Category: NoQuickRiches

Recently, I did something extraordinary. On what to most people was just an average Tuesday, I looked death in the face and took a big bite out of life. I woke up and decided that I, like America, needed to run on Dunkin. Little did I know that I wasn’t just going to run, I…

Before we talk about Man of Steel the movie, I’d first like to talk about Man of Steel the trailer. This trailer is amazing. It promised a Superman movie that was serious without being dark for dark’s sake, an action packed epic that’s thoughtful and hopeful. Man of Steel is not like that trailer. The pacing is totally off, it’s…

I wrote this five days after the verdict of the Casey Anthony Jodi Arias murder trial was announced, and while on the one hand I’m a little worried that the lateness of the article makes it totally irrelevant, I also really, really hope that this article is totally irrelevant, because the trial certainly was. There was never any reason…

With every new election, big TV event, or breaking news story, it becomes increasingly clear that social media, especially Twitter, is a major part of the story. Social media heavily followed the events of this past week, one of the worst and most insane weeks in recent memory. I mean, really, really heavily followed it….

For a long time, the film and critical community has been waiting for Pixar to inevitably lose its magic. The wait hasn’t been an eager one; there is just a feeling that the studio’s excellence can’t last. Its string of damn-near perfect films lasted over a decade.  Now, with the announcement of Finding Dory, the sequel…

I had great plans for yesterday, man. I’ve currently got a freelance journalism job that has me working some odd hours, but only three or four days a week, so I’ve got a decent amount of time off. I also recently found out that I’m going back to school in the fall. This takes a lot…

In my ongoing effort to not be unemployed anymore, and to move out of my parents’ house, I’ve been writing a lot of cover letters. I hate writing cover letters. A cover letter asks you to explain why you’re brilliant, driven, creative, and qualified for the job in a format that makes it really hard…

Pretty much all the NQR writers are graduates of Hamilton College, a small liberal arts school in The-Middle-of-Nowhere, New York. Any of us would readily say that Hamilton is a great school. It’s a NESCAC school, one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country, and we all love it. It makes me sad…

As you may have gathered from my last article about watching the debates, I find politics very entertaining. Election nights are the culmination of lengthy campaigns that seem like they started long enough ago that the bc/bce debate becomes relevant. They’re exhilarating and terrifying. Watching the election is like watching a major sporting event, only…

I’m really sad that the debates are over. I followed the same game plan for the three presidential debates and the vice presidential debate. My friend came over for a debate watching party/drinking game. We sat on a couch, multiple screens at the ready and started to watch/live tweet/be American. Guys, we all Twittered the…