May 16, 2018

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man. -Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media  …

May 15, 2018

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. -Oprah Winfrey

Mum’s Day (Brio Tuscan Grille)

Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely mothers out there. This is a completely biased statement: I have the best…

May 12, 2018

One thing that I do find really sexy is a girl who's good at crossword puzzles. - Chris Pine So…

“Gatsby-Worthy” Mansions

Had a little bit of down time at work today. Rather than drool over the 2018 ACL lineup for the…

ACL Announces 2018 Lineup

You know that moment in Legally Blonde when Elle finds out she's going to be part of the case? Yeah,…

Poetry Games: Billy Joel

I'll be straight up: it's been a rough day. It's EOM, the Internet at work was super spotty, my week…

April 27, 2018

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If…

April 19, 2018

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. -William Arthur Ward

30 in 3 Book Challenge Update: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

The 30 in 3 Book Challenge is slowly coming along. I must note that an updated list will be posted soon as…

Downtown Travels Mixtape Vol. 5

What to say of Volume 5? 2015. It was an interesting year. It was the age of innocence before the…

Stephen Hawking

And another one bites the dust. Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. Dr. Hawking was a Cambridge…

Hubert de Givenchy

Walking back from the break room to get my afternoon snack, my phone lit up with news notifications. Hubert de…

Lockhart, Texas

It's been awhile, I know. Things have been quite busy with reading books, studying for the GRE, swing dancing, and…

March 8, 2018 – #InternationalWomensDay

Today is International Women's Day. I take this day with some form of bittersweetness, because, let's face it, we as…