User Experience Matters

User Experience Matters

Ilse Crawford is one of the foremost interior designers in the world. In a documentary of her work on Netflix titled “Abstract: The Art of Design,” she says that interior design is more than just shopping for furniture. 87% of our lives are spent in...
Album Review – MGMT – Little Dark Age

Album Review – MGMT – Little Dark Age

MGMT’s Little Dark Age is exactly what it says it is. Little; The album only runs 10 songs. Dark: It’s actually dark. See When You Die. And Age: Well It’s been five years since MGMT put out an album and they are definitely showing their age. That’s not intended...

Perfect Practice

I was told a lie. Growing up my parents, teachers, and coaches all said the same thing, “practice makes perfect.” I would wiz through my scales on the piano as fast as possible. I would train through my wrestling techniques as fast as I could do them while...

The Extra Minutes

My store closes at 6 o’clock. After all is said and done and I’ve locked up, I usually leave at about 6:45. Today, at 6:05, as I am making my rounds, I hear a voice behind me. “Could you help me? I have a few questions.” Two roads diverge here....

Reverse Poem – “Knowledge”

A reverse poem is a poem that is read forward with one meaning, and then, when read line by line in reverse, has a meaning in opposition to the original. For my reverse poem, I took the subject of education and told the story in two ways; the first of the traditional...