Two words: Daylight Savings. I know I’m not alone on this one, only trolls and other terrible creatures don’t like longer, ligher days. Next to the longest day of the year, Daylight Savings is my favorite day of all the 365 options we get. Interesting…
Hey young writers, check this out: The Reno News and Review’s “Teen Issue” is coming up on April 5, and they are looking for “any aspiring, opinionated young writers (ages 13-18) who would want to contribute an editorial.” They tell us that you can write…
This week, Sammy’s Interdisciplinary Hip Hop and Literature course showed us a bunch of stuff that they have been learing about – the history of hip pop culture in America, censorship, different hip hop sub-genres (its not all gangsta rap apparently), and some students even…
I’m very sorry for the slow post on this weeks New Friend Friday. I hope to make up for it by posting a shorter read (phew!) and present you with not one, but four new friends.I stepped off the midnight train from Budapest to Sarajevo…
There’s this new magazine I’m digging right now, and you’ll soon see why, it’s totally up my alley. It’s called GOOD magazine and here’s what the founder has to say about why they exist: “We see a growing number of people tied together not by…
This round is dedicated to illustrators/drawers/doodlers and may be viewed as a “wish list” of sorts for my upcoming birthday! That’s right… shop smart, shop S-Mart. GLEN BAXTER: Imagine Gary Larson, minus the science background, plus the arts and the absurd. So funny it hurts…
This past Saturday, Holland Reno volunteers along with Rainshadow students and other interested parties convened at Rainshadow CCHS to teach and learn the fine art of silkscreening! Kyle and Chase led the crew through the steps and we came away with some really awesome Holland…
I’m here, mummified in wool and cotton in the orderly and honest land of Copenhagen, Denmark. I’m also here to bring you this week’s NFF. And of course, it wouldn’t be a proper NFF without a little history, so I’ve tucked it in on the…
This week was short in the way of learning since Tuesday and Wednesdays’ Project Holland classes were filled with sophomores taking some ridiculous standardized tests. While I was “proctoring†the exams I felt like shooting myself in the head I was so bored out of…