Allow me to introduce you to Johnny Boom — Let me tell you a story. Johnny Boom was born in 1960 to incredibly wealthy parents. So wealthy, in fact, that when they bought their first international publication, it ranked them as among the richest 1000 people in the country and named them ‘Couple of the Year’ in the same…

Including their book summaries and why they were idiotically banned — The famous author Salman Rushdie once said, “What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” His words came from experience. The author’s controversial book — The Satanic Verses — resulted in protests around the world, multiple assassination attempts on his life, and murders of…

Recounting the scariest part of my childhood — He preferred to be called T. He’d get immediately soured if you referred to him by anything else. But we all loved him nonetheless. T loved listening to 90s grunge music, binge eating on Friday nights, and having long conversations with friends who didn’t always listen to what he’d have…

Everything you need to know about Audible Plus subscription — Audible Plus is a newish subscription plan offered by Audible that has revolutionized the traditional “one free audiobook per month” model. As a member of Audible, you now have access to thousands of audiobooks that are included at no extra cost in your membership. No longer do you have to…

Exploring the pressure and pain behind the privileged life of a famous family’s heir — The grandson of a legendary musician, the King of Rock and Roll himself Elvis Presley, Ben grew up in wealth and luxury. He possessed a striking resemblance to his grandfather, a renowned musician and American Icon, and appeared to be bound for success and fame. The young man, who bore…

The first step in the battle of copyrights vs AI — A group of artists is suing Midjourney, Stability AI, and DeviantArt, the companies behind some of the most popular AI art tools out there, for having “violated the rights of millions of artists” by using billions of internet images to train their AI art tools without the consent of artists…

Words of wisdom to keep you motivated and on track — Success is earned, not given. You have to work for it. Successful people didn’t get to where they are by chance. They put in the time and effort to work towards their goals every day and reaped the rewards of their labor! They use their ambition and drive to push…

Discover proven techniques for writing engaging and persuasive introduction paragraphs — Writing essays can be hard. Writing an essay introduction is even harder, but perhaps not for the reasons you think. I want you to imagine you’ve been assigned to read and grade 30 essays next week. You sit down, grab the first paper off the stack, and start to peruse. …

How AI became my unseen, indispensable companion — I hated my university’s slogan. It was something along the lines of “Thinkers. Leaders. Doers.” It just rubbed my brain’s edges in all the wrong ways. Doers. Blegh. I’ve never been a doer. I’ve definitely been a thinker, though. Some might even call it chronic. “What are you thinking about?”…