Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Of Code, Security, Hackers, & Malware
A few days ago, I wrote on Facebook that I'd invested a significant amount of time in scraping malware hackers off several websites that I run and operate. I had found, through a Google search, a shell script that someone had developed to scan through your site's...
Little Windows of Mental Unwellness
It’s weird. Almost every night before I fall asleep, I experience these moments of emotional chaos that are some combination of depression, anxiety, and snippets of other emotions that all coalesce into a slurry that makes my nerve endings stand on end. I know this is...
Psychopharmacology
It's been a minute since I've shared an update on my mental health. I feel like I've been chasing the anxiety spectre for a long time, ever since I discovered eight years ago that anxiety was part of my mental health diagnosis. I've been hospitalized twice and had...
Fiction
Strength
It exists in multiple places at once, and it rejoices in its empowerment. It mirrors your ability to exist in many times and many places. You take up Strength as your own, and as you do, you are joined by your past and future selves, each existing simultaneously...
The Chariot
It is a vehicle, but it is also more than a vehicle. It blazes a trail across the Spirit Plane and asks you to recognize your accomplishments. Its wheels are made of solid gold, its carriage of pure white alabaster with golden filigree adorning its length and breadth....
The Lovers
They are intertwined with one another, for they are a Bonded pair. They are soulmates and partners, and they seek to enrich one another always. These are the Lovers, and their relationship is their first and utmost priority. You draw close, not wanting to interrupt...