A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. — Oscar Wilde Astonishingly, no one really knows why we dream. With all our development in neuroscience and technology, we still can’t de facto answer why something as…
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. — Harry S. Truman If you were a good American and free at 4:00pm EST on Tuesday, you saw the United States’ national soccer team fight valiantly but ultimately lose in the World…
Only that traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better. – Henry David Thoreau There really is nothing like returning to your childhood home. Or in my case, returning to the place I lived last year as a semi-grown adult. And after spending the last…
The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. – Douglas Adams There are two types of people who fly with Delta: those who couldn’t find a cheaper flight with another airline, and masochists. On the night before my flight to Austin, Texas for social psychology’s annual conference, I,…
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….
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. — Carl Reiner A frozen tundra, a snowy whisper: I cross the arctic just in slippers. Goosebumps, shivers, icy feel, replaced my chest with frozen steel. My breath is foggy, fingers numb; warmth, I fear, will never come The…