Matthew George
Matthew George
Recent Stories
George: Of robot hearts, honesty and grand things
I want to be a playwright. I’ve been fighting it for years because I never thought I’d have the strength to explain that that’s what I want to do:
George: Freedom isn’t free
Few things give me as much pleasure as converting someone to the golden salvation of Gmail.
What to do with your summer
The rain is blowing sideways. A tree-shaped object is being placed on the New Haven Green.
WEEKEND | Restaurant Week: Union League Cafe
The fact that I had to Google what part of the cow “beef cheeks” refers to should tell you I’m not the intended customer for Union League Cafe. But after hanging the old Jansport in the coat check closet, they sat me and my two friends down and gave us the deluxe treatment.
George: a haunting in Old Saybrook
I directed this play at the beginning of the year called “Thom Pain” where the main character ends the show by saying the word “fear” very slowly: “Efff. Fff. Eeear.”
George: Get away. Eat Fried stuff.
Take a weekend off from Yale. Just do it. Leave it all behind, escape the bubble, give yourself a break.
Insecurities: Have them, sometimes
The first week at Yale can be overwhelming for newcomers, so I’ve graded various sentiments of insecurity that may cross a budding freshman’s mind: an “A” means that the statement is completely true, a “B” means it’s partially true, etc., all the way down to F, which means you are so wrong you should go to Harvard (which is, in itself, given an F because no one cares about Harvard jokes. At all. Until the Game. Then they are THE GREATEST).
Mexico… in Denver
In Denver, Colorado, there are surely many things to see. Its tourism website boasts mounds of shopping, world class museums and jeeping.
Muppets madness spreads to YouTube
The Muppets are coming back in style. No crass, crude updates to fit a newer, hipper, looser-jeaned, faster-paced generation.
A prayer for the iPad
I am falling into the Apple trap, like Eve did so many years ago. Steve Jobs is my snake. PC users are my Adam to be converted to my dangerous realm of knowledge and beauty.