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Students should not drink excessively

Alcohol produces a lot of fun stories. This point came up the other day while telling stories about the good old days.

Don't forget the one about drinking large amounts of beer at every single bar in Moscow and not remembering arriving home. It may be a lot of fun drinking yourself into oblivion, but there must be limits set in order to be safe. continue

Halloween - What does it mean?

All Hallows Eve, Hallowtide, Halowmass, Hallows, The Day of The Dead, All Soul's night, All Saints' Day or Samhain. The day directly between the fall equinox and the winter solstice known in America as Halloween means, especially to those of the adolescent persuasion, costumes, face-paint, jack o' lanterns and, most importantly of all, candy. To me, as a Wiccan, it means a time to remember those I have loved who have passed on, but it is impossible to deny what it means to so many other Americans. While the traditions stem from many places, their heart is in the pagan traditions of Europe. continue

Don't let Christmas take Halloween too

It's that time of year again. More specifically, it's that day again. Halloween - the day of the undead, the night of creepy stories and free candy. All Hallow's Eve serves as a portal, a portal to the world of horror, into the darkest recesses of our psyche. Anything goes. October itself is easily the creepiest month of the year, but today makes it such. Halloween opens the gate between the realms of reality and fantasy, of sanity and psychotic. continue

A Halloween story that will really spook

Wait up!" he called out from four blocks behind. He was definitely following her; his apartment building was gone a block ago. She slowed down. She never liked walking alone because she knew danger lurked in the shadows, even in quiet towns.

Ragged breath sounded in her ear, off to the right. "I thought you got away that time. You should walk slower, you'll have a heart attack if you're always going so fast." continue

Hex rages on, adopts MCI friends and family plan

This is starting to get embarrassing. Whatever hex has taken hold of my apartment is now going strong, full force; knocking on wood no longer works.

If you recall, my roommates and I have been experiencing a bit of bad luck - broken bones, strange illnesses, shower heads gone awry. It hasn't got any better, and now, our hex has adopted the MCI Friends and Family plan. continue

Kissing: a matter of space, time

The other day I was turning in an assignment when I had a revelation. Like taking a peek around that corner you pass every day, I saw something new. I realized that by asking me to turn in an assignment, the teacher was actually asking me to place a certain object, some amount of matter, in a certain point in space at a certain time. She could have asked me to go to school, locate the art building, walk up the stairs, cross the room, and place my paper in the corner, on a platform, by 8:30 - it would have meant the same thing. continue

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