Some people wear their jeans dangerously low on their hips; you wear your glasses dangerously low on your nose. And some people find the cut of hipbones sexy–but I see them and raise them the cut of your nose. I know you don’t think you’re attractive, but I want you to know that I think you’re attractive. […]Read Post ›
Colbert’s 2006 commencement speech for Knox College. It’s that time of year again, when we start to reflect on our lives. Might as well do it laughing.
One day, I went for a walk. It was a calm day. Sunny, warm, cool breeze combing through the leaves. The farther I walked, the more restless I became. Sure, the day was beautiful–greens and yellows and blue, blue sky. The birds and the squirrels running around. The sound of rustling leaves and birdsong. I […]Read Post ›
Admittedly, even though chemistry is challenging and exciting, when I leave, all I feel is a void. And in that void, everything starts to seep back in and they start to change from carboxyls and redox reactions to some long overdue navel-gazing because the bus that I was going to take was quickly receding into […]Read Post ›
LOVE is, like most of the four letter words we hold in such esteem, a complicated, nuanced word. It’s a system of belief, much like religion, but one that affects everyone in almost the same way. I choose to believe in LOVE. I choose to believe that the letters in LOVE have meaning, from AGAPE […]Read Post ›
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“Make good art.” –Neil Gaiman, 2012
Reinstituting hope in humanity. One of the best ways to turn a frown upside down and inside out.
One woman in Utah doesn’t accept anything but love. Love for the country. Love for freedom. Love for the soldiers, the veterans, the patriots. Love, for what she does. Happy Memorial Day, everybody! “I don’t know how political I am. I don’t care about any of that crap; I just love freedom.” — Kaziah Hancock
From Upworthy: This Poem is Like a Prayer. “If given one wish, I’d ask that every one of my students learn how to fly.”
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