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...

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...

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...

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...

“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,...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

The other night I witnessed an odd situation in a Burger King. An employee showed up and was informed that he no longer worked there. It seems that he had said some “colorful” things over the intercom to a customer that an assistant manager heard. Th...