Animal Farm needs no introduction. This is the “two” in the “one two” Orwellian punch that starts with 1984. Farmer Jones is deposed and overthrown and the animals take over Manor Farm. It is quickly renamed and the Seven Commandments are enshrined in the utopia that is now Animal Farm. However, the fallible nature of [...]

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The old man sets out for another day of fishing, but this day leaves his young companion behind. It is a fateful decision as the man hooks a marlin the likes of which he has dreamed of but never seen. The old man is a hardened veteran of the sea, who can read the moods [...]

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Will future generations ever mention “Kandahar” in the same tone as “Vimy Ridge”? If Captain Ray Wiss has his way, A Line in the Sand will make them do so. Wiss travels to Afghanistan, a country notoriously unfriendly to conquerors, to chronicle the lives of Canadian servicemen and women on duty at the front there. [...]

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Look at what I got when Chrome crashed on my desktop. Click to enlarge. It starts out as four big circles. As you mouseover each circle, it divides into four. After you indulge in this ersatz cell reproduction for a few minutes, a theme begins to take shape and the above image assails you.

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This is a rather grim article about how you might die, should you end up in a car accident. And this is how you die By Roger Aldridge How do people die in motor “accidents”? I’ll tell you. Some people explode — like a thin plastic envelope full of offal which has been hurled against [...]

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