Tag: essay
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Ode to Yahoo Answers
What was Yahoo Answers? That’s a good question. Yahoo Answers was a different kind of library. Libraries are often glorified as the sum of all human knowledge; Yahoo Answers was the sum of all human ignorance. Libraries are full of vetted, edited, tweaked, bought and sold words. Yahoo Answers’ words were picked straight from the…
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Is Vampire Weekend’s Self-titled the Most “College” Album Ever?
For some reason or another, I have fallen into a Vampire Weekend rabbit hole recently. I know I might be getting a little old for that, but hey, I can’t help it. Even if I don’t cuff my pants anymore, there’s no escaping the indie kid within me. At first, I was not sure exactly…
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Weirton
The fastest route from Dayton to Pittsburgh heads East, a winding arrow that flies straight though Columbus before crossing through the middle of the pointy part of West Virginia that divides Ohio and Pennsylvania. It takes around 3 hours and 57 minutes. Every year on Christmas Day, my family makes the drive from Dayton to…