I suffer from a rather rare ailment I sometimes call the “classical bug”. This is characterized by total fascination with all things ancient, especially those concerning the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.
Days of the Dead
The “Day of the Dead” should perhaps be more appropriately called the “Days of the Dead,” since from October 31 to November 2, all across Mexico, deceased loved ones are memorialized during this time. In urban areas the custom is treated much like our own Halloween, but in rural Mexico it is still an intensely religious holiday with roots going back into the mists of pre-Columbian times.
Halloween at Billie’s
It’s not unusual to find a real mummy or two at William Jamieson’s place alongside authentic shrunken heads and two-headed creatures.
All Bets Are Off
I walk into the once inviting lobby of this Halifax water front hotel and am immediately assailed by the reek of tobacco, stale beer and a hint of unwashed flesh. The high-pitched chiming and ringing of the gaming machines almost drowns out the low hum of human voices. Every once in a while a bell […]
Writing for What You Want
George Burden has a life most writers would envy. To date he’s written his way to a private audience with the king of the Ashanti, cruised the Nile, attended the Imperial Ball at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, hiked the Grand Canyon and celebrated the advent of the Year of the Rooster in Hong Kong. So far he’s visited six continents with plans to see the last on his list, Australia, in the near future.
On Thin Ice (or Hockey for Dummies Made Even Easier)
Our writer undergoes a very painful learning curve as a newby to the wonders of hockey.
Deuteranopes Unite! Pros and Cons of Being Color Blind
George Burden offers up some fascinating facts and foibles about colour blindness and wonders what would happen of all deuteranopes formed a lobby group.
The Caboose Comes First
Whether you are a railroad buff or just a curious traveller, it’s hard to resist sleeping in a luxurious caboose atthe old train station in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, the only converted rail station in Canada that offers railway cars as accommodation, and only one of two in North America.
The Unkindest Cut
The moment of decision comes to most couples at some point in their middle years…and the pressure is on to consider a sterilization procedure. Most men, however, get a little tightness in their gut just thinking of a sharp object approaching the portion of the anatomy involved in a vasectomy. Here’s the experience of one guy, who happens to be a doctor.
Beyond the Mysteries of Ancient Egyptian Medicine
Some people inferred from Egyptian art and tombs that oddly-shaped aliens had visited earth, or that artists had taken extreme artistic license, elongating bodies, distorting skulls and creating hunched figures. But George Burden points out there may be medical explanations of which the sophisticated ancient Egyptians were well aware.
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