But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions. — D.H. Lawrence What would it be like to revisit a museum, restaurant, or city you just visited? To rewatch a movie you just watched? To replay a game you just played? These are the question that begin the paper we’re…
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. — Plato I have a confession to make—maybe even a confession you, too, would like to repent alongside me. I’m a review moocher. For all the time I spend reading Amazon, Yelp, even Google reviews before making a purchase, I don’t know if I’ve ever left a…
There is no sincerer love than the love of food. — George Bernard Shaw Since the prior week, something miraculous has happened: there’s food in my refrigerator. As a graduate student, my shopping cart often consists of ramen, peanut butter, and a six-pack of PBR. But as of last Saturday, I have vegetables and hamburgers, sandwich…
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. — Alan Dundes There are few compliments that make me blush more than saying I have a nice voice. Maybe it’s the storyteller in me, maybe it’s the wannabe cowboy desperado. But in high school, I was so…
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety. — Moliere As gray as the world really is, people are seeing it more and more as black and white. Acts are either good or evil. Opinions are either right or wrong. You’re either Team Edward or Team Jacob. Is that joke too…
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. – M. Kathleen Casey Pain—what an unpleasant sensation. If happiness is the ultimate good, then pain is the ultimate bad. However, if pain really is this unequivocally negative experience, why do we even have it? From an evolutionary standpoint, pain serves to remind us something’s wrong. Physically speaking, it alerts…