The halls smelled like too much cologne and body mist, with active students buzzing around like the coffee adrenaline had kicked into high gear. Wide awake, guys with wet hair and girls with hastily tied ponytails were making their way from one class to another with casual rebellion underscoring their apathetic ambition. There was a …
The windows rattled as the weedwhacker buzzed the morning silence away, not a care in the world that anyone was still trying to sleep. Jealous lawn workers must hate college students for their laid-back lives and the short hours they spend in class. Those were the thoughts crossing Julie’s mind as she sat up and …
Jeph could remember the smell of charcoal, beer, and freshly cut grass that day. It wasn’t the only memory he had from way back when he was eight years old on Mom’s wedding day, the day she got hitched to a man who called himself “Dad” on the first day. They hadn’t known each other …
Jeph took in a few deep breaths like he was about to lift a heavy weight. He was psyched to the max and psyching himself out even more as he thought about Julie. That was her name, his new obsession. Now, he had a name to go with that beautiful face and those nice legs …
A gray sky for a shiny black 1971 Dodge Polara spells disaster, especially when it had just been washed earlier that day. The clouds weren’t quite dark yet, but they were getting there, and Jeph just knew the day was going to piss on his parade. But he had orders to fill, and there was …
Morning sunlight spilled through the curtains of her apartment in Salt Lake City. The city was just waking up, soft and quiet, the kind of calm that always comes before the noise of the day. Mackenzie Lueck moved through her morning the same way she always did, coffee in hand, scrolling through her phone, planning …
Taylor Swift has released her latest album The Life of a Showgirl, and with it, she continues to redefine what it means to be an artist in the modern world. She is not just a performer or a celebrity. She is a phenomenon. Few ever reach the level of fame she has built, and even …
Move over Kibbles ‘n Bits, here comes Cricket Crunch. Insect dog food is taking off, packed with protein from crickets, mealworms, and black fly larvae. That means Fido’s dinner might start looking suspiciously like the bottom of your bug zapper, and this is considered some bougie high-quality dog food. You know you’re dog will eat …
When the First Amendment feels like it’s under attack, that’s because it is. But the government knows better, even though it tries and has succeeded in the past on different occasions. The fact that they do it behind our backs means they know it’s not right. They just try to get away with it every …
The anthems can be heard echoing across the channels because Jimmy Kimmel has returned as if Donald Trump’s attempt to attack the Constitution has been thwarted. The big orange monster has been stopped in its tracks. But the innocent victims should have held their encore because headlines have now broken that Google admitted the Biden …
