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Art Hip-Hop Rap Wu-Tang Clan

Explosion When My Pen Hits: My Favorite Wu-Tang Illustrations

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At some point, Wu-Tang Clan became known more as an entity – a thing – than simply music.

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Career Knowledge Learning Life

Dropping Out of Grad School [The First Time] Is the Best Decision I’ve Ever Made

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I’m fortunate to be in the midst of a relatively successful career. And my college major has nothing to do with it.

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History

Thomas Jefferson Was a Dick

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It’s a fascinating thought exercise to trace how the leader of the United States of America evolved from George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump.

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The Pierznik Monthly

The Pierznik Monthly Volume 32

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The February 2017 edition of my monthly reading review newsletter.

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NBA

Imaging the 1980s Houston Rockets Superteam

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When the topic of the greatest “What If” dynasties in sports comes up, the one franchise that intrigues me the most is the mid-1980s Houston Rockets.

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Fatherhood

The Pizza Place Forgot Our Order and It Became One of the Most Fun Nights of Parenting

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I don’t feel like cooking.

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Life

Acquiring Someone’s Phone Number – a Window into a Stranger’s Life

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I started a new job last summer and one of the perks/drawbacks was a company iPhone.

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Hip-Hop Rap

Classic Non-Album Cuts: Canibus

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He was regaled as the future of lyricism.

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Life Nostalgia

Our Memories Lie to Us

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“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.”

― Marcel Proust

In a world of fake news, alternative facts, skewed polls, and misremembered anecdotes, it can sometimes be difficult to know what is real and what is not.

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The Pierznik Monthly

The Pierznik Monthly Volume 31

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The January 2017 edition of my monthly reading review newsletter.