Artificial Cheese

At around 10:30pm today, I was passing by the table near our doorway and I realized that the tabletop looked somewhat empty.  This is where I trained myself to keep all of my important stuff.  So I started counting my belongings.  The Big 5…car keys, check.  Blackberry, check.  Cell phone, check.  ID badge for work, […]

A good action scene can make an entire movie worth watching.  But these scenes are hard to find, and even the best action movies don’t have one memorable scene that defines the movie.  Lots of action can be found in movies that just serve to stimulate the viewer for a short while, but don’t really […]

Its been a tumultuous fall from grace for the once beloved Jodie Sweetin. If you don’t recognize the name, you probably only know her as Stephanie Tanner from the family sitcom Full House. What you may not know is that after she left the show, went to school, and got married, she hit the methamphetamines […]

Like clockwork, the NFL never fails to show its ignorance during the first few weeks of the off-season. Of course, I’m talking about the Pro Bowl. Its hard to watch a bunch of men playing a meaningless game of football while trying to avoid injury. Unfortunately, they don’t always succeed; Drew Brees […]

My new job requires that I complete a small forest’s worth of paperwork before I can call myself an employee.  The layout and organization of these forms is a bit concerning.  I’m flattered that everyone wants to know my name, but I’m not sure that writing my name 20 times on 20 different forms is […]

For the first two years of my professional career, I worked at the State of New Jersey as a software developer.  When I was hired, I wasn’t much of a professional.  I lacked skills, experience, and above all, confidence.  The hire came after a demoralizing eight month job hunt.  The only thing that I had going […]