I knew it was something I wanted to do even before I moved to the Netherlands. It’s such a part of life there. Sure, people do in Canada too, but not nearly as much or as openly. It’s not nearly as easy to do in Canada. Once I finally arrived in the Netherlands, I was … Continue Reading
Commentary, Culture
artwork by Emmanuel Laflamme The Internet is over 40 years old; the World Wide Web, over 20. Google has made the Internet navigable. Apple has made it portable. Facebook has made it social. So, it’s all happened, then? Maybe that’s why we keep encountering more of the same. There are aspects of the digital ecosystem … Continue Reading
Culture, Digital
artwork by Indiana Joel I’ll admit it: I’m a Spoiler. It’s a symptom of being such an avid television fan, but that’s no excuse. Repeatedly I find myself excitedly recounting scenes and detailing plot points from my favorite movies and shows, only to be met with rage and bitterness. Really, I should know better—maybe you were … Continue Reading
Commentary, Culture
artwork below by the author There is a secondhand bookstore not far from where I live called Recycled Books. The purple-hued two-story building sits on the northeast corner of the town square in Denton, Texas– only a stumble away from the local bars, an antique mall with a truly impressive collection of faux-medieval edged weapons, and … Continue Reading
Culture, Digital
“Flash fiction,” as an example of miniature literature, is not new, and antedates social media. But, the advent of Facebook and Twitter, and its clones, may have, fanned the trend toward pithiness. They have fostered a written culture where brevity trumps it all. Ornate, mammoth sentences à la Virginia Woolf, have fallen by the wayside … Continue Reading
Culture, Digital
When ZOUCH Magazine & Miscellany was a younger publication we experimented with building our very own social network. After growing our membership to 100, we realized that the endeavor was taking crucial time away from our important work on the magazine, and that it was complicating our message. Then, all of the sudden our fair … Continue Reading
Culture, Nostalgia
I’m writing this letter on behalf of everyone who is sick of tip toeing through a conversation for fear of opening Pamela’s Box (Pamela is Pandora’s younger, more easily offended sister. And instead of opening the box and releasing unspeakable evil upon the world, if you open Pamela’s Box you release judgement and condemnation over … Continue Reading
Commentary, Culture
Ah! The great outdoors. But are they really great? Or merely good? Overrated? Or not respected enough? Since the dawn of history, human beings have attempted to wrestle, wrangle and dominate nature. Although we are part of the natural world, you wouldn’t know it, based on the way we treat each other, our animalistic co-habitators … Continue Reading
Commentary, Culture
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more unconventional in fashion, here comes Thom Browne with his Fall 2012 Menswear Collection. At first glance, this season’s collection seemed to have derived illustrious inspiration from Frankenstein, The Adams Family and of course BeetleJuice; but Browne described a scenario where “Punks face off against Jocks”. The … Continue Reading
Culture, Style
…DURING A SNOWSTORM PONDERING THE EXISTENCE OF GOD Okay, maybe you’re not pondering the existence of God. Maybe you’re certain that there is no God. Or maybe you’re certain that there is. Maybe, you’re sitting with two friends who have both been scorned by women and they are trying their hardest not to get tears … Continue Reading
Culture, Essays, Music
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