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Experimental music worth listening to

It was around the end of high school that my musical tastes took a drastic turn. An older friend burned me a CD (so throwback) featuring some early White Stripes, Modest Mouse and selections off Radiohead’s Kid A. It took multiple listens to get over how odd the music sounded […]

Marriage: think you’re ready?

I’ve been married for eleven months. It’s strange to write the above statement in the first person because one of the biggest changes after you get married is that you start speaking in the plural possessive. Even when you clearly did something separate from your partner, like grocery shopping, you […]

Why guys need “the talk”

Last year I was dating this girl, and after a few weeks, things were going really well. I remember going to her house to meet her parents for the first time. Her dad was barbecuing for us, and welcomed me into his house with a friendly grin.  It wasn’t long, however, […]

The paradox of balance

The Paradox of Balance

The first time I came across one of those rock structures where oddly shaped rocks were meticulously balanced on one another, I was transfixed. Like many around me, I had a hard time taking my eyes away from an artist who defied the laws of physics (not to mention the […]