Is there a crueler bait-and-switch than “reality”? All it does is savage the hopes and reveries we lay so desperately at its false altar. Indeed, no matter how alluring the idea of “all-you-can-eat buffet”...

Crowds. Lights. A new noise. I stumble into the Toad on Osborne. The vast hum of the outside world recedes behind me, overcome by the sharp stabs of conversation all around. I exhale. I'm running...

Dearest Appendix, We need to talk. The vibe between us has been kind of, I don't know, "off" lately. You know what I'm talking about. The stilted conversation, the furtive glances. I feel like you...

Most people believe Leonard Cohen authored the playbook for late-night conversation, drinking wine, making out and then feeling vaguely depressed about it all. But a closer reading of his poetry reveals a much more...

Nothing pisses on our parade like “death.” It is responsible for countless awesome people like Socrates, MJ and my grandfather not being around to hang out anymore. It's a huge bummer and it's coming...

When various medieval mountebanks and oddballs assembled “Cabinets of curiosities,” wooden boxes of things like mummy body parts, paintings of people with deformities, and narwhal tusks, they probably didn't realize the enduring significance. Indeed,...

The UMFM Show Spotlight is monthly column showcasing various programming on the University of Manitoba’s campus and community radio station. To recommend a show for spotlight, contact [email protected]. The Sydney Shade Serial The live radio drama...