Love Songs & Gender Norms

February 24, 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

An essay about gender roles in love songs from three different generations.

Urban Dictionary is Obscene

February 12, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

Finding offensive material on Urban Dictionary is easy. This web site crowd sources definitions for slang terms and allows users to redefine common words, names and events in popular culture. In some ways, this site encourages communication and understanding between generations by providing the context and nuances of terms that would normally only belong to/be […]

Vintage Dog Illustrations

January 30, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

For thousands of years already the dog has been the faithful companion of man. Dogs were held in such high esteem in Ancient Egypt that tens of millions were mummified alongside their owners. One of my favorite things about collecting old books are the vintage style illustrations. If you love dogs, or love drawing dogs […]

Tribeca and Bushwick : An Ethnographic Comparison of Two NYC Neighborhoods

January 16, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Short Essay Comparing two NYC neighborhoods for an Anthropology class I am taking.

48 Hours in Reykjavik

December 9, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

48 Hours in Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik.

MORE Golden Guides

June 25, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

See my previous Golden Guide post to see a few other cover and title variations.

Golden Guides

June 10, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

The Golden Guides, originally Golden Nature Guides, were a series of 160-page, pocket-sized books created by Western Publishing and published under their “Golden Press” line (primarily a children’s book imprint) starting in 1949. These books were written by experts in their field and illustrated in a simple straightforward style. Intended for primary and secondary school level […]