Tag Archives: current-events

An open letter to all Extremists…

Posted on November 14, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I know you have been taught all your life by your teachers and holy men that you are right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong. However, believing you are right is not the same thing as being right. … Continue reading →

Posted in thinking about stuff | Tagged advice, current-events, extremism, France, humor, paris, public relations, social-media, terror | 7 Comments

Dear religious and political fundamentalists… and I mean all of you…

Posted on November 14, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Have you ever considered the actual definition of what fundamentalism really means? It means you haven’t given any deep thought to your religion or politics. It literally means that you are still stomping around in the shallow, wading end of … Continue reading →

Posted in thinking about stuff | Tagged advice, current-events, France, fundamentalists, humor, paris, religion, social-media, terror | Leave a comment

Hey, terrorists, have you ever considered the fact that terrorism just doesn’t work?

Posted on November 14, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I was thinking about it, you know, like I do about stuff, and the thing is… and this is a pretty important thing, if you happen to be a terrorist… but terrorism is not only cruel and evil, it is also … Continue reading →

Posted in thinking about stuff | Tagged advice, current-events, France, fundamentalists, humor, paris, terror, terrorism | 19 Comments

Love your country, but don’t love it blindly… Don’t love anything blindly… I mean, unless you are actually blind, I guess…

Posted on November 10, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I love this crazy country. I am as patriotic as the next guy… unless that guy is running for president, because those guys are, to hear them tell it, the most patriotic of us all… which makes it all the … Continue reading →

Posted in thinking about stuff | Tagged advice, america, art, current-events, health care, humor, love, patriotism, philosophy, politics, religion | Leave a comment

Oh man… I crack me up…

Posted on November 9, 2015 by pouringmyartout

That was not easy to do, by the way…

Posted in dogs and other animals, My art, thinking about stuff | Tagged animals, art, current-events, donald trump, humor, lion king, politics, social-media | 6 Comments

I am going to quit pretending I am ever going to be a famous writer, and start asking: “Do you want fries with that?”

Posted on November 3, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I am, I have to say, crushed… filled with self-doubt… and also with an anger that I don’t know whether to aim at myself or in a more outward direction. You know the post I did the other day, the one where … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged art, arts, blogging, children, children's book, current-events, fame, fiction, jobs, kids, money, pain, work, writing | 50 Comments

So, I have this one blog post that has 44,142 comments on it…

Posted on November 3, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Wouldn’t it be fun to get it up to 44,444? So click that link over there… the blue words… at the top of my side bar… on the right… and leave a comment. You don’t even have to leave a … Continue reading →