Sci-fi and fantasy have become the new cool. From The Hunger Games or the True Blood/Sookie Stackhouse series, to the rise of the geek chic t-shirt and sold-out Comic Cons, the celebration of sci-fi and fantasy...
Ever cringed at fan fiction but admitted that you’re kind of fascinated by it? It’s fun to diss the literary abyss of Fifty Shades of Grey or chuckle over Ryan Lochte/Michael Phelps sex (yep...
Jerry: I love D’Angelo. The guy is a masterful songwriter, musician and orchestrator. His latest album, “Black Messiah,” is a performance-enhancing drug for me when I run. But as a painfully...
This is for those of us who spent our childhoods trying to bend minds with the Force and had a crisis of faith at the appearance of Jar Jar Binks in our universe. As we get gear up for our opening night...
1) You have a sneaking suspicion that something magical is happening. 2) You’ve never loved her more than in this moment. 3) Then there is the official announcement! (more love!!) 4) Something...
Me: “I am so in love with the girl from Harlem from the Atlas of Beauty. It doesn’t matter that I’m straight. Seeing someone with that combination of elegance and edge just has me feeling...
Earlier this year I noticed a mole. Small and indistinct, I didn’t think much about it. But, as part of my New Year tune-up, I decided to go for a general check-up with my local GP. Typically of the National...
Tuesday December 30th, 4.30 pm: I have just returned home early from work and am frantically getting ready for the evening ahead. A group of friends are coming over in 15 minutes to await the arrival of our made-to-order...
Why I wrote this and where I’m coming from I’m a PhD student, and I wrote this to try and survive the end of my semester this year. So much of academia goes off down theoretical rabbit holes,...
Last October Mark C. Taylor wrote a scathing critique of our society’s obsession with speed in The Chronicle of Higher Education. He looks back over the past century and shows how technology has increased...
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