Written in the 1950s and adapted into movies in the early 2000s, The Lord of the Rings has had a long-lasting impact on the media and the world. With Peter Jackson’s film trilogy recently celebrating its twenty-first anniversary, it is important to look back on how the Halflings’ journey across Middle-earth has touched all of…
If you’re looking for love this year, use the law of attraction to your advantage. This law suggests that you can succeed in everything by regulating the way you think. When you think positively, you are much more likely to experience pleasant outcomes. The opposite may also be true: When you dwell on negative thoughts,…
Love is a curious and complex thing to most of us, including Jane, a single woman from a family where she was taught to prioritize career and education over marriage. No wonder she was still alone at age 29, simply not interested in being in a serious relationship just yet. Even when almost all her…
If you search up the definition of love, you’ll likely find some variation of this: “A profoundly tender, passionate affection (for another person).” But while that description may capture the gist of what love is, love—being so multifaceted—remains as one of the most challenging words to define. That’s why in Ancient Greek philosophy, there are…
*Sensitive to gluten? You can absolutely go with gluten-free flour and pie crust* Total time: 2 hoursPrep time: 15 minutesCook time: 1 hourRest time: 45 minutes Some nights all my fiancé and I want is the perfect pie, which is only a twenty-minute drive from our house. However, my favourite store-bought pie (which has always…
“Two Slow Dancers” by Mitski It would be a crime to have a sad song playlist and not feature Mitski. Even if it’s less well-known than other songs from the album Be the Cowboy, it is the one that stays with the listener the most. Filled with melancholy, regrets, and worries, it is the perfect…
Watch this: Leap Year (2010) Anna is done waiting for her boyfriend of four years to propose to her and is taking the matter into her own hands. She wants to propose to her sweetheart in Dublin, following the Irish tradition where women propose on Leap Day. However, her plane gets detoured and she is stuck…
Content Warning: Spoiler alert The wildly popular Japanese anime franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion has been around for the past few decades. The series is centred on teens with mental and emotional challenges who are forced to fight in huge robot suits known as Evangelions against otherworldly beings known as angels—all while learning to confront and…
I should probably confess this right off the bat: I’m not a big romance reader. I’m more of a sucker for deep character studies in literary novels or unique unreliable narrators in psychological thrillers. That’s not to say I don’t read romance novels at all, or that I’m not a romantic. But if you (like…
The days are shorter and the wind is biting, meaning it can be harder to find fun activities to do without feeling like you’ve been battered by the weather. Luckily, there is no shortage of activities both at home and outdoors that can fill you with joy this winter—here are 14 ideas you can try:…
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Technology has been advancing faster than ever before. The 1969’s Apollo 11 mission Guidance Computer had 4KB of RAM and 32KB hard disk. Today, an average laptop comes with 8GB of RAM and 500GB of hard disk (or even a solid-state drive!). With all this advancement, the world seems to be moving at an exciting…