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    I don't see that someone has a webpage or site these days for straight (heterosexual) ABDL's. Given all the publicity granted to LGBTQ matters, it stands to reason that we have a demographic slice which is not understood right. I would not be surprised to find that it is not commonly understood that ABDL is not a patently gay phenomenon. It is NOT supposed to be considered patently gay. Gender preference for one's partner is a separate issue completely from this. Why don't I or someone start a website representing straight ABDL's? It would be good to conduct some surveys/studies as well as to what has gone on with straight ABDL's during the rise of LGBTQ concerns. 

    Many people think of going to do something for the Lord like the preach the gospel, but will they really consider what the backlash would or could be like against them in many forms?     During my years of preaching with and alongside Third Street Ministries the typical level of discomfort normally experienced was just the prodding of scoffers and mockers in the mission field. It was kept from encroaching on our personal lives for an extended time, even despite posting videos. My testimony would indicate just how cautious, circumspect, and in agreement with your fellow believers you have to be in order to avoid a problem. That is especially true if you are working at the "trenches" level of confronting the unbelieving world.     In this new song "Night Fever," I just describe in vague terms one day in July 2011 when my ministry efforts with them finally got derailed more seriously. Tom of 1tmoch fame called my cellphone (or we called each othe...

     I’ve recently come to the conclusion that “One More Try” by George Michael could have one interpretation as being about John the Baptist. This would indeed a highly compelling interpretation of the song. The song seems to depict a man, sung in first person narrative (I interpret as being John the Baptist), upset by his previous teacher (I interpret here as Jesus), and trying to reason with another person he wants as his lover. This third person, (the lover), for the sake of my interpretation could be Salome, or someone else. The way that the video depicts him confined in a room with stained glass windows makes me feel like it’s John singing from prison before he was beheaded. He’s saying that it’s too bad he can’t see Jesus any longer, and could she please give him one more try even though he’s behind bars.       I happen to like this interpretation a lot, because it makes John the Baptist look like a rockstar. He was indeed said by Christ as bei...

   I don't typically like to give higher criticism and analysis of my own work. Such a task is better left to the scholars of the future when my posthumous heap left can be sorted through. While I'm alive, though, it is still possible to write down my insights and whatever extra I have to offer about any of it worth saying. That way there is no question or dispute over what was really intended in places where I know for sure.    While I'm bereft of those I love, God would have me know that my emotional longings, memories, and perceptions are valid. If it seems I wrote about someone that I loved, it was not make fun of them. It is that my grief brought about a sublimation of content in a work.     I think to understand my novel Mostafarian Stir Fry Spectacular  as a whole, it has first to be understood that the paperback release preceded the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The novel was published February 24th, 2020, and the World Health Organization...

   I have a new podcast and stuff- The David Black Show on the 9's . I've created a "subscribe" widget for anyone to do so (below!). 😱😲😂    Episodes are supposed to be released on the 9th and 19th of each month. Subscribe in a reader

     I was surprised to see an article today in the Washington Post saying that President Trump was declaring as a result of his visit to California, that he wanted to take federal action to clean up homeless encampments in Los Angeles and San Francisco. I was personally stunned at the vitriol against said "homeless," but also by the fact of the matter that his proposed action as leaked by insiders is liberal in nature. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-homeless-people-hurt-the-prestige-of-los-angeles-san-francisco/2019/09/17/71e71b9e-d982-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html    In truth, I don't really have a problem with him trying to set up a better place for the tenants of Skid Row in Los Angeles. I just don't understand how it is a federal matter. I'd be really more comfortable with the effort if The President would arrange for legislation for block grants to be passed down to local governments to address these problems as they see fit. His pro...

    I'm sure that a lot of people have sensed or noticed heightened vigilance in society over "stalkers." What most people have not probably considered is that the cause of the phenomenon of concern could be subterfuge of subconscious mechanisms (in coordination possibly with covert or subliminal efforts by corporations) by which people's unconscious guilt for participating with, being compliant with, complicit with, (or otherwise silently approving) harmful systems that do actually "stalk" average citizens for real, is projected on someone other than the real cause of their inner distress, worry, and heavy-laden guilt. These systems could include corporate America, the banking industry, the government (the IRS mostly comes to mind- thank you David Foster Wallace for The Pale King, the book from which I took down some nice notes to go over later, mainly concerning the political/economic theories of Alexis de Tocqueville, participatory democracy, corporations...

   In all the hysteria over the recent school shooting, pleas for a smattering of different political causes have been tossed around both from the mouths of politicians and in the realm of social media. There are those that feel that "guns" are to blame, and that "Republicans" who oppose "gun control" are the real culprits "behind" it. I witnessed a slew of congressmen and women, as well as the President express their frustration or woe that "mental illness" is the culprit, and that the shooter Nicholas Cruz had clear warning signs in advance of being mentally ill or emotionally disturbed.    Truly, all the remarks of politicians about mentally illness in regards the shooting just amount to demagoguery, hysteria, knee-jerk reactions, and vain attempts to make the shooter fit into some previously understood template or profile where a kook or "lone nutter" goes somewhere with a gun and shoots everyone up. None of their asserti...

   As a freelance writer, composer, and musician, I don't have to "believe my own press," which is to say that neither commercial success (number of units sold), number of social media followers, nor endorsements or press coverage dictate any indication of success commensurate to the level of validation needed to continue on with my work. Those things do not and cannot validate or effectively reject my work, and the following are the reasons why. 1. If the point of a venture or project is communicating to the public higher values and principles such as freedom of speech, then popularity and/or monetary success of the spokesperson or title is hardly the concern. 2. Documented popularity is not always equal to quality, prestige, or even success. 3. I may define "success" however I want to. 4. Sales (commerical success) is/are not equal to quality, prestige, or success necessarily (or the effectiveness of an outreach). 5. To the extent that people don't re...

    I wanted to give a heartfelt post about myself for the reason that I feel like I do not get to often speak with anybody who actually has the true account of personal history and "accomplishments" (if you will), and my track record anywhere. It's really sad, but it probably is the case that we are in a cultural climate where people do not really seek to understand anything all that well with each other, and many may judge by mere appearances. From others not really understanding who I was and what I did before, I find that no one ever really actually talks to me in a way that's understanding of that. In this case, people seem afraid (for no reason) of what is actually both true and good, and all of it does no one any good.     Take for example, this picture of some of my friends and some family from my high school graduation party in 1996. This should give my readers a genuine feel for how people were with each other back then. It has the feeling of being very fr...

   Since I don't have "legalism" as I explained in the previous post on the blog, it begs the idea that I could perhaps write a whole adventure novel with embedded Christian symbolism. The novel could be a coming-of-age story with colorful characters and an "Indiana Jones style" rock 'em sock 'em quest for a sacred relic. Guess what? I have already written such a novel. It is called Playing Saint Ditch and it is available on Amazon in paperback and kindle. The embedded symbolism in the novel has much to do with God's promises of provision, protection, security, and deliverance. I try to not be my own higher critic, so I will leave it at that. It suffices to say that the 2014 version is greatly "cleaned up" from the original which was written in the 90's. I acknowledge that it has some crass language and so some have not liked it for that reason. People who don't like kind of thing don't have to read it.    I could have made it ...

    Many of you probably noticed that I have referred to secular songs multiple times in my posts. The reason why I can be a professing Christian and listen to and/or refer to secular songs is because I do not have the heresy of legalism. Others who adhere to legalism have been trying to say (wrongfully so) that believers in Christ are not ever allowed to listen to any “secular music.” That would be incorrect as speaking too simply and drawing a hard and fast boundary line for everyone where no hard and fast boundary exists.    If you want to know what legalism is, I am providing a few links here to explain it-  https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-Christian-legalism.html     https://carm.org/what-is-legalism   Legalism (when it occurs in the church) is basically (typically) the erroneous belief system which states that a person’s salvation depends on the continual adherence to rules of conduct and behavior (either to attain or mainta...

    Many might wonder why some people, especially men, who are not actually gay sometimes end up seeming gay. I have compiled a short list, because the elements are seem fairly obvious to me without much further research. This is not the result of a sociological study. It is my opinion. People have to be aware that the folkways and norms of society are in no way in their best interests. Also, the many factors involved in this list easily play into one another in terms of the capacity to pile on top of specific people. 1. The Jail and Prison Systems    Our incarceration systems group men together in close quarters. To add to many concerns, there's a known link between poverty and falling into incarceration.  https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/income.html   As I've opined elsewhere, the prison system is unnecessary and harmful. The system could be reformed to do away with it in such a capacity that people are only jailed a short time. I've given my full ...

   Someone had the audacity to bring up the bible verse 1 Corinthians 13:11 to me recently in a conversation, out of context from the discussion completely... (Read the rest at the link here)- The AB/DL Treasure Chest Blog: 1 Corinthians 13:11 and Those Who Are Adult Babies... :  

     It would definitely look like I am doing something wrong in posts here were it not the fact that we have a United States Constitution which is "the supreme law of the land," (see Article VI of the U.S. Constitution) in which the First Amendment (part of what is also known as the "Bill of Rights) expressly outlines basic freedoms of U.S. citizens that are not to be violated by the government. Citizens' right of "political speech" has long been understood as a bullet-proof component of First Amendment rights, and so therefore is sometimes listed in "exclusions" to behavior that can be prosecuted under penal code. The Supreme Court ruled on a case involving political speech even a year ago (in 2016) in Heffernan v. City of Patterson.     My previous few posts here fall within the boundaries of political speech. There is nothing anyone can say to my detriment, shame, (or even incrimination) over it, as least in legal terms.    I stand for the ...

   It probably does look a lot better. All someone had to do was mention something.

    In the previous post I was not trying to say that I somehow think that work and a strong workforce for national economies is not important.  I do not have a skewed view of work neither personally nor in terms of national economies. America needs a strong, committed workforce to be prosperous and for the economy to thrive. It needs to be said, though, that I've fought agendas at a personal level that are strange. I am not a person who has a problem in terms of work ethic. I've never had a problem getting up out of bed and making it there in time. I have always been good at what I do, and excellent even, so that has not been my issue, either. I am not someone who was bad at their job.    In fact, were I to live under a communist government (or a situation where my job is chosen purely according to what I am good at), I would end up doing the same line of work I've already done (music, teaching music, and directing ensembles). None that was a plea for differen...

      Aimee Mann remarked in an interview about her recent album  Mental Illness that "it's hard to be a person," and she was speaking in regards to many people having a difficult time. A pastor at the church I was attending actually used the quote in his sermon in regards to the human condition and our need for a savior- the Lord Jesus. I obviously know that it's hard to be a person (and that Jesus saves), but on top of that everything is made harder if other persons won't let persons be themselves as who they are, or accept them as who they genuinely are. I wonder who would be interested in helping to write and ratify like a "Port Riga Statement" (title inspired by a blend of two other things- the Buddyrevelles song "Port Riga" from their first album September, November on Motorcoat Records, and the "Port Huron" statement by Students for a Democratic Society from the 1960's). The band members of the Buddyrevelles are my former...

   I have not encountered much direct opposition where someone is willing to say to my face that I should not have written a few of my books, but I will still just set the record straight here. There are so many people talked about in the memoir A Dragon Comes as Well , and so much is discussed in The Semantolkino'hara that all of it begs the question of whether I should have written and released them to the public in the first place .  My opponents can make the argument that "it is not typically done"- no one writes about others directly. Doing so is not in accordance with the folkways and norms of society. Some may see it even as rude or jeopardizing my career.        For my rebuttal to all this, I say that such criticism is derived from preconceived intent to place too much attention on me while ignoring the actions of everyone else and the circumstances that brought all of it about. I did not just one day wake up and conjure these works from not...