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A Day in the Life of OM
Many people have asked when I sleep… or if I even sleep. I thought I would give you a glimpse of a normal day for me. 01:30 – I get off work and try to quietly sneak into the house … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged blog, college, dating, fashion, fathers, general, marriage, photography, random, relationships, travel, women, writing
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Where does Poetry go…
Where does poetry go when it dies within my mind? It is quickly replaced with the pain from its loss. I do not mourn the coming of the sun, I only wish the failing night did not steal away my … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged blogger, dating, death, fashion, food, introduction, life, poetry, reading, relationships, travel, welcome, wordpress
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Blogging: They aren’t coming back…
I often tell you that I don’t count on return visits from my followers. I want to share with you a stat image that will further highlight this fact. You will notice from my graph that there are definite times … Continue reading
Broken Promises
Winter night of stars and light. An empty glass stands as the past. I see myself in the reflection staring back. Sharded image colored like ice… it is me. Each image a perfect imagination and yet they have reality’s eyes. … Continue reading
Wannabe Saints and Angels
I see wannabe saints everywhere. People are so quick to say “well if I had this or that I would do this or that.” It is very easy to speculate about what we would do if we had someone else’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging/Powerblogging Articles, Personal Writing
Tagged art, blog, christian, dating, fashion, food, friends, love, marriage, people, personal, photography, relationships, sex, travel
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Black Belts, Eagle Scouts, and Ninjas
I equate a black belt to being in the same category as an eagle scout. I do not know Karate, yes… let’s just let the shock wear off for a second… … … all done? There is no martial arts … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Personal Writing
Tagged blog, death, debate, fashion, food, friends, friendship, introduction, life, news, opinion, people, social media, welcome
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Different Paths
I view the world through a cascade of color. Prisms of light shine through the twin teardrops I have bred, but not yet given birth to. They hang upon my being and sway in a desperate attempt to not succumb … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles, Creative Writing, Personal Writing, Poetry
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, food, friends, haiku, life, love, nature, people, photography, poem, relationships, travel, writing
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Writing through the Tired
Tired and writing through the tired right now. There is something to be said if you can write even when you are exhausted. It takes a certain amount of dedication and drive in my opinion. I like to write when … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles, Blogging/Powerblogging Articles, Creative Writing, Personal Writing
Tagged amazon, art, aspirations, authors, bloggers, blogging, dreams, fashion, food, google, photography, publishing, writers, writing
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Start, Stop, Pause, Repeat – Death
They say that you are more likely to get in an auto accident within ten minutes of your home due to complacency. The most dangerous place in America is the four-way stop. It is the only time you can observe … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles, Creative Writing
Tagged art, authors, blog, death, fashion, food, friends, life, photography, poem, poetry, reading, relationships, writing
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10 Things Not to Say to an Asian
Do your parents speak English? No, they kind of wave their arms around and point at things while grunting. So do you like eat rice every day? So do you like eat fat every day? When did you come to … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged art, asian, blog, culture, fashion, friendship, jokes, people, photography, race, stereotypes, travel, writing. life
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The Daily Opinion – Why do you Blog?
Why do you blog?
Posted in The Daily Opinion
Tagged blog, blogging, fashion, food, introduction, life, love, photograph, relationships, travel, welcome, wordpress, writing
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I forgot the photo
I forgot to add the photo image for the last post. Here is my reference image showing my bell curb for HarsH ReaLiTy. You can note the start of the website in January of 2013 and the progression to this … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, followers, food, life, love, photograph, picture, seo, stats, wordpress
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My Writing “Process”
Everyone else is writing “how to” articles so I decided I would write one as well. This is my “how to” process on writing blogs. Hopefully you find some helpful information here. I begin by putting on a plastic crown … Continue reading
Winter’s Night
She holds my hand and we step into a moment of our own. Nothing else matters, you share everything regardless of what type of emotion is being ingested at that given time. I feel that way about my wife and … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, feminism, food, introduction, life, love, people, photography, poem, relationships, travel, women, wordpress, write, writing
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Airbrush
She uses her airbrush with ease. Wistfully erasing the imperfections she sees, the mistakes she knows others must observe. It is a sad kind of art that takes place here. Instead of adding to a masterpiece a portrait is created … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing
Tagged airbrush, art, blog, design, elle, fashion, females, image, life, love, magazine, personal, photography, relationships, style, women, world
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There is a hole in my pocket
There is a hole in my pocket. I dare not place anything of value within it. I wonder now what may have been already lost. Have I been giving to the world blindly and do inadvertent gifts of charity count … Continue reading
“How I Write” By OM
I hope Jami doesn’t mind, but I will reference her comment for this post. She requested it and I am always willing to write about things I am not good at. I will post here comment first “I still watch … Continue reading
My God
My God comforts me in the morning. He listens to me in the evening and whispers to me during the night. He calms me when I allow it. I ignore him often, but he does not seem to mind. Like … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Writing
Tagged art, christians, dreams, faith, fashion, god, life, love, motivation, personal, photography, poem, religion
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Blogging without Rules
There are no rules for blogging except for the few defined by WordPress and Google in terms of interaction, spamming, and copyright. In fact all the “rules” you will see on SEO and Google relationships are many times wrong. Be … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Writing
Tagged 2014, advice, art, blog, bloggers, fashion, food, life, love, new, new years, personal, photography, resolutions
38 Comments
The Daily Opinion – Connection
Do you remember life before the cell phone? How did we survive back then?
Posted in The Daily Opinion
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, life, love, opinion, personal, photography, poem, poetry, writing
46 Comments
Nameless but Important
I believe you are as important as you want to be. When I come to work I don’t get handshakes and head nods from the people that work during the day. All they see is a shadow, a nameless, hoody … Continue reading
The Photo
It was at the bottom of the box. And yet it felt as if it was placed there, not left. A hidden memory, waiting to become a new memory. It is a treasure more valuable than gold. It is faded, … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing
Tagged blog, fashion, food, haiku, photography, picture, poem, poetry, prose, wordpress, writing
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Tired
Lucid dream, lucid dream, do I wake. Fleeting dreams depart like waves from yonder lake. And yet still do I breath sleep’s fresh kiss. Now in stark reality do I surely miss. What will it take to dream again. This … Continue reading
The Mirror
I stare at him. “You look tired,” I say. He stares back with scorn. The Korean death stare penetrates the glass. “Tired?” he scoffs, “Weak.” I glare back and mumble something incoherent. “What was that?” he snaps. “Nothing…,” I mumble … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged depression, fashion, food, life, love, personal, photography, poem, poetry, prose, random, reflection, writing
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The Protector
I am training to be a superhero. Let me stop and take a deep breath before this post. I am the proud father of two girls. Someone asked me once they said “why do you constantly read the news, doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Writing
Tagged art, blog, blogging, children, family, fashion, kids, life, love, people, relationships, wordpress, writing
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A Good Blog is Hard to Find 