Matthew
Somewhere in a lonely hotel room, there’s a guy starting to realize that eternal fate has turned its back on him. It’s 2 AM. The fear is gone. I’m sittin’ here waiting. The gun’s still warm. Thinking my connection is tired of taking chances. Yeah, there’
Matthew
2005 has been a year defined by transition. I lived in California, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Georgia, and Virginia this year and consulted for 4 different companies – finally taking a full time job in Washington, D.C. I’m as settled as psyche will let me be. The last part of this
Film
It's only a matter of time before Battlestar Galactica becomes a major motion picture. Why? Well, it's not because of the special effects (which are good) nor is it because of the acting (which is not always so good) - it's because the writers
Film
So, what really happens if you decide to follow the white rabbit? The struggle for normalcy, consistency, and predictability unravel the deeper into the rabbit hole you fall. What used to be straight lines and nice sharp angles blur into curves and ever stretching parabolas. The good and bad news
Film
“I’m stuck. Does it get easier? No. Yes. It gets easier. The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you. Yeah. I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be. You know? I tried being a writer, but…
Motion
When Carl Sagan died, the world lost a treasure. After a two year battle with bone marrow cancer, Sagan died at age 62. His influence on my generation is hard to measure. As a kid, I remember Cosmos coming on PBS for the first time. I begged my parents to
Matthew
What would it be like to not exist? A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend. She was making fun of me and I was making fun of her. We laughed and talked about music and movies. Today she is in a Ziploc bag on the
Matthew
Even though I decided a long time ago that I would not live to see my 30th birthday, I just had my 33rd birthday. So biologically, I’ve made it. Spiritually, I can’t say the same. I think my life ended at 29. It’s only now as I
Film
“I just don’t get this. You can’t just lump things into two categories. Things aren’t that simple. Life isn’t that simple. I mean who cares if Ling Ling returns the wallet and keeps the money? It has nothing to do with either fear or love. There
Myth
Did you know that the first Noble Truth of the Buddha is that life is suffering? He said that life is suffering because we crave stuff. We crave food. We crave big houses. We crave cool cell phones. The key to eliminating suffering is to stop craving stuff – to stop
Matthew
Every so often the mundane and superficial conspire and give birth to something pretty cool. If you know me at all, you know that I could take or leave TV. However, this summer on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I found myself glued to CBS to tune into Rockstar INXS. I’m
Motion
In 1922, President Woodrow Wilson wrote, “Like every other man of intelligence and education, I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised.” Why is it that American’s are so susceptible to emotional rhetoric and uncritical thinking? In a