Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist: no, the Fed isn’t running soccer matches. This is a metaphor. But it’s a helpful one if you’re trying to understand what’s really happening with your money. Let’s start with soccer balls. My personal favo...

Two songs that exist on my ’90s playlist are “All I Wanna Do” by Sheryl Crow and “Thursday Side of the Street” by Knapsack. While extremely different in popularity and tone, the two songs share the same basic content: a woman goes to a bar looking fo...

One letter apart, yet worlds away.The price and the prize—nearly identical in spelling, almost inextricably linked. But our feelings toward them couldn’t be more different. The prize is desired, fawned over, coveted.The price is lamented, haggled, re...

In elementary school gym class, the limbo was one of my favorite activities. My younger self was extremely adept at contorting my body in order to get low to the ground without touching it or knocking off the bar. In middle school, I was introduced t...

At this point, it’s so common in movies that we barely think about it anymore. A character’s extraordinary abilities just show up. Either they were acquired long before we “met” them—like John Wick or Jason Bourne—or they’re bestowed in an instant—li...

For years, I’ve been a language teacher, but I started out as a math major in college. There wasn’t a definitive reason why—I just found that math made sense to me. No matter how complex the problem, the solution usually came from simplification. As...

Our beliefs are powerful tools that shape who we are and who we can become. While the title of this blog may initially seem negative, its purpose is entirely positive. It aims to spark an inner dialogue that motivates you to achieve a goal, create so...

There is more than enough talent in the squad to avoid relegation and even go on an extended win streak. The problem isn’t a lack of ability but rather a mentality that has plagued the team. I’m sure this opinion won’t be popular with some of the POS...

If you clicked on this post for a religious discussion, you won’t find it here! (Unless you consider soccer/football a religious endeavor) The question is about the influence of technology within the game. If VAR had existed in 1986, the “Hand of God...

As a language teacher, I talk regularly about first, second and third person. Invariably, I start the initial conversation by asking “who is the first person in your life? The one person who you cannot get rid of? They will be there every moment of e...