Category Archives: Foolishness

I never understood the allure of camping.

By Ang | Published Tuesday, May 22, 2012

“I could sleep on a comfortable bed in a climate-controlled room near a flushing toilet and functioning shower. Or I could sleep on the cold, hard, rocky ground, need a flashlight and a buddy system to go pee in the woods (or take a dump and bury it), be a dirty stinkmonster with everyone else, [...]

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Unplugging does not make you a martyr.

By Ang | Published Sunday, February 12, 2012

I am so sick of coming across blog posts about people lamenting how hectic and insane their lives are, and one weekend they finally turned off the computer, TV, and cell phone, and oh my gods there’s a whole world out there! These posts are most often inundated with comments that are all you-go-girl in [...]

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My private hell: taxidermy.

By Ang | Published Wednesday, January 25, 2012

I come to you today to talk about a rare, barely known, hardly acknowledged, but all too real affliction. The phobia of taxidermy. Particularly my phobia of taxidermy. Upon discovering I am terrified of taxidermy, most people’s first reaction is to laugh. And I laugh too. It’s ridiculous! It’s a crippling fear of an inanimate [...]

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