Sleep is something we share in common with most other living creatures in the world. Every single person spends a third of their lives sleeping. This time of reduced reaction to external stimuli and altered state of mind is necessary to the body. During sleeping hours, the human body goes through a significant number of […]
Seeding Our Solar System with Life
Here’s a crazy idea. What if we went to each of the most habitable planets and moons in the solar system and dumped a load of organic soil, nutrients, bacteria, robust life forms, and seeds onto each planet or moon? Will that spur the development of life on the planets? Will life spread throughout the […]
Dream Sequence 2: The Homocide
I walked my dog along the lonely single-lane road. We came across an intersection where the gravel road met an asphalt road. A rusty gray mailbox sat at the corner, with a small, rusty gray ranch house about twenty yards behind it. Up the paved road was a newer apartment complex, rising about five or six floors up from a hill behind the old house.
Dream Sequence 1: The Flight of the Fish
I’ve been taking care of aquarium fish since I was seven. Until a fateful day last year, I had two albino cories, a tetra, and a few zebra danios in a small tank at the corner of my bedroom. Now, an empty fish tank sits in its place.
Your Chances in Publishing Are Similar to Your Chances in Sports
Take two high school students. One says he’s going to be the next Derek Jeter. The other says she’s going to be the next J.K. Rowling. Who has the better chance at succeeding? I would say neither. Both are dreaming at almost impossible odds. Your odds at becoming successful in sports are remarkably similar to […]
Hanley Ramirez
Status: RETIRED HERO From his debut in 2005 through 2010, Hanley Ramirez put up Hall of Fame-caliber numbers. His batting average during that time period was .313, and he averaged 27 home runs and about 40 stolen bases each season. But something happened at the end of 2010 season—maybe the elbow injury that he tried […]