May 21, 2013
As many of you probably know, the much-anticipated third season of “Game of Thrones” premiered yesterday. I never thought I’d join the legion of “Game of Thrones” addicts when it first started becoming insanely popular a year or two ago. As far as I could tell, it represented everything that tends to put me off [...]
“There is nothing on earth that we share. It is either Valjean or Javert.” While Russell Crowe might have been among the less-talented singers in the recent film adaptation of “Les Miserables,” this is one of the lines that has tended to stick in my head the most after seeing the movie. It might just [...]
Continue reading …It’s winters like this when I ask myself why the heck I’m still in Utah. Sure, the last couple of days have been relatively warm and sunny (now knock on wood that it won’t already be blizzarding again by the time this goes to print), but we still have to maneuver around towering snowbanks wherever [...]
Continue reading …If we live in a post-sexism society, why does sexism keep making the news? Take, for instance, the new announcement that women can officially serve combat roles in the military. I don’t pretend to understand all the complexities and implications of the military’s rules, but I don’t understand why this is being met with any [...]
Continue reading …On Friday, I turned 24 (that’s why they really closed the campus that day). The Monday right before that, the first day of the semester, marked the beginning of my sixth year at Weber State University (and not even for a lucrative degree). And, though I am married, I don’t have any kids yet, nor [...]
Continue reading …Many of us here at Weber State University are parents, or at least married with not-so-distant plans of becoming parents. Even those who are nowhere near having kids probably consider the big parenting questions from time to time: “How will I discipline?” “How and when will I teach them about sex?” “What will I teach [...]
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