I've decided to go vegan. Stop. It's okay. Come back. This isn't going to be a soapbox rant, I promise. I've asked my good friend, Plato, Greek philosopher and fellow vegetarian, to write a guest-blog on the topic. He agreed eagerly. Here is his post.

In a million years, some evolved life form will see my musical code in an old text book and will deem "Jordan Woods-Robinson - 6th grade" a god. I'm a doodler. I like to draw in the margins of notes, books, pamphlets, and receipts. I often write notes on the palms of my hands. In college, there would be whole eras missing from my Art History notes because I had started to think about spirals.

Einstein, when asked how he came up with his theory of special relativity, said he was daydreaming. Actually, he probably said, “Ich war Tagträumen.” You know, because’s he’s German. Boredom’s gotten a bad rap. It’s seen as a negative, neutral-zone purgatory which only leads to bad decisions (“Ugh, I’m so BORED. Want to run to...

Punctuation is out. Who needs it, right? In the age of smart phones, texting, status updates, writing blog posts from your iPad, etc… Wouldn’t life be so much simpler without those annoying little dots and blips? Isn’t life one big through-line anyway? Why throw speed bumps in it’s path with the occasional period or semi colon? Who does...

Every guy has his “thing” that the ladies find attractive… Some guys are charming, some well-groomed, some built to physically and financially withstand a nuclear detonation. Myself, I have this going for me ……wrong folder I meant THIS: I’m a nerd. And chicks dig that. Top 10 Reasons Why Ladies Like Nerds: 10. We explain our...

Despite what many people may think, I actually classify myself as an introvert. Sure, I can be loud, I can be off the cuff but for every thing I say, there’s 20 things I’m thinking. There seems to be a bit of a stigma about being introverted or extroverted. Sometimes one side doesn’t understand the other. Sometimes talking about the topic can...