*visual mediums >> blood & media
by michael hansen

"Many movies and television shows employ fake blood to implement their stories. But in very few cases has the fake blood been utilized in such a way as to convey the surreal aspect of actually being exposed to large quantities of blood in a violent setting."

*walking >> too scared to play
by chinelo onwualu

"One night I was walking home, shoes in one hand, glasses in the other, when I got angry. Not that I don't get angry once in a while, but this time it was more of a rage than mere anger."

*technology and art >> flight of fancy
by robert delamar

"The technology had failed once again. A computer system somewhere beyond oblivion had overbooked the flight the many anxious voyagers at the gate were waiting to board. The frustration was palpable. It lit up the room. "

*morality >> was morality just an evolutionary phase?
by kim chessex

"Nature evinces no appreciable morality, and indeed is often invoked as exemplifying amorality. Nature evolves, though, or so we are told; and after a very, very long time Nature eventually evolved us."

*napster >> people owe me money...
by brian scates

"Music has become a commercial product, created with intention to sell and profit. Is this what it's really about? I feel that this is such a shame."