Blogs

Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe

When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...

This dude I met on the street

I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...

Four Days in Jujuy

My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...

A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)

1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...

The difficulty of making connections when you speak a different language

I was never the kind of girl that could connect with her camp counselor. I wasn’t the type who got swung into the air...

Investment Banking

How global investment banks have faired since the financial crisis.

Discrimation still exists

In 1865, when the words "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime ... shall exist within the United States, or...

No Condemnation: On the Christianity and the purity church culture

I don’t think many from the evangelical Christian community are going to like what I am about to say, but as I usually intend...

Episode 3: Going Out with a Bang—Solving the Magmatic Mystery Under British Columbia.

For the last geology-related episode of the year, we go out with a bang — magmatic eruptions deep underneath the western Canadian province of...

The Dangers of the over-prescription of medication

Medication has always been used to either relieve pain or treat any illnesses/diseases. Depending on the medical situation, either over-the-counter or prescription drugs are...

Poker

Applying game theory and basic math to a complex game.

Deserted Beaches and Being the Inverse Little Mermaid 

Early (too early) this morning I finally got to pull on my new wetsuit and go on my first dive here in Galápagos. After...