In the movie Shrek, Donkey tells Shrek that everyone loves parfaits. That’s how I feel about tacos. I cannot say for sure that I’ve ever met someone who doesn’t like tacos. Tacos might be Mexico’s most endeared food, not that every other food from them isn’t loved, but I think the taco is probably the… Read more »
Does anyone miss the comedic days of the world’s biggest influencers preaching about crypto and the digital world, and making suggestions like how it was possible for people to monetize everyday receipts by transforming them into “non-fungible tokens” or how people could create and sell their own “whatever”-coins? What about the ridiculousness of seeing the… Read more »
I just bought ChatGPT after reading half of a Kindle e-book on how to query the tool. And I came across this neat feature where we can ask ChatGPT to tell a story about triumph over odds. So, I thought, “Why not ask ChatGPT for disability-related triumph stories relevant to The Voice Magazine and AU… Read more »
Artist: Ex Ox Album: Nervous Complaint Canadian musician Andrew Dickenson (lead singer and guitarist of Tricky Woo) has released his first solo LP as Ex Ox. The LP is titled Nervous Complaint and is available for streaming anywhere you get your music. The accompanying visual album is available on YouTube. The album was inspired by… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am a guy in my thirties, and I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD. I always knew there was something wrong. I have never been able to focus on anything for more than a few minutes. Even in school, my teachers called my parents because they couldn’t manage me. My parents were… Read more »
Despite what’s said in a therapist’s office, an awful lot of how we feel in life is based on how we imagine ourselves being interpreted and categorized by others. Performance goes into making ourselves appear to be acting natural (Check out Mannville, AB’s famous sociologist Erving Goffman who even has his own statue!) Being well-adjusted,… Read more »
Them the Jews. Them the Yazidis. Them the Muslims. Them the Christians. Them the Blacks. Them the Whites. Them the Natives. Them the Gays. Them the Trans. Them the Immigrants. There is a never-ending list of “thems”, but the only thing missing here is a loud echoing voice and an extended index finger pointing at… Read more »
I found the best treatment for social anxiety—it’s a course. It’s a social anxiety cure, in my opinion. But we don’t need to have social anxiety to benefit. So, by taking this course, we might instantly become more socially gifted even if we’re terrific socializers. What is social anxiety? I’m not sure, but I know… Read more »
It happened that Ólaf the farmer had two daughters, Freyja and Bryndís. Freyja grew to be slender and comely and she had many suitors. Bryndís grew to be stout and plain and she had many chores. One of Freyja’s most earnest suitors was Jón. He made excuses to walk to Ólaf’s farm near Þingvellir every… Read more »
