With five minutes remaining, my pencil is zooming across the page in my last-ditch effort to convey a flawless understanding of “microeconomics II”.  The clock ticks past the final minute and I let ou...

Having just spent the entire month of April traveling, I feel as though I’m still catching my breath! In 30 days, I was in a total of 10 cities and disrupted by 1 very pesky volcano. For all the laug...

Disaster struck my building this weekend: the internet went down.  Cutting out around 10pm on Saturday, the connection didn’t resume until Monday morning.  The frustration was unmistakable among my fr...

The first three revolutionized the treatment of our soldiers; the fourth mandated the protection of our civilians in times of war; and the fifth proclaims the preservation of our planet a sincere conc...

As healthcare reform debate continues to rage, stalled on Capitol Hill, a revolution is already underway. No, I’m not talking about the Tea Party. I’m talking about Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Som...

As per tradition, much of the entertainment value of the Superbowl comes not from the field, but during the commercials.  And just as post-game coverage picks apart every down, so must marketers, adve...

There’s something wrong with your Facebook, and you probably don’t even realize it.  Your once pristine and secure profile has slowly become an overcrowded, overexposing hodgepodge of content.  If yo...

Mobile phones, particularly smartphones, have become invaluable in day-to-day life.  I will be the first to admit I am incredibly attached to my iPhone and its apps.  But a mobile phone can quickly go...

On October 18 2009, my dog Murphy died.  Living practically my entire life with him until then made it a very traumatic event to lose him.  As a way of dealing with the grief, I wrote this eulogy.  Bu...

Being in London just 2 weeks, I’ve noticed some interesting differences between the roads in the US and the UK.  While I’m sure these aren’t all of them, these 5 are the most prominent in my mind.  Fe...