Month: July 2013

Grant slowly awoke to the sound on his roof. “Strange,” he thought. “If I didn’t know better, that rain sounds like little tiny swords cutting through the roof.” Sometimes, you already know better, but you don’t know enough to know that you don’t need to know any better to know what you already know better … Read more

“You okay, kid?” asked the unshaven man leaning over me. This drunk had just driven up onto the sidewalk and somehow, I’d wound up pinned underneath the bumper, unhurt as far as I could tell, but unable to get out. “I think so,” I replied. “Good!” he laughed, spraying spit on me. “Glad, cuz if … Read more

After intense negotiation between PETA and the World Bullfighting Association, it was decided to put an end to bull-fighting. Still, to honour the centuries-old tradition, it was agreed there could still be a bloodless contest pitting man against the horned beast: a round-robin checkers tournament. So now, after 12 grueling hours at Pamplona, Spain’s very … Read more