This video from Condé Nast Traveller features seventy people of different nationalities saying what the most common stereotypical perception of their country is. Some of them concede that sometimes a stereotype is a stereotype for a reason. And sadly, we don’t all ride kangaroos. Though sometimes we see them hopping down our main street. I’m …
Here’s a simple premise: spend time creating elaborate armour/weapons entirely out of cardboard then demolish them in melee combat with other similarly garbed enthusiasts. There are rules for construction of the costumes, there are none for the war itself. It’s a competition in creativity. Weeks of work destroyed in seconds. …a metaphor for modern life? …
In a little while spring will arrive, heralding the season where a variety of birds will start swooping in territorial protection of their young. But what’s a dive-bombing magpie in comparison to a bald eagle? Welcome to the town of Unalaska, where bald eagles are so common that ‘everybody in town has an eagle story’.
A couple of cat loving arborists, who during their spare time rescue cats stuck in trees for free (at an average of about one a day).
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