By Jeff Kubik
So there I was, trying to become a more sensitive, understanding, enlightened guy, when, dropped right in the middle of my edification I find an ad for a telephone dating service with smutty pictures of hot, sweaty shower action.I am, and have been for some time, an aficionado of late night television. I’m addicted to… Continue reading A victim of late night TV
By Nicole Kobie
Imagine you’re having sex. You and your partner are having an enjoyable time, but the two of you aren’t stupid: the appropriate half of your couple is wearing a condom. You don’t want an std, and you don’t want a pregnancy. You and your friend-you’re responsible. Good for you. But mistakes happen, no matter how… Continue reading Battling the morning after
By Вen Li
I cringe every time I hear the phrase “You’ve got mail.” Not because I fear getting angry letters from readers or stupid virus-laden Flash forwards from people who think aol is the Internet, but because the expanded phrase “You have got mail” is broken.People asking me to "instant messenge" them provoke a similar reaction. What… Continue reading You’ve got poor grammar
What a difference a summer makes. Not long ago, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was roasted in the media because of the internal turmoil in the ranks of the all-powerful Liberal party. Paul Martin’s (unofficial) leader-ship campaign was in full swing, and Chrétien was surfing the waves of bad publicity. Accusations of financial misconduct by… Continue reading Our savvy prime minister
By James Keller
Rudy Giuliani is a man who by many standards can speak with great authority on a host of issues, from adversity to humanitarianism to leadership. As Calgary’s business and social elite filled a hall in the Roundup Centre on Aug. 28, 2002 they were ready to hear what promised to be an insightful speech on… Continue reading A leader comes to town
The inner workings of my psyche are sometimes beyond even my own comprehension. Post 9–11, after the work cafeteria televisions were turned off and people switched back to their regular radio stations instead of the cbc, and some even decided it was time to go airborne again, I was still pondering. Certainly 9–11 impacted us… Continue reading Looking for my own private tragedy
By James Keller
Alas, the downfall of many a twentysomething making it in the urban wasteland. With the Gap, Prada and Bloomingdales beckoning the avid shopper and their Visa, it’s a slippery slope into the trenches of credit card debt. For the average over-spender, this can mean hundreds, even thousands of dollars in back payments and the occasional… Continue reading Make money online, without resorting to porn
By Nicole Kobie
Try and imagine life without video games. What would we do to kill time when drunk and… drunk? How else could we so effectively spend free time away from school without actually using brain cells? How else could we shoot and slaughter our friends without going to prison?Video and computer games are a gift to… Continue reading Get your BSc in Mario Party