Back in the early '70s, when I was studying to become a Presbyterian minister at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, I likewise was working at San Quentin, leading a group of 11 seriously intense inmates each week in a two-hour emotional healing group.
If you're seriously intense and have the means, you may even bring a chef, your own massage therapist, and someone to walk your dog.
Their award-winning wine is barbaresco, but even the supposedly less-complex barbera and nebbiolo vintages are seriously intense.
With England A candidates such as James Forrester, Andy Hazell and Dan Scarbrough catching the eye and precocious young backs such as Ollie Smith and James Simpson-Daniel pushing even harder, the competition for World Cup places is set to get seriously intense.
The fete, held by British TV host Jonathan Ross in London, saw guests like Gwen Stefani, Chloe Moretz and Mark Ronson in seriously intense costumes (think masks and stilts).
OO The Arctic Is A Seriously Weird Place Right Now - as intense warmth in both the air and oceans drove a mini-meltdown in November, when sea ice should have been rapidly growing.
A seriously imposing group.
A seriously clever bunch.
A Seriously... collection.
And for me, because I took what I was told really seriously, it bred a very intense habit of introspection and self-examination and a terrible severity with myself.
