Add Intensity, Subtract Limpness
A not-so-pleasant stroll through the underbelly of the Internet. Spam filter not included.

Adventures in Cultural Literacy
We know what it means to be literate. We sort of know what it means to be cultural. But what does it mean to be culturally literate?

Some Thoughts on a “New Literacy” While Remembering Patrick Swayze

Does It Hurt?

I Nearly Married a Stranger
How snooping in secret journals can lead you down the bridal path. Part two of a story where Zara falls in love with the wrong person. Again.

“But I Always Carry a Kitchen Knife…”
One pretty girl. One asshole narcissist. 216 stab wounds. Zara Potts looks at a crime that shocked New Zealand.

People are Assholes

I Hate The Kite Runner (and Other Reasons I Suspect I May Be an Asshole)
Gina Frangello charges herself with Assholedom and the jury is out.

Fact Checker

Drive-By Poetry