Ride the Good Vibes
We all need an escape now and again. More than ever, we could probably all benefit from a Zen space where we can free our minds, calm our souls and maybe feel a bit of sun on our skin.
Al OpenbookPublished 6 months ago in BeatWere the Pyramids Built from the Top Down?
I promise I'm not going to suggest the Pyramids of Giza were built by aliens. Instead, I hope to outline a simple act of engineering that could have been used to construct them.
Al OpenbookPublished 6 months ago in FYICan We Stop Praising 'Lost in Translation'?
I was an undergrad when everyone was touting Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation as artistic and edgy. So, like every other kid in my dorm at the time, I tapped into the campus DC++, added it to my download queue, and gave it a watch.
Al OpenbookPublished 6 months ago in Geeks
Four-Way Flashers
A short little poem came to me when I was having a particularly hard day. Things felt heavy and raw, my mind was occupied with feelings of grief and negative thoughts. I wasn’t accomplishing the things I needed to get done because even the smallest things felt difficult.
Al OpenbookPublished 6 months ago in Poets
Strive for Eighty-Five
We have heard it before: give 100% in everything you do. Just the other day, a fortune cookie served me with the message that ‘anything worth doing is worth doing well’, and to be honest, I found it a bit hypocritical coming from a food that does not exactly deliver on the ‘cookie’ part of its name.
Al OpenbookPublished 6 months ago in Lifehack
The Flip Side
His mother’s commute to work had never been a long one—just down the stairs to the storefront beneath the two-bedroom apartment with the large bay windows and light-soaked rooms that Sanjay had always known as home.
Al OpenbookPublished 7 months ago in Humans
