The Bucket List

Cigar City Brewing’s Hunahpu’s Day is a craft beer festival held on the 2nd Saturday of March and built around the once a year release of Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout. The beer itself has an 11% abv (alcohol by volume) and is aged on cacao nibs, Madagascar vanilla beans, ancho chiles, pasilla chiles, and cinnamon while enjoying a top rating of 100 on both beeradvocate.com and ratebeer.com. Cigar City upped their game this year allowing for three different ticket options. There was the choice of a…

I woke in this unfamiliar place. There was a lot of weird equipment hovering around this room. Blood pressure cuffs were hanging on the desert sand brown walls. Disposable gloves and mask were inside the shelves with other hygienic things. Red bucket is full of revolting puke as many thoughts were gathering in my mind. Standing beside me was this gray heartbeat monitor. Catheter bags were wrapped around my firm thighs. My body was placed on the moveable place. Bleeping machines were annoying…

Critical Reaction #10: “Gattaca” Movie Summary In the not too distant future where genetic engineering in humans is common and DNA determines a person's social class. Vincent is conceived and born without the aid of this technology. Dealing with the nearly demolished physical dysfunctions of heart problems, as well as having a short life expectancy. The only way he can achieve his lifelong dream of going to space is to break the law and act as a "valid" person with appropriate genetic code.…

The Ford Focus RS is at the apex of small car performance, an all-wheel drive model powered by a high-performance 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. Its horsepower and torque numbers are unmatched; the RS’ industry-first drift mode serves as the exclamation point for this dominant five-door hatchback. The 2016 Ford Focus RS seats five, but is ideal for two. All models are powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder engine paired with a six-speed gearbox. The RS represents the top trim in…

In-between work and my busy personal schedule tending to my exotic animal farm in my hometown Austin, Texas. I found the time to take a road trip up to Myrtle beach, South Carolina to do some scuba diving and capture pictures of barracudas, manta and sting rays, as well as the bounty of coral reefs for my school project. With my Advanced Open Water Diving license not only am i able to dive by myself but i can enter protected zones in the deep sea diving zones of Myrtle beach. There is over 10…

At the point when the subject of an Earth-wide temperature boost arises during natural discourse many individuals either moan and dodge discussion, or wear their dueling gloves and get ready for a warmed verbal confrontation. A few people feel regretful and concerned; some basically couldn 't care less. Distinctive perspectives yield diverse positions on the subject. Originating from the logical and ecological perspectives, myrmecologist Edward O. Wilson examines the seriousness of a worldwide…

The Battle Against Insecurity One of the most fundamental human characteristics is the desire to be what you are not. Whether it be in wealth, weight, beauty, or intelligence, people aspire to be whatever they believe is superior. Yet, whenever a goal is achieved, it seems to be human nature to find something else that could be changed about oneself. In her lecture, “The Biggest Disease Affecting Humanity: I’m not Enough” Marisa Peer elaborates on how people can find confidence and become…

this: you are fully aware that at any given second, on any given day, the world as you know it could come to an end. What would you do with your slim amount of time left? Would you spend all your hard-earned money and start crossing items off your bucket list? Would you do what makes you unexplainably happy? Or would you simply spend it with loved ones in the place you cherish most? Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Last Night of the World” highlights American citizens’ fear of the world ending…

I didn't mind that my pant size would get at least two sizes bigger, I wanted to experience life in rural Italy before I died. So fitting in a snug size 7/8 I have now checked that item off my bucket list. There are certain cultures and languages that you just find yourself gravitating towards as a youngin'. For me, it was always French, partially because my last name is Franco and I always thought it was perfect if I became a Franco-phone. That and my dad's name is Pierre, despite being…

1. This article from the New York Times discusses hookup culture on college campuses from the perspective of women. The women that the data was received from were “spoken to over the course of the academic year, often repeatedly and at length” (Taylor, 2013) and hail from the University of Pennsylvania. The article argues that, although it is primarily believed that men propel hookup culture, women play an integral part too. Divided into different sections, “Sex On Campus…” states that the…