From the TEDx talk to interviews and even the cover of the comic books you may have ordered, this sonofabitch is scattered like glitter at a strip club.
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Life & Lessons
"And then, one evening, she told me she loved me, too. And that's when I knew I wouldn't be speaking with her again."
"Hawaii is one giant active volcano. A giant, sweaty, writhing, and expensive active volcano."
"Halfway to the intended target, a firefly called out. A second later, a quick thrum of thunder sounded. Then another firefly. Then more thunder. And the sky was alight."
"The forfeit of these men’s lives was an unspoken one, passed from the tired eyes of an officer down to tired eyes of his subordinate."
"The thrill of blood and victory sung me lullabies while I slept, while my waking hours were filled with fantasies of justified brutality. I wasn’t special. I was a Marine. A warrior. And people call us heroes."
Many people suffer from one or more of these issues. I'm a bipolar writer and war veteran with PTSD, who was also a bartender. That's 4 red flags at once. When I realized I had a problem, it still took two years...
"When I find this guy, I'm not going to hit him with a fist, I'm going to backhand him, slap him, then pull him close to let him know why. And I'll be smiling Cheshire while I'm doing it."
A few days into it, I slipped... I looked down at the slight tear in my pants and smiled, thinking "Not today, God! Not today!" And I was right. It wasn't that day. It was the next.
In the same class was Mark. He was thin, with pale skin, acne, a pinched voice and black, wiry hair, a born victim of ridicule in the ridiculous atmosphere that is high school. And somehow he’d won. This wasn’t possible...
Video - An autobiographical story about a transient moment I experienced as a Marine in Kabul, Afghanistan, as performed at the TEDx inaugural event in Columbia, South Carolina.