Ain’t nothin’ but a Glee thang
I would like to tell you that I love musicals. I would love to extol the virtues of the singing nuns in the Sound of…
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Archaeology, etc.
Dr. William James Mayer-Oakes was the first head of the U of M anthropology department back in the early 1960s. As an archaeologist, he took…
The springs of Springfield
If the origin of his lost appendage were unknown, most viewers would assume that Herman, the one-armed owner of Herman’s Military Antiques, is a war…
Yore Lore: Ishtar
Goddesses of the ancient cultures, especially in Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Middle East, were often both beautiful and cruel. Yet there is something fascinating…
Changing your life with your breath
When you are in your teens and early 20s, you are in the process of picking your career, finding your relationships and making decisions that…
Fried brains and Sam:
Natural disasters are anything but entertaining, from my point of view. I end up with a week’s worth of congestion and am always forced to…
Two poems
Bikes and rocks and her and me i rember a brite sunny day when i was watching my older Sister play on Her bike and…
The Anti-Ketchup Food Manifesto
Ketchup may actually be the perfect icon of all the things that are wrong with North American food culture. Every package sold is symbolic of…
Fighting the good fight
The rush of adrenaline and the swift movement of each opponent during a martial arts fight between two experts is gorgeous to see — it…
The springs of Springfield: Jebediah Springfield
Jebediah Springifield is more than just a man. Arguably, he’s not even a man at all. As the founder of Springfield, Jebediah is the paragon…