Memoirs of an English Major

    I’m somewhat of an oddity and because of this, I wear many creative hats. Some weeks, my thoughts are purely on writing, as was the case in the previous weeks. The ideas just flowed from my head right across my keyboard. Every sentence felt like pure gold and nothing was beyond my grasp. At the end of the week, I had a whole slew of stories planned, plotted, and even more ideas planned. However, this week the ideas seemed to slow slightly. Perhaps I am a little written out or am suffering from a slight case of writers block. Most writers take a break from their work and relax. What do I do? Much like the oddity I am, I let my other passion take over and see where that takes me. That my friends is my programming side. Allow me to elaborate as to why

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“We are all susceptible to the pull of viral ideas. Like mass hysteria. Or a tune that gets into your head that you keep on humming all day until you spread it to someone else. Jokes. Urban legends. Crackpot religions. Marxism. No matter how smart we get, there is always this deep irrational part that makes us potential hosts for self-replicating information.” - Neal Stephenson

Great book, Snow Crash. You all should read it. Anyways, on with the post

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