340 Degrees Fahrenheit

Plastic Pollution — Why I Care

The sun peaks over the pristine shores of California’s Riviera. Luxury travelers at the Ritz Carlton…

Profile Post: Stuart Dredge

For my profile post, I have chosen prolific medium blogger Stuart Dredge. He has been writing on the topics of technology, parenting, and education since 2013. Dredge carries authority in these fields as a “top writer”, but I think a lot of his authority comes from parental…

Phone Addiction

How often do you check your phone? No, really. Well if you don’t care to estimate how consumed you are with what is going on inside of your smartphone and what others are doing, you can go on your phone and check just exactly how much time, down to the minute, you spend on your phone, on each app…

Cereal Propaganda

One of the most infamous lines of all time is “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” I can hear my mom saying it to me right now. It is as if I got up late to leave for school in 6th grade. We are rushing out the door in a hastened attempt to get to school on time. In this race to…

The Real Cost of Gaming

Ninja.

Some of you may have read that word with the interpretation in the traditional sense…

Stone Age Eating

Take a time machine back to 2 million years ago. You are in the Paleolithic era surrounded by early hominids. They probably grunt at you or something maybe even poke you with a stick. Nonetheless, they accept you into their primitive society. There you observe what we have been taught in history…

Hello World — A Plastic Problem

Have you ever gone to the beach and noticed the vast array of plastics disposed in the ocean and washed up onto the sand? If you’re and avid beach goer like myself, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I come from an area surrounded by beaches in my hometown of Orange…

No Straw November

Ever heard of the expression “No Shave November”? For those of you who live under a rock and haven’t heard of this expression…

Social Media(ting) Feelings

Social media is great for keeping everyone connected with their friends and family at all times. You can make…