Logan F. Daniels

I want to start a new series of posts here. It’s something I used to do on Facebook, but now that I’ve left social media, it seems right to transfer the process over here. Have you ever found a song repeating itself in your head over and over again and you have no idea why? It isn’t like you’ve heard the song recently. It’s just there … for no reason.

This kind of thing happens to me all the…

Magical Earworm: Dead & Bloated

I want to start a new series of posts here. It’s something I used to do on Facebook, but now that I’ve left social media, it seems right to transfer the process over here. Have you ever found a song repeating itself in your head over and over again and you have no idea why? It isn’t like you’ve heard the song recently. It’s just there … for no reason.

This kind of thing happens to me all the…

The Hypocrisy of Tolerance and Acceptance

During a 2017 episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld was asking his guest, the [sometimes] shockingly direct Bill Mahar, about a time he has had issue with politics in comedy. Mahar said:

… most recently, Islam. They used to boo me, because I’m the one standing up for women and free speech and respect for minorities and free and fair elections. It’s not my fault that these…

Magical Earworm: We Are Never Getting Back Together

I want to start a new series of posts here. It’s something I used to do on Facebook, but now that I’ve left social media, it seems right to transfer the process over here. Have you ever found a song repeating itself in your head over and over again and you have no idea why? It isn’t like you’ve heard the song recently. It’s just there … for no reason.

This kind of thing happens to me all the…

Kids – Hysterical Nightmares

So … kids. Amiright?

They’re monsters. Like feral cocaine-fueled Sharknado rejects. Those kinds of monsters. Yet, they are often hang-you-upside-down-from-the-rafters and slap-you-in-the-crotch-until-snot-pours-from-your-nose hilarious.

The rub, though, is that the moments in which they are funniest are due in part to an understanding of the world gleaned from years of adulthood and their…

Managing My Writing Time

I don’t really do much of this anymore.

It used to be that I’d get so bent out of shape if my schedule was interrupted. Almost as though my schedule was as delicate as cotton candy left out in the rain. Everyone seemed to be “out to get me” by not understanding that simply because I worked from home did not mean I was “always available.”

A few years of this kind of angst was all it took to…

Ferdinand

Murielle

So, I have a couple of cats. Ferdinand and Murielle. They are both seven year-old Devon Rexes. The Devon Rex is known for having fur but not hair, the same way a bird might have down but no feathers. This makes them extremely soft. Like petting velvet.

Ferdinand and Murielle are a bonded pair. Retired. What this means is that they once belonged to a breeder. According to the…

Writing Prompt – 72° and Sunny with a Slight Breeze out of the Northwest in the Catskill Mountains

This is the worst story to share over Christmas, but I’m going to do it anyway. This was suggested to me from a book on discovering your voice. The idea was to write a story from the perspective of both parties involved in a news article from the newspaper. Technically, you weren’t allowed to use polysyllabic words. I might have used one or two. I don’t know if I want to ask you to “enjoy” this…

I want to start a new series of posts here. It’s something I used to do on Facebook, but now that I’ve left social media, it seems right to transfer the process over here. Have you ever found a song repeating itself in your head over and over again and you have no idea why? It isn’t like you’ve heard the song recently. It’s just there … for no reason.

This kind of thing happens to me all the…

Magical Earworm: These Eyes

I want to start a new series of posts here. It’s something I used to do on Facebook, but now that I’ve left social media, it seems right to transfer the process over here. Have you ever found a song repeating itself in your head over and over again and you have no idea why? It isn’t like you’ve heard the song recently. It’s just there … for no reason.

This kind of thing happens to me all the…

What bad habits?

Actually, this is quite amusing. I once read an interview by an author who said that she felt as though she was simultaneously the greatest author who ever lived and the worst author in existence.

That’s probably my worst habit, too. About more than just my writing.

I am equal parts the worst human being on the world and the most infallible human being in the world. Not only do I…

Review: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

I’m not certain if any of my book reviews are actually reviews. I don’t specifically want to copy the back cover copy to tell you what the book is about. I want to tell you what made me enjoy the book so much, but that is difficult because I often can’t put my finger on why I enjoyed a book. This book, The One-Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappearedby Jonas Jonasson is…

What I Do to Recharge

It should come as no surprise that my first choice for recharging the old batteries is reading.

I like to read. Plain and simple. My mood will dictate the content, but reading fills my well. (That’s something to do with the Input strength from StrengthsFinder. As a high Input, I can often feel depleted if I’m not consuming information. A well is often the image used to describe those with high…

Review: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

In The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, author Claire North takes us on a journey through the world of a secret sub-culture. A culture filled with people who live their lives over and over again. Unless something terrible happens to these people, they remember each of their previous lives in full detail. This allows them to influence the passage of time within the scope of their lives.

Harry…

Open Doors or Closed Doors

CLOSED!

Any questions?

Right. Here’s some reasoning.

Open doors are a distraction. They allow for anyone at any time to invade your space. It opens your world to distraction.

Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure.

-Susan Cain

That pretty much sums up my…