Big up to CNN's Science & Technology Blog for dropping some knowledge on me yesterday re: www.sunnygram.com, a new web-based communication service for people who think Mt. Rushmore was carved by lightning.

For $10 a month, you can now email people who don't get… Read full post »

One of my first "real" jobs out of college was working as a residential counselor at a therapeutic boarding school. For those unfamiliar, a therapeutic or "emotional growth" boarding school couples the traditional boarding school concept with a highly structured and specialized program for speci… Read full post »

(Disclaimer: a pathetically shallow grasp on Iranian history, mostly focused on the last 50 years. Enjoy!) 

5,000 years ago there was an ancient civilization.

Alexander the Great and some other top notch ninjas passed through.

They had a royal family.

Mohammed got them all fired up about Allah.… Read full post »

A funny moment at the soup kitchen last night. Lydia was serving for the first time, a Lily Pulitzer clad soccer mom who anxiously fills all conversational hiatuses with nervous chatter. And she was all nerves as they came down the chow line.

"Y'all hungry tonight?" She kept asking.

Most of the… Read full post »

There is a type of person you know and dislike. Similar to a snob, but not snobby in the traditional sense of Lexus or Rolex's. The type of person who has chosen one particular aspect of life and become an expert; most often either in fine food, movies, or music. Whatever you want… Read full post »

A couple weeks into my second semester of college, I realized that the $200 my parents wired into my bank account every month just wasn't cutting it. My appetite for weed, pokey sticks, Shafer light, and 3am chicken & cheese biscuits far exceeded my budget. It was time to get a… Read full post »

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