“Honeyyyyyyy! You awaaake? Foooood’s readyyy!” Eyes open, staring at the ceiling, Matt ignored his mother’s call. He wasn’t sleepy, but he also didn’t want to get up. This was it. The first day of spring. The day had finally arrived, and he couldn’t believe it. For a moment he squeezed…

It always seems impossible until it’s done. This quote may or may not be accurately attributed to Nelson Mandela. But regardless of who said it first, the sentiment is true all the same. For a species so quick to pat itself on the back for its unbounded imagination, we sure…

I received an email from work on Thursday, March 12th, 2020. It was to notify all faculty that due to the rising number of cases of the novel coronavirus, the college campus will remain closed and all classes will be suspended for two weeks. Two weeks! I mean, yea, okay…

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the sixth iteration of its climate assessment report, AR6 (Report on Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability). AR6 is the most comprehensive and extensive examination of the climate crisis to date. Impacting every single person on the planet, it is arguably one…

Sports fans. We need to talk. But first, I’d like to set the record straight about myself: I am a sports fan (not to be mistaken with athlete, which is its own animal), and have been for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories of fandom are from…

“The idea is to remain in a state of constant departure, while always arriving.” — Richard Linklater April 19th, 2007 Suddenly, it just came to me. The idea, that is. There was absolutely no premeditation. I don’t know how else to describe it. One minute I’m sitting there, tense and…

Raphael pushed open the fourteenth-century Bavarian cathedral doors and continued walking purposefully, clutching a piece of paper in one hand. The sleek and spacious chamber, with high ceilings and modern decor stood in stark contrast to the antique doors, clad with ancient iron. Floor-to-ceiling windows ran down both sides of…

the world didn’t end with a bang. it ended, as he wrote — with a whimper. a wimp on a war-path. a disgruntled reject on a console — a kid — who just up and hacked into the grid. opened dams, bridges, canals; thousands flooded in towns. and then he…