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  • The Stars Don’t Care

    The Stars Don’t Care

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    The stars don’t care if you curse at the sky,Or laugh till you choke, or break down and cry.They’ll burn all the same, cold fire in the black,Never once judging, never looking back. The trees don’t mind if you tell them your sins,They’ve heard it before from the wolves and the wind.They’ll whisper their secrets,…

  • Tales Within

    Tales Within

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    Joseph Van Landschoot’s Tales Within is a book comprised of six short stories: Space Maze, Paradise in Trouble, Honey Trapped, The People’s, The Devil You Thought You Knew, and Z o n e s. It can be found on Amazon and Anywhere you find Ebooks! From Barnes & Noble, to Rakuten kobo, Apple Books, tolino,…

  • Names

    Names

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    What’s in a name? Nelligan, Forani, Couteau, Van Landschoot. These four last names came together and were cancelled out based on to which male held which name. My grandmother’s father held the last name Nelligan, but he had a daughter, thus the last name would not survive a marriage. It fell to Forani, my grandfather’s…

  • Promises

    Promises

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    Careful consideration cracked light Sweet smile soft hands Mindful gaze memorized lines These promises come free. Daily love dreaming high Happiness so often felt you forgot what it is to sigh There came a time to answer now is the rest of your life

  • PIECEMEAL

    PIECEMEAL

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    An ocean is a multitude of drops, and life is a growing wave that drowns us. Have you ever felt overwhelmed? Be it at life, your job, your family, and friends, or just at the barrage of thoughts your mind can throw at you, it can all get to be too much at times. You’re…

  • Organic

    Organic

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    Arranged soliloquies offered up deranged estranged pedantic pleas, So please don’t beam across the scene like I’m some means to mean what it gleans. I don’t know how to flow, Like two stones without a home. Crack my back for harder prose. I’ll get back to your stack of bones, But until then strap those…

  • NARRATIVES

    NARRATIVES

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    (And lying to ourselves) The human mind is a storyteller, constantly weaving narratives in every moment of our existence. From the moment we wake up to the time we drift into dreams, our minds are tirelessly constructing stories about ourselves, the world around us, and the people we encounter. At the core of this narrative…

  • CONTINUITY

    CONTINUITY

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    (This isn’t about movies) Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed philosophers and curious minds, allow me to present a provocative argument that challenges the very foundations of our understanding. The continuity of self suggests that the self, as we commonly conceive it, is but an illusion! Consider the river of time as it flows through the landscapes…

  • COMING TO AN END

    COMING TO AN END

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    Summer’s End, Relationships, Jobs, Loved Ones, Suicide, and Pets Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed guests, and friends, today, we gather to reflect upon a universal truth that binds the tapestry of our lives together—the unflinching of time toward endings. My motivation to make this thoughts piece came from the bittersweet childhood experience of summer’s end leading…

  • The True Volition Hexalogy

    The True Volition Hexalogy

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    CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION! The True Volition hexalogy is a saga comprised of six novels, like a double trilogy! Four are currently finished and available on Amazon. Right now, DEVIANCE as an eBook is free on Smashwords! TRUE VOLITION for Smashwords TRUE VOLITION for Amazon PART I: Deviance DEVIANCE revolves around a tormented high school runaway with…

  • SP 71: Where is Brendan Roy?!

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    Joe Van’s Secret Podcast Ep.71 we pick the minds of George Clooney and Lincoln. Enjoy!

  • Monkes as Pets

    Monkes as Pets

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    We don’t want to be alone in this world. The feeling of loneliness is a terrible thing, worse still when you’re with people but feel alone. Even the most introverted person, who might claim that’s all they want, still require interactions, just through television, gaming, or some other form. In the movie I am Legend,…

  • Monkes in Space

    Monkes in Space

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    Human beings do not hold dominion over this Earth. We don’t. We’ve acted like we do, at least the powerful have throughout all of history and still to this day, but it’s obviously not the case. Though, in our very recent past as a species through agriculture and religion we have separated ourselves very much…

  • I AM NOT

    I AM NOT

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    My name is Joe Van, and I am filled with absences, though that statement doesn’t track grammatically. Instead, I will simply say that I AM NOT most things. This line of thought is nothing new to me, nor is it new in general, nonetheless, as a kid I remember asking myself what would happen if…

  • SP 69: Crashin’ & Dancin’

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    On number 69 of Joe Van’s Secret Podcast I interview a new guest about hobbies, near-death experiences, spooks, and manifesting reality. Enjoy! PODCAST LINK: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jd-streams/id1541025716

  • AGI

    AGI

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    In #60 of Thoughts I dive into three specific thought experiments relating to Artificial General Intelligence. I weigh the ideas and validity in the concept of AGI and the hold it has on our future. Enjoy!

  • Nope Review

    Nope Review

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    Here is my film review of Nope, by Jordan Peele. https://letterboxd.com/joevan/film/nope/

  • Thoughts: Choice

    Thoughts: Choice

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    Welcome to #53 of Thoughts. In today’s episode I go over the topic of: choice, while tying in free will, causality, and determinism. Enjoy! THOUGHTS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyW0IXUsqiMV1g7qYcuJxhqxpIszT-o-k REVIEWS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyW0IXUsqiMXvgFCWmE9IikMvSXs35HJL Z O N E S: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyW0IXUsqiMVXwdSqC9X7L1UDDapgcyxT MONKE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyW0IXUsqiMX_doqCZdBtnAttTVzQVlxH TIER LISTS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyW0IXUsqiMXr-y5V5quN5w-K3-xVPT4U PRIMATE NATION: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyW0IXUsqiMWM_8uM9jsS-VyxDPEJ8p_V PATREON: https://youtu.be/a_bLwZJzJno SECRET PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jd-streams/id1541025716 UNPLUGGED PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChBigRAO1r1s5hlS57jiP8g TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoevandotcom?lang=en

  • Impossible Places

    Impossible Places

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    Impossible places. It’s a vague title, I know, but I didn’t know what to officially call this one. Today, I want to go over the concept of impossible places, but ones you desire deeply to go to. Kind of like the inverse to liminal spaces. Where one gives an eerie sense of familiarity, one that…

  • Neophobia

    Neophobia

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    It’s late at night, and you’re home alone. You’re young and this is the first time it’s happened. You were excited at first but as the sun’s light faded beyond the horizon and darkness covered the outside world, you were compelled to turn on every light in the house. An urging sense of fear overtook…

  • Halo Infinite

    Halo Infinite

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    Halo Infinite is the latest mainline instalment to the Halo video game franchise. It has come to us six years after the last main instalment which had most fans feeling like the new developers, 343 industries, missed the point of its story and thus lost the spirit of the original Halo games. For most, including…

  • Scary Stories

    Scary Stories

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    Evening ghouls and ghosts, and welcome to another special Halloween episode from me, ya boy, Joe Van! This year we shall dive into three chilling scary stories that were told to me in my youth. Enjoy! And let me know if any of them got to you 👻 PLAYLISTS- SPEECHES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyW0IXUsqiMVngmiBwHfhWFwLgfLcfRWU MONKE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyW0IXUsqiMX_doqCZdBtnAttTVzQVlxH MOVIE TALK:…

  • Kanzi 太

    Kanzi 太

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    Hola Primate Nation! Welcome to another addition of Monke in Review, where we go over monkes both big and small across history! Today I present: Kanzi the bonobo! Kanzi is known to this day as the world’s smartest bonobo. Let me know below if you’ve already heard about this monke or just learned today! PLAYLISTS-…

  • Pigs

    Pigs

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    So, what the heck are pigs, I hear you ask. A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Pigs include domestic pigs (Sus domesticus) and their ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species. Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents, ranging from Europe to the Pacific islands. Juvenile pigs…

  • Georgie Boy

    Georgie Boy

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    Hola Primate Nation! Welcome to another addition of Monke in Review, where we go over monkes both big and small across history! Today I present: Georgie Boy the capuchin monkey! Georgie Boy found incredible fame on TikTok during the 2020 lockdowns by opening presents, and by he himself just being a present to be around.…

  • Détente

    Détente

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    Searing combustions bombard my insides in a fit from two things that don’t mix having to share the same space. I hold them inside me in an unstable alliance that neither wish to hold. One part of me wishes to rip my skin off and be free, smoke, drink, fuck, and spew out any words…

  • Harambe

    Harambe

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    Hola Primate Nation! Welcome to another addition of Monke in Review, where we go over monkes both big and small across history! Today I present: Harambe the gorilla. He changed the world, sadly, in his martyrdom. But with his loss the collective internet began paying more attention to primate treatment in captivity. However, it was…

  • Crystal the Monkey

    Crystal the Monkey

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    Hola Primate Nation! Welcome to another addition of Monke in Review, where we go over monkes both big and small across history! Today I present: Crystal the Monkey. She is as famous as she is talented.

  • Monke’s Revenge

    Monke’s Revenge

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    There is a old tale long told of a thief, and a boy; or: a tale of two gibbons. Now that the mysterious, wise traveler has been wronged, there’s a price to pay. It’s judgment day.

  • PART III

    PART III

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    Welcome one and all to PART 3 of the 2000’s MOVIES TIER LIST! Met with special guest host Samantha, we dive deep into our decade of young movie fun! Enjoy the final chapter!

  • Hubris: The Gorilla

    Hubris: The Gorilla

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    There is another tale to be told by our wise, mysterious ape traveler. This one is about the dangers of flying too close to the sun: The Tale of Hubris the Gorilla. Enjoy!

  • Another Ape was Made

    Another Ape was Made

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    Forged in secret, on the savannas of Africa, mutations saw fit to make another primate; one more powerful and cunning than the rest. In this ape, evolution poured its brutality, it malice, and its will to dominate all life! WEBSITE: https://thejoevan.com/ PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jd-streams/id1541025716 BOOKS: https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/38534 KONG IS BEST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JYmM-86PE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwmAfQyH-NmPbOsDesbyksg

  • Primate Nation

    Primate Nation

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    I come to you, a mere Diddy Kong among kings, to present: Primate Nation! Home to King Kong, big foot, IKEA monkey and more! Come with me, fellow primates, to the promised land! Return to monke, and welcome, to thejoevandotcom! WEBSITE: https://thejoevan.com/ PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jd-streams/id1541025716 BOOKS: https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/38534 KONG IS BEST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JYmM-86PE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwmAfQyH-NmPbOsDesbyksg

  • SP 63: The following program contains mature subject matter. Listener discretion is advised.

    SP 63: The following program contains mature subject matter. Listener discretion is advised.

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    Welcome to episode 62 of Joe Van’s Secret Podcast! In this episode I talk to a new secret guest about their work, rebellious adventures online, the power of optimism, finding peace in the randomness of our seemingly endless multiverse, and understanding human nature as natural. Enjoy! PODCAST LINK: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/jd-streams/id1541025716