The NFL and Breast Cancer: Good, Bad, or Both?
This past Friday, I went to The Sports Authority in a local mall by work to look at running shoes, and before I could walk past the checkout aisles, I saw a massive display for Breast Cancer Awareness month, sponsored by the NFL and the American Cancer Society. Initially, I didn’t think much of it, because I’m used to seeing pink-colored NFL apparel. For the last five or so years, the NFL has partnered with ACS in...
Call Box Lounge. Timmy’s Party. Always Fun.
There. I got it out of the way. For the last three years, I have set my watch to Timmy’s Party at Call Box Lounge. Why? Because I like knowing exactly what I am going to get when I go out. I’m getting older. I’m almost 30 and at this point in my life, I don’t have the energy to try the coolest, newest bar or dj night. There’s nothing wrong with doing that, but I love an “old reliable.”...
I Lost 9 Pounds In One Day After Drinking Tap Water
Tsinghua University Hospital v. the International SOS Hospital I shouldn’t have had the water. They brought me to a room that was small. It had maybe a dozen seats, and setups for IVs. It wasn’t a bad room, but it was unfamiliar. I didn’t know what my expectations were, but what I noticed was that it looked somewhat dirty; the paint on the walls was faded, and the equipment looked old and worn. Wear and tear...
The Numbers Game
We wanted to give this topic its due and be able to be honest, so the writers have been kept anonymous. Enjoy. A Female Perspective: Known as one of the oldest double standards in the book, my “number”, has been haunting me since the age of 16. Men are praised if they fuck a girl the first night they meet them. In most cases, it is expected behavior. But if a woman is sleeping around she’s a slut, whore, easy,...
I Was Afraid to Cough At Beijing International Airport
Can I Share a story and a photograph about my first time traveling abroad? Leading up to my trip to Beijing in 2009 I’d seen tons of headlines that talked about how Beijing was quarantining travelers who had a temperature right at the airport. I couldn’t help but wonder, would I be quarantined? Did that mean being confined to an international hospital? A hotel? A local hospital? Would they speak English? It was easy to...
Brooklyn, Meet The Shark You’ll Be Jumping Soon
“This time, you’ve gone too far. This time, you’ve gone too far. This time, you’ve gone too far… And I told you, I told you, I told you…” This is Peter Grabiel’s rant in his song Digging in the Dirt. I’m not exactly sure what got him so up in arms back in 1992 (I’ve researched it before and there doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer), but whatever it was he wanted...