NEWS & COMMENTARY
Courtesy of Kheart
White Flight: A Justified Departure or An Unwarranted Desertion?
by Patrick Edmonds
Eventually, it became too much, and so I did what many have done before me- I fled. I packed my bags, told my roommates, and sold my home. I fled. I fled because they were ignorant. I fled because they were different. I fled because I could.
SLICES OF LIFE
Saying Goodnight
by Nicholas Wordsmith
“But that’s silly, Daddy. Blue’s Clues is about a blue dog. I’m talking about God, not a dog. God up in the sky.”
Slices of Life
Part Two of Two: America's Best Idea and My Greatest Trip!
By Patrick Edmonds
In the closing of the last entry I described Zion as imposing, and upon further reflection, I feel this is a poor choice of words. Yellowstone was imposing due the sheer size of it. Zion isn’t nearly as large, but it is still quite grand. However, the more appropriate description for the cliffs of Zion is intimidating.
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LUNCH BREAK POETRY
Image Courtesy of jpmueller99's Fl Trolley Theorem
By Nick Carraway
He experienced a shock as the trolley slightly shifted
For three years, it stuck to traveling straight
Starting behind a house, then disappearing beyond the trees
Traveling two hundred yards in staggering directness
Absolute beauty like a line drawn between two graph points
CAPTION CONTEST
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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Image Courtesy of John Griffith's Flickr pageSuper Cinema Sunday
by Leanne Maria
On Super Bowl Sunday, a winner emerged, and a loser returned to the locker room, dejected. No, I am not talking about the victorious New Orleans Saints or the toppled Indianapolis Colts. I am referring, of course, to Sandra Bullock and Patton Oswalt.
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SPORTS
Image Courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsPain and the Agony of Winter Olympics (and those damn tights)
by James Dugan
The sports are painful to watch regardless of how many female skiers take off their clothes or Apollo Ohno flips his hair. I can not bear the tights. I can not bear the ice or snow.
LUNCH BREAK LIT
The First
By James Dugan
I like your eyes. That is what he wrote on the piece of paper. She put her number on it.
BOOKS
We are Eating Animals
by Patrick Edmonds
The book seeks to challenge our conventional view of the customary practices of producing, preparing, and eating animals.
Courtesy of Spovegan
Paris Trout and City of Thieves: Two Masculine Books of Tragedy
By James Dugan
Paris Trout and City of Thieves offer us a literary approach that will make you question your actions as well as our collective history.
