Leaf blowers: Unless it is functioning as some sort of sex toy, I can think of no earthly reason why anybody should be using one of these horrendous contraptions. Is there anything stupider or more pathetic than the sight of a grown man walking up and down with some piece of military-looking machinery strapped onto… Read more »
After I submitted my article last week (regarding my computer repair experiences), I received several emails from the Voice Editor. She offered numerous suggestions detailing how I could fix my computer problems. She also issued warnings that were in contrast to some of the Internet advice that I had received (e.g., don’t use magnetized tools)…. Read more »
It was on a Wednesday when we got the news that Josephine had died. We were immediately told where the body was being laid out so we could attend the communal gathering. We were reminded by the school principal that our attendance was mandatory, and so, we, the “outside” teachers of The John C. Yesno… Read more »
EDMONTON (CUP) — As the struggle to have student voices represented in Alberta continues, the province’s main student lobbying body has become 36,000 members smaller. The Council of Alberta University Students, which lobbies on key post-secondary issues, has, until recently, represented 80 000 students. But with the departure of one of its member universities, its… Read more »
Perhaps it feels too early for a Christmas article, but by the time this article is published there will be only 38 days until Christmas. And all the signs are here. Hallowe’en is barely over and the malls are drenched in Christmas decor. I heard Christmas carols in the grocery store yesterday, and the magazines… Read more »
Given the vast amount of time I spend with computers, I’ve been forced to learn a great deal about computer maintenance. Most of what I’ve learned has been accumulated through experience, and sometimes that experience has not been pleasant. I’ve destroyed a couple of keyboards after I took them apart and couldn’t get them back… Read more »
1) Suspicion The police have set a road block up at the end of the street, and they’re going door to door asking questions. I saw the man who just moved into number 38b looking through a gap in his living room curtains. Two nights ago they found human remains in a garbage container on… Read more »
As you might have guessed, the purpose of part one of this series on epistemology and metaphysics is to tickle the brain and revive its natural curiosity. For a proper foray into philosophy, one must think like a child (the most natural of philosophers) and persist in inquiring, never just dismissing ideas. To put the… Read more »
“Reach your head for the ceiling. Feel as though you could scrape the ceiling with the top of your head.” I’m on my stomach bending up surrounded by very flexible people, most of whom are years older than me and should stereotypically be creaking and groaning, but are instead limber and stretching like swans. The… Read more »
Thank you for calling the offices of MegaLog Corporation Canadian Division, located in West Virginia. Both of our part-time telephone operators for the entire Western hemisphere are currently frustrating and bewildering other customers with our incomprehensible corporate policies. As we are an enormous global financial entity — more powerful than either church or state —… Read more »