Embracing Our X-tradordinary

Erik “Magneto” Lehnsherr: “You want society to accept you, but you can’t even accept yourself.” Last weekend, I went to see the X-Men: First Class movie with my friends because (a) that’s just how I roll and (b) James MacAvoy and Michael Fassbender in the same movie? Um, YES PLEASE! It’s a great movie (very [...]

Unexpected

In the Beatles’ song “Beautiful Boy,” John Lennon sings: “life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Today, I was going to write about my blog’s 2-year birthday. Instead, I’m writing about something else. This week, for me, was a crash course in understanding how exactly true that statement is. I’m [...]

Grinch-ed

“It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. Or it could be that his head wasn’t screwed on just right. But I think that the most likely reason of all may have been that his heart was two sizes too small.” (Dr. Seuss) It’s official: it’s Christmastime. We’re in the second week of [...]