Shame and Blogging - Redux
During the pandemic, I wrote a post called Shame and Blogging (it will be posted beneath this post if you want to read it). I...
2024
During the pandemic, I wrote a post called Shame and Blogging (it will be posted beneath this post if you want to read it). I...
I'm not a fan of labels. I think the internet has skewed them for me, because everyone ends up listing off what they are and...
In the summer of 2004, I got my first and only tattoo. I was twenty-one years old, and excited about the new Punisher movie. The...
I've been all over the spectrum of living with less/minimalism my adult life. I started off with a huge burden of things and then I...
I have a problem. Sometimes, I'll see an event like a comic con, a concert, or even a movie, and without thinking I'll buy tickets....
When the television show Resident Alien debuted, I found myself adoring the small town of quirky characters. I spent some time seeking out other similar...
(I’ve changed the name used in this post because the real name was unique and it was the respectable thing to do.) My grandmother was...
My wife is out of town this week for a training conference and that means I have the house (and my evenings to myself). In...
I'm a terrible artist. I mean, I used to know my way around Paint Shop Pro back in the day, but I usually rely on...
I remember getting my first computer sometime around 1994-1995. Once my dad got done fumbling around with it, I had a few moments alone with...
Sometime around 1994, my father's Navy buddy, a man by the name of Tom Abbott, invited me to an Orlando Predators game, the local arena...
The other night, I was lying in bed looking over some photos of Jupiter when I noticed a little animal icon at the top of...
Well, after a depressing post yesterday, I'm back with something a bit more positive today: this is my 100th post! When I rebooted my blog...
This is not how I planned on starting out WeblogMoPo2024 and I honestly wish I didn’t have to write this, but here we go. On...
WeblogPoMo2024 begins tomorrow. What is WeblogPoMo2024, you ask? Well, it's a month-long event similar to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) created by Annie. The goal...
I've written thousands of words on video stores over the years. As one of my favorite past-times and my first job, I love and miss...
“I have this idea, this notion, of what my blog's narrative is and I'm trying to continue that narrative in a consistent way. But yesterday...
I have a new blog alert. It's not something I think many folks will be interested in, but I wanted to share it nonetheless. My...
Our apartment is a three-story loft apartment. The first floor is a garage, the second floor is the main living room/kitchen area, and then the...
I'm a big fan of racing games, especially the games from the Xbox/Xbox 360 generation. Burnout Revenge, Flatout 2, Test Drive Eve of Destruction are...
I've spent the past month deep in thought. I've meditated at least twenty minutes every day, journaled daily, and I've studied Stoicism like I've never...
I was serious when I said I never wanted another pet after Marley's passing. I had no interest in getting that attached to something that...
Hello there! Welcome to Brandon's-Journal, formerly known as BrandonWrites here on Scribbles. I'm excited to make Scribbles my new writing home and I've taken time...
A couple of years ago, I spent what felt like months slowly transitioning from my Gmail account to Fastmail. I have absolutely no regrets and...