I never get tired of watching the broadcast from the 1980 Winter Olympics in which the United States of America beat the (then) Soviet...

"You don't know everything...and neither do I.  Accept this reality, understand the humble posture that it requires and buckle up.  Life...

Well, we’re underway. I’ve been to all six of my classes. Syllabus have been entered into my planner. Notebooks are arranged. Bus and...

I waxed poetic about BTTF: Part II (and plenty of other sequels) back in January as I shared my hopes for the start of the Spring 2015...

Going back to school when you’re thirty three years old is an absolute adventure filled with a never ending basket of variables. There’s...

Neville Chamberlain will always be remembered for those words. On his return to London in 1938 on a Friday in September the British...

Back in December I wrote a blog post entitled, “Coming into Gambon” where I talked about how it felt to nearly reach the end of the...

I know. When a 33 year old bachelor takes to his blog to pronounce an opinion on something there’s always a chance it’ll be a nothing...

I’ve never been in a hurricane. I’m not sure I’d ever have the desire to ride out one of those phenomena. But I can attest to the...

Teachers at   P.S. 116 on East 33rd Street have stopped assigning take-home math worksheets and essays, and are instead encouraging...

In the penultimate episode (‘Stolen Earth’) of David Tennant’s reign in “Doctor Who”, Rose Tyler returns to a Earth in chaos and under...

Well. How are you? Good? I’m fine. No, really. I’m great. I’ve just been waiting, watching and wondering for the last few weeks. ...

The post title refers to two things. One – the original post from last semester. It also is a reference to the opening episode of Peter...

The second movie in trilogies is hit or miss. Star Wars has one of the best. Back to the Future is disappointing. Lord of the Rings is...

**Warning – there’s one piece of adult language in this post. It is topical and serves a purpose.** I’ve been trying to work Ol’ Blue...

Three days. In three days 2014 will be but a memory as the clocks and calendars will click over into the future. There are plenty of...

Merry Christmas! I hope that the holidays were kind to you. They were beyond kind to me and I’m humbled at the gifts I was given. I got a...

"The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last...The great battle of our time." LIke Tony D'Amato says in "Any Given...

That title may not make any sense to you but if you’re a fan of the UK Top Gear than you’re nodding your head. Here’s a link to the Top...

It is a harbinger of doom. A dark cloud upon a fading horizon. Satan, Beelzebub, Evil. A bad moon on the rise. A thousand suns...