When I was a kid, every week in the summer my best friend and I would go to the schoolyard down the block to play basketball. The courts were basic: the hoops never had nets and the asphalt ground wasn’t level all the way around. Still, the yard was often full of restless neighborhood […]

  “Describing anything very showy, in architecture it refers to a style using curves like tongues of fire” Think you know the answer? Or rather I should say, do you know the question? This challenge, the Final Jeopardy clue from an episode in February 2015, is a stumper. None of the three contestants on the […]

  Forget the campaign trail. Forget the reddit forums. The ideal venue for a heated debate remains the pub. In the outside world we are professionals, parents, pedestrians. Inside the local bar, we are philosophers, political pundits, and athletic experts. As the pints flow freely, opinions transform to facts and the trivial become matters of […]

  You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. For the ambitious group of us who still believe that we will study a new language, pick up a new musical instrument, or learn how to surf, there are many reminders that these prospects are quickly subsiding beyond reach as we age. It seems to be […]

  Certain household items are indispensable to the urban habitat: the bag of other bags in the closet, the tangled mess of unknown electronics chargers in the junk drawer, and the pile of expired Bed Bath and Beyond coupons on the dresser. Watching this Broad City clip made wonder if those 20% off coupons are […]

  With Super Bowl XLIX just around the corner (I’m convinced the Super Bowl is the primary reason some kids still learn roman numerals in grade school), football is on America’s mind. Super Bowl Sunday is an unofficial holiday celebrated by over 100 million people.  Think about it: most of us get off from work, […]

  While most Americans make the traditional New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and get organized, Mark Zuckerberg recently committed himself to the cerebral goal of reading more books in 2015. I figured if it’s good enough for Zuck, it’s good enough for me! But to give myself a fighting chance at successfully fulfilling the […]