A lot of people, when I tell them about my love of anime, mention Spirited Away, by Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki’s first real success story in the western world, it tells the story of a girl called Chihiro who is forced to work in a bathhouse […]
With the economy the way that it is, with cutbacks and layoffs, starting your own business is now the least risky thing to do. But not everyone is made to be the boss. Not only do you need to have a limitless drive to succeed, […]
10.0% ABV Allow me to start off in a profane manner by stating that I am offended by this bottle. What the fuck is up with this name? “Dank Tank” is the series and “Some Strange” is this beer’s name; not that I give a […]
A few years ago I accidentally learned a little piece of wisdom. It runs completely contrary to popular belief, which is perhaps why accepting it is so liberating. It’s a little Coldplay, but no less true for it. Just because I don’t know where I’m […]
‘You Made It Weird’ is the succinctly named podcast brought to you by American comedian, Pete Holmes. Take one hilarious comic with a tendency to share too much and record his intimate conversations with friends of the same or similar fields and you can’t really […]
The ongoing tale of La Muschi continues inPart 15 of our sexual adventure… Your heart beats faster and you feel the blood racing through your veins and consequently, right down to your penis, which is beginning to throb, feeling privileged to have front row seats […]
So what religion are the Japanese? If you said “Buddhist”, you’d be partly right. “Zen Buddhist” might get you extra points. Say “Shinto”, and that’s a smart answer – underneath all the Buddhism in Japan is an undercurrent of the older, fascinating Shinto religion. Say […]
Continuing her look at the special relationship between the U.S. and the U.K., today Maria del Mar focuses on law and order. I’ve always thought that the relationship between British and American society is more interesting for its differences than its similarities. After spending the […]
The beginning of a relationship is usually the most exciting time, you’re getting to know a person, there’s a lot of mystery and the sex! It’s new and different and you’re still discovering each other. It’s also a time where you’re most likely to overlook […]
In early December 2013, a middle school principal in Texas was told to take leave after announcing on the intercom of the entire school that Spanish was no longer allowed to be spoken in classrooms (doesn’t Texas have a lot of Spanish speakers?). According to […]
Gone are the days where working for a big company for steady pay was the way to go. Nowadays we want to create jobs and not get a job. Entrepreneurship is becoming more and more trendy and there are loads of books out there for […]
Well my Internet friends (and frenemies), this year has just a little bit more to go and then wham! 2014 arrives. It’s real weird to think that 2013 ever even started (wasn’t the world supposed to end a year ago?), or that we’re well past […]
Look people, I’m a year from turning thirty. I do things to keep that magical child inside alive and well and you can too! Today, I want to talk to you about Blanket Forts. Remember those? Lazy weekends where you strip your bed, raid the […]
Today the Deltoid has decided to put three representatives of the trendy fall pumpkin beer style head to head to head. As the leaves start to turn yellow, orange, and brown, the flavor of pumpkin starts popping up in all things edible. Pumpkin pie. Pumpkin […]
Turtle Beach’s new Ear Force PX5 Header creates an effective virtual world of its own. If you want to experience the splenetic whizzing whir of bullets narrowly missing your head and face or hear cat-footed approach of your ruthless ninja nemesis? Attaching and wearing a […]
In The Neoliberal Woman, Henry Vespa began looking into what has happened to feminism in the neoliberal age. Here is his conclusion to that investigation. Once upon a time, feminism envisaged a better world, a fairer world; a world in which rights were equal and […]
Doing a quick search on the Internet on open relationships, most of the articles I found pretty much summarized them as ‘bullshit’ and that they could never work. Not many articles keep an open mind about whether it might work for some and not for […]
This year we were graced with a new Star Trek movie, Star Trek: Into Darkness. This prompted my friends and me to re-watch all of the previous movies, especially the bad ones. Upon re-watching Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, it became glaringly obvious that […]
17 countries and 13 U.S. States currently have marriage equality. This has been a red-letter year for LGBT rights. Why just this past June, 2013, the US Supreme Court struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that prohibited the federal […]
If you like the wind in your hair, but prefer your brains in your skull, this could be the gadget for you. Developed in Sweden, the Hövding device claims to revolutionise the way we think about road safety for proponents of the pushbike. According to […]
