POEM – Christina’s World

by Brent Short October 18, 2013

For Andrew Wyeth’s painting of Christina Olson, who, although undiagnosed, most likely suffered from polio.   Christina panning up at that vast rise— bleak, weathered buildings delineated by a flinty sky, from the edge of a sea of brown grass and field rising, a great divide, an ocean of sepia bending forward. Lying twisted in […]

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Beardos In the Big Easy

by Nate "Chops" Johnson October 18, 2013

Here it is. The first day of the 3 day weekend dedicated to the facial hair carnival that is the National Beard and Mustache Championships. Location: New Orleans, Louisianna, Aka, The Big Easy, NOLA, ‘Nawlins. Checking into the hotel, I see faces full of facial hair I’ve never met but we all nod at each […]

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Bridging the World Together through Film

by Dan O'Day McClellan October 16, 2013

Suniil Sadarangani and I met during the course of a play called Quill and Ink that we were both involved in back 2012. I was an actor in the play and Sunill was one of the stage hands and he and I hit it off right away. Every so often you meet someone that you […]

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Back to the Future – Quiz Style

by Katy McCaffrey October 16, 2013

With Shea Magazine nearing it’s first anniversary, I was forced to consider the passage of time, cats in the cradle, saving time in a bottle and my own mortality. Blink and a month goes by. Yawn and a year has passed. Binge watch a marathon of “Orange is the New Black” and your baby is […]

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To Summit Up

by Kerry Lambert October 16, 2013

Part 1 of a 7-part series. Part One: Before the Trailhead I didn’t know exactly why I wanted to climb a mountain when I first announced my intentions to my husband. I’d always loved the outdoors, but I wasn’t an avid hiker, and I had never backpacked through the wilderness. The previous year I had […]

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Slut O’ Ween for Guys

by Mary Kay Holmes October 16, 2013

Yesterday I received a Party City catalog and decided to check out my costume options for this year–Saucy Ninja, Trampy Teletubby, Vampire Street Walker…same ole, same ole. The catalog I WISHED I was looking at was the one for men–where are their Slut O Ween costumes? This wonky Pirate has far too many clothes on, […]

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Shea Garage

by Shea Garage October 16, 2013

Basements aren’t the only thing to flood. Shea Garage is being inundated with oddities, marvels and curiosities from this world gone mad. So in between checking out content from our great contributors that will be showing up on the front page all day long, stop over to the garage. Your daily productivity can wait because […]

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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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Poem – Humbled

by Dennis Gogarty October 16, 2013

It’s hard to be humble. Humility requires self confidence. Fearlessness. The definition seems simple: The quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people. What is a quality? What is a state of not thinking? Are they conditions of mind? Fixed in time? My mind is never fixed in time. My mind […]

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10 Reasons to Love Life on the Oakland Riviera vs. San Francisco

by Shannon Murfree October 16, 2013

The New York Times calls Oakland the fifth most desirable travel destination (which is probably why it took me so long to find an apartment here) and Forbes Magazine ranked the Uptown District ninth among the top hipster neighborhoods. I’ve been living the dream on the Oakland Riviera for a few months now and daily […]

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Fiction: Afterlife (Chapter 1)

by Mike Monroe October 16, 2013

Find the Table of Contents page here. The white dunes spread to the horizon, where their monotonous expanse joined with the stark sky.  The only boundaries of each were those placed by the limits of human sight.  Jemail Brate watched with squinting eyes as five small shapes approached, obscured by waves of heated air.  The […]

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Congress Holds Its Breath Until We All Turn Blue

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. October 16, 2013

Government shutdowns, contrary to popular perception, are not rare occurrences. Between 1976 and 1996, the United States government partially shut down 16 times. The 1996 shutdown lasted 27 days. It followed President Clinton’s vetoing of a Republican budget that called for substantial cuts to social programs, including Medicare and food stamps. Confrontations among politicians at […]

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The Best of Tony Shea

by Shea Garage October 16, 2013

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