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…
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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…
Sex and the campus
A chain is only as good as its weakest link, or so we’ve been told since we were in second grade. To set a person…
Lost and foundeth
Hear ye, hear ye! By order of His Majesty Prince Charming, whosoever hast lost a glass slipper must report to the royal guard immediately. The…
In the end, it’s all about love
I often witnessed two human males, bound by circumstance, sitting together on an old wooden rocking chair. An heirloom from a bygone era when men…
Genesis
The world begins fresh, To give . . . and to bud anew. to journey the light. I’m running from, you are unkind. Still sometimes,…
Top 10 trend tragedies for 2010
It seems like it was just August and it’s now 5 C, so it’s basically Thanksgiving, which means its practically Halloween, so it might as…
Wild Things, I Think I Hate You
Like most people, I enjoy escaping to elaborately constructed fantasy worlds. I totally identify with Max, the protagonist of Maurice Sendak’s iconic 1963 picture book…
Wild Things, I Think I Love You
Audiences will undoubtedly be depressed while watching Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. But this kind of mood is rare and refreshing when we…