August Articles

Still by far the best confession in anime lol (gif is not mine btw). I have just finished Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (鋼の錬金術師, はがねのれんきんじゅつし) and arrived at a conclusion that Japanese animation is the best way to get over dramas. This month, I have a couple of articles I highly enjoyed reading |discussing with a couple…

“…that in certain cases community of symbol is greater than community of speech.” Sigmund Freud, Dream Psychology

Teacher of the Week

Teacher:  Why can’t someone brag about his/her accomplishments? Student: Because it makes other people angry… Teacher: Isn’t that their problem?

Burning the Handbook of Mortals?

As a published author, I am proud of every star, review (positive or negative), and every dollar my novel and articles earn. This recent case about a book making it to the New York Time’s Best Seller’s list has just intensified this pride. Instead of dousing my desire to write because any nameless writer can…

Quick Review: The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1), Stephen King

The Gunslinger by Stephen King My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was supposed to say a number of things about the book but Mr Stephen King himself preempted me with the accompanying ‘Afterword’ so there is nothing left for me to do but read the remaining books to know more. It’s a fast-paced work–…

“the dream is a sort of substitution for those emotional and intellectual trains of thought” ― Sigmund Freud, Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners

Student of the Week

Teacher: Do you compliment your wife? Dennis: Yes, I always tell her she cooks well. Teacher: I bet she thinks you are lying. Dennis: Yes! But I think once I told her the truth she would kill me.

Never compete with living writers. You don’t know whether they’re good or not. Compete with the dead ones you know are good. Then when you can pass them up you know you’re going good. You should have read all the good stuff so that you know what has been done, because if you have a…