Peace – the vision of Islam
Many people have heard that Islam, as a religion, means peace, but very few people have seen a parallel depiction in mainstream media — from…
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When and wear
Every year I wait with bated breath, well more like chapped lips and half-bitten fingernails, to be proven wrong. “This will be the year!” I…
Vanderhart & Poggemiller New English Dictionary
“Hipster,” like “douchebag,” has reached a state of overuse that renders it almost entirely meaningless. To some, a hipster is a 17-year old wearing skinny…
In a land far, far away
Since my last article, the heat now works, a cup is catching the hot water heater drippings, and I purchased some bedsheets. Things are looking…
Top 10 bizarre celebrity couples
Dennis Rodman and Alicia Douvall Reportedly, Rodman was one of the loves of Douvall’s life but his reps deny they were ever even together. A…
Bruises, blood and welts
A screen-shot of an electronic waiver is displayed. It allows a viewer to state, with a click of a mouse, that he or she is…
So you want to climb?
I can honestly admit that some of the coolest people I know are climbers. Maybe they’re cool because they climb. Or maybe climbing makes them…
The age of things
Two hundred kilometers north of Winnipeg is Nopiming Provincial Park, a place full of backwater camping and hiking trails, and, as it happens, precambrian rocks…
Give Up Now
The only way to avoid the crushing moment-to-moment parade of utter hopelessness that is “life” is to give up now. Believe me, it is beautiful…
Hating on Valentine’s haters
In case you forgot, Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day. This romantic holiday is filled with roses, poetry, love and flying naked babies. It’s a wondrous…