Mel Hopkins

This "podcast" is really good. I feel like this is next-level promotional collateral for authors to promote their books!

The first chapter identifies Paschal as Black, even though the author, D. Amari Jackson, chose not to explicitly identify him by ethnicity. (He did) But the message is clear because Law enforcement authorities put no effort into investigating his manner of death. After all, to them, what is another dead Black man to the establishment, right? To Americans from the African diaspora, however, it means buried history. In this historical fiction account, we immediately meet a character who is willing to share the backstory with us, but I suspect he, too, will be an unreliable narrator. But that's America. But I digress. Still, I thought that was a powerful statement to set the tone. I do wish, however, that Amari had developed the mystery further in the first chapter. Not for the reader's sake but mine. I've launched and published two editorial reviews so far, titled "The First Chapter," in which I discuss how great I think the book will be based on its first chapter. I think I have enough material to work with in the first chapter of "Mirroring Lincoln", but I will have to mine it carefully enough to get the reader excited about taking the journey. Oh, I preordered the Kindle version. @Troy Will you release an audio version?

OMG Troy, Yes! They would have a blast together! Seriously, fireworks, laughter, and partying! Thank you!

I could have sworn we chatted about DEC, but maybe you mentioned Wang Labs when I mentioned DEC. My bad. I won't forget again.

O/T. Twin, this method seems to mirror the pattern of your career journey right after you obtain your degrees (maybe even before). Am I correct? I still giggle that we both worked at DEC, but in different capacities. The reason I ask is that I recently mapped out my Modus operandi, and it aligns with my life map.

You misunderstood me. I know it's inappropriate for others to ask personal information. BUT It happens to me so often that I just answer the question to set the record straight. This way, I feel that no one can claim I've misled them, or they can claim ignorance. But I agree with @aka Contrarian . I'll wait for someone to share their information with me. If they choose not to share, it is their right. I won't ask. For example, we've engaged in conversation on this board for the past 15 years, but have I ever asked you to share a photo, describe yourself, tell me where you live, what you do for a living, if you're poor, wealthy, married, single, white, Latino, First Nation, or Black? Nope, because I respect your position to remain anonymous. Hell, I don't even know your name! Stiil, I answered you because of who you are and how you present yourself. By the way, my ex and I used to wear a lot of plaid shirts for a while . His hair is now gray, but he's a straight, Nordic-type, blonde-haired, blue-eyed man, standing at 6 feet 2 inches.

That's the same thing that happened to me. The information comes from your DNA! You know what you know! I believe with all my heart that we have all the information, but we're afraid to know how we know, so we dismiss it. But try this -(don't believe everything you think. just let the thoughts flow.) For example, for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how my grandpups understood what I was saying. Or any other non-human species for that matter, but today, I watched my grandpup Scott nose wiggle while I was speaking to him -- and do you know that little furbaby sniffs to understand my message? He can smell me, tell what I mean, and actually acts on it. So, there is intelligence in "knowing." through all our senses! Most of the time, I feel the message or I put my finger on the answer. I'm not special! We can all do this! Trust what you're feeling and be fluid with iit. The last part means to let the information flow in and out - don't be wedded to it. Just use it as you would when reporting a story. Don't fear correcting yourself later - information is fluid. The more open you are open to letting the information flow, the more the answers you need will come, and as they come, you can build on them and build your knowledge in any discipline.

If I remember correctly, it had to do with how they repeatedly attempted to get the results. For example, if you try to measure my foot at the end of the day - it is always going to be bigger than in the morning. Once I come across the claim I'll follow up wiht a post.

I didn't think it was in poor taste! Thank you for checking me! I'm so accustomed to people inquiring about my actions that I forget that it is inappropriate. Thank you so much!

Yes! This is what I was thinking. I don't believe it is their fault. Still, when they combined esotericism and science into their study, the establishment (Catholicism) made the natural philosophers stay in their lane or face execution. Therefore, the scientists (natural philosophers) were unable to reference God or Spirituality in their work. It is impossible to leave God out of science - but they were forced to do so. 0/T (off-topic) In fact, they deliberately misinterpreted the Aether (the fifth element), as evidenced by the Michelson-Morley experiment; they were ridiculed and chastised if they ever mentioned the element again. The Ancient Africans knew the fifth element existed. They called it the "Net" (Consciousness - THE Omnipotent, Omnipresence, Omniscient, i.e., THE ALL in The All), and they also knew how to work within consciousness to guide their lives. Today, we've returned to the concept of consciousness, and many researchers are realizing that it isn't connected to the brain, but rather exists all around us.

Thank you! The happy couple is so creative! My son-in-law even came up with the idea for a hotel flag - They designed it, got it made, and the hotel staff even put it up in front of the hotel!

Thank you. And that's funny! But nope, the ex is French/German.

I share this sentiment, but could you please define 'delusional' and 'success'? I'm currently reading Don Quixote - and dude was financially successful, but it was not enough for him. He felt like a failure and then lost his mind, becoming Don Quixote. At the end of his journey as Don Quixote, he found success, but it had nothing to do with "things." He found success through his inner transformation.

Got this one last night! I forgot. The photographer owns this copyright. I removed it from my YouTube channel.

This is a powerful suggestion! Especially one that any of us can do and be successful! Thank you! That is, instead of, for example, getting off scot-free after your small business steals millions of dollars from Medicaid/Medicare. And then, of course, freeing you up to run for governor and U.S. Senate and winning in the state of Florida. But I digress