Top Stories for the Week

Sometimes people are really awesome — We normally complain about people a lot more than we celebrate people. Why do we do this? I don’t really know. Maybe it’s part of the whole “misery loves company” attitude. Maybe we as humans are inherently attracted to negativity like moths to a flame. …

I think I need to go to “Sweatpants Anonymous” — I broke up with my jeans a long time ago. Basically on day 1 of waking up to a state of emergency thanks to a certain global pandemic. The moment the “work from home” edict was issued, I told my jeans that it was all them and not me. …

Can I offer you a breath mint? — Road trips — they’re boring at the best of times and painful at their worst. I’m not generally a fan but it’s cheaper than flying and that’s how I found myself on a road trip with the breath of doom, death, and destruction. I’m exaggerating, but only a little bit…

And unfortunately, it might be you! — I get it — we all want to be the smart one. The one with brilliant ideas and a bright future ahead. The one that the people turn to when their little brains fizzle out from exertion. But unfortunately, we can’t all be the “smart cookie”. Some of us are…

Living in a winter wonderland of snowballs and ski trips with a side of frozen fingers — Snowflakes glitter in the air, waltzing on winter’s gentle winds. Twinkling in the sun’s delicate rays, they float in a lazy slow spiral downwards, glistening even as they come together into a soft blanket of snow. The world turns white and frosty, quieting as if in wonder and awe of…

Putting one foot in front of the other till you’re walking again — With every year that passes, time seems to fly by faster and faster. Do you remember what it feels like when you had to wait absolutely forever for your next birthday party? For the next Halloween candy binge? For next year’s Christmas presents? Now, months seem to pass by in…

“Damn, you’re ugly!” — Thunderdome is a Fanfare series where our writers good-naturedly debate some matter of pop culture and then leave it to the readers to decide. Read each post and vote at the bottom! How exactly does one pitch an argument for “the best” anti-hero? Defined by Masterclass as “a central character…

“Nobody smart plays fair” — Thunderdome is a Fanfare series where our writers good-naturedly debate some matter of pop culture and then leave it to the readers to decide. Read each post and vote at the bottom! I have many female idols — some “real” as in living breathing humans; some “fictional” but no less…

Is it really about the video game or is it because I’m a girl gamer? — Apparently, she hates my guts “By the way, Jane HATES your guts.” Well, you certainly have my full attention now. I blink, confused. I’m pretty sure I’ve never had a conversation with this lady. …