Allergy UK devised a simple questionnaire During the last year have you experienced symptoms such as nasal congestion, itching nose, watery eyes, sneezing or runny nose during the day? During the last year have you experienced these symptoms at night, such that they make it difficult for you to fall asleep or wake up? Do […]
The Pull-Out Method
Friends, lovers, and those bored at work: Allow me to coerce you all to attend the inaugural Pull-Out Methodparty at Club Midway (25 Ave B & 3rd St) this Friday. Two awesome bands, one DJ, and no asymmetical haircuts! It’s free, plus we’re hooking youup with 2-for-1 well drinks and beer from 11:30-12:30. This an […]
Last Night at the Ship Inn
“We loved Vancouver,” said Angela, “especially its location with the sea and the mountains.” One of the wardens at the Blaxhall youth hostel, Angela, along with her husband Steve, had visited Vancouver in 2002 as part of their world-tour. “We only spent six weeks in Western Canada, visiting Banff, Jasper, and all the usual places,” she […]
The Lighthouse
It rested softly in her hands, aged and frail. “Do you want to open it now?” asked Angela. Her brother shook his head and looked toward the black cockatoos brutally pruning the eucalypts by the creek. The land sloped down from the house, overgrown shrubs crowding around what had once been an expanse of lawn. […]
Body polemics ala Turka
Singer and producer Bülent Ersoy, a male-to-female transsexual and a national icon, was harassed by Mustafa TopaloÄŸlu, a singer who often appears on weekend programes airing on religious-leaning channels. While at an anniversary party for the Association of Customs employees on Friday, December 8, TopaloÄŸlu claimed to the press that “Miss Bülent” was not showing […]
‘Tiz the Season to be Jolly (for real)
Jolly. Jovial. Joyous. All of these words are etymologically related to Jupiter – the planet of optimism and expansion – and with all the Sagittarius activity in the heavens right now, this type of energy is infused in many of our day to day affairs for several weeks. Sagittarius is half man, half animal, representing […]