Shotgun / October 2004

Those pesky Satanists

“A flotilla of apples bobbing in a steel tub evokes memories of childhood and headlong plunges into icy water.” ~Apple Votives Halloween decorating idea by www.marthastewart.com.
A quick search on the Internet for “What is Halloween?” will lead you to some weird things, like Martha Stewart’s decorating tips or super-right-wing American Christian interpretations of the holiday. […]

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There is power in a (Canadian) union

This month, Canada saw over 100,000 federal government public servants on strike. Many of us in Ottawa who were on strike walked about like a bunch of space cadets with our heads up our asses not really knowing what the hell we were fighting for or why. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike […]

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I was made for loving you, not the baby

Not everyone wants to get married and have kids. Some want to get married and not have kids or have kids and not get married. For me, it would be nice to get the relationship bit down for starters.
Confused, I turned to Gene Simmons — the exotic tongue guy from KISS — for advice on […]

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Take off all your clothes

“I’ll be dreaming of the kissing that I’m missing truly wishing that you listen when I simply say to you, striptease for me baby.” ~”Striptease” by Hawksley Workman
In most sexual contexts, and certainly in sexy films, magazines and Harlequin Romances, aren’t men stereotypically depicted as experienced studs whose technique between the sheets will blow […]

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