2014 World Cup of Booze

Pour even more spirit into your World Cup this year! 32 nations across the planet are currently experiencing unbridled amounts of pride and patriotism, even Germany. Hell, especially Germany. I was chatting with some people online while watching the Belgium-Algeria match, and we got onto the topic of Trappist monk beer. I proposed a bracket for…

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Unholy Trinity: South Florida, The Moving & Storage Industry, and The Mafia

Disclaimer: The following narrative covers a lot of people, both living and dead. While “truth” is the goal of any non-fiction writer, I understand better than most the massive grey moat surrounding the word “truth.” If you notice anything that is incorrect or misinterpreted in the passages below, I am willing to consider revising it….

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Chicago’s History of Unionization Culminates in Student-Athlete Entitlement

Parasites are, by their very nature and definition, detrimental to living things. Their non-mutual relationship means that they survive at the expense of their host organism, and unlike mutual symbiosis, which is the beneficial co-dependence of two species on one another, the benefits of parasitism are always one-way. That being said, I’d propose this metaphor:…

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