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The Terrible Snowman
Posted on 31 December, 2008 | No CommentsDeath Sentence He arises mysteriously every year; a creature that rivals King Kong in proportions, more dangerous than the Sasquatch, more dazzling than the Eiffel Tower. It’s the abominable snowman; Snowzilla! He’s most -
Can Spending Fix the Holiday Blues?
Posted on 22 December, 2008 | 2 CommentsAnonymous: Hello Subversify, is it true that holiday spending can help the Holiday blues? -
The Blanket
Posted on 19 December, 2008 | No CommentsBy Karla Fetrow The furniture had been piled back to make room for the old-fashioned, wooden hand loom and the piles of colored thread, wrapped around spindles and sorted into buckets. She was alone, -
Hollywood:I’ll Never Go Broke, I Have Property!
Posted on 19 December, 2008 | 3 Commentsby Grainne Rhuad In 1991, Ice T uttered the now ironic words “I’ll never go broke, I got property.” In his song Ziploc on the critically acclaimed album OG. While Ice T himself hasn’t gone broke. A lot of other people depending on this advice have. Beginning in... -
Gambling and the New Rules of Social Behavior
Posted on 12 December, 2008 | 7 Commentsby Sergio Impleton There was a time, somewhere in the annals of male gentility, when a man could speak quite frankly and confidently to another man, while enjoying a good cigar and a glass of cognac. There was a concept -
When the Department of Defense Doesn’t Give Beds
Posted on 12 December, 2008 | No CommentsBy Kristin Bender BERKELEY — Berkeley blogger Jane Stillwater is suing the federal government for the cost of an airplane ticket to Kuwait and the cost of 15 mocha lattes from the airport Starbucks, where she spent two sleepless days because her previously approved embed with the U.S. Army suddenly... -
Capitalism’s Cockroaches Stage Feeding Frenzy Aboard USS Titanic
Posted on 11 December, 2008 | 2 CommentsSince 2007 the US dollar-denominated world economy has been in a state of increasing disorder and collapse on a scale not seen since at least 1929. Despite numerous rescue plans, billion-dollar bailouts, and serial pronouncements of finally effective solutions the world’s political and economic rulers clearly remain unable to rectify... -
Interview with a Sexologist
Posted on 11 December, 2008 | 10 CommentsBy: Maya Salem When one hears the term Sexology, one might envision the investigation of a sexual fantasy or a discreet study of erotic encounters tabulated and recorded. The word sex is usually defined as a fulfilling act of adult intimacy involving one or more companions; the compilation of elements... -
The War that Never Ended
Posted on 9 December, 2008 | 3 CommentsOne can’t go very far in Florida without noticing that just about every landmark has a Native American name. -
When Deja Vu is no Better than Hind Sight
Posted on 8 December, 2008 | 1 Comment“The stock market has taken its sixth big loss, plummeting the values of this year’s shares twenty percent lower than last year’s holdings. The decline has greatly strained the banks
