Stevil Kinevil

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer. Humans are social animals. We only make sense to ourselves in a larger context, and we spend the years of our…

The View from the Top of the Creative High Dive. Even if you’ve been doing your thing for a good long time, you have these moments where you wonder if you can…

Beyond Cracked. Even the most unserious athlete occasionally overdoes it. If you’re like us, then sometimes you even overdo overdoing it. Maybe you’ve been…

Everything Louder Than Everything Else. Everything and everyone is competing for your attention. What most people don’t realize is that they’re ALSO competing…

Despite Our Best Intentions. A well-adjusted human being likely thrives due to a set of positive daily habits that support their physical, mental and emotional…

The Nine Ball Chronicles. Society is organized around the idea that people’s brains work a certain way, even though we all know some extremely large…

Forgiveness and Hope Are the Primary Elements of Time Travel. We can’t change the past without forgiveness. We can’t change the future without hope. We can’t…

Being a Part of the Scene, Apart from the Scene. The older you get, the more of your friends skip the show, because they’re tired, their back hurts, and…

Run-Ins with Authority, Part II. Apparently, we’ve had enough problems with the man that it takes more than one episode to get through it all. If you’ve spent…

Run-Ins with Authority. We were young and surly and had a really hard time sitting still. You know who hates that? The man. Sometimes it was a man in a uniform…