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A Storyteller's Dharma

Dharma (n); Hinduism: 1. Essential quality or character; as of the cosmos or one’s own nature. 2. Conformity to religious law, custom, duty, or one’s own quality or character. 1 Happy New Year and welcome back to the Millerverse! Sincerely, I hope this year brings you more joy, and success, than you could possibly be prepared for! I hope your 2023 ended on a positive note, I hope your 2024 isn’t…

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I Hated 90’s Pop Radio (And Now I’d Do Anything to Have it Back)

Do you remember when the CEO of TikTok was dragged in front of a Congressional Panel and the world had to watch a bunch of dinosaurs figure out how technology worked? I’m honestly shocked the poor man wasn’t taken to Salem, tried for being a witch, and burned at the stake. I will say I think the CEO of TikTok was paraded in front of the wrong panel—that man should have had to face the highest…

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#90s #Blog #Radio

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The Viceannual Emancipation of Mr. A.P. Miller (Don’t You Forget About Me)

I looked at the calendar and realized school is about to begin soon. As the almost-40 parent of none, the commencement of the new school year means little outside of traffic patterns in the Greater Wilmington, NC area changing with the onset of school bus routes resuming. Nostalgia doesn’t hit me as hard as it did when I lived in Pennsylvania. North Carolina doesn’t quite have the Appalachian…

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Wreddit Writes - Journal Prompts (Volume 2)

I’m a fan of celebrating victories, no matter how small. Celebrating the small victories wires the mind to achieve bigger victories and it makes the defeats easier to cope with. With that being said, I am celebrating my blog’s most consistency in a very long time, and I can’t tell you how happy I am to have you along with me in this celebration! If we’re being honest, I am conflicted about the…

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Nevermind the Man Behind that Curtain!

Here’s a fascinating story: a friend of mine was told by a psychic medium that they should write a book. I couldn’t agree more. For me, writing has been the most catharsis I’ve experienced in my entire life. This friend was told to write something resembling a memoir, but they are also apprehensive about writing their entire life, as they’d feel exposed, and maybe get some backlash from people…

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#A Law of Constants #Blog #Broken Promise Records #Broken Promise Records Remastered #Days of the Phoenix

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The River

“Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true? Or is it something worse that sends me down to the river, though I know the river is dry?” – Bruce Springsteen, “the River,” 1980. I have a pretty decent memory. I’m not sure if it’s related to ADHD, or other aspects of neurodivergence, but I have a decent memory of people, faces, and facts. Sometimes it’s a fun party trick, it’s gotten me banned from a…

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Wreddit Writes - Ask Reddit (Volume 1)

The question posed by u/Impossible_Lemor is: “You are an inconvenient burgurler. You break into people’s homes and steal small things to annoy to owner. What do you steal?” You know, sometimes I don’t think the world gets me, and then I see something like this, and I know others in the universe indulge in my kind of mayhem. [DISCLAIMER]: the author does not encourage, nor participate, in acts…

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A Storyteller Can Always See Another Storyteller From Afar

In the movie “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gekko drops an incredible line, parabolizing about being able to spot another Wall Street guy. The line is “a fisherman can always see another fisherman from afar.” Replace fisherman with any profession you’ve ever worked and it holds true. I worked retail for quite a while, and I can spot someone else who has worked retail,…

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#Blog #Storytelling #Writer

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Dear Bill Lawrence & Co. [Re: Scrubs]

August 18, 2023 Bill Lawrence Cc: Zach Braff, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes, Christa Miller, Ken Jenkins, Neil Flynn, Sam Lloyd, the rest of the cast, the entire crew, the writing staff, and anyone I may have left out. Re: [Scrubs] Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Braff, & So On: Someday, I hope to have touched someone with my work, and I hope they tell me about it. If I’m going…

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Wish in one Hand, Blog in the Other

Life in Pennsylvania Coal Country was not, and is not, easy. Granted, I haven’t been a citizen of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania in almost twenty years, but I keep in close touch with people who are. When I lived there, hope was a luxury many refused to afford themselves. Their grandparents lived and died there, their parents lived and died there, and they were determined to live and die there.…

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Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe

I wanted to hate Netflix’s “Wednesday.” I wanted to hate it so much that I refused to publicly discuss it until now. Truth be told, I didn’t hate it. In fact, the show inspired me to get off my ass and get my fingers back on the keyboard. What a kick in the groin that is—wanting to hate a show, only to be moved to continue honing your craft. That’s like being taught how to love by your school…

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Wreddit Writes - Journal Prompts (Volume 1)

Have my views on friendship changed, really?

Since my last blog post, I have been beating my head against the wall trying to figure out what to blog about. I want to be more authentic, as a person, instead of just going for a cheap laugh. At the same time, I want to avoid the cliche “live, laugh, play with yourself” that I’ve come to despise. The good news is that I’ve been ingesting a steady diet of Henry Rollins interviews, so that’s…

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#Blog #Friends #Friendship #Reddit

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If We're Being Honest

I looked at my blog today, with a degree of sadness. When I first started my writing career, my blog was super active, and I looked forward to my new posts hitting every week. Now, the page looks like a shell of the blog it used to be, and that makes me sad. If we’re being honest, I think there was a mental block, because I don’t know how to process the things I feel like I need to say. There is…

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Panic in the 90s! (A Mother’s Love Mixed With Moral Panic)

Between the ages of five and twelve, my mother raised my kid sister and me by herself. My mother was many, many things—loving, sincere, uplifting—but chief amongst them was GULLIABLE. Bless my Mama’s heart, that woman could be talked into believing just about anything, which was extremely problematic for a single mom with two world-class wise-ass children. Mama was so gullible, she actually…

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#90s #PSA

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The '59 Sound

The ’59 Sound

“Did you hear the ‘59 sound coming through on Grandmama’s radio? Did you hear the rattling chains in the hospital walls? Did you hear the old gospel choir when they came to carry you over? Did you hear your favorite song one last time?” -The ‘59 Sound – the Gaslight Anthem Music & Lyrics written by Brian Fallon, Alex Rosamilla, Alex Levine, & Benny Horowitz As appears on the album “The ‘59…

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#Blog #Cancer #The Gaslight Anthem

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The Dewey Decimal Deathmatch: Books vs. eReader

The Dewey Decimal Deathmatch: Books vs. eReader

I’ve said, on more than one or two occasions, that extremism is bad. To be so devoted to any one secular side of a spectrum or argument makes one blind to the opposing perspective makes one blind to the world around them. More often than not, I’ve applied this philosophy to terms of political leanings, or social issues, but there is an exception. Books. In another life, I was a commentator for…

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Spotify Killed the Video Star

Spotify Killed the Video Star

In 2007, I was an intern at Magnum Broadcasting in State College, PA. That experience was wonderful and I still have lifelong friends from the experience. I learned a LOT about business, digestible media, and how commerce can be strange bedfellows with neighborhoods & citizenship. I can say, with certainty, that experience with Magnum Broadcasting put me on the path to do the things I’ve done, &…

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#Cassette #Radio #Records #Spotify