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Where Next, 4D?

Shenanigans
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3D movies: Okay interesting idea, the first time it was done. 3D without glasses: Not bad, sort of impressive technology 3D TVs: Starting to get really repetitive and gimmicky (not to mention expensive). 3D flavor: Really!? What does that even mean? Real life, including its food and flavors, is already in the 3rd dimension. Just stop!

Growing Up: The Trouble with Getting Older

Shenanigans
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Amidst this whole applying for college business, and preparing to move out of the house and getting my first glimpse of the “real world,” I have started to think about what it means to get older. The more I think about things and watch my younger siblings,the more I realize that my parents were right about the whole growing up thing.

Teen's Today

Shenanigans
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Today in our society, we expect so much less from teens but so much more at the same time. Back then, teens were expected to go home, help around the house, help the younger siblings, do chores, help cook dinner, do their homework and it was very family orientated. Now, some teens rarely see their […]

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Shenanigans
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For as long as I can remember, there has been a camel-bell hanging on the wall of my kitchen. It’s not pretty. It’s cumbersome, the wood is cracked, the rope is crusty. I wish I could at least say that the bell makes a nice sound, reticent of Arabian nights in the desert… it doesn’t. […]

The Common Enemy

Short Story
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I should have known to listen to my mother. In times like these when temperatures fall far bellow what is needed to sustain human life it is unmistakably essential to wear our special protective gear. Without our gear, we are left far more vulnerable to the enemy–the unseen and air-born bacilli. For years we have […]