Nature is a glorious enigma, a mysterious and inexplicable entity seemingly limitless in its ability to cater to humankind’s insatiable desire to be awed, and, in Iceland, it’s easy to be awed.
Read MorePeople often think of empathy as a purely sentimental skill, predicated solely on one’s ability to sympathize with the feelings of others and provide consoling advice or a touching remark. While that’s a part of it, and certainly a useful aspect of empathy, it’s not what it is in its purest form.
Read MoreThe Colorado Avalanche are on the outside looking in, and the offseason is the only thing that looms in relevance because of this dismal reality. Avs fans are fed up. They got a glimpse of what it was like to be back in 2001 when the Avalanche went on a lofty tear in the 2013-14 season, and now they want more.
Read MoreMaybe they came to build civilization, only to rip it down, to see it fall, and build it up again. A sick game for the masses to watch, an endless charade for the bored and uninterested, watch them die, and watch them grow, and oh how much you’ll learn. Maybe it was an intervention to ensure livelihood. The ability to live was given, and it can be taken away, and given again.
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