Marching the Way Victorious

One Good Day

by Derek Taylor January 02, 2023

When it came to intensity with a chainsaw, Leatherface had nothing on Skip Cain. Highlights of that day included Skip having me pull my lunch up into the tree on a rope, because he suspected, probably accurately so, that I would not want to climb back up in the tree once I climbed down.

Posted in #AmericanHigh, #AmericanHighSchool, #coaching, #Construction, #football, #manhood, #Pickups, #wrestling

Coalescence of Our Dreams

by Derek Taylor March 14, 2022

I was tempted to ask the young lady follow-up questions regarding her alien abduction experience, but I felt that might evoke flashbacks to associated trauma. Besides, satisfying such curiosity would have only been a distraction from the mission.

Posted in #AWANA, #Bible, #BibleStudy, #Biochemistry, #Christianity, #ChristmasGifts, #Dreams, #UCD, #UCDavis, #wrestling, Imagination

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That's Entertainment

by Derek Taylor February 26, 2021

The closer you are to someone the more likely you are to laugh with them and not at them. When someone is telling jokes about another race or religion and there are no people from that race or religion in the room with them, then they are more likely laughing at them than with them.

Posted in #AlJolson, #AmericanHigh, #AmericanHighSchool, #Americans, #Blackface, #blackstudents, #Christianity, #Christmas, #ChristmasGifts, #Jews, #Judaism, #LouisArmstrong, #MInstrel Shows, #Music, #pizza, #Trumpetplayer, #wrestling, Foodie

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The Stalker

by Derek Taylor December 08, 2019

Sometimes I just wake up in the morning and there it is invading my thoughts, screwing with my self-concept, smashing my ambition. I turn to ask, “HEY –WHO LET YOU IN HERE?”

Posted in #Aggies, #AmericanHighSchool, #Depression, #MentalHealthAwareness, #SuicidePrevention, #TheStalker, #UCDavis, #wrestling, #YoungLife

Hide the Knives!

by Derek Taylor November 07, 2019

He was on the edge of screaming histrionically exclaiming, “DEREK YOU’RE CHOKING HIM! HE’S GOING TO DIE!” Without relinquishing the quality torque I had on his neck I paused just long enough to look up at TTT and reassure him, “Don’t worry [TTT] they pass out before they die!"

Posted in #Aggies, #Americans, #GunControl, #Navigators, #Texas, #TheLostCause, #UCD, #UCDavis, #WithLibertyandJusticeForAll, #wrestling

ANSWER THE QUESTION!

by Derek Taylor July 27, 2019

“WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU HERE?” These were good questions and ones that deserved to be answered.

Posted in #Biochemistry, #blackstudents, #Love, #Music, #Sex, #Trumpetplayer, #UCD, #UCDavis, #wrestling

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