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The public record of The Clareifi Codex: essays, notes, projects, and entries organized for long-term access.

The Clareifi Dev Stack

The Clareifi Dev Stack

The line between technical expertise and creative vision is vanishing — and I'm building at that intersection. The Clareifi Dev Stack is my

March 20, 2026 1 min read
Jan

The Highway, 1978

One of My Earliest Memories

January 20, 2026 2 min read
We Had It Coming and other fictions

We Had It Coming and other fictions

We had a good Christmas over here. My wife got me a copy of We Had It Coming and other fictions by Luke O’

January 14, 2026 1 min read
contempt

contempt

I display my contempt for the Force openly; for life is strife and to survive it too long is the true "hell."

January 14, 2026 1 min read
Shoulder To Shoulder

Shoulder To Shoulder

Ambition leaking from a broken bottle. I threw that away. Disease spilled our dreams upon the floor. Jazz muted in the back of my

October 3, 2025 1 min read
no, everything is not okay

no, everything is not okay

Late-night thoughts…💭 Holding on to the roots of a brittle tree that gave way in his hands, breaking off piece by piece. New growth

September 7, 2025 3 min read
Sep

The ride home always seems faster than the ride there

I’ve been pretty quiet for a bit, and to be real, I’m not totally sure why. I think I just got tired

September 6, 2025 3 min read
Three Score and Ten

Three Score and Ten

Time, Consumerism, and the Illusion of Joy

August 27, 2025 3 min read
He Ain’t Got A Prayer

He Ain’t Got A Prayer

He needs something more to face death

August 27, 2025 3 min read
Merrily Along We Go

Merrily Along We Go

Walking shiftlessly and aimlessly through the dark and rat infested alleys with my head high in the clouds, thinking that everyone should feel the

August 25, 2025 1 min read
Look Into A Dream

Look Into A Dream

Have you ever looked into a dream Used your eyes to try to see inside your mind I drift to sleep wondering what I

August 24, 2025 1 min read
Aug

4855 & Other Jive

Came to in a do crossed and recrossed primary paths John Farren was the block, but DuSable wasn’t my destiny. Corpus Christi around

August 24, 2025 1 min read
Anxiety

Anxiety

Volta

August 23, 2025 1 min read
Guidance

Guidance

I used to look to my dad for help when I wasn’t sure how to handle something. Growing up, he was the only

August 23, 2025 1 min read
12 Days Without You

12 Days Without You

I told you that I had to go back to work tomorrow, and I wasn’t sure how it was going to be because

August 22, 2025 3 min read
The Trouble With Transoms

The Trouble With Transoms

Alicia walked to the back of the room, rose about four feet from the floor, and made herself comfortable. No one else around seemed

August 21, 2025 1 min read
What happens to our souls when we die?

What happens to our souls when we die?

A Galactic Walk

August 21, 2025 1 min read
blaspheme

blaspheme

What madness that the Force should summon me at a time like this… To command the alleged spirit of my sole domain, body, to

August 21, 2025 1 min read
C.R.G.

C.R.G.

His words, a catalyst of creativity. Why can’t he remember? Once obsessed with mortality, fear of and then acceptance of death. A combination

August 20, 2025 1 min read
Brandy Alexander

Brandy Alexander

One drink for spite, another for escape, neither enough to numb the truth.

August 20, 2025 1 min read
When I was a hundred

When I was a hundred

When I was a hundred, old memories I couldn’t share comforted me. Time stood still like an old, well-read book lying open to

August 19, 2025 1 min read
I still wanna be able to help somebody

I still wanna be able to help somebody

Even when he was still here, I missed him.

August 18, 2025 2 min read
Clarity

Clarity

Living a life dedicated to creating art It took me too long to understand I followed the path that they told me led the

August 15, 2025 1 min read
Every Word

Every Word

There’s a part of the story that I want to be told from his perspective I lost my Dad almost 4 months ago.

August 14, 2025 2 min read
a wooden chair

a wooden chair

I went to see you today. I wanted you to know that people still love you, care about how you feel, forgive you, and

April 19, 2025 1 min read
11/28/2008

11/28/2008

Make the crux of my articles based on critical thinking. Philosophy - The principles of clear and ordered thinking. test C.R.G.

November 27, 2008 1 min read