Nolesrock's Blog

As much as the years 2001 and 2004 were all about my girls, so to was the year 2014. Major decisions were reached with them in mind. Fo...

As you may already know, my mother is dying of cancer.  By the time it was detected this past May, it was already in three areas of her bod...

All we like sheep have gone astray... I've already been seeing ads for "Black Friday" like the ones that pr...

With a sinking approval rating in the low 40's, American political candidates of the Democratic persuasion are asking that the Presid...

I thought I was done arguing about the validity of the claims against FSU Quarterback Jameis Winston, but the media has the public worked ...

It seems to me that Christianity has been molding it's God, and likewise Savior, into a mere reflection of human beings for centuries. T...

Radio stations in the U.S. are a joke! Following the stale formulas of the 1950's, radio is holding on by a thread in this country. They...

I was conceived sometime near the end of 1967 after the infamous "summer of love" and the release of two preeminent Beatles albums...

My youngest siblings didn't grow up in the same way that I did. They didn't experience, or at least they don't remember, Mass, H...

I wrote yesterday on my Colts-Noles blog re: the Jameis Winston controversy . My seemingly unpopular opinion--if you look at ESPN.com and a ...

Now that ice buckets are turning over in dwindling numbers, the real challenge is for the ALS Foundation to prove that this financial wi...

Andrew W.K. writes an advice column, akin to Dear Abby, that runs regularly in the New York Village Voice. See his latest column here about ...

It's funny the littlest things that will trigger a torrent flood of memories. This morning, it was a loaf of bread. Opening the inner ba...

So, I was reading this blog on Being Alone and #5 really resonated with me, "Learn how to talk to yourself." I've been talkin...

After watching the highly acclaimed feature film on slavery, I had time to think about the themes of the movie and apply them to my life. Th...

waiting for calls or e-mails that would never come words that could have soothed and healed were never going to be spoken not by the will...

They say that time heals all wounds, and I'm sure that it's true. Sometimes, it's hard to believe, though, when you're in...

They may not be the Mountains of Mordor, but these dunes might as well be. I once took a pilgrimage there with "my precious." ...

I’ve got some news for this guy, this “love expert” Gerald Rogers   and I’ve got 4 years on him. I was married 20 and I was the one to file...

I've been saying the Serenity Prayer a lot, lately. Not the verbatim prayer (at left) that you'll hear at most A.A. meetings or se...