My finals are over. The music is blasting. Yesterday I had beer and for the first time in a month. I can’t even procrastinate. Procrastination is a luxury of those with something to do. The marathon of finals, papers and insomnia has a fun factor of zero. It comes every semester and inevitably things start… Continue reading Weekend Update
Month: December 2001
Jack and Em
By David
Beaners
By Ben Leung
Jade Baby
By haisimard
Mr. Higgins
By Adam and Cam
The Outpost
Who wants to be a porno star?
By Phil Serchuk
With the ratings for Survivor: Africa at an all-time low, many new reality shows have been placed on the backburner. Production has been halted on many new reality TV shows originally slated to air in 2002/03. Reality series such as NBC’s "Home Alone: Real Kids, Real Homes" and Disney’s "Lost in the Magic Kingdom" have… Continue reading Who wants to be a porno star?
Sun worship and other Christmas traditions–Everything you never knew about Charlie Brown’s favourite holiday
Of all the ideas Christians have stolen, Christmas is certainly my favourite. Yet every year a cynical minority make two complaints against Christmas. First, why should they celebrate it when they don’t even believe in the birth of “Christ.” Second, Christmas has lost all meaning as a result of commercialization. Feel downtrodden no more, weathered… Continue reading Sun worship and other Christmas traditions–Everything you never knew about Charlie Brown’s favourite holiday
The power of the consumer: The dollar is mightier than the dreadlock
Stop fooling yourselves. White dreadlocked boys banging on bongos while singing Bob Marley songs in a pseudo-patois do not fight globalization.Large corporations, with the complicity and aid of Western governments, are eager to exploit the labour and resources of the Third World. This is not a recent phenomenon. It has been going on for time… Continue reading The power of the consumer: The dollar is mightier than the dreadlock
The art of discretion
It’s the plague of every professional that words used in their business find their way into general use and are corrupted through gratuitous abuse by an ignorant public.We may not be professionals up here, but we face the same problem. On a very regular basis, the words "good journalism" are used as leverage to force… Continue reading The art of discretion