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Soccer 2, Technology 1: 1st half

Happy three weeks until the start of the 2017 Major League Soccer season! Let the New York Red Bulls finally win their first MLS Cup this season, win CONCACAF Champions League, sweep NYCFC, earn their third supporter’s shield, and Bradley Wright-Phillips win his third MLS Golden Boot.

Pita Pit’s perfect pita

After hastily doing my thermodynamics homework and finishing up some paperwork that needed doing, I decided I should continue to procrastinate my studying (orgo II woop woop!)

Apps for the apple

Disclaimer: I hate calling the city “the apple”, but I wanted a pun in the title.

Whenever I bring friends unfamiliar with the city into the city, they seem oddly confused by the subway.

What is philosophy’s point, if it can’t discover truth?

I’ve been hobnobbing with philosophers more than usual lately. Over the last 18 months, I’ve attended several conferences with philosophical themes, eavesdropped on graduate seminars, interviewed prominent philosophers and joined a philosophy salon in New York City.

Death of a cableman

Let’s face it: who under 40 watches television on a regular basis? The answer: nobody. Television is filled with ads which interrupt our favorite shows.

Hiraeth

I’ve been living under a rock for roughly the past year and half; so, I recently found out that Donald Trump decided that he wasn’t hated enough as a New York City landlord, so he decided to run for President of the United States and, upon entering office, temporarily suspend immigration from several countries.

Shoyu me what you got: Vivi Bubble Tea

One of my biggest short comings as a college student is that I don’t really eat ramen. Most of my bag soups are just standard chicken broths with dumplings, and the first time I ever had ramen (at a KSA event), I was way too bold, and had a bad experience.

Ballin’ falafel

When I told my friend I wanted to check out Mamoun’s Falafel  her first reaction was “Really? Of all the places in Hoboken you pick Mamoun’s?”.