Reading Time: 4 minutes Nov. 23-29 Editor’s Pick of the Week: The cast of Hale Center Theater in Orem will perform A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens this holiday season. This traditional story about Scrooge and his ghostly visitors will start Nov. 24 and run through Dec. 23. Tickets range from $15.50 to $17.50 on weeknights and $17.50 to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute To perpetuate the known cliche that laughter is the best medicine, here’s my top 10 wits of all time. 1. Oscar Wilde, who on his deathbed was heard to say, “Either those curtains go, or I do.” 2. Samuel Beckett – “We are all born mad, some remain so.” 3. Stephen Fry – “Many people […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute With the year drawing to a close, I thought I would review some items that I’m still mad about. Some items are recent, and some I’ve just never gotten over. 10. The 80s 9. Jar Jar Binks 8. You still can’t marry a Sasquatch, love be damned 7. Nickelback 6. We’re still in Iraq and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes While millions of people across the country will overdose on turkey this Thursday (and continue to OD on leftovers for days after), many other people choose to have a gentler day of thanks. Vegetarians and vegans will replace the typical centerpiece fowl this Thanksgiving with cruelty-free fare, such as tofu turkey (or “tofurkey”), lentil or […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Is owning a coffee shop in a place like Provo something of a quixotic endeavor? Perhaps. This is an area whose largest demographic is a group of people who believe with all their hearts that a cup of joe will keep them on the wrong side of the Pearly Gates. More power to them, but […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Meditation and mediation. They almost beg to be combined into a single concept, don’t they? Meditation is an active pursuit, but it is aimed inward. The disparate, warring elements of the psyche are brought to heel by the focused, directed thinking of the mind. Mediation, on the other hand, is also an active pursuit, but […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well folks, this week I’ve decided to do something a little different and do a double feature. (After all, I can only use the word “fun” so many times to describe one place.) My topic: attractions in Utah Valley. Jump On It in Lindon Located just off the freeway five minutes north of UVU is […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes While some people (OK, a lot of people) in this county attend various houses of worship (OK, one particular house of worship) each Sunday, other people find that their day of rest is a day with no church services or Munch ‘n Mingles. So what can these gentiles (I joke, I joke) do with those […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am so happy about the Nov. 16 article “Project Encourages Women to Continue Their Education.” It helps me keep being motivated and continue with my professional career. A couple of years ago, I was feeling a little depressed and kind of lost. I have had in my mind for a long time the idea […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Epictetus once said “only the educated are free,” but a Supreme Court ruling may challenge that. Although no professors were involved in the Garcetti v. Ceballos case that was settled in 2006, the verdict could endanger teachers’ freedom of speech in their own classrooms, which would directly affect the academic freedom we take for granted. […]