After all the horrendous things zombies are accused of, writing shouldn’t be one of them, right? Sure, their constant craving for human flesh can be a huge buzzkill, and when gathering in vast numbers their collective groan is far from a choir of perfection. But what they lack in basic communication, cleanliness and manners, they …
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50 things to do before you’re 11¾!
How adventurous was your childhood? Was every day an action packed bonanza of thrills and spills, exciting expeditions into caves, lakes, rivers, forests? Did you catch frogs? Make dens? Build dams across streams? Climb trees? Play outside until it was too dark to see without a torch? Or did you spend too much time indoors, …
Why we all need a little dog time.
There's got to be a good reason why so many people say they'd like to be reincarnated as a dog. Is it because they have an unfulfilled urge to roll around in mud? Could it be that some folks yearn for something more basic like the love a good stick or bone, instead of the …
How to use life’s pause button.
Every now and then it's good to hit the pause button on life and take a look around. Think of it as calling a cease-fire so you can raise your head above the ramparts and check how things are going. Are you winning? Losing? Maintaining the status quo? For the "glass is half empty" folks …
Teenage “Meh” is the new angst.
I left my teenage life behind 19 years ago, yet it has taken that long to fully understand the meaning of "meh." There are fancy words for this expression - disillusionment, apathy, indifference, stoicism, lethargy, disinterest...choose your favourite from a thesaurus near you. These days they all mean the same thing, meh, and it's a …
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