Interactive Literary Classics
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Click. Click. It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winst -- Click. The clock struck ten The mouse…
Impertinent Minds Want To Know
Do you remember those old war movies where, if a soldier did something against orders, he would get potato peeling duty? What happened if no soldiers broke any rules? Would…
I Believe in the Information Age
I know that all the bugs in the programme will be worked out in the next upgrade. I know that, no matter how much you laugh at Bill Gates' control…
Mission into Madness
January 17 Dear Diary, Arrived in China today on a mission to increase trade between our two countries. Many people lined the street to greet Team Canada. At first, I…
Made You Look!
I've been giving a lot of thought lately to the subject of love. Everybody seems to want it. We all want to bask in the warmth of the unconditional positive…
You’re NCO Till Somebody Loves You
"Nobody loves me," the Canadian Military sighed. I guess my heart was supposed to melt, but, to tell you the truth, I hate it when a grown Armed Forces pouts.…
Odds and Ends
Modern Love is a Bad Comedy Routine You're a few punchlines short of a stand-up routine. You know what I mean? You...you're a couple lawyers short of a defense team.…
Intellectual Opening Lines
"Wanna go back to my place and see my Venn Diagrams?" "I find the whole 'Is light a wave or a particle?' debate so tired..." "To how many digits do…
So Subtle, You Won’t Even Know They’re There
If the Brothers Grimm wrote their fairy tales today, they might be very different than what we've come to know... Once upon a time (as measured by the Bulova Accutemps,…
It’s a Dog Eat Doggerel World
The Holiday Spirit I don't know the reason but during the festive season I get a real frisson from images of Nissan And all sorts of tingles when thinking of…
Reach for the Bottom
So, President Clinton, as if to dispel any lingering impressions that he was a liberal, has signed a bill "to end Welfare as we know it." Bully for him. Sometimes,…
Rock and a Soft Place
[Liverdrool] The rock world was stunned yesterday when one of its most celebrated stars renounced his own lyrics. Pete Townshend, lead guitarist and primary songwriter for The Who, held a…