Author Archives: Wes

Western Clearing

Posted on November 16, 2015

What’s in a name? Does it forge your destiny, or do you live to embody it? When I started this blog in May of 2012, I intended for it to be an outlet for a few things — to grow … Continue reading →

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2014 MLS Eastern Conference Standings Prediction

Posted on March 7, 2014

Taking a look at the other side of the table, here are my predictions for the standings in the Eastern Conference. Despite not housing as many of the perennial powers in the league, the East is difficult to predict due … Continue reading →

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2014 MLS Western Conference Standings Prediction

Posted on March 6, 2014

Predicting the Western Conference is always a tough battle, for differing reasons than predicting the East. For one, it’s been a perennial powerhouse of clubs for a good 10 years. Secondly, where the top clubs finish is always a crapshoot … Continue reading →

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Your Revolution is Rather Resistible: a Critique

Posted on January 30, 2014

I wrote the following critique in February 2012 which I planned to publish on either a collaborative libertarian website or my own blog. Unfortunately, the document was “swept” into a random folder on an old computer, and neither ever occured… … Continue reading →

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Handling the Emotions of Defeat

Posted on October 2, 2013

Sport is a bitch sometimes. It’s a cruel mistress. It’s abusive and demoralizing and disenfranchising. And yet fans continue coming back to it, to their team, to their players, to their city. Regardless of how many times they’ve been frustrated … Continue reading →

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Between the Cracks

Posted on September 20, 2013

I’m very aware that I’m not mainstream. I freely admit to it. And I’m ok with that. I was never the popular kid growing up. Anything but, actually. At the same time, I never really disliked the groups of people … Continue reading →

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#MapMOOC Lesson 2 Map Assignment

Posted on July 26, 2013

This week’s assignment for Coursera‘s class entitled “Maps and the Geospatial Revolution”, we were asked to observe change between US Topographical maps and satellite imagery. I struggled a bit to find something that interested me. Toying with various parts of … Continue reading →

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