Pillow Forts

They’re the beautiful architecture of children usually! It’s a beauty that’s not really found in the craftsmanship because the material are haphazard and stability almost nonexistent. The key ingredient to the beauty of a pillow fort is the belief of...

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Mar 30, 2024
You’re Stronger Than This!

Honestly that’s not the real quote! The line from the movie goes “You’re faster than this, don’t think you are. Know you are!” Mentally combined with the scene where Neo faces off with Agent Smith in the subway station, it’s my “go to” imagery when I...

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Mar 27, 2024
None Of It Is Easy

Staring down a deadline that I set for myself to write something by 11pm. Here it is 10:49 and several drafts in the technological trash. Yet I persist! Chances are that this won’t be the best piece of writing that I’ve ever produced. That’s ok! The...

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Mar 26, 2024
The Recipe for Failure

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot in terms of recipes. As a kid, I was always helping my mom bake cookies or create a concoction of my own in the kitchen that may or may not have been delicious/edible. It seems like people bake and cook a little bit...

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Mar 13, 2024
You Are the Product (21st Century Digital Boy)

The playlists (really mixtapes) of my past seem to be churning ideas that I cannot ignore. When you’re a teenager, it’s easy to get caught up in the music and catchy choruses. Despite that possibility, Bad Religion and their catalogue of songs always...

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Feb 23, 2024
Life Goes On

“Little ditty bout Jack and Diane…” In the infancy of MTV, I heard this song more times than I could count. Most of it flew over my very young head. I’d never seen a Tastee Freez before and wouldn’t know what it was for years. Being from New Jersey,...

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Feb 19, 2024
POSH: Math, Hurt and Heart

The subject of math is either frustrating or fulfilling for most people. The possibility of finding answers to complex problems can lead to headaches and a feeling of inadequacy, while others see order, music, possibility and definition in our chaoti...

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Feb 17, 2024
My Way

For many people in an older generation, these two words are associated with a song sung by Frank Sinatra. Although “Old Blue Eyes” didn’t write the song (Paul Anka did), it is one of his most famous. In the end it’s been reported that he didn’t reall...

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Feb 16, 2024
The Reverse Jason Bourne

The Bourne movies were a popular movie franchise starting with The Bourne Identity in 2002. The movie goer is introduced to a character who has no memory of who he is but an impressive skillset. As he searches for information about his identity, he f...

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Feb 06, 2024
Don’t Overvalue Your Value!

“In time or so I’m told, I’m just another soul for sale! Oh well!” -Foo Fighters The January transfer window just ended. Some clubs will feel like they “had a successful” window, while others will feel like they lost out. For the club I support, I ju...

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Feb 04, 2024