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The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience – Experience

by Tony Shea June 21, 2015

I decided to throw Jean-Paul Sartre a surprise birthday party just because I knew he would hate it. Surprise! He doesn’t look amused, and this amuses me.

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30 Seconds at Grand Central – Ghost Train

by Tony Shea November 21, 2014

Opened in 1871, Grand Central Terminal (Grand Central Station as it more familiarly known) is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms. There are 67 tracks and 21.6 million visitors pass through it every year. It is the kind of place that immediately serves as a metaphor for the afterlife, or […]

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The City Trip (Progression of 14 Panels)

by Tony Shea November 20, 2014
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Transition Time…Again: Dating

by Lenny Schmidt August 27, 2014

Relationships. The thought of a new relationship was scary, creepy, awful, bad, and painful… notice a theme? This was a transition I thought I’d never go through again. DATING!? Ugh! A new relationship with a new person? Blah! Now I have to learn someone else’s crazy? I have to find someone who will put up […]

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I (HEART) Molly Ringwald

by Nate "Chops" Johnson August 1, 2014

“Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage… Molly Ringwald!” And with that, I and the entire audience witnessed an American icon and film legend we grew up watching, who played characters that reflected our own personal experiences, that is near and dear to our hearts, take the stage to try a new professional venture. […]

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Apollo 11 – One Giant Leap – Did Kubrick Fake the Moon Landings?

by Tony Shea July 20, 2014

Today marks the 45th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s historic walk on the moon. After winning a coin toss with co-pilot Buzz Aldrin to see who would take the historic first step, Armstrong opened the hatch of Apollo 11 and slowly descending a small step-ladder to the moon’s surface, literally setting foot where no man had gone […]

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Democracy in Crisis?

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. July 4, 2014

Today’s political scene finds democracies everywhere in serious trouble. Are we looking at a permanent deterioration of democracy as a workable form of government? Is the great experiment over? Hardly. Keep your lab coats buttoned and read on. Here’s the short view: According to a recent report by the non-partisan research organization Freedom House, 2013 […]

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Die Antwoord Doesn’t Give a F*%K

by Tony Shea May 23, 2014

Image Via For the last 6 years, Capetown South Africa’s rap-ravers Die Antwoord have doing their best to shake things up. Blending startling imagery with blazing beats, the band’s new album, Donker Mag, is set to drop on June 3rd. To tease the new album the band has also released their latest in a series […]

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South Mistakes 4 Inches of Snow for End Times – 10 Driving Safety Tips

by Tony Acquaviva February 13, 2014

It was absolute Thunderdome in North Carolina today. Now that the sun has set, people are abandoning their cars and eating one another on the street, in a humiliating orgy of crushed Camaro quarter panels and pink snow. The following is how to survive moderate snowfall (which is what this is). Pay attention, The South, […]

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The Face in the Door: An Homage to Poe

by Marcus Dagan January 27, 2014

The Shot Tower in Baltimore has been a local landmark since 1828. That year, upon completion of the structure, it was the tallest structure in the United States. Standing just over 234 feet, the Shot Tower was used to drop molten lead into a vat of cold water to produce shot pellets for cannons, pistols […]

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The Assassination of JFK – 50th Anniversary [WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT]

by Staff November 22, 2013

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy. Undoubtedly one of the darkest days of our national consciousness, the assassination of JFK remains a divisive issue that has sparked dozens of theories relating to exactly what happened. The Warren Commission determined that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone individual responsible. But […]

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Bringing Afterlife to Life

by Staff November 20, 2013

Afterlife is a sci fi/western hearkening back to the days when serials like Buck Rogers or the Phantom ruled. It is a journey set in a post-apocalyptic future where life has become little more than a struggle for survival. To bring life to the words, John Blaszczyk is now providing some stunning illustrations. You should […]

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My Favorite Car Accident

by Jim Coughlin October 16, 2013

I was a Theatre Major at the University of Missouri in Columbia. One night, after a successful production of the play Look Homeward, Angel, a group of us from the cast and crew decided to drive out into the woods to a man-made cave. The important numbers to keep in mind are that there were […]

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