Category Archives: minutiae

I was thinking about work the other day. Not about my particular job per se, but more generally, the concept, the institution. Now please, hear me out. I know this already sounds like the preamble to some pot-head’s Friday night … Continue reading →

A good person is like a good elephant. Its character, its humility, its willing and most loyal service, are all more than enough reasons to forgive—and overlook—the mountain of dung they invariably leave behind.

SANJAY: Excuse me. I know you. You were in my creative writing class. RACHAEL: Really? SANJAY: Yeah, yeah. I uh. Yeah. RACHAEL: aside: weirdo SANJAY: Well, I only went to the first class or so. (awkward silence) SANJAY: I had … Continue reading →

PROVIDENCE – Yesterday, at around 4:23P EST, a highly irregular Tornado formed in the Downtown Art District of Providence, Rhode Island. A concentrated mixture of low pressure, along with high winds and rain, created a 300 foot tall funnel-shaped cone … Continue reading →

ain’t it beautiful, ain’t it grand, using ‘ain’t’, despite teacher’s reprimand. ain’t, ain’t, ain’t ain’t you, ain’t me, basking in impunity. red-ink white out, papers do decay, no more indelible stains, that ain’t be washed-away. ain’t gonna do it, ain’t … Continue reading →

What good is good advice and sage suggestions? What real good are the quips, the puns, and the familiar sayings? They’re uncovered everywhere, serendipitously present, over-present; they’re unsought out, and truly random in occurrence. Over and over, you hear them, … Continue reading →

In our society, it is not enough for men to be men just in the biological sense. Men need to also “act” like men and exude masculinity. And yet still, this is not quite enough. In addition, men need to … Continue reading →

What is up with Abercrombie and Fitch? When you walk in that store, you feel like you’ve fell into the bowels of someone’s in-ear ipod headphones with the volume painfully set to the highest setting. You’re then forced to listen … Continue reading →

A high school History teacher once told me that he found the metaphor “Melting Pot”, which is commonly used to describe the ethnic diversity in the United States, as dated and imprecise. Of course he was right to say it … Continue reading →