These events used to be a major spectacle. There would be various major events and the same names would compete to hold their place within the sport. I am referring to the sport of boxing. Remember that thing? A sport that has been practically dead for a long time, with two major names controlling everything […]
Hey everyone! I wanted to do a quick recipe with you guys before I release my next post (which is going to be a big one). This my recipe, originally found here. Once again, I adjusted the ingredients and steps a bit in order to make it easier for you all. This recipe is great for […]
You don’t really have to watch this video to know what Hillary is announcing. Surprise, surprise, Hillary is running for president! And as many have said, it has probably been the world’s “worst-kept” secret. Besides the obvious confession, if you take the time to watch her announcement video, it is probably one of the most […]
Growing up, there was always one day of the year that caused me to quiver in fear. It was marked on every calendar in our house with an ominous red circle. This date is April 15: Tax Day. What to many people might be just another balmy spring day is a harbinger of stressful late […]
Canon is that shining, golden, absolute of fiction. It is the be all, the end all. And piecing it together is one of the great joys of fandom, especially that of older and more sprawling works. However, there comes a time when canon isn’t really all that important. Benjamin Bailey at Nerdist wrote that sometimes […]
This past Friday, my mother sent me to run a few errands before Passover. On the way, a friend’s father told me that there was a major sale at Pathmark on all Passover items. He said to relay this message to my mother, but we both knew that he was talking to the right person; […]
Conspiracy theories always seem to find their way back to one “organization,” the Illuminati. The Merriam-Webster definitions of illuminati are: “any of various groups claiming special religious enlightenment”, “persons who are or who claim to be unusually enlightened”, and “elite”. However, Dictionary.com gives some more interesting definitions: “persons possessing, or claiming to possess, superior enlightenment” and […]
In this post, I try to explain, in the best words I can find, what the experience of math is like for me.
Exactly two weeks ago, my Facebook newsfeed was flooded with articles about Blake Brockington’s suicide. Although I am somewhat familiar with trans-activism (activism on behalf of transgender and transsexual individuals), I had actually never heard of Brockington before he allegedly took his life two Mondays ago. Brockington was an eighteen year-old who was knee-deep […]
As March Madness begins to wind down, it’s becoming more apparent to me that the maddest part of March Madness is how every single player we see on that court makes $0. Especially in basketball, most players we see on television will go on to do something other than basketball. While I understand that these […]
