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Dinner Is Served: The 311 on Hiring a Personal Chef
It’s a relatively new phenomenon in America, but a trend that is growing and thriving: the personal chef business. Previously a luxury reserved only for the wealthy, it’s now a perk available to people at all economic levels. In fact, in some major cities like...
What If GAY Doesn’t Mean FUN For The Rest Of Us?
Do you like ANCHOVIES? They’re not for everyone, that’s for sure. In fact, that’s part of their novelty – not everyone likes them; not everyone likes them on their pizza or in their salad, but some people do and, in my opinion, they’re entitled to eat as many as...
Get smart! Using Emotional Intelligence in a Technological World
“For every gain there is a sacrifice.” There’s no doubt about it. Living in the digital age has allowed us many advantages and conveniences not afforded to previous generations. With a click of a computer mouse, we can pay our bills, “shop until we drop,” connect...
Is She A Provocateur?
Men have certainly been under attack in recent years for many sexual and social things they might have done as well as many things they have only been accused of doing, and even for many things I’m sure some of them wished they had done but didn’t or couldn’t. ...
Who wants a Marijuana Penis?
I have always thought that I will reach the end of my days without trying a penis, and until now I have fulfilled it. But I will not forget the day I ate some chocolates stuffed with marijuana; yes, shaped like a penis. Again, I tried one of the biggest rock concerts...
How to Make Cannabutter
Cannabutter is easy to make and can be used in the creation of all sorts of yummy edibles. Here, Kristy give us a step-by-step guide to making cannabutter. It’s easy to learn how to roll a joint or pack a bowl, but making pot infused edibles is probably more...
EXPLORING THE Interests AND Curiosities THAT SHAPE US
EXPLORING THE Interests AND Curiosities THAT SHAPE US
MISS OTT AND THE BREAKING GIRL
miss ott and the breaking girl | illustrations by diane novario With her uncle Art out of prison, the fifty-year old woman couldn’t concentrate. As usual these days, she dilated upon Miss Ott whom she reckoned to be in her early 70s by now. It was the woman’s...
MARSHMALLOW
marshmallow | illustrations by seth williams If asked to describe Eleanor Thorne in a single word, most of her neighbors and fellow parishioners would have picked weird or sad or fat. They didn’t know that she cried herself to sleep more often than not. But they did...
ONE TOE IN
The water was already hot. I placed my hand on the shower knob and turned it as far left as it would turn. The skin on my chest and arms became red and white. The pain deepened into an itch. I turned the water off and grabbed a towel. In the foggy mirror I saw the...
THE PATRIOT
the patriot | illustration by diane novario In the sixth grade I was the Tin Man; envision a small boy encased in a cardboard tube wrapped in aluminum foil and sealed with duct tape. The accompanying plastic axe, inverted funnel, watering pot painted a dull metallic...
SEX WORK, SEX TRAFFICKING AND THE COMPLEX GRAY AREA IN BETWEEN
Sex trafficking is considered one of the most prominent modern plagues in our society. It's on television, it’s in newspapers and blogs, it’s on the nightly news. As a sex trafficking survivor myself, I have always felt caught in the middle between two movements that...
IT’S HARD TO GET ‘PUMPED’ IN OIL COUNTRY
Join me on my ride through the oil sands of media. A snapshot of my life: Picture me as I ride my blue bicycle on the trails along (aptly named) Black Gold Drive. While riding, I daydream about my life. Pedalling beneath a QE2 Highway overpass, I stop and look up to...
TREASON AS A LIFESTYLE: I’LL DRINK TO THAT
Book Review: Exile: Rejecting America and Finding the World by Belén Fernández "Domestically, there was the Homeland Securitization of everything...the steady erosion of civil liberties, the very liberties we were allegedly fighting to protect. The cumulative...
PLAYING DUMB, DUMBING DOWN
When I looked at previous drawings from several years ago I was amazed. These are really good I thought, but would never say out loud. I could hear the accusatory voice of my upbringing say, “Who do you think you are?” Could see the finger point at me, feel the...
