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I'm currently battling the flu, so pardon the brief thoughts for this week's blog. Science fiction, by its nature, is generally forward-thinking. There's no way to really get around that -- have you ever read or watched a sci-fi story unfold within the context of the past, or that functions within a totally retro style? There's even a specific word (retrofuture) that seeks … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Time Elastic

There is a bit of a mystical quality to the pop culture expectation of the college ~*spring break*~: the almost constant near-nudity, the booze and drugs, the shucking off of the completely and totally demanding school life (jokes). But this spring break, a group of friends and I went to the redwood forests of NorCal to interview and film people who have lived amongst these … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Tall Tales

Following up on last week's blog entry about how women are less convinced of the effectiveness of the United States' democratic system, I decided to turn towards Michelle Obama as First Lady. Michelle Obama, who met her husband when her husband became her mentee at the law firm where she worked, arguably was just as capable as her husband of becoming a politician. However, as a … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: The First Lady As a Wife

Painter from Los Angeles to look into: Kehinde Wiley. Kehinde Wiley is a painter who is most known for his portraits of African American men from Harlem and South Central. His portraits are exciting to look at since these men are painted in traditional poses from masters paintings. He would go on the streets of South Central and invite men to his studio to pose for his … [Read more...] about Daily Art: Kehinde Wiley

Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard University as a sophomore to develop Facebook, and is now a billionaire. Daniel Ek co-founded Spotify after dropping out of the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Matt Mullenweg dropped out of the University of Houston and founded Wordpress. David Karp didn’t even graduate high school and created Tumblr. The successful stories of … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: Pros and Cons of College Education