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My favorite job title is Poet. Why? No license, no union, no credentialism. If you can learn, you will. If you can't, you won't waste my time. I grow regardless.
I’m not like you. That’s why you should listen to me. I’m in an empathy of opposites with everyone: All they see are reasons to complain, when all I want to do is dance. I know why we are the way we are and how we can learn to do better with each other – making everything better.
I am fomenting a philosophical revolution that will change everything for everyone in due course. How? By finally fully redeeming Western Civilization.
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The book's objectives are precise and concise: To take the claim of justice away from the state, the mantle of intellectual authority away from the academy and the experience of reverence away from the church. It puts all of those things back where they belong — in your mind. There is no middle-man on truth.
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FREE Willie
A 100% FREE collection of some of the best of the Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie stories. You will want to read all of my books, but here is a cost-free way to get started.Buy my books at Amazon.com
Dusty
An elegy of hope and love.
Kindle
Traindancing
Bedtime stories for your inner child from The Mall of Misfit Families.
Kindle
Las Vegas Redemption
Pastor Trey Coyle and the reincarnation of Sarno’s Ghost.
Kindle
Shyly’s delight
Work, play and love like a Labrador.
Print | Kindle
Nine empathies
Apprehending love and malice.
Print | Kindle
Father’s Day
More Married. More Husband.
More Father. More Man.
Print | Kindle
Loving Cathleen
A Love To Live Up To
Print | Kindle
Sun City
Loved ones die. Life goes on.
Print | Kindle
Losing Slowly
How Las Vegas lost its mojo – and how to get it back
Print | Kindle
Christmas at the speed of life...
Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie's Christmas stories
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The Unfallen
A love story
Print | KindleMy other writing isn't collected in one place, but here's a shopping list for finding the best of it:
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- PresenceOfMind.net – a weblog I maintained in the early years of the new millenium.
- BloodhoundBlog – a national real estate weblog I started and contribute to. Much of the content there will be real estate related, but everything I write is focused on the self, and this is best represented in the longer essays.
- SplendorQuest.com – a weblog devoted to celebrating the uniquely human life.
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Leadership beckons – and it’s looking right at you!
Leadership beckons. You split yourself from the herd and you turn and you beckon and you lead love toward love for love. That’s the only reason to lead, and, accordingly, it’s the only reason anyone ever actually does lead.Photo by: … Continue reading
Wealth is character: Seeing The Dutch Uncle Game as a thriving Multi-Level-Leadership network.
“Hey kid! Know any sociopaths?”Photo by: Richard ElzeyI mentioned yesterday that The Dutch Uncle Game contains within it the means to build a kick-ass multi-level-marketing network. MLM has a terrible reputation in the U.S., so after consultation, I’ve resolved to … Continue reading
Donald #Trump’s fatal conceit? You can’t fake leadership.
You were expecting Henry V? More fool you.What cost Donald Trump Iowa? The man is a phony – and everyone knows it. I’ve written too much about this loser already, and I expect there will be more to be heard … Continue reading
Set humanity free? No need. The enemies of liberty are graciously volunteering to exit the future.
I have the map to a much better future for humanity – but here is the best news of all: We’re headed that way already.Photo by: Ben FrancisI participated in a Facebook debate yesterday, something I almost never do. (Rule … Continue reading
A brief history of the four most-intellectually-productive years of my life: 2017.
I had four great years this year, in three disciplines: Character, education and aestethics/fiction. Click the links to learn what you’ve missed. You can study me now or later, with the only difference being the Splendor you will have lost … Continue reading
What happens when #MeToo meets #BanBossy?
Ci women bosses are even worse as leaders than Ci men bosses, and, accordingly, they scream at their subordinates even more than the manicured man-boys they are alleged to be equal to.What do you suppose Ci women bosses scream about?Photo … Continue reading
If you are in despair at the end of #NaNoWriMo, consider writing my way.
“Yeah, but what does the divan look like?”Illustration by: Lewis MinorWe are nearing the end of yet another “National Novel Writing Month,” which suggests to me that a few people will have accomplished something and a lot of people will … Continue reading
How to get the hell out of Hades: If you’ve got an hour and a dollar, Dusty will change your life.
What can a dumbass dog teach you about hope and love? Not much. Just the parts you’ve been getting wrong…Brother Willie wrote a brand new Kindle book for Thanksgiving: Dusty: An elegy of hope and love. It’s not a long … Continue reading
Deconstructing Madelyn Nguyen: The art we need is the art of of redemption.
The art we need is not violence disguised as valor, not vengeance masked as purity. The art we need is the art of goodness, the art of redemption. Poetry is leadership, but it ought to be leading you someplace you truly … Continue reading
John Wayne, John Galt and John McClane walk into a bar. Why does each of them come out alone?
“No. You’re wrong, punk.I’m the real plastic Jesus!”Photo by: Esparta PalmaNo, I’m not making a joke. I can come up with my own dumb-joke premises, thank you. And I’m not teaching Pickup For Swarthy Brutes. No, instead I’m talking about… … Continue reading
#MyKindOfBenedy
No one wants to fail, and each one of us desperately wants to believe he can prevail. It’s a simple story: Hard work pays off. Learn better, work at it, do better – and you’ll do better. But by telling … Continue reading
What to do with the end of an endless Summer: Smile, study me and thrive!
Driven-sociability. It’s not just worth reading about: It’s how we survive.The curse of long holiday weekends is that time can hang heavy on your hands. Still worse, every source of new online content goes off for it’s own bar-be-que. Apparently, … Continue reading
Wealth is invested capital? Intellectual capital? Humanity’s sole wealth is the drive to survive.
Leadership beckons: When no one knows what to do, humanity’s sole benefactor is the man who does.Watched any news this week? A good week for Trump, a bad one for KimFatty, total devastation for every-other-day media whores like Elon Musk … Continue reading