The Shadow Scholar: Do you think it’s true?

Would you cheat to avoid getting an “F” in a class? Would you pay someone to write a paper for you?

The Machine Stops

E.M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops” paints a remarkable picture of a future society that, in some ways, resembles our own. Here, I discuss the parallels between the society in “The Machine Stops” and our society in the present day.

Exploration of Forest Forms – Mt. Si – 07/14/2010

A few photographs exploring the forms of the forest on Mt. Si.

Mt. Si – 07/06/2010

Hiked up Mt. Si, the most heavily traveled trail in the state today, one day late. Why was I late? On Sunday night, I prepped my gear for the 8 mile hike, turned the lights off in my room, and went to check the weather before bed. When I finished with weather.com I shut down [...]

Mt. Bandera (Attempt) – 06/05/2010

On June 5, 2010, made an attempt to hike up to Mt. Bandera. Did not make it all the way, but it was fun (and difficult) nonetheless.

Talapus and Olallie Lakes – 05/30/2010

On May 30, 2010, I conquered a leisurely hike up to Talapus and Olallie Lakes as a sort of trial run for my new Garmin GPSMAP 60csx.

The Propagation of Panoptic Control by the Culture of Terror

Another one from college, for a theory class in Anthropology. This was an experimental bit of writing for me. Submitted December 5, 2008.

Shopping, stealing, and a brief conversation

Would you stop a thief?

Writing Idea Generator

Bored and needing ideas to write about, I created a spreadsheet in Excel that would randomly generate a writing idea for me. I named it descriptively: Writing Idea Generator v1.0.

Ratatouille Review

A movie review of Ratatouille for a moral psychology class, written in 45 minutes after 36 hours without sleep and taking multiple finals. I was probably somewhat annoyed while writing this, resulting in heavy sarcasm.