That’s when I realized that the rigorousness of my academic training overqualified me for “Real World” work in a good way.
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At that moment in my life, I needed the possibility of the impossible.
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In this age of pandemic, the itch to write a sonnet comes on as suddenly as the itches on my face I fight not to scratch. Luckily, I can satisfy the former urge.
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“Did the military conceal the most astounding discovery of the century?” With these portentous words, Robert Stack introduces the mystery of Roswell for his season 2 premiere of Unsolved Mysteries.
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Tropical forests[i] are nature’s most powerful carbon sinks, absorbing harmful greenhouse gas emissions through photosynthesis. When they’re destroyed, therefore, these sinks release all that stored carbon back into the environment.
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According to recent studies, having one fewer child is, in fact, the most impactful lifestyle change we can make to reverse climate change, potentially saving over twelve times the CO2 emissions than the combined savings of eliminating car and air travel AND eating a plant-based diet.
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In this final article of our 4-part series on mass incarceration, we’ll look at recent criminal justice reform on federal, state, and local levels and examine where we need to go from here to make mass incarceration a thing of the past.
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Summer may technically begin with the June solstice, but summer in the Big Apple starts at the beginning of the month, when the city calendar practically explodes with a number of outdoor stage and sporting events!
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February may not be the most popular month in which to visit New York City, but that’s good news for tourists who do take advantage of the cheaper flights because it means amazing opportunities that are unavailable at any other time of the year.
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Perusing my Facebook feed this morning, I came across another post by Tamela J. Gordon, author of one of the critiques of pussy hats to which I linked in my last post. It’s titled “9 Things Other Women Who Love Pussy Hats More Than Black Women Say.” You should read it here.
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A year ago, I tentatively stepped out of the yoga studio where I work in downtown Asheville and walked into a sea of pink hats (including mine), signs, and cheers. That morning, my mother expressed fear that I would be walking into some melee out of the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle.
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This holiday season, give yourself the gift of a great time and visit New York City! Its common knowledge that the Big Apple does the holidays better than anywhere else in the country. Don’t worry, we created a must-see itinerary just for you!
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I didn’t think it was possible for me to reach true-crime fatigue, but I think it’s happened. (Note that this hasn’t stopped me from listening to true crime podcasts or watching true crime shows on YouTube in the slightest; I just do so half-heartedly, my attention wandering as if a fly keeps buzzing around the room.)
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I’m listening to “This Is Shangri-La” [sic], the first song — and currently my favorite — on Apple, the debut and only album from the flicker of a shooting star that was the late-80’s Seattle glam-grunge band Mother Love Bone.
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When we think of UM’s paranormal segments, the UFO stories are the most notorious. But the show began its lucrative (in the form of ratings) investment in the supernatural with ghosts.
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I’m permanently scarred by Unsolved Mysteries, my favorite thing ever committed to film. I mean that literally: thanks to Unsolved Mysteries, I have a scar — a near-perfect circle above my left eyebrow.
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My stomach aches, I’m a little nauseated, and I’m more than a bit depressed at the idea of starting my Whole 30 AIP over from scratch.
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When I returned from Camp Nerd Fitness in late September, I decided to “level up my life” and try the Whole 30 program, which has special rules, and may be especially beneficial, for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, like me.
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Three days ago, I returned home from Camp Nerd Fitness 2016, a 5-day gathering of self-selecting people who care about fitness and diet and who love various “nerdy” things from Star Wars and Lord of the Rings to video games and comics, and more.
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