Beautiful Travels Full moon over pagodas in Bagan, Myanmar: This was impossible to capture and impossible to describe. The full moon, low on the horizon, centuries-old pagodas outlined against it. Unbelievable. With Haksing, Karn, Eric, Ma. Worthington glacier hike, Valdez,… Read more ›
Most people who read Ayn Rand intuitively feel that her philosophy of Objectivism is wrong. However, I have not seen a good rational argument against it yet. I’m sure they exist, and here’s mine. Objectivism, on a superficial examination, appears… Read more ›
The alarm rings, it is midnight A breakfast hastily downed We set out to climb Kilimanjaro A few distant clouds tease the horizon Into the darkness we are flung up against the mountain Just as the stars Are glitter flung… Read more ›
Once upon a time, a straggly, nomadic band of brothers journeyed together through vast, foreign lands. They were called the tRNA. One day, the land began to change, slowly but surely. The tRNA were laid-back and happy. They did not… Read more ›
Abstract Burning Man has attracted attention from anthropologists for its distinctive nature. This paper argues that Burning Man combines religious and tribal elements. Religious elements are seen in the pilgrimage-like and ritualistic nature of Burning Man. Tribal elements are seen… Read more ›
How Western interests indirectly created ISIS, starting with WWI to present. This is my opinion. Feel free to correct me in the comments. TL;DR – The British started it, the Cold War made it worse, and the Americans finished what… Read more ›
What’s a Credit Score? A number between 300 and 850 that measures your credit worthiness. The higher the better. Average credit scores fall between 620 and 720. Good credit scores are above 720. Credit scores are determined by the companies FICO, Experian, TransUnion,… Read more ›
Zachary Tootle says he lives on the edge on Coldwater Canyon Dr. in Beverly Hills. “Dude, the other day this random guy totally rolled through a stop sign and almost killed me!” (Zach’s (parent’s) mansion has it’s own side street… Read more ›
“Los Angeles is utterly superficial“, declared Harrington Archibald Gladysfield III; that’s “Harry” to his Andover classmates and “Ol’ Arch” to his Yale peers. We’re eating crumpets while stretched out in the Adirondack chairs atop the exclusive Brookline Country Club golf course.… Read more ›
“One minute I was figuring out what to say and the next moment I wake up in hospital. I was at the local bar and wanted ask out this cute, feminist girl I sort of know. But I wasn’t sure… Read more ›
