Author Archives: dro1983

Beneath the Surface

I believe our society’s sliding scale for rewarding temperament is slanted too far in the direction of extroversion.   Outgoing, attention-hoarding, aggressive people are more respected, followed, and listened [..]

Philosophy

Tender Tears

I did something today I haven’t done in awhile: I cried.  Not the eyes-filling-with-water variety, but full-on drops down the cheek style.  And it wasn’t about me.  But [..]

Uncategorized

Jesus, What Do You Think?

There have been plenty of articles written on this topic.  I don’t care.  Nonetheless, they ask the same question: if Jesus was alive today, politically, would he be [..]

Politics

I Can, You Can

With the Republican presidential primary season underway, the topic of the role of government inevitably enters the roundtable.  Much of this discussion originates from ideas about what separates [..]

Philosophy, Politics

I Haven’t Arrived

An aricle I wrote a couple years ago. I have a problem.  I’m here on this earth in Denver, CO.  I’m 26-years-old, in school, truckin’ through life.  But [..]

My Life

The Schizophrenic 20s

An article I wrote 4 years ago.  Still relevant, ha! I want it, I don’t want it.  I am that, I’m not that.  I am Danny and I’m [..]

Lighthearted, My Life

What is Greatness?

An article I wrote April 2008. You can do it if you put your mind to it.  If there’s a will there’s a way.  No, wrong.  You can’t [..]

Philosophy

A Day in the Life

Circa 2007.  A glimpse into my life at that time. I got off work around two o’clock pm.  Got in, ate a can of tuna and a packet of [..]

Lighthearted, My Life

It’s Better to be Lucky than Good

An article from a few years ago. There have been some surprising upsets this NFL post season.  It left me believing — along with many other events — [..]

Philosophy

Level-Headedness

I wrote this October 2008.  Not much has changed four years later. We need more level-headedness this political season.  Spin, half-truths, omissions, character assassinations, and a general mischaracterization of [..]

Politics