The Globetrotting Adventures of a Notorious Penny Pincher
With all the recent hubbub about student athletes possibly getting paid a share of the sizable pirate booty that the NCAA rakes in every year I felt it was high time that I throw my hat in the ring as a student non-athlete and demand my fair share as well. I can already hear the…
This year Christmas came early for me in the form of a brilliant idea that will have people cursing my name or singing my praises. No longer will I spend the month of December racing like a rat through a crowded mall fighting off other shoppers for the chance to buy a gift that will…
The next big thing is finally here. Apple fans are foaming at the bit and whipping themselves into a frenzy over Apple’s latest offerings announced this past Tuesday. Day jobs are being put on hold and vacation time is being cashed in for the privilege of camping out in front of Apple’s flagship retail stores…
It’s both a hard and sad truth that we often don’t know the value of what we have until it’s gone and by the time we recognize the fallacy of our ways the present has become the past. While the sands of time are slipping through our fingers we would like to believe it’s never…
For those of you who say you can’t have too much of a good thing your optimism has been rewarded. Corporate America has successfully managed to fuse that annoying gap between Halloween and Christmas by simply squeezing out Thanksgiving and extending the most wonderful time of year by nearly a month. By the time Jack…
It’s been almost two decades since I was unceremoniously busted for stealing Skittles from my kindergarten teacher’s desk. The rainbow colored, sugar coated candy of the God’s had been taunting me all day and naturally I was left with no choice but to give into my candy crush. Despite the fact it was the negligence…
I’m struggling yet again to get along with my fellow human beings. I have been trying for years to tip toe politely around the proverbial china shop that is society, but lately I feel more like being a bull. On a recent Saturday morning I found myself waiting in a predictably long line at Starbucks…
This past summer I received a revelation while strolling the picture perfect beaches of Costa Rica and reveling in a fiery red sunset to cap off another sun soaked day in paradise. There I was minding my own business and pondering upon the nature of true love when the last lingering ray of light from…
Since I don’t want to be guilty of implicating myself in a crime the following is akin to a dream confession, which is to say I’m not actually admitting guilt I’m simply just exploring the possibility of it. For example I may or may not indulge myself in the very inviting waters of Pirate Bay…
There once was a time when I could toast the glory of a morning sunrise with a piping hot cup of fresh Starbucks coffee without choking on the sharp bitter taste of the company’s outspoken political rhetoric sliding down my throat like poison. I can almost remember the days when I could enjoy a delicious…