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Teenager Flicks
Last February, Marvel destroyed all their carefully set precedents by making a movie that the fans actually wanted to see: Deadpool. Deadpool was one of those movies that you had to be 18 to watch »
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In Defense of the Code…
I’ve been writing code for a while now. I first learned to program at age nine, and can now write an entire app on my own. The thing I’ve noticed, though, is that a lot »
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Weighing In
Around five months ago, I started working out in an attempt to look less like a non-green version of Shrek from the movies. I stopped eating cheese, butter, sugar, chips, fries and everything else that »
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‘Subjective’ education
I’ve been thinking about our education system a lot (again) lately. Mainly, I’ve been trying to figure out what it is, exactly, that I dislike about it. After much introspection (read: “Ten minutes of trying »
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Wrestling the Box Office
On Friday evening, I went with my parents to watch Dangal, the new Aamir Khan movie. There have been a lot of videos floating around Facebook lately of Aamir Khan’s “transformation” for the movie – »
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An Artifact of History
Here’s an interesting story: in 1849, under the treaty of Lahore, a certain diamond was taken from India and moved to England. The diamond, originally known as the ‘Samantik Mani’, is still quite legendary. It »
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The Donald
A few months ago, on my other blog, I wrote a post about Donald Trump, making less-than-gentle fun of the man. At the time, he didn’t seem like much of a threat. I was fairly »
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The Learning Game
I’m sure all of us have read a fair number of posts about the negative effects of gaming (it promotes violence and a desire to drag people out of their cars and beat them up, »
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Tales from the South Side
Hello, all. I apologize for my long absence (I vanish way too regularly, don’t I?). I’ve been a bit busy with things like my board exams. However, I am now back, although my skills (as »
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Where Knowledge Is Free
I don’t know how many of you have ever had to switch schools in tenth grade and/or have kids who switched schools in tenth grade. If you have, I think you’ll agree with me when »