Sasquatch Children

Send money! The Sasquatch children are starving! Collections are now under way to supply the hairy, reclusive children with a nice, warm meal. Their habitat is shrinking. Every day, more wild places are being transformed into cities. Skyscrapers are becoming the norm, replacing tall trees, altering horizons. If this trend continues, there may be no …

Hyperculture II

One of the most fascinating, and possibly most ridiculous, consequences of hyper-culture is when pieces of culture get shared with ostensibly the wrong people. Dutch dreadlocks? Australians with a hunger for cajun food? Young white boys with lines shaved in their eyebrows? Romanians celebrating Cinco de Mayo? None of the borrowing or sharing is wrong …

Strange Fun

For a fun bit of strangeness, try referring to yourself in the third person for a whole day. Let’s say your name is Justine. Whenever you can, even and especially when speaking with other people, make reference to yourself like so: “Justine is hungry, she needs breakfast. And no, Justine doesn’t need coffee to wake …