Rhythm for no reason

Often during the day and usually when under stress, I hear music cycling through my brain. Nothing divine or extraterrestrial mind you, no music of the spheres, or song of the living trees. Just an interesting piece of music on the radio or one of the songs that the kids downloaded filters through [...]

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The horror . . .

As usual, Halloween this year arrived unexpectedly. Though one of my favorite holidays, I can never welcome the holiday as it deserves: scary stories, rented horror flicks, and enough carved pumpkins to illuminate a landing strip. Such traditions fill out the holiday like a good meal can fill out a pair of trousers. [...]

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Coffee Crisis

Emails like the following convince me that madness fuels my cells, more necessary than oxygen or water. I wrote this months ago, but only recently decided to post it as it’s quite nonsensical. My family agrees with me on this point. My friends just think I should take up drinking more.
Java java [...]

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A Fable: Of Cereals and Spoons

Seeing my dazed and despondent look on my face, a fellow classmate asked me several weeks ago how my one o’clock class had gone. I answered him with a story, whose moral could be applied to any of the various classes attended this semester:

Once upon a time in Japan there lived a [...]

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