Category: Articles
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The Making of “Alien Abduction ASMR”” – What It’s Like Filming a YouTube Video While Wearing a Silicone Mask
The Alien Abduction ASMR video has been one of the more difficult videos I’ve filmed due to the vision obstructing nature of the mask (might be the same difficulty as wearing the rhino mask). The mask’s eyeholes are created and positioned in such a way as to make their appearance subtle as though there are […]
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Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird Spotted at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge
I just so happened to get extremely lucky spotting this female Ruby-throated hummingbird with my naked eye, as it was perched high up on a tree branch, silhouetted against the blue sky (hey, that rhymed!).
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Evil Dead The Game – An Idea for a Lovecraft / Cthulhu Expansion DLC
My idea for a Lovecraft based expansion for Evil Dead The Game by Saber Interactive which would include Cthulhu as the new boss, as well as Devil Reef as the new map location.
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A Wildlife Photography Day Trip to Bombay Hook NWR
About my wildlife photography day trip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Smyrna, Delaware, USA, in May 2022.
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Why the Right to Vote is a Fucking Joke
Here in the United States, we the sheeple have this super power called “the right to vote”. Ooooooo… pretty fucking amazing, riiiiiiight????? Well think again! When you get down to it, voting is nothing more than deciding who the next overpaid, lazy, egomaniacal, unhinged, sociopathic, corrupt, elitist jailor will be. And no, I’m not exaggerating. […]
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Using a mouse all the time? This is what you get to look forward to when you get older!
Ah, modern society and its technology. I’ll spare you the rant regarding how we’re slaves to it and the various troubles and pain it causes. For now. I’ve been behind a computer and using a mouse since about the mid-90’s. So for about 30 years I’ve been gripping a mouse with my right hand without […]
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Dear Bluepoint Games: Your Demon’s Souls Remake is Perfection! Please Remake Dark Souls 1 ASAP! Thanks!!
Title. I mean, really, do I need to go any further? Bluepoint’s remake of Demon’s Souls is a near-perfect visual & audio work of art (aside from any lingering imperfections that they could not overcome such as anything related to the original code). While looks are not everything, the core game of Demon’s Souls that […]
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The Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event Meteor – A Blessing or a Curse?
It’s most likely that the only reason we modern apes, the rest of our primate cousins, and all other “new” species of life exist today is because of the meteor that crashed into earth approximately 66 millions years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs, causing what’s known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Event. Think about it: […]
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I Called It: Why COVID-19 Won’t Be Going Away Any Time Soon..
Back around March 13 2020, when the Governor of Pennsylvania first declared shutting down schools for 2 weeks when COVID-19 cases first began to show up in our home state in low numbers, I told my wife that 2 weeks is a joke and that they might as well keep schools closed, and that this […]
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What is ASMR? Why am I whispering?
ASMR is an acronym for the non-scientific term “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response” which was coined by a layperson to describe a unique sensation experienced by certain people in response to certain stimuli. It’s like goosebumps, but instead of a very brief and uncomfortable moment of the shivers or chills, ASMR is a pleasant feeling that […]
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Open Letter to Those Battling Against Being Raised Religious
If you are mentally agonizing, struggling, and battling on an almost daily basis over the teachings of whatever religion you were forced to learn, especially if it’s Catholicism, then this is meant for you. If you are someone that is religious, this is not meant for you, so if you continue to read and get […]
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Thoughts on Making a Murderer Season 2 Netflix Series
As of the time of this writing, I’ve completed watching Season 2 of the Netflix series Making a Murderer, and I still felt just as much anger, disgust, helplessness, confusion, empathy, compassion and sadness over all of the parties involved (including government officials) and what took place just like with Season 1. I’m going to […]
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Thoughts on Making a Murderer Season 1 Netflix Series
Innocent until proven guilty. First off, there are some spoilers ahead for those of you who haven’t yet watched the Netflix series Making a Murderer. Here is the Wikipedia link to the series. This is probably the first time I’ve ever felt so consumed about the subject of a TV show or film that I felt […]
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The Flux Between Fantasy & Reality
There are 2 ways in which we go about our daily existence: sober on reality and drunk on fantasy. How often do we drift between these two mental states throughout the day? One moment we are aware and paying attention to our environment and surroundings, most often at school or job, a split second later […]
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What About the Native Americans?
Hello dear stranger, I hope you are doing well. If you have a few moments of your time, this article is split into 2 sections: the first being about how Native Americans do not receive their fair share of representation and support compared to other social and world issues, and the second being my personal […]
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Modern Humans are Displaced Hunter Gatherers
You want to know why you’re bored and have nothing meaningful to do? Why you can’t sit still? Why certain school subjects or tasks at your job do not keep your attention very long? Why you’re frustrated because you have to work a job you might despise and hate so you can pay rent, utilities and buy food? […]
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Why “Good People” in Today’s Society are the Only Ones Deserving of an Award (Essay & Analysis)
Ephemeral Rift: Please open your hand. Reader: [opens hand] ER: [Places salt grain into hand, then gently closes reader’s hand]. Think of all the major awards that we hand out in today’s society. The people that get them don’t deserve them. (Psst: now would be a good time for you to start using that grain […]
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The Myth of Community and How It Doesn’t Exist
Are we truly social creatures? Did community ever truly exist? Or are we simply driven by self-interest and that’s the only reason we engage with one another? I may be an idealist, but I’m definitely a realist and I know the difference between fact and fiction (though ever since I was a kid I found […]
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The Myth of the Adult and Why There is No Such Thing
All throughout our lives all we have ever heard as young people was “Grow up and act like an adult!”. Yet time and time again, the so-called “adults” always end up doing something hypocritical that contradicts what it means to “act like an adult”. So I have taken it upon myself to deconstruct this fantasy […]
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ASMR gets a new home on YouTube (not really, but we can hope!)
On September 18, 2018, YouTube posted an article on their Creator Blog announcing a new look to a section of their website that is home to gaming videos. You can read the article here: https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2018/09/gaming-gets-new-home-on-youtube.html As soon as I saw this, I thought to myself: “what if YouTube did the same thing for ASMR?” And even […]
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Peace of Mind: The Light at the End of the Tunnel (Your Mileage May Vary) (ASMR)
In this video, I share my thoughts on how I hope, and like to think, that anyone out there may be able to reach the long term peace of mind in this life that exists at the end of the dark tunnel many of us walk through (sometimes one tunnel right after another).
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Greed & Pro Sports: Fans & Their Communities Deserve Better
Once again another Super Bowl is upon us, and millions of people will be watching, and billions of dollars will be flowing ever upward often from the small pockets of the poor and working class into the large bank accounts of the owners, coaches, players, ad executives, car companies, beer companies, shareholders, members of the […]
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We Need to Reclaim Our Humanity – How Modern Humans Are No Longer Human
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away… There once lived an animal that walked upright, was self-sufficient, empowered, highly skilled, proficient, intelligent and in control over almost all aspects of its life. It lived in small tribes consisting of generations of family members that looked after one another from its children to […]
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October 2017 Trip to Wooden Shoe Books in Philadelphia
Ever been to an anarchist book store? No? Well, read on! I’ve added some photos to my Flickr gallery taken on a trip to the Wooden Shoe Books, the “all volunteer anarchist collective” book store located in the heart of Center City Philadelphia at their new location directly on South Street. You can view the […]