Of late, on visits to my beloved Starbucks, I have encountered a question which I find mildly invasive. It begins when I walk up to the counter and stare up at the big board, pretending I don’t know what I’m going to order. After a few moments of supposed hesitation I rattle off a drink in perfect coffee ordering fashion. Now the awkward part, I hand my card to the…
Monthly Archive for May, 2010
Back in the far gone days of my youth, I was given an assignment by an English teacher which I still remember to this day. We were asked to write about the 3 people we would invite to dinner if we could invite anyone who ever lived. While I don’t remember who I chose to write about at the time, I am going to give it a shot now. The…
As I pulled on a t-shirt the other day, it suddenly struck me how odd it is that I pay a company to advertise their brand for them. You see, I paid a decent sum of money for the shirt, and the shirt had a large company logo plastered across the front. When I walk down the street wearing this shirt, people are exposed to that brand. They too might…
I love the English language. I like the English language. I greatly appreciate the English language. It’s the only language I know. Sure, I dabbled in Spanish during High School, but being able to say “Hola! Me llamo Josh” has never really helped me out in the real world. English is where I’m at, because it’s what I know. That being said, I sometimes feel as though English…
The teenage years are a strange phase of human life. They are like a warm up before a long race; the runners do a few short sprints, a slow jog around the warm up track, but nothing compared to the real race. The short sprints are not all comparable to a multiple mile race. In the same way, teenagers are waiting for adult hood to start. There are a few…
