Fringe News

If I say I've just had the week from hell, you'd imagine my life's been a total mess. Not so. You can have a week from hell, and have everything just right. For others, a week from hell means fire...
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Going to the doctor is like going to Disneyworld
Going to the doctor is like going to Disneyworld. Even before you get there you know it’s going to be expensive and very old school.  Those medical charts of the inside of the body are great thoug...
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Lollipops are not the same as chicken drumsticks. I’m not just talking about the difference between sugar and animal tissue. In fact, if you care to know, meat has no sugar content. And true love...
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art + energy = artergy. That’s a completely made up word that has some vaguely relevant ring to it. I enjoy it because it kind of includes artery, and something of strategy. It’s hard to imagine...
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When I grew up there wasn’t such a thing as a shopping mall. Ok, so there were covered centres where shops were circled around an escalator, but you didn’t hang out there. You did your shopping q...
Read moreThe art of kissing is multifaceted. The sentence sets me off with its reference to corny mainstream magazine culture where you have guides to everyday problems like losing weight or building muscl...
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It was only when I got to America that I discovered that cotton candy is what we call candy floss. Honestly, until that moment I thought that anything flossy was something stringy that cleans your...
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Joy is the sound of arriving at home and hearing children laughing. Joy is the smell you get when the pizza box opens, and the air is filled with just the right amount of garlic. Joy is streaming...
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The batmobile of 1966 was probably the first gay family car. I came up with that statistic while remembering about the sleek black design with those wild fishtales, and the red trim. And the styl...
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If it never stops raining at least we will remember the sunshine. That’s the thing about images that are implanted in our memories, and good weather is a sort of backdrop to the main event. It he...
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If it never stops raining at least we will remember the sunshine. That’s the thing about images that are implanted in our memories, and good weather is a sort of backdrop to the main event. It he...
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The reflex arc happens when your doctor hits your knee with a hammer (do they still have those?) and you nearly kick her head in with a counter impulse. I came upon it when I googled Reflex Art ...
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The connected world is a world of lies and deception. Switch on the internet and join the (un)happy party of information tourists. I think that before we open our doors to others, we should open ...
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