America: it may not be perfect, but at least within the give and take of what’s right and what’s wrong we can all work towards realizing a vision of what it should be.

So a few months ago, my mechanic gave me some good news and bad news. The good news? Even though I was about 3000 miles beyond where I should have been for an oil change, I didn’t need one. The bad news? I had a blown head gasket. After reaching 177,000 miles, my 1997 Chevy Cavalier [...]

Social Media: an open-air market located at the intersection of voyeurism and narcissism, where the currency exchanged is cultural in nature and often has no value outside the borders of this odd collection of shops and huts. And for every shopkeeper that is able to create a successful franchise there are hundreds of beggars scraping [...]

Happy Thanksgiving all!

It’s my birthday, so you’re just going to have to pardon the narcissistic self-indulgence of me waxing nostalgic.