Nostalgic Obsessions Written by Shawn Funk There are no doubt times when we all feel the impulse to bury ourselves in the nostalgia of our past, but where does this feeling come from? Indeed, there is some hopeless feeling about the immediate present that brings about this feeling. Like there’s nothing left to be done but speak of the past, like there is nothing left to create in the present. You might call it an exhaustion of the present, a lack of vitality, or a generally hopeless feeling about the present and future prospects. My point is as we feel ever more desperate in the present, our appeals to nostalgia…
Horror Freak Written by Shawn Funk For some fucked up reason, we humans revel in being frightened. Our fascination with pain, violence, fear, and death brought forth or inspired by some supernatural being or force serves as the basis for the horror genre. Horror gives us a glimpse into the terrifying, the grotesque, the ugly, and the evil that remains hidden in our day-to-day lives. Indeed, it’s a chance to see all of the disgusting shit that would turn most of us green in real life while experiencing the terror of the moment from the safety of our homes. Want to see a decapitation? Or, maybe a classic dismemberment? Want…
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Obscenity at its Finest: Dirty books you can find at the U of L Library By: Shawn Funk “What is obvious is that the words in these cases have been dirtied by the mind, by unclean mental associations.” D.H. Lawrence, Introduction to Pansies Language is constantly evolving, meanings change, new words are created, old words fall out of use. We classify our words too, and we give them different values. Some words are “good” while other words are “bad”. Some bad words are also called dirty words, and dirty words get lots of attention; the others not so much. For example, there are many four-letter words beginning in the…
Mystery Tunnels in Lethbridge Written By Shawn Funk For years, stories of a secret underground tunnel network that runs beneath the downtown core of Lethbridge has piqued the curiosity of many. Some say they are coal tunnels, some say they were used during the prohibition, and others deny their existence altogether. Do these tunnels exist? What were they used for? Who built them? The mystery behind these tunnels is often romanticized by tales of smuggling and underground liquor venues during the prohibition era that lasted between 1916 and 1923 in Alberta (Wiki, 2022), leading many to believe these tunnels were used by smugglers and bootleggers to hide and distribute their…
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