I’m reluctant to say I don’t understand “Cosmopolis” because that would be too easy. After all it’s a David Cronenberg work, based on a Don […]
September 14, 2012
Labor Day, I found myself pissed off and sick. I started to run last summer so I could attempt the New Haven Road Race (5k), […]
No one reads “Fifty Shades of Grey” for its superior writing style. The same can be said for most of the books on The New […]
September 7, 2012
Perhaps you’ve heard of the “computer.” A sort of magical electro-abacus, the computer is capable of performing dozens of calculations per second and may one […]
The night noises this fall haven’t changed much from previous years. Falling asleep with the window open, I still drift off to Dopplered police sirens, […]
To: the freshman who showed up to the senior and grad philosophy seminar on Derek Parfit, taught by professors Shelly Kagan and Stephen Darwall From: […]
August 31, 2012
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 months ago I decided, on a whim, to print out the American Film Institute’s 1998 list of Top 100 […]
The Learning Channel, originally the Appalachian Community Service Network, was founded in 1972 and has since aired documentary-style educational programs that breach the often formidable […]
The return to New Haven fast approaches. It’s that time. My gap year must end, preparations must be set in motion, summer must come. The […]
April 20, 2012
The battle between stripes and gingham at last week’s Chickfactor indie pop festival in Brooklyn ended staunchly in a tie, with floral-pattern and perennial dark […]
A few weeks ago I got my business waxed for the first time. I have an extremely low pain tolerance and I’m scared of most […]