Do I really have to do anything? Everyone expect that I should have done “something” for my birthday. Go out. Go clubbing. Go to
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The NOW answer
I think one of the more annoying aspects of human curiosity is the demand for the NOW answer. We want everything to be definitively
Continue readingFighting for Substance
A quarter-life crisis to be followed by a mid-life crisis to be followed by a late-life crisis to be followed by death Fight Club
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The freedom to change our lives, as we ostensibly have in Amrikan society, is largely an illusion without possessing the courage to change our
Continue readingCommunities of the Third Culture
In a largely nuclear, de-centralized world, how do we replicate such a natural cultural community. Do we even want such a community?
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I saw Star Trek this weekend and it was excellent!! Lots of explosions, evil aliens and attractive people. It was just a fun, fun
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The University of Tennessee recently offered a football scholarship to a kid named Daniel Hood, who at the age of 13, helped tie up
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The early critics’ reviews of the new movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as well as a perusal of Rotten Tomatoes have
Continue readingA Real Pennsylvanian Maverick
Senator Arlen Specter’s switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party has been hailed as a victory for the Democrats. I’m inclined to
Continue readingMaher + Oreo = HAPPY!!
It’s His Birthday and He’ll Fart if He Wants to! I adopted my 6/7-year old beagle Oreo (shelter name Ike) last July after a
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