A List of Devastating Releases From One of Canada’s Finest Death Metal Bands — Montréal’s Cryptopsy have been one of the most inspiring death metal bands in their storied genre. Their haunting style of technical, hyper-blasting, casket-grooving metal continues to captivate listeners for decades. The Canadian beasts emerged in 1993. I caught wind of them in the late-’90s via overhearing a customer in Lethal…

A Battle Against Myself and The Overlook Mountain Trail Paid Immense Dividends — I’m not an organized religion type of guy. I’m not an atheist either. Gun to my head, I’d say Mother Nature is God, the creator and destroyer of our world, with the reasoning behind everything. She giveth and taketh away. I’ve found her call to be louder in recent years…

What Emasculates Me the Most is Hardly Addressed — Lift weights. Eat more meat. Don’t watch porn. Become handy. Be passionate and intense. Bond with male friends. Take responsibility. These are some tidbits of advice you’ll find in articles, videos, and conferences revolving around boosting masculinity in men. Pretty sound if you ask me. There are tons more I’m…

Controlling Emotions to a Fault — A Mr. Hyde bubbles in me, and he’s suppressed by a Yoda. I’ve always been attracted to wisdom. Fictional and nonfictional characters who tend to have a calming read on any situation inspire me. …

And I Need to Accept That it’s Fine — Today, the majority of modern Homo sapiens are driven by individualism. Instead of engrossing ourselves in our local communities, relationships, and making this enigma called life more enjoyable for all, our minds gravitate toward making our own lives monumental — let governments handle the dirty work. This mentality results in…

Will Fortune Favor the Adventurous? — I have an aquaphobia. I don’t know why, but I just can’t give myself to a body of water. It sucks. To elaborate, it’s mainly the fear of submerging my entire head. I can go underwater up to my mouth in a controlled setting — a swimming pool or a…

At This Point, They’re Willing to Try Anything to Keep Die-Hards Pacified — “I miss George.” “George would never stand for this!” “George has to be rolling over in his grave!” Statements like these have been spewed through bites of Kashi by mostly senior citizen callers of sports shows in NYC for over a decade. …

A Walkthrough of the Queens Night Market Comin’ Right Up! — Living in Queens, New York with an adventurous appetite is a blessing and a curse. There is an overwhelming amount of various food options representing pretty much any culture on Earth here. Do you feel like Vietnamese tonight? Colombian? How about Greek? …

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