largely based on memories that were created with and left to me by my grandfather. Because memories live on as long as we remember them, my grandfather lives on as well. I share my memories and my grandfather with you through this essay, written on a chilly, wet, rainy day in May ten years ago.… Read More »

Through the Glass Oldly

Through the Glass Oldly I was thinking – and that’s sometimes not a good thing. Anyway, it occurred to me that I spent a great deal of my time in my youth wasting precious time: Chasing girls, hanging out in bars with buddies, skipping classes in college — yet still getting passing grades – dreaming impossible dreams… ridiculous… Read More »

No Time to Waste

No Time to Waste One of life’s great blessings is that not one of us knows the exact day we will die. Well, at least I think so. I could not imagine being a teenager and knowing how many years I would live or the date of my death. That would take away the fun and great advantage… Read More »

Thanks to Our Cloudeight Boosters and All Our Friends

Thanks to You and Thanks to Our Cloudeight Boosters Last weekend we added some super specials and freebies for our Cloudeight Boosters… and your response was amazing. So first, we’d like to thank you for that.  We really appreciate it. Or course, not all of you are Cloudeight Boosters. But we want you to know that we very… Read More »