I have some things to say about the war. It’s been a number of years since the United States invaded Iraq. I was actually studying in Seville, Spain when the war officially began: Spring of 2003. Like much of Europe, southern Spain was filled with a lot of angry Spaniards. Most of them young, college-aged [...]

Really good writing is hard. It is a creative, intellectual endeavor. I have been writing for a long time and most times, I don’t feel strong enough to do it well. Every good writer is different in some way, big or small. He or she pushes the outer limit, but not at the expense of [...]

Okay, so after a rather extensive chat with my brother, I/we decided to take a stab at electing albums/songs to serve as our “Top Ten of All Time”. Between the three of us Birkey brothers, a lot of music has been consumed. It was excruciating, but fun. I’d consider myself a fan of a [...]