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Why You Should Watch The Walking Dead
Why aren’t you watching The Walking Dead? Let me ask again, why aren’t you watching The Walking Dead! If you’re…
Science Fiction, Race and Representation
Storm and Storm Trooper

Interstellar is the BEST Book I NEVER Read
Interstellar by Laura Racero (thanks Tumblr) The current time is 12:02 AM PST; I just left the 8:00 PM IMAX…

How Dare you Die Lauren Bacall!
Lauren Bacall dared to climb out of the glass case of my imagaination, gracefully age, and die. How dare she…
Summer 25 Minute Gourmet Organic Meal
I’ve been in a cooking rut for some time now. Tonight I found some inspiration in wild caught coho salmon on sale at Whole Foods. Salmon and the organic quinoa both only takes 15 minutes to cook with about 10 minutes of preparation that is a total of 25 minutes for a delicious and natural meal.

The Empty Pursuit of Having it All
The Atlantic posted one of the more interesting articles on the working mom effigy of doom coined: “Women Can’t Have…