It’s like déjà vu all over again. – Yogi Berra (on watching Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris hit back-to-back homeruns in Yankee stadium) The other day in class, a professor quizzed us on the research of a particular psychologist. After a few moments of averted gazes, I let my subdued grin express itself through a…
We are our choices. – Jean-Paul Sartre I once had a professor in undergrad begin a new class by saying, “So you know, I’m rather opinionated. But I make up for it by always being right.” Although my dad has never explicitly said such a thing, I’m sure he would find it rather agreeable. In…
Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream. — Khalil Gibran What’s more embarrassing: forgetting something you were supposed to do, or forgetting something you already did? Actually, forgetting things I’ve already done would probably reduce embarrassment. What I’m trying to get at, here, is that unless my blog posts are suddenly being sent…
Blood is really warm, it’s like drinking hot chocolate but with more screaming. — Ryan Mecum With the good weather, I figure camping season is here already. So for today’s post, I’m going to reimagine one of my favorite campfire stories: Behind the wheel of his new, 1995 Ford pickup, Tanner’s eyelids felt weighty. Music….
Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. — Edgar Allen Poe A cat’s hideous screech. A door slammed in a distant room. Icy fingers ghosting down your spine. Halloween is nearly upon us, and to celebrate one of my favorite holidays, I have written you a scary short, short story….
All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. — George Orwell Of all my friends and family that I left behind in Portland, my cats, Simba and Naala, the cutest and furriest iterations of Satan himself, were not even considerations for those I would miss. But now, alone in my room,…