Sometimes bias in the news and media is so apparent it’s a slap in the face. I’m always saddened when no one else seems to notice. I mean...wow sometimes....
The other day we were watching the news and there were two back to back items that made me shake my head. Let me say this first. The Railroad is something that has been falling behind in the USA. A very large portion of the world utilize this amazing form of transportation and moving freight, because the sheer amount it can carry makes it extremely viable.
A Brainless Nod is a blog about love and life, passionately written using articles, poetry, and serial web fiction. We are Dan and Lisa, and we both enjoy writing immensely. We hope you enjoy this look at our passions, our life together, and our opinions. Posts are sporadic due to us entering college, but expect new stuff every now and then!
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Lisa's Turning me Back into a Nerd
As I walk down the street now-a-days, something happens that hasn’t happened to me since the 90s. People stop and tell me how cool my shirt is, ask me where I got my shirt, or go about telling me a memory sparked by the shirt.
Fact is, back in high school, I wore nerdy shirts. From Wolverine to the house crests from the A Game of Thrones novels, I enjoyed sporting the shirts based in the books and comic books I read. I would always sport some kind of shirt that meant something to me. The last one I bought, before meeting Lisa, was from Princess Mononoke, a wonderful anime movie.
Fact is, back in high school, I wore nerdy shirts. From Wolverine to the house crests from the A Game of Thrones novels, I enjoyed sporting the shirts based in the books and comic books I read. I would always sport some kind of shirt that meant something to me. The last one I bought, before meeting Lisa, was from Princess Mononoke, a wonderful anime movie.
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Darkwing Duck,
Evil Dead,
fun,
imagination,
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relationship,
Star Wars,
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youthful
Friday, June 21, 2013
(poem) - Art is Not Defined as Being a Confusing Mess
It rained once
Inside my mind
Where all the dry stuff waits
Yet the humidity declined
It was an odd time
To be alive
When the boys there
Tried to strive
I don’t like random
With no conjunction
It makes no sense
Has no function
I’ll end the movie
Before it begins
So I won’t have to deal
With puzzling at the end.
Why do people try
To be all artsy fartsy
With out any real
Substance to their story?
Normally I like
A really good art flick
But I do not want to be told
How to feel by some prick
Beautiful movies
Are true experiences
They are so rare to find
As they have to jump over so many fences
But some movies
Just get put out
Because people don’t understand
What its really about
And they think
“It must be art!”
When its really just
Not very smart....
But in the end
I completely digress
I must bet back to art
And looking at a lioness
For pain supercedes
The rainbow’s true love
Ravens come out of the sky
From the clouds above
And rain their love
Down upon the ocean
Where rocks float
Among the graves of the lemon.
--Dan
--Want more Poetry? Check out my Poetry Collection Page!
Inside my mind
Where all the dry stuff waits
Yet the humidity declined
It was an odd time
To be alive
When the boys there
Tried to strive
I don’t like random
With no conjunction
It makes no sense
Has no function
I’ll end the movie
Before it begins
So I won’t have to deal
With puzzling at the end.
Why do people try
To be all artsy fartsy
With out any real
Substance to their story?
Normally I like
A really good art flick
But I do not want to be told
How to feel by some prick
Beautiful movies
Are true experiences
They are so rare to find
As they have to jump over so many fences
But some movies
Just get put out
Because people don’t understand
What its really about
And they think
“It must be art!”
When its really just
Not very smart....
But in the end
I completely digress
I must bet back to art
And looking at a lioness
For pain supercedes
The rainbow’s true love
Ravens come out of the sky
From the clouds above
And rain their love
Down upon the ocean
Where rocks float
Among the graves of the lemon.
--Dan
--Want more Poetry? Check out my Poetry Collection Page!
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
What My Life is About
I always hate looking at my blog topic list and not seeing anything on there I want to write about. Its not technically writer’s block, or being burnt out, its just...ambiguity I guess. So much good is going on around me, so much fun.
This blog is going great, I’m loving my camera. The hammock is such a great place to be, enjoying the hell outta my marriage. Got my Kindle loaded with books to read, and am writing a novel while helping Lisa write her newest. Exercise flows decently easy, though I need to do more of it, and I’ve got a great collection of stuff.
This blog is going great, I’m loving my camera. The hammock is such a great place to be, enjoying the hell outta my marriage. Got my Kindle loaded with books to read, and am writing a novel while helping Lisa write her newest. Exercise flows decently easy, though I need to do more of it, and I’ve got a great collection of stuff.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Seeking Artist for the Ballad of the Emerald Bard
The one thing my blog lacks, and I know it lacks this more than anything else, is photos and pictures. I get a decent amount of traffic and I’m very proud and humbled by how much I do get, but there’s no telling how much more I’d get if I spent a bit more time and tossed in some pictures. So, I’ve decided to go out of my way to attempt to add a bit of life to at least part of the blog.
Recently I’ve started a campaign to get some artist renditions of the Ballad of the Emerald Bard’s main character, Deeya, drawn. Its actually quite daunting looking at artist’s work and then seeing how much they would do a piece of art for.
Recently I’ve started a campaign to get some artist renditions of the Ballad of the Emerald Bard’s main character, Deeya, drawn. Its actually quite daunting looking at artist’s work and then seeing how much they would do a piece of art for.
Labels:
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Ballad,
bard,
commission,
Deeya,
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El'Mindeeya,
elf,
emerald,
fantasy,
illustration,
seeking
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