They hiked up a steep trail toward the ocean that lay waiting on the other side of the hills. Ethan led the way with Ashley following closely behind him. He was tall and thin and carried a canvas backpack, while she was about a head shorter and had a water flask strapped to her wrist. […]

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Winter 1995 A fresh layer of snow blanketed the Charles Bridge, where Hugo made his way toward the underground laboratory that consumed most of his waking hours. The winter in Prague, from the glistening spires to the powdery gusts blown from domed rooftops, resembled a snow globe forgotten in the corner of a haunted attic. […]

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I met her downtown by the rusty blue mailboxes. The streets of my hometown were quiet and empty like it was late Sunday afternoon, when everyone has finished their shopping and gone home for a cozy dinner with their families. She wore the same frayed jean jacket she had worn on our first date, with […]

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As far as we know, human beings are the only creatures who are aware that they will die some day and who feel fear when contemplating their eventual demise. This makes the fear of death a uniquely human characteristic and a timeless subject of investigation. What is the proper attitude toward death? Is it rational […]

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The Mac mini is the odd duck of Apple’s Mac lineup. While Apple has been selling the mini for 14 years, many people have never even heard of it. Even the concept of a desktop computer without a built in screen or keyboard is confusing to people in 2019. In my case, I was familiar […]

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In the Proslogion, St. Anselm presents his famous “ontological argument” for the existence of God. Most commentary on the Proslogion focuses on dismantling the logic of this argument or debating whether Anselm meant it to convince skeptics to accept the tenets of faith or to help the faithful understand what they already believe. In this […]

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“Waterloo” is an original short story. Click here to download the eBook version. The leaves hadn’t yet turned to the full colors of autumn and were still clinging to a tinge of verdant summer. Driving north on the gentle curves of Route 7 in Vermont, Jonathan admired the leaves’ tenacity in the face of the advancing […]

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Caution: spoilers ahead Another Aronofky Puzzle Mother! is a Rorschach test for the viewer’s expectations. I saw Darren Aronfsky’s new film last weekend and haven’t been able to stop thinking about the polarized reactions to it. Everyone reads the film differently based on their experiences and how they feel about Aronofsky’s unique brand of extreme […]

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Midway upon life’s journey, I found myself lost in a dark wood. – Dante, Inferno Canto I Most of my favorite films have a self-referential component. I’m thinking of films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, Charlie Kaufman’s Adaptation and Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2. Like a hallway of mirrors, the subject of these films becomes […]

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It was Friday morning, and I was freaking out. My Nintendo Switch, pre-ordered in January, was due to be delivered that day. However, early in the morning, I had received an email from UPS stating that my shipment had been delayed until Monday. And I was not alone. Thousands of other expectant gamers received similar […]

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