Thoughts on “The Symposium”

On February 23, 2012, in Ariel Ceylan, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

I am currently in the Humanites Honors track of my college and we just finished reading “The Symposium” by Plato. It makes me think all kinds of things regarding reason. Before I begin, I would like to get off my chest that a symposium, even though it is called “a meeting of the minds”, it [...]

Thoughts on “The Iron Lady”

On January 19, 2012, in Ariel Ceylan, Entertainment, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

The Iron Lady is a film that just came out on the political carreer of Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s first femal Prime Minister. This story, on the surface, is about a woman who breaks into a man’s world and turns an economic downturn into growth. There’s more to the story than that. It evokes questions [...]

Where are the College Students?

On December 21, 2011, in Ariel Ceylan, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

My contemplation on the lack of college students at a Pearl Harbor commemoration.

Mean Irene wasn’t all that Mean

On August 31, 2011, in Ariel Ceylan, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

Mean Irene came not too long ago and wiped out the east coast.  Honesty, despite the flooding and power loss and drama Irene caused, it wasn’t really all that bad. We had to light candles.  Sure we couldn’t see come nightfall, but there was a definate gain to this.  I actually was able to tell [...]

Update!

On August 15, 2011, in Ariel Ceylan, Blogging, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

Greetings all FrogenYozurters!   It has been far too long since I posted last!  Unfortunately, I’ve been working on transferring schools and the like, so my updating has not been as consistent as I would have liked.  Don’t worry, as soon as school starts (2 weeks) and I have a schedule, I’ll be able to [...]

The Fourth of July

On July 5, 2011, in Ariel Ceylan, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

The Fourth of July is America’s celebration of independence, no?  I think that initially, this was the occasion for the event, however, these past few years have shown this concept not to be the case.  Oftener than not, the fourth of July has turned into an excuse to have a fete. It’s an excuse to [...]

The Green Lantern

On June 26, 2011, in Ariel Ceylan, Entertainment, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

Today I will be writing about the movie, The Green Lantern. I saw it on opening day, and it was a decent movie. But now that I’ve had some time to think about it, I realized that this movie by far, is not the best superhero movie. Certainly, the film looked like a comic, with all the spandex and aliens, but the depth to the story was missing. In that film, what you see is what you get, never-mind that there were a few mentionings of a deeper plot-line. Those concepts were not explored.

Consistency!

On June 12, 2011, in Ariel Ceylan, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

Ok, so my aunt is in the middle of her mid-life crisis and she decided that she would come down to the states and live with my family.  I’ve been away in school for most of the year and I’m back home now.  In college-land, one just does things.  It is not necessary or relevant [...]

Geeks MIGHT NOT rule the WORLD

On June 9, 2011, in Ariel Ceylan, Blogging, Business, Entertainment, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

How many of you have heard it said that geeks will rule the world? I certainly heard this growing up. The moral of this story is to not be mean to geeks and to not take advantage of their intelligences. However, my experience with American youth is that geeks might not rule the world after all.

Stupid Squirrels

On June 3, 2011, in Ariel Ceylan, Guest Writers, by Ariel Ceylan

I live in a temperate area. One where there isn’t much weather-wise, except for some occasional flooding. Yet every summer, when the animals are outdoors fornicating, the squirrels never can seem to calm themselves. In their merriment, they run into transformers. Then with cannon sounds, the entire block loses electricity and the squirrel loses its [...]