Josh, a tall 6’2”masculine man, with his cowboy hat on, drives his large pick-up truck, listening to some “good ol’ country music” to unwind on his way home from work. When Josh gets home, he packs up his guns, clothing and other gear for hunting the next day; he knows it’s going to be a … Continue reading
Magic the Gathering: The people and the reasons
Imagine that you see yourself walking the plains of the world. You’re a magician, armed with only your library of spells and a mission to become the most powerful and greatest one ever. Suddenly, someone challenges you to a fight. You use your spells and they use theirs. You call on the forest about you, … Continue reading
Meat is Murder – Your Own Murder
Becoming a vegetarian takes a lot of dedication. Emily Von Drasek has been a vegetarian for six years. This means, she has excluded meat from her diet. Emily became a vegetarian when she “watched multiple videos showing the unnecessary and painful killing of animals and the horrible living conditions they had before they’re slaughtered”. Emily … Continue reading
Atheism
Chris is like any other average guy, he has a good job, gets along well with others, and there’s really nothing to hate about him. That is unless his beliefs, along with millions of other people who share the same belief are brought up. Yet, saying he has a belief is not necessarily correct either. … Continue reading
Fencing!
Imagine being in an individual match realizing that it’s just you and your opponent out there. Emotions run deep as you experience anxiety from wanting to be the winner of the match. It gets a little worse as you’re either waiting to start the match or waiting for the final results. Pressures from the team, … Continue reading
Modern Cannabis Culture: An excuse to get high or something more?
Cannabis laws are changing. The very same substance that your educators, parents or even your friends may have once warned you about, is on its way to legalization. The stuff you may know as a drug is now being used as a medicine in cutting edge facilities. Even such states as Washington and Colorado have … Continue reading
Bricks without Mortar
Have you ever noticed that you enjoy playing with Lego with your little brother a little more than you should? Do you spend hours looking at every Lego blog you can find? Is the New York Toy Fair, where new Lego sets are announced, paralleled only with Christmas to you? Have you lost count of … Continue reading
Veganism
When people think of vegans they automatically begin to think of the vegan stereotype. They imagine someone who eats boring plain vegetables alone all day. Someone who must have no social life or taste buds. But this is just a crazy stereotype. Yes, vegans eat a lot of veggies, but in reality there is so … Continue reading
Modern Historians: Urban Spelunkers
Imagine leaving your house, supplied only with a backpack with a few flashlights, batteries, a basic first aid kit, and some good shoes. You travel through the woods until you find an old concrete drain opening, and you slip into the dark hole. With your flashlight, you walk through the tunnel until it gets so tight … Continue reading
Homesteader’s: The Life of Self-Sufficiency
Today in the world we might have all witnessed apartments or houses that are covered with solar panels, or have a plethora of fruits and vegetables growing on the apartment balcony, or maybe even chickens running rampant in the streets of your very own neighborhood. We might think to ourselves, “These people must be hippies!” … Continue reading
Hooping in the 21st Century
As a regular 19 year old college student Samantha is in the midst of starting adulthood. She wakes up daily stressing over what exam is when, where, and what she should be studying. As an almost straight ‘A’ student pursuing her dream to become a shark behaviorist she does not have much time on … Continue reading
The Crystal People `
Every morning when Alyssa Christopherson wakes up, she brushes her caramel blonde hair that reaches down to her mid-back, and walks over to her altar. She brushes her fingers along the array of different colored and different shaped crystals and focuses her mind on the energy she is feeling. She picks out a few with … Continue reading