Jarvis Slacks
I Write Stuff: Joke’s Mercy
I just posted my Master’s Thesis here for you to download, read and enjoy. It is called Joke’s Mercy Why? Well, I felt like it. What is it about? A man. A woman. A marriage. The risk of being wrong. Do I have to explain everything? Here is a simple for your reading pleasure. When … Read more
“What have you been reading, Jarvis?”
Since I teach English and I write stuff, people always ask me what I read. I find that question amazingly invasive. It is like asking me what I watch or what I listen to. I spend so much time doing these things that I sometimes want to keep them personal, keep them to myself. However, … Read more
And, Thus, Failure.
I failed. My failure to stay off Facebook for more than a damn week shows you how weak I am, how the damn site is rooted into my system, how my nerves are tied to it, how I can’t stay off the thing long enough to come to any real epithet. What is the matter … Read more
The Strength of Kings: Four days and Counting without Facebook
Facebook is a distraction, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a distraction. I have several. However, what happens when you have to find a distraction for a distraction? How does your mind re-wire that? It is an issue that I’ve been plagued with. I haven’t messed with Facebook in four days. It has … Read more
The Hughes Brothers might, just might, make an Akira movie. Maybe.
My blog has been a bit heavy handed as of late. I completely understand that and I make no apologies. The only apology you are getting is that I have touched upon the vain of what is making me wake and scream, “UGH” at night. Lots of things make me wake up and say “Ugh”. … Read more
This Black History Month: Why Gay Rights Can’t Wait
“The shape of the world will not permit us the luxury of gradualism and procrastination.” Those are the words of Martin Luther King Jr., from his book Why We Can’t Wait. He wrote those words decades ago. I wonder where he got the idea for that? Where did he get that statement? The exigency was … Read more
The Problem with Sequels
The issue is whether or not we even need a damn Bioshock 2. And, no, no we don’t. Ok, so I realize that there are some of you that don’t play video games, and the only post that came up this week was about the sequel to a brilliant video game. So, you are probably … Read more
Mass Effect 2: Impressions
Saying that Mass Effect 2 is the best video game ever isn’t something I’m going to say. I just don’t see the point of making that statement, because a few years from now, I’ll have to explain to someone why it isn’t the best game any longer, or I have to explain why Mass Effect … Read more
