Saturday September 4th 2010

Posts Tagged ‘holidays’

Why Valentines Day is Super Lame

Why Valentines Day is Super Lame

I’ve never been a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I mean, I get the whole “used to be a pagan holiday” thing. Basically it was a tribute to one of their Pagan gods. The names of women would be put into a basket and they would be drawn by a teenage boy. [Read More]

This Valentines Day, True Love Plants Trees

This Valentines Day, True Love Plants Trees

Every year I hear the same line, from men and women alike (though mostly men): “Valentine’s Day is just a commercial holiday.” Huh. It’s not that I disagree entirely; it’s just that I think there is a small bit of merit to celebrating the holiday. Sure, it’s sad [Read More]

Avoiding the Big-Box Shopping this Christmas

Avoiding the Big-Box Shopping this Christmas

As someone who loves shopping and going to the mall, you would never take me as the person to say that I would much rather do my Christmas shopping in small-town Ontario. Every year for Christmas, my best friend and I make the trek to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario to do the [Read More]

A New Dessinger Holiday

A New Dessinger Holiday

It’s been months since I have worked on location anywhere. Traffic has been a wonderful rediscovery this week. There’s nothing like wasting $3.00 per gallon to drive twenty miles in order to work. I’m not complaining. Work is work. And Friday is the mark [Read More]

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America’s Real Treasure

America’s Real Treasure

Here is a commencement speech that every American (and every culture vulture, for that matter) should read. In this [Read More]

Loneliness of Learning

Loneliness of Learning

I’m at a seaside resort somewhere in the Aegean. I’ve just visited the Temple of Apollo today. Built 2,700 [Read More]

The Poetic Voice of Generation Me

The Poetic Voice of Generation Me

Poets from around the world—from Vietnam and the Netherlands and Brazil and Canada, quite different from one another, [Read More]

Movie Review — Shutter Island (2010), a Psychological Thriller Masterpiece

Movie Review — Shutter Island (2010), a Psychological Thriller Masterpiece

A masterpiece by Martin Scorsese on the level of Taxi Driver and Goodfellas. The year is 1954. U.S. Marshal Edward [Read More]

Boundaries and Identity in the Age of Globalization

Boundaries and Identity in the Age of Globalization

Boundaries are a must to preserve identity. Individuals need a boundary. And so do nations, football fans, and lovers. [Read More]

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