Forming large mobs and trampling/maiming people in the name of consumer greed under the guise of “Christmas cheer” one day a year is acceptable behaviour and makes you a good American; but forming small groups to peaceably protest social injustices any day of the year makes you unpatriotic, you’re...
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Spargefaction
When in the blue hell am I EVER going to use “spargefaction” in a sentence? spargefaction Definitions from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License n. The act of sprinkling. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English n. The act of sprinkling. from The Century Dictionary and...
Blessings
Wherever in the world you may be this day- home or away, with family and friends, or alone- to all Americans, Happy Thanksgiving; and, to all Jewish, a Blessed Chanukkah.
Commensality
Ah. An appropriate and cool word to describe the day’s festivities: commensality Definitions from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License n. The act of eating together. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English n. Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same...
The Wisdom of Voltaire
“Nous cherchons tous le bonheur, mais sans savoir où, comme les ivrognes qui cherchent leur maison, sachant confusément qu’ils en ont une.” – Voltaire It’s a rather profound statement and one that really makes you think about the meaning. I can’t love this enough. No, I’m not going to...
Hate is something we are taught, not something we are born with
The main reason that I have been a huge fan of Star Trek all these years is because of the social commentary laced within the storytelling that mirrors our present day issues. Thankfully, BBC America keeps the ball rolling by airing episodes of The Next Generation. On this particular...
“The Incident at Methodist Station”- a Mythic Indy story
I am honoured to have a short story showcased in Punchnel’s Mythic Indy series. The stories attempt to take real, historical, or otherworldly tales of the Indianapolis that you think you know and turn them on their heads. A printed anthology will be published in 2014 collecting all of...
Banned Books Awareness: Louisiana Lawmaker Says to Defund Libraries and ‘Send Users Back to Mexico’
This column has discussed book after book that has been banned and/or challenged for various reasons. Most incidents are the result of ignorance and intolerance, others may even be innocently well-intentioned; but what happens when entire libraries are threatened in order to serve the arrogant hatred of racism from...
Perspectives
I read this in my news feed this morning and thought I would share the nugget of wisdom: A professor held up a black book and said, “This book is red.” The students unanimously retorted, “No.” The professor calmly insisted, “Yes, it is.” The students again challenged and said,...
Banned Books Awareness: “Lord of the Flies”
William Golding’s debut novel follows a group of British schoolboys whose plane crashes on the shore of an uninhabited island. As well intentioned their attempt to cope with the situation and govern themselves may have been they instead regress to primal instincts and the mentality of humanity’s earliest hunter...