I’m a reader. I don’t remember learning to read. My mom tells me I was two when I started. But I feel like I’ve always been reading. I’ll read pretty much anything someone puts in front of me. I take recommendations. I read fiction of almost any genre and nonfiction on almost any topic. My…
I am still in my re-watch in anticipation of the new Star Wars movie. Instead of sticking to Episodes I-VII, I decided to re-watch Rogue One before Episode IV. I saw it last December when it was in theaters and hadn’t thought about it much since. My opinion of it hasn’t changed. The movie lands…
When I went to vote on November 4th, I brought my 3 year old daughter with me. As 3 year olds are likely to do, she asked a lot of questions, “What is voting? Why do you have to vote? Can I vote? Are you voting no? What’s that marker for? Can I draw on…
Here we are at the All Star Break for the 2015 Major League Baseball season. I hate the All Star Break. It basically means three or four days without baseball. Sure there’s the All Star Game itself, but it’s not a real game. I might have wanted to watch this year if eight Royals had…
We’ve all seen them, “You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf,” followed by a picture of two things that rhyme, one on top of the other. When they first started appearing, some were mildly clever. I didn’t find them particularly entertaining, but now I find them downright annoying. They’ve gone too far. I saw one…
Sorry about the clickbait-y headline. This piece actually has almost nothing to do with the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. It’s just that the commentary surrounding MLK is illustrative of a problem that needs attention. Before getting into it, as a sort of introduction, I will answer the headline’s question. Yes, I knew that…
View Post I usually listen to music when I’m writing. It helps me drown out what’s going on around me, and can help me get into the right mood depending on the subject I’m writing about. I listened to a lot of music while writing this essay. These are the ten songs I came back…
A bowler hat, a broken guitar string, and a jelly sandwich are three things that don’t seem to have much in common at first glance. Yet, there is a string that binds them. They are all things that make me sad. And what’s more is they are all representative of categories that make me sad….
Many people blame capitalism for many of the world’s ills. Most, if not all, of these problems have been present in non-capitalist societies, too. Do you ever wonder if capitalism is not actually to blame? Might these be political problems rather than economic? Do you think competitive nation states might be the actual cause of…
Today is opening day of the 2015 Major League Baseball season. I know there was a game last night, but today is the real opening day. It’s one of my favorite days of the year. Baseball is back and that makes everything better. There are so many things to like about opening day, that it’s…
