For years as a language teacher, I’ve been telling students that “language is an agreement.” People need to agree on meaning in order to communicate. This was hammered home to me recently by a video that I saw from actor, Clayton Farris. His “Milleni...

A long-standing favorite movie of mine is “Singles” which features Pearl Jam and the Seattle music scene as a backdrop to convoluted number of love stories. At one point, two single guys, Steve and Bailey discuss their upcoming night out in search of...

This does not need to exist and it didn’t at one point! More than likely a person at a cream cheese factory was sipping their pumpkin spice latte and voila! Pumpkin spiced cream cheese! For someone out there, pumpkin spice cream cheese is their idea...

The weather has been volatile over the past few years. This is not a discourse on climate change. However, as individuals, we have our experience of “normal” and it just seems that more storms have been forceful and sudden. They seem to pass quickly...

Some people make a much bigger deal out of it than others. Special outfits, makeup, a winning smile and other accoutrements could come out of the woodwork on picture day. Regardless of how seriously one takes it, there is the potential for a time cap...

Often it is not the biggest boulder that causes the avalanche. A small pebble dislodged from the right spot can cause an unstoppable force to be unleashed. That’s my hope for this post! It definitely isn’t going to be the best I’ve ever created but w...

Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there were comic books. I’m not sure what exactly made me start collecting Iron Man comics but I never wavered. For some reason, I thought that he was the best superhero. I can only retroactively express ide...

Mirrors aren’t the only things that reflect. Throughout the day, you can see yourself in all kinds of places: shop windows, sunglass lenses, a lake and yes! even a doorknobs! The flat surfaces give you a pretty accurate reflection but something like...

“Don’t grow up!” I remember it pretty plainly. At the Stewart’s Restaurant in Newark, NJ, the man behind the counter gave this advice to me when I was possibly 10 years old. He was adamant enough that it stuck. Although I’m not sure, he couldn’t have...

It can be so frustrating for people! Falling short. I was raised Catholic and it was always the thing that bothered me about the prayer for the forgiveness of your sins. I had to repent for the things that I had done and the things that I had left un...