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On the shutdown: call out bullshit, then question your own.
As you know by now the US government’s been held hostage by right-wing extremists. These people thought Romney was going to win in a landslide,…
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Who Are You? Thoughts On Identity
Identity is a complex thing. People who know me know I’m from Canada, despite living in the USA now. People here, in Boulder, know me…
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Keep Your Stick On The Ice: 4 Hockey Idioms And What They Mean
Sports metaphors are all over the English language, especially in North America. Here in the USA, most everyone knows what means to strike out, for…
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I’m So Angry At The NHL That I’ll Watch Every Freaking Game
Hockey’s back! To most of you this sentence means nothing, but for this Canadian living in Colorado it means life is more worth living than…
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Resolutions are arbitrary. I hope they work.
This is supposed to be my year. All of December I’ve been thinking about how I’m going to hit the ground running in 2013, how…
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America’s other national religion
Americans lined up outside stores last week for deals on technology ranging from tablets to TVs. Many spent all of Thanksgiving, a day intended for…
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Going green. Literally.
I’m not a graphic designer. I can throw a bunch of stuff together and make something that looks halfway decent, but don’t think of that…
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Why Louis C.K. doesn’t let fans take pictures of him.
Are you having actual experiences? Or do you do things simply for the sake of recording and sharing them? It may seem like a silly…
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What you pay attention to matters
I love television; probably too much. Last night Kathy and I were watching Mad Men, the best show being made right now. Each episode reveals…
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Hey, media: stop letting Apple use you as its PR department.
For all the talk of social media being the future of marketing, one company stands outside it all: Apple. This company’s every move is speculated…