Old Versus New

A couple of things happened last week that made me really reconsider a few things I thought I knew: first, I had a bout of writer’s block and couldn’t think of anything decent to write about and second, I took a trip to CA to visit my dad and stepmother. One doesn’t have much to [...]

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 [...]

Happy 2?th Birthday, OM!

(No, that’s not a typo in the post title. Now you’ll never know how old I am!) Fellow Internet-ians! It’s my birthday today! *pauses for cheers and shouts of joy* I have long believed that my birthday should be a day of national importance and celebration, but alas, I have yet to convince anyone other [...]