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Selected Journals of Kaleb Smith (2003 - 2021)
Essays, poems, letters, experimental, and academic writing of Kaleb Smith, collected from personal journal entries dated 2003 thru 2021.
Paid to create a backup of my old journals... Over 1700 pages!
Lot to wade through, but there's some stuff in there I'm really proud of! 2004 was a good year. ;) journal, poetry, essays, kaleb smith, transpersonalTop 5 Music Compositions for Film or Television
A good film score can make a scene powerful in ways less obvious than the technique of the actor or the composition of the shot. Instead, perfectly set music exists on the inner edge of these things, amplifying or accenting the image and the emotional tone the scene, sometimes with a secondary layer of meaning that would never have been implied by ( Read more... )Sex-specific Developmental Stages: Domains of Competence
What I'm describing, as clearly as I can, are sex-specific developmental stages and how they relate to domains of competence. It's the strong man routine, the same crude display of male competence, only our attraction display has been refined by the frontal cortex, flourishing in detailed customs and cultural history. I imagine the most vibrantly ( Read more... )The Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease
I read that by the time the first signs of Alzheimer's appear at 65, it's already so far along that it's irreversible. That the actual neurodegeneration starts at around 40.
Insomnia, sedentary lifestyle, inflammation, sugar alcohol... those things start the Alzheimer's pattern decades before the first signs of the disease appear.
Scary.
I need to ( Read more... )Poetry Critical - TurboSwami - 2009-2011 - 4 of 4 (w/ Comments)
A Solemn Swear To Ravish On
turboswami
She deserved glass smooth moonchance,
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a solemn swear to ravish on.
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She selected a lesser stoop to watch from,
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to tease me with our knowing.
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Don’t glance up into my eyes anymore.
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I’m a wolf hiding in the valley.
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You tempt me to climb,
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and to be what I no longer ( Read more... )Poetry Critical - TurboSwami - 2009-2011 - 3 of 4 (w/ Comments)
The Sirens
turboswami
Sirens sing up a fragile mask for danger,
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and the dogs run out to jump and smell and know.
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The dogs, like men, love the scent of a beautiful woman,
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and will curl to protect a voice so delicate as hers.
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Clothed in the glistening of the night sea, they call,
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call from ( Read more... )Poetry Critical - TurboSwami - 2009-2011 - 2 of 4 (w/ Comments)
The Alternative Sickness
turboswami
I am sick.
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I am sick a deep sickness beneath,
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A sickness many will never feel.
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I am sick there, beneath the body.
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I am a child, stomach torn by a claw.
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I am cursed through a family,
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a spell spun on a long genetic strand.
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In can’t ed, the downward tug of an inner ( Read more... )Poetry Critical - TurboSwami - 2009-2011 - 1 of 4 (w/ Comments)
Such A Darling!
turboswami
A curious face stares back from the night,
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The one she sees, that of a chubby cherub, such a darling.
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Curious mistreater of selfish corners,
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Portal on a poor pour us face, poured fate,
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Into an open vessel so out-stretched, why?why!
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Rolling curseI’ve written across a strand genetic,
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The ( Read more... )Etiology of Marijuana's "Demotivational Syndrome"
What is the etiology of marijuana’s “demotivational syndrome?” Sufi and Indian cultures describe similar patterns of behavior observed among hashish smokers. What is the progression that leads to this common casualty seen throughout history ( Read more... )