The following is a short story submitted by Bob Metivier.
It was a mild autumn evening in the Windy City. Wednesday Night in late October, our weekly Yoga class had just finished another session. The Beautiful People chatted serenely and gathered to be a little nearer the “Guru of State Street”. Charley Wells, great-grandson of H.G. himself, and I, preferred to depart rapidly. We were the first one’s down the elevator which brought Seekers to and from the Continue reading
The recent mass bird and fish deaths have been on my mind lately. What is causing the deaths? Are they somehow related? Is it time to panic yet? The official explanations don’t seem to answer all the questions. On the other hand, there are so many unfounded conjectures and panic-induced conclusions being made that the subject quickly becomes clouded. Is the end near? Probably not, but Continue reading
The doll. Its evolution has come quite a long way from young pioneer girls adorning wooden spoons in cotton dresses and adopting them as their own lovable plaything. Then there was Raggedy Anne with her triangular gaze and mop of matted yarn hair. Let’s not forget the breed of Barbies and Cabbage Patch dolls that were found in virtually every little girls’ bedroom in the Western world. When Bratz dolls came out, it was difficult to imagine a doll that could top the doll’s suggestive sexual nature—the over-sized eyes smeared with metallic makeup and the exaggerated porn star lips—but alas, technology has not disappointed consumers with a new doll, a doll that is Continue reading
I am moving to South Korea in a year to teach English as a second language, and every time I mention this to someone, their eyes get wide and their mouths gape open in disbelief. First they ask why, then they ask how, and then they ask “Are you going to eat dogs?” Many people associate Asian countries with hanging the first born girl by her heels and throwing her out with Tuesday’s trash, bright wardrobes that emulate the latest Anime fad, and the pink, skinned carcass of dogs and pigs dangling in steaming restaurant windows. I’ve been asked this question at least twenty time since I was offered the position, and I have to confess that my answer is Continue reading
In the age of the Environmental revolution, it has become a trend to “go green!” and try to be as ecologically conscious as humanly possible. We’ve heard of the cars that run on vegetable oil instead of petrol, hybrid solar homes, and the emergence of organic farming. “Go Green!” has spread its roots through the thickets of westernized cultures, and it seems that it is trendy to live by the three R’s of going green—reduce, reuse, recycle. There is a fourth R that could Continue reading
