America should build a wall for many reasons. The number one reason for America to build the wall is so that not as many illegal immigrants cross the U.S. border. You may say that this is an ineffective way of stopping immigrants but the triple border wall in San Diego reduced illegal immigration by over 90%. This is a dramatic decrease in the border crossings … Continue reading Why America Should Build the Wall

Fun in the Icelandic Capital It’s a few days after July 4th, but I haven’t been partying at home on American independence day. No, rather I’m looking out over a small city of brightly-colored homes from the tallest building, a church-tower. I gaze out into the Atlantic, thinking of all that is beyond what I see. Later, I am walking out in the greenish moss … Continue reading A Reykjavik Experience

The 11 foot 8 Bridge is a bridge located in Durham, North Carolina and unlike most train underpasses in the United States, it only has an 11 foot 8-inch clearance below.  The bridge’s real name is Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass but is sometimes nicknamed “Can-opener Bridge” because of it’s the tendency to ruin tops of trucks. Nearby resident,  Jürgen Henn started filming the bridge and … Continue reading 11 foot 8 Bridge, W:UA#2

Which should you play?           You may have heard of tabletop RPGs, board gaming’s brother to video games. The two have some similarities, very general ones, but they do share, I’ve found, somewhat of a common player-base, but I digress. I’ve found that while video games’ worlds can be quite expansive, nothing can match the inevitable expansiveness of that of a tabletop … Continue reading Tabletop RPGs vs Video Games