Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 4:51PM I was sitting at my day job earlier about pull off my own ears, or stab through them with a pencil. Why? Because so many of the songs I came across were so poorly written. No storyline, no cohesion, mixed metaphors (and not in an artful way), bad structure (or none at all), outdated instrumentation choices...I could go on forever. But I won't.
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 11:02PM I read an article on CNN the other day that could very well have been written by me, save for the marriage, divorce, and siblings. No, the root of the article addressed an issue that many in my generation fight on a daily basis. We've grown up being compared to our friends, classmates, family members...anyone our parents may have considered as belonging to our peer group.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 11:06AM I was on Twitter the other day, lazily skimming through baseball game results and NY Times headlines when something caught my eye. An acquaintance wrote: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." While that makes a lot of sense, there was something wrong with the picture...
Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 5:20PM A lot of us take for granted our ability to bend down and tie our shoes. It's easy for us to fit in the backseat of most cars when necessary. We can find clothes in our size at most stores. But there are literally an estimated 42 million children worldwide who don't have that luxury.
Children, Food, Health, Obesity, schools in Children's Issues, Global Issues, Health Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 8:58PM Imagine waking up in the morning, stumbling into the bathroom, and catching a glimpse of yourself in the mirror. Who do you see? Most of us see ourselves, disheveled but nonetheless looking pretty close to how we normally do to others. But there are some people who see someone completely different.
Monday, April 19, 2010 at 11:54PM Yesterday, as I sat at my desk with bad music blaring through my headphones, I found myself musing on the state of today's music. Huge hooks, catchy melodies, songs that stay with you, even when you don't want them to. But what happened to the geniuses of yesteryear? Where is the next Paul McCartney or Elliot Smith? Who will be the next John Coltrane or Van Morrison? Will we ever again have distinctive, soulful, honest voices like Gladys Knight, Debbie Harry, or Etta James? The answer is maybe.
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