As the Olympic Torch made its way through Paris this morning there was much controversy. Protesters lined the streets, chanting for Tibetan freedom from Chinese oppression. Many attempted to extinguish the eternal flame. Some police officers did, in fact, extinguish it, while other police officers simply practiced their runs for the X-Games.
No. Seriously. The police [...]

I can trace the beginning of the end of my childhood to the first moment I chose to take razor to skin and remove the protective coating of hair evolution had afforded me.
It was the summer between fifth and sixth grades. I would sleep until 10 am as I was completely left unattended for the [...]