As we all know by now, horror and death visited the United States once more today, some hour and 20 minutes from my front door in a small town called Newtown, CT. There was too much blood spilled and for too little reason, as it almost always the case when blood is spilled. The reality of it is overwhelming, stifling,… Read more »
I was planning to have this done by this morning. As you can see, things did not go as planned. Part of it, most of it I suppose, is that while I have lots of thoughts about September 11, 2001 kicking around my brain, they don’t easily line up into any sort of easy narrative to be placed on the… Read more »
What follows below the jump is the piece I wrote after September 11th for the Connecticut College Voice. I was in DC at the time, studying at American University for the Semester in Washington Program, and sent this story in to the paper via email. It ran in the September 14th edition of the Voice, as it was/is a weekly… Read more »
I don’t know if you heard, but the UConn men recently won a little something we call March Madness. Or the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship if you have no interest in fun. While the title game itself has been generally regarded as a bust—I choose to characterize it as a master class on defense—it is generally agreed that this year… Read more »
Okay, I’ll be quick here. I have no interest in engaging anyone about the science of global warming, if it is a danger, and/or if we caused it. I have my ideas on this and I am sure you have yours. And for this moment, that’s all well and good. Right now, all I want is a little sanity. A… Read more »
Friendly’s currently offers a menu item called “Bacon Cheeseburger Soup.” Again, that is Bacon Cheeseburger Soup.
It has been said that there are two kinds of people in this world: those that like Tron and those that love Tron. (Before you ask, no I will never tire of repeating that joke. EVER.) Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of its sequel, Tron: Legacy, released today, some 18 years after the first chapter. I took my seat… Read more »
So, two to three weeks ago, CNN Money declared my alum mater, Connecticut College, to be one of the top ten most expensive school in the nation with a price tag north of 50,000 dollars. To those of you wondering about my net worth, tuition has gone up about 2-3 thousand dollars every year since I graduated. And I had… Read more »
I already wrote this week’s Complaint of the Week and had put it up a little while ago and sort of felt like I was set for this week. But then, Kanye West released his new album, My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy and I had to amend those plans. As the resident hip hop expert round these parts—and yes, that… Read more »
I know this may be blasphemous on this site, but… I just don’t care for college football. At all. I won’t say I hate it, because, hey it’s football. I can sit down and watch a college football game and recognize that it at least resembles a sport I enjoy. Also, a team, Boise State, plays on blue turf. While… Read more »
