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2022-04-15 14:53
Daisybrain has migrated from WordPress over to Medium. In the process, it split into two blogs: Daisybrain and OCD-Free. The following post is reprinted from Daisybrain.P… Read More
2022-04-09 19:01
Daisybrain has migrated from WordPress over to Medium. In the process, it split into two blogs: Daisybrain and OCD-Free. The following post is reprinted from OCD-Free. Please join Medium and… Read More
2022-04-08 13:18
This post is from Daisybrain on Medium. Please follow me there!Here’s some of what I’ve been thinking lately:
If we say “sometime” instead of “someonewhen,&r&hell…Read More
2022-04-06 13:50
The following post is from my new blog, OCDFree.blog. For more content on mental health and spirituality, please check it out.I have two blogs on Medium: Daisybrain and OCD-Free. Please… Read More
2022-04-04 19:15
The following post is from my new blog, OCDFree.blog. For more content on mental health and spirituality, please check it out.My new blog is on Medium. If you join and follow my posts i can… Read More
2021-09-27 15:45
This is just a reminder that I have moved from WordPress to Medium. I split my writing into two bogs:
OCD-Free.Medium.com is where I blog on spirituality and mental health. I put everythi… Read More
2021-03-23 01:21
I am blogging, along with the entire Daisybrain staff, at Medium.
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Want to read about why the filibuster must be destroyed? Read this post.
Want to find out who is to blame f… Read More
2021-01-04 22:07
I write a blog on Medium, where I share my experiences with OCD and how I overcame my symptoms. You can find it here: Eric Indiana on Medium.
This site (Daisybrain on WordPress) is inacti… Read More
2020-12-11 17:24
I switched from blogging in WordPress to posting my writing on Medium because WordPress had “updated” to become too annoying to use. I realized when I got to Medium that it&rsquo&hell…Read More
2020-12-04 17:19
Republicans keep accusing Democrats of attacking Trump Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s faith. It’s a kind of pre-emptive attack, since Democrats aren’t engaging in th… Read More
2020-10-23 15:03
Here’s my latest poem, which I think is one of my most important.
My two new blogs are EricIndiana.Medium.com and Daisybrain.Medium.com. Please check them out, join Medium and f… Read More
2020-10-15 19:27
Here’s my latest!
Amy Coney Barrett’s Cult Read More
2020-10-05 15:27
Where has Eric/Daisybrain gone? I stopped trying to post my posts on WordPress, because their “upgrade” sucked so badly. Instead, you can find/follow/support me here:
Dais… Read More
2020-09-04 22:35
Hello, people who are not me,
I am no longer posting on WordPress because a new update makes the site too annoying to use, except to use it to tell you that I’m not using it.
I h… Read More
2020-09-02 19:08
Friends, followers, casual trespassers: WordPress has imposed a “Block Editor” update that suuuuuuuuuuucks. After 11 years, I have decided to leave the platform.
Please see al… Read More
2020-08-31 03:40
Chaos of Contagion
How to cope with the Chaos of Contagion?
The confusion of conventions
The conflicts over comportment
Floating, floating, floating, floating, floating
No sol… Read More
2020-08-26 23:54
There was a moment in time (not too long ago in my life) when the political party of off-the-cuff intolerance, misogyny, homophobia, White supremacy, unbridled capitalism and perpetual l… Read More
2020-08-13 17:47
Daisybrain is where the world shops for new words and better definitions of existing words. Welcome.
Propose: What a professional model does
“Massage therapist” i… Read More
2020-07-25 02:13
I broke on the rocks
When your talons
Gouged out my eyes
I held fast to your tail
As you soared up high over the rocks
With one flick you released me
I broke into seven pie… Read More
2020-07-23 21:04
Tell Traditional Medicinals to change the racist name of the Gypsy Tea.
“Gypsy” is widely accepted as an ethnic slur for the Romani people. I brought up the troubling name… Read More
2020-07-16 03:50
Here I am again (click): Read More
2020-07-14 01:29
Here are some things never before said on the internet! I call them Google virgins:
“I left my phlegm there”
“People remember pencils”
“Nobody will eat my toes… Read More
2020-07-10 20:26
Tearing babies from the arms of their mothers is nothing new in America.
We are all still sickened by the state-sanctioned child abuse on our Southern border, where children, includin… Read More
2020-06-02 12:13
One hallmark of the Pandemic in the United States is that we seem to be in a slow-motion collapse marked by incredible denial by the government and even the media. While many news outlets t… Read More
2020-05-28 19:53
With the arrival of mask culture, we must learn alternative ways to communicate the nuances formerly expressed by or faces. It turns out that the humble nod, which we once took for granted… Read More
2020-05-21 15:55
Tired of words and their stuffy old meanings? Now you can use the same words… differently! (Plus I threw a few made up words in there.)
Request: When you go on a quest… again… Read More
2020-05-19 22:02
Sterilize
Sanitize
Reorginize
Sit and mope
Be a dope
Try to cope
Wear a mask
Avoid a task
Finish a poem
I chocolate you
I very deeply chocolate you with all of my heart
I want to share m… Read More
2020-05-16 15:43
Covidiary: That is what I have been presenting in my Covideos
Covideos: My covidiary series on Youtube.
CoVidcon: What I assume the next iteration of the Vidcon video tech convention will b… Read More
2020-05-07 16:01
“I’m Against it” by the #Ramones, with updated lyrics:
Well I’m against it
I’m against it
Well I’m against it
I’m against it
I don’t like wea… Read More
2020-04-29 02:10
Last May I got payed to play in a play
by Checkoff
I banked on the bank being open
so I could drop my old check off
But the bank was closed
cause of pandemic I supposed
So back to drink and… Read More
2020-04-27 14:26
I slated
I’m so elated
I slated
isolated
I sell lay dead
ice slated
isolated
I sold eight ed
I sole hated
isolated
eye soul aided
aye shul dated
isolated
Choose the Now
You know… Read More
2020-04-25 22:41
Here are all 8 of my Covidiaries…
And now for this (click it): Read More
2020-04-20 18:00
OCD Getting in the Way?
In the Spring of 2020, Many of us find ourselves stuck at home with a lot of time on our hands. I initially thought this would be an intensely productive time. It wo… Read More
2020-04-15 21:17
Breaking the thought patterns that lead to endless obsessive-compulsive behavior may be similar to breaking the habits of addiction.
This is just a personal essay. I’m obviously not a… Read More
2020-04-13 00:18
No swinging during Pandemic!!!
No social contact!!!
I made weird food for myself!
Essential Business. Priorities!
No one wants to touch your dirty money!
Here’s a good use for your mon… Read More
2020-04-06 22:03
Here are highlights from my tweets over the last few months, which give a fairly comprehensive story of the coronavirus pandemic.
Dec 9, 2019
Bloomberg is rich
with a burning 4-year itch
to… Read More
2020-04-05 01:11
If you just woke up from a one month coma and decided to go out shopping in April, 2020, the only logical conclusion would be that the entire world had become wildly OCD. Signs everywhere te… Read More
2020-04-01 02:55
In response to Kylee Baumle, here is a Haiku about the Monarch Butterfly:
Flittering orange
Weightless flying crepe paper
Please land on my nose
And now, this daisy will; take you someplace… Read More
2020-03-30 16:25
The other day, a friend asked if I could write a poem based on a prompt, and if so, if I could write a poem about eating with your hands. It turns out that eating roasted vegetables with you… Read More
2020-01-25 22:01
I am propelled by Love
will heal the world Love
to create good things
Love
detach from your body
Love pushes out all fear Love
The heart of peace
Love connects all of life
Love c… Read More
2019-12-07 02:23
I can’t abide Biden
He’ can’t be relied in
He’s always been dumb
Now his is brain is just numb
Bernie jumped off his gurney
back on to his journey
to make sure we lea… Read More
2019-11-21 22:18
What Are You, a Doctor?
No, I’m not a doctor. So, this won’t be medical advice. But, I am about to dispel some myths about melatonin.
I work at a natural supplements store… Read More
2019-11-20 02:12
It is Rare for a Bear to Wear Underwear
Where underwear?
There underwear.
In hair?
No, no no! Underwear there! Under bear.
You scare bear, get underwear?
&nb&helli…Read More
2019-11-13 21:15
Fellow Marshmallow
Hello, my fellow mellow yellow marshmallow,
They dunk you. They drunk you. They resolve to dissolve you.
In the hot cocoa of Rocky Rococo who is no stranger to Mr. Nick D… Read More
2019-10-29 17:30
Time to get back to my roots here at Daisybrain. Here’s a blog consisting entirely of bad puns.
Bad names for annoying college a cappella bands:
The Note-Takers
The Vocal Chords
The W… Read More
2019-10-28 00:06
Step One: Do not bother reading a 10-step method for reaching enlightenment.
Step Two: Are you still there? You must be really stupid. Or really bored. Or both.
Step Three: Invent an 8th ch… Read More
2019-10-22 20:15
My review of It II: Attack of the Old Movie Clichés
Welcome to Derry, Maine, a town where only Stephen King speaks with a Maine accent. I’d say spoilers alert if there were anyt… Read More
2019-10-14 01:20
The Essential Healthy Vegetarian’s Guide to Avoiding Accidental Meat
Here are some hidden non vegetarian ingredients in what you otherwise might assume are dead animal-free supplements… Read More
2019-09-17 19:09
I wanted to support journalism in the age of an aspiring fascist child running the government and trying to crush freedom of the press. So, shortly after the stolen 2016 election, I subscri… Read More
2019-09-11 21:10
Every day, I do a loving-kindness meditation, and it feels good. But what is “loving-kindness” and what distinguishes it from regular kindness? And how is it, as the title of th… Read More
2019-09-08 00:52
Every morning, I practice a loving-kindness, or Buhddist mettā meditation. The words are always evolving in order to maintain their meaning for me. Here is a shortened version of my cu… Read More
2019-09-04 02:23
In 1990, I recorded a couple of poems about the impending invasion of Iraq. Unfortunately, it seemed time to create an updated version, so here it is:
And now this: Read More
2019-08-20 23:33
Nearly every aspect of the criminal justice system of the United States is designed to perpetually punish, demoralize and dehumanize, abolish autonomy and to crush successful reintegration… Read More
2019-08-07 21:02
Living in the flow of life means being OK with where you are right now. It doesn’t mean you’re not going anywhere, it is just a release from the anxiety that swells up when you… Read More
2019-08-06 02:57
Your base is in place
But that’s not a lock on the race
You tried racist tweets
But still face defeat
Destroying the environment
Won’t prevent your forced retirement
If yo… Read More
2019-07-16 23:40
I pride myself in my tolerance, so you can imagine my discomfort with the realization that I was lactose intolerant. My friend Amy Mercury helped me find some less harsh ways to express any… Read More
2019-07-01 20:50
I misplaced my last list of band name ideas, so just pretend that you read it, it was very clever & you loved it. In the meantime, here are some more:
The Spazmatics
Hellevator
Crunch
W… Read More
2019-06-25 20:59
What Micro-Aggressions are:
Micro-Aggressions are those common slights that people can perceive throughout the day and that appear to be the result of racial or other bias. For example, a Bl… Read More
2019-06-14 01:56
What the fuck, Rat?
You are frozen in my mind
The part of you that lives in me is young, very young
People keep trading out perfectly good bodies for old costumes
Costumes with rips and tear… Read More
2019-06-12 19:15
Marianne Williamson
Pros: Inspirational, informed, closer to enlightenment than the rest of us.
Cons: We don’t need another cult leader as a president. Also, she’s a bit o… Read More
2019-05-30 19:44
That’s a little cartoon I call, “People, shut the fuck up for a minute!” I mean, it’s hard to think of any other animal that just constantly jabbers: talk, talk, tal… Read More
2019-04-17 20:55
I have trouble immersing myself in subcultures. It always seems like the participants are avoiding richer life experiences. There are 12-step subcultures, where people go to several 12-step… Read More
2019-04-17 01:12
First of all, this post isn’t going to be a joke about things that turn me off. This is actually a post about how to lower your sex drive. As anyone who has an electronic device knows… Read More
2019-04-02 16:46
You are the inner child of all of creation.
You are the spark, the light, the reason.
You are the heartbeat. You are the rhythm.
My sadness for the lack of you will disipate in your wake… Read More
2019-03-26 15:01
Photo by Fine Gardening Magazine
I am so grateful to live in the age of trees.
Trees hold the Earth and sky together.
Fungi hold trees together.
I hold myself together.
But sometimes I… Read More
2019-03-08 15:18
Joey couldn’t take his eyes off the guy’s leg. Why did that guy have to constantly shake his leg? Why do people do that? Nervous energy? Does it sooth them, like playing with a s… Read More
2019-01-26 02:49
Wall
I open my eyes and I am just standing here
And once again, maybe always, I am pushing against a wall
There have been walls before
A series of walls
I can’t go back because the pat… Read More
2018-11-27 02:05
Want to improve the quality of life in the City? Stop freaking honking. There is never any need to honk. Oh, shut up! I hear you saying idiotic things like, “What if you have to warn… Read More
2018-11-24 02:24
I have a Twitter account. OK, yes, but I have another Twitter account, called One Tweet Memoirs #1tweetmemoir. Nobody except a very small number of exceptional human beings follows it. So, I… Read More
2018-11-18 14:16
Hi. Last night, I was lamenting the fact that I live a less-than healthy life. I always put off things I know I should do. Sometimes I stay up all night wasting time online. Although I&rsquo&hell…Read More
2018-10-26 01:22
I have fallen into a very, very deep hole
And all it took was a suggestion of a push
Now what do I do?
And why have I fallen so easily?
Click hole to fall to another post: Read More
2018-10-25 01:50
I dreamed my family was really my family
Nights of holding in comfort
Of building more family
Days of building dreams
Of knowing, of connecting
Of being mutually indispensable
I’d li… Read More
2018-09-25 20:05
When musicians release promotional demo tracks, they often contain first draft lyrics that are later finessed into the final versions released to the public. For example, Eddy Cochran&rsquo&helli…Read More
2018-09-24 19:32
When I get it
I can’t make it out of my mind
I’m in such an awful bind
There’s this thing I need to find
A hidden key of some kind
It’s eluded me before
It&rsq&helli…Read More
2018-09-18 17:32
Here is a timeline, as best as I can recall without doing any pesky research, of public health advice from the Media:
1950: Meat, starch and dairy will keep you healthy.
1962: Make your kids… Read More
2018-08-21 17:08
A long long time ago
I pretend to remember how
TV and lunch counters used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they’d look happ… Read More
2018-06-27 20:53
Thanks to the Dead (or recently retired) Kennedys
I am Emperor Donald TrumpBorn again with fascist cravingsStill, you make me presidentRule of law has now gone ‘wayI am now your king t… Read More
2018-06-12 22:07
Three Loud Firetrucks
Three loud blaring, blasting firetrucks
Tree limbs swaying
Sirens lingering
Wind dying down
All quiet now
Just street persons muttering,
Cars whooshing by
Doors slammi… Read More
2018-06-03 19:21
Here are some mindfulness brain tricks which I find astoundingly effective.
1. Come Back into Your Body
Imagine that you have been dead for a while, doing whatever people do in the afterlife… Read More
2018-05-28 23:45
Who is Eric? We don’t know. But here are his Words of Wisdom:
You are only as old as the exact amount of time you have spent alive.
When someone asks you to smell milk to see if it&rsq&hell…Read More
2018-05-26 19:23
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is designed by the brain to give relief from stress by restoring a feeling of safety. People controlled by OCD can feel like it is keeping them healthy… Read More
2018-05-02 18:54
In every age of history, people have thought the world was about to end.
But I have hope, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
In every decade, people… Read More
2018-04-26 17:07
1.
Tingle fuzz
Lurking dread
Alone in a crowd
It smells like teen suicide
2.
You slipped away
Together alone
Bodily barricade
I wanna hold your life
3.
I used to have myself
I didn’t w… Read More
2018-04-25 23:50
The following words did not exist until I made them up. You’re welcome!
Flambertoast (n): Toast spread generously with flamberjam
Flamberjam (n): A sweet spread made of crushed flambe… Read More
2018-04-14 17:04
We send messages to the world!
Messages! That’s our job. We send them through Twitter & through bombs. Sometimes we send them through hush money. Here are our some of most recent m… Read More
2018-04-05 18:07
Are Rock Lyrics Sexist? Here’s an easy way to find out: Reverse the pronouns! Let’s try it with a few popular songs from throughout the decades:
From the hit Elvis song, Baby, Le… Read More
2018-04-04 18:05
I’m not sure what the relevance of Tumblr is anymore. Maybe just that it’s not owned (as far as I know) by Mark Zuckerberg. Anyway, I have started my 4th Daisybrain Tumblr blog… Read More
2018-03-29 17:08
I just experienced a perfect day. It wasn’t that anything remarkable happened. What made the day feel perfect was that I wasn’t struggling against it; I was part of it. This is… Read More
2018-03-15 21:53
I am like yesterday’s snow on branches
Today the branches are bare. The snow isn’t snow anymore. It’s water on its way back to the ocean.
The only thing permanent is the im… Read More
2018-02-22 02:33
An apple always appreciates anything advertised as “Astronomical!”
Bees basically break beauty basics because bees behave badly.
Can cream cheese cure cancer?
Definitely don&rsqu&hell…Read More
2018-02-20 22:08
Today at work, a wise colleague told me that the Florida children demonstrating for gun control, while impressive, “will lose.” He explained, “They don’t know what th… Read More
2018-02-08 23:51
May there be only green lights
May there always be money left in the meter
May there be a stash of quarters ready for your laundry
May there be two dollars in pocket to tip the barista
May… Read More
2018-02-04 01:22
I wanted to reassure my family and friends that I’m doing just fine, living alone in my tiny studio apartment. So, I recorded this video.
And now, this:
Advertisements… Read More
2018-01-16 00:00
I made an educational video called How to Build a Treadmill Desk. It has received over 20,000 views, which may not be viral, but maybe it qualifies as some sort of minor infection. Perhaps a… Read More
2017-12-31 17:47
Hi. My role models are epiphytes. You know, those plants that grow without soil. They just absorb sunlight, moisture from the air and they don’t really bother anybody. They give us oxy… Read More
2017-11-21 19:54
Yankee teenager
He want to shoot some China White
He met it in New Hampshire, but now
He can’t afford a bite
Trump dollar talk
To the dictators of the world
In fact they’re givin… Read More
2017-09-17 05:26
Here’s a screenshot from my Tumblr blog. Click it if you would like to look at Punk Pictures, Political Polemics, Peaceful Protests & Pathetic Poetry:
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If not, just click t… Read More
2017-09-07 02:59
@ticketing268 app. Download & #HelpBarbuda Read More
2017-09-06 15:08
Here you go:
Hi Bias
Decay
Equalizer
Compression
Hard Disk
Vibrato
Cross-Switchers
De-Tune
Real Time
Tempo
Korg
Clangerous
Overtones
Algorhythm
Attack
Brick-Wall
Byte
Controller
Data Dump… Read More
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