[Something I wrote recently for a writing class. Name changed to protect the innocent.]
It’s 12:34 a.m. Somewhere in the world, lovers are embracing, DJ’s are mixing, tourists are beaching, and Matthew Gardner is writing cover letters. He’s executing a sale, and he’s selling himself — the product of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, [...]
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The Tough Sell: A Profile
Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New Jersey Turnpike: Dreams Deferred
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 1984, David Remnick wrote a feature for the Washington Post about the New Jersey Turnpike (which unfortunately, I can’t find online). He called his piece “The New Jersey Turnpike: A Love Story” and it was a paean for the pike. I found the piece well-written but absurd. Who could lavish such praise upon the [...]
Joe’s Next Model
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a promotional post for my friend Nii Mensah, who has made it into the final 10 contestants for selection of Joe’s Next Model. The competition is for a modeling contract. I’m not really into dudes, but Nii seems pretty stylish and classy…and he’s a cool kid.
Nii is a rising senior at Penn getting a [...]
Quote Corner
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I returned to the Holiday Inn – where they have a swimming pool and air-conditioned rooms – to consider the paradox of a nation that has given so much to those who preach the glories of rugged individualism from the security of countless corporate sinecures, and so little to that diminishing band of yesterday’s refugees [...]
Shameless Self-Promotion: @StockTwits
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That title was unintentionally alliterative. Anyways, at least for this summer, I’ll be doing morning market preview posts over on the StockTwits blog, as well as the occasional survey/poll and feature piece. Unless you’re a true market junkie, they aren’t going to be very inspiring, but at some point there will be more colorful posts. [...]
My Excerpt Habit
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Starting many years ago, I developed a habit: when reading a text — a newspaper, a magazine, a book, a blog, anything — if I was struck by a particular sentence or section for its insight or impact, I would write it down in a journal. The excerpt could be totally irrelevant when taken out [...]
The Feeling
Posted in Uncategorized on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[From the archives]
It’s the feeling you get when you lean back on two legs of a chair—and for an infinitesimal fraction of a second you feel as if you’re going to fall back—the period when you think hitting the ground is imminent. You can feel the force of gravity on your body for that one [...]
