Why spend even a second of thought on how the way corsets work isn’t possibly the way in which certain people think they work when …
Veteran’s Day 2014
My dad served in the Air Force as a broadcaster and DJ for the Armed Forces Network for 25 years and retired when I was 19. Because …
Interview with a WWII Veteran
“During the Second World War, every young man wanted to serve his country. It was in my DNA from my father who had volunteered and …
Hoppin’ John by Erin Traylor
She left me with red letters that looped like hair ribbons, wild rice, pinto beans and a handful of raisins, she wrote, whatever you got. …
Day 315 2014
American Artist John Baldessari became famous for creating lovely art from images he found and combining them with text to explore the ways in which …
Daily Germ
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” -T.S. Eliot
Women Making History: US Attorney Loretta Lynch
President Obama has recently nominated Loretta Lynch, a current US Attorney, to serve as his attorney general. If selected, Loretta Lynch will be the first …
To Age or Not to Age
Would you like to live hundreds of years longer than you do now? And not as a forever-decrepit individual but as a healthy, youthful one …
Alt-J’s New Album: AKA The Super Chill One
So today I’ve decided to write about music, specifically new music — and even more specifically, Alt-J’s new album, This Is All Yours. First of all, I’m …