First off, I would like to thank Mrs. Uber Driver for her kind words relative to me. What she neglected to mention is that I get the same enjoyment listening to the conversations that occur in the Ubaru. Her genuinely fun discourse with her passengers is her own, and that makes it entertaining and insightful […]
Part I – Reflect “Reflection” is created when a reflective surface sends back to the eyes an exact image of a reflected thing. Yet, is this meaning accurate when it comes to looking deeply into our own eyes? As an exercise, look into a mirror. Not just a passing glance, rather, take a long look. […]
I lived in upstate New York for seven years, so I have a pretty good idea of the New York mindset. It usually fits the stereotype most non-New Yorkers have of New Yorkers – direct, in-your-face, talkative, and tough are a few characteristics that come to mind. One size does not fit all, however, and […]
Since Paris, my mind has lingered in a foggy place. My clear vision is limited to that which is directly in front of me. Everything else is degrees of softness depending on the distance from my mind’s eye. Things that are further out gradually soften into a blur and then disappear. Squinting doesn’t help, nor […]
One cool thing about Uber driving is it produces what I have dubbed the “Ping Effect.” True, it might not be an actual clinical term describing an actual physiological response to stimuli, but it could be, as it seems to have every characteristic of the Pavlovian experiment we all learned about in school. To understand […]
“yo i saw someone that looked just like u … could have been your doppelganger” – Urban dictionary Getting past the grammatical shortcomings above is not easy for a writer, but, it is what it is. Today’s texting milieu both accepts and expects the expeditious and efficient use of language. Besides, the meaning is clear […]
