I’ve always loved writing, ever since I was a boy. I remember I used to write short stories all the time. (It’s safe to say that my genre has changed.) I would print them off, and make little books with them. Once, I even got in trouble for this: my second-grade teacher was fed up…

I have a saying: “pubs, not clubs”. Maybe it’s the proud Brit in me, but I just love pubs (but not clubs). Clubs are expensive, crowded, and worst of all: loud. It makes it impossible to have a conversation! Of course, that’s not what clubs are for: they’re for dancing the night away, or for…

Happy New Year! I feel like I haven’t posted anything since last year. (Get it?) You’ll be pleased to know that one of my resolutions for this year isn’t giving up silly, overdone jokes. That’s a laugh all on its own, really. However, now is officially the time when new year’s resolutions come into effect.…

I can’t say I’ve ever loved New Year’s Eve, probably for the same reason that I usually find my birthdays difficult: it is a holiday closely associated with the idea of change. I have always struggled with change. Just ask my mother. Ironically, New Year’s Eve is a time where people actively plan to make…

As I write this, I’m sitting in the dark because the power has been out for hours and feel that I have nothing better to do than write. It’s a palpable feeling to sit in the dark for any extended period of time with no distractions. Yes, it’s true that I could sleep, but alas…

Everybody wants to live a good life. This is the first principle of practical reasoning: the good should be desired, and evil should be avoided. That one should believe any differently is, in my view, out of the question. If someone asks why this is so, the conversation is best avoided for the simple reason…