Edit: Since the original writing of this article, there has been a change to the Harrisonburg City tax stickers. Specifically, as of the 2012 tax year, the stickers are no longer required. Instead, they've been replaced with a local registration fee, which is even more ridiculous; instead of payi...

BELLEVUE, Pa. -- A local community will remain a dry town until at least 2011. The town of Bellevue fell short of the required number of signatures needed to place a referendum question regarding community alcohol sales on the spring primary ballot. The question would have asked residents if...

[ Click for Article ] Once again, Harrisonburg utterly fails at city planning. This is getting really old. In an effort to turn every square foot of undeveloped land into high-density townhouses/apartments, the city let a developer pretty much go nuts with a section of land that isn't very ea...

“Wake up, sleepyhead, we’re here.” A young wolfess turned off the engine of her run-down old Jeep, and gently stroked her son’s hair to wake him up. He looks so peaceful and sweet, I hate to wake him up, she thought to herself, but we have a long evening ahead. The little fox kit, Kisun...

"Come on, Foxie, time to go to bed!" Felix called down to the living room. It was 9:00, after all, and long past time for little fox kits to be in bed. "Aww, but I'm almost done with my car, daddy!" said the little red fox, already snugly wrapped up in his favourite tie-dyed sleeper and night d...

The rest of the weekend seemed to pass instantaneously for Thaddeus. His brief adventure in Lupinia consumed his concentration, and Monday couldn’t arrive fast enough. He made arrangements to skip class that day, claiming he’d caught the flu while camping, and loaded up the truck almost ...

The beauty of nature is a wonderful thing, inspiring creativity and peace in most people. There are some who don’t care for living outside the realm of man, but for others, the forest is the only place that’s home. For Thaddeus Lovejoy, exploring the nearby Appalachian Mountains was alwa...

These are easy-reference weather reports and forecast links for locations I frequently travel to.  Largely for my own reference, but you might find them useful too.

Just after April Fool's Day, I posed a question on Twitter and Facebook, inspired by a silly conversation with someone close to me. The question was, which is better, sex or ice cream? I left it up to the reader to define "better", but I intended it to mean "more enjoyable". I figured we'd get a ...

[ Click for Article ] As a self-proclaimed nerd, this is some of the best news I've heard all week (which is really lame, but true). Having never been to Vegas, and only recently discovering how much I like Star Trek, I was really disappointed when I heard about this closing down. The fact that...

The place I would like to go Is not one place at all. It is a simple thing seen in all areas Yet often taken for granted. Where I would like to go Is the open road, riding into the sunset No destination, no agenda Just my bike and I, partners in the breeze The wind whips over us ...

On a whim, my mom and I saw Paul Blart: Mall Cop this evening. I didn't have high expectations; the previews made the movie look rather dumb, and when LilPup & Spike saw it last week, they seemed less than impressed. So, I was expecting a movie full of stupid humour that I probably wouldn't rememb...

A good friend of mine writes a blog called "For the Love of Candy" which focuses on reviewing different types of candy. From classic, everyday favourites, to local delicacies, she has an impressive talent for taste-testing sweet treats. Her site is currently on hiatus for a short while, but she'll...

One of my "guilty pleasures" is a fondness for the movie "Waiting". If you haven't seen it...well, I'd have a hard time recommending it to anyone, on the same level that I'd recommend any other movie. It's quite possibly one of the most disgusting, poorly-written movies I've ever seen in my life. ...

Simply put, the Rally to Restore Sanity was the most awesome thing I've been to in a very, very long time! Definitely worth the extra effort to go to it in-person, rather than watch it on TV. The trip actually started Friday, I came up to stay with Syme so that I wouldn't have to get up at the c...