You know this story. A butterfly in Brazil flaps its wings, and a few weeks later Texas has tornadoes instead of clear skies.
It’s called the butterfly effect, and science fiction writers love it. In Back to the Future...
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Oct 5, 2012
I couldn't wait for the release of One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season. The author, Tony La Russa, is the retired manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, and...
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Sep 28, 2012
TV can often come across like the end of Western Civilization, but the small screen has also become an oasis of fantastic storytelling. As a writer/aspiring screenwriter, recent shows like Lost and the BBC’s Sherlock...
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Sep 28, 2012
I walk slowly toward the stone church in Leipzig, Germany, where Bach was choirmaster. For a lifetime, I’ve adored Bach. I push the heavy wooden door open, eager for a sight of the place where he composed his music. In...
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Sep 26, 2012
by Sam Van Eman
I started pumping gas for my dad's rusty, side-step Ford long before middle school. I only left one fuel cap behind; considering how often we stopped, one is a commendable number.
Driving and the question “How...
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Sep 14, 2012
by tombergler
“I’m not coming back! I know I say that every week, but this time I really mean it!”
It was a Tuesday night in November. Becky had yet again gotten into an argument with another child at our weekly...
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Sep 8, 2012
(Minor spoiler alert)
You can always tell a child of the eighties by the movies we watch. Some of us are huge Star Wars fans. Some of us love The Goonies. Most of us cried when E.T. went home. I love all those movies. I...
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Sep 7, 2012
By American standards, our simple, rustic, debt-free way of life is likely a bit peculiar to most. But after four years of being duly sifted through the economic threshing machine, we’ve learned how to survive and even...
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Aug 31, 2012
by Sam Van Eman
Occasionally, I let college students get lost in the woods. One time it even happened in the middle of the night. The group had been instructed to reach a certain point on the map in order to set up camp, but outspoken...
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Aug 24, 2012
Editor's Note: On Fridays we're hosting a series called More Than a Sabbath, where employees discuss how they've taken, or need to take, a break. Today's installment is about taking a break from what...
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