Not All Fans Wear Capes
Rhode Island Comic Con is upon us again and thousands of excited fanatics will invade downtown Providence like a colorful misfit army of all backgrounds and backstories, much like their favorite...
View ArticleCosplay as Therapy
When asked to write this article I spent days agonizing over trying to be inclusive and explain to “muggles” (non-magic folk) the details behind cosplay and how some people may use cosplay as a form of...
View ArticleAlt-Health: Death by Chocolate
Today, a friend of mine was told that he has diabetes. It’s a story that is becoming all too familiar. For perspective on this creeping plague, I went browsing in the Diabetes Atlas. It was a real eye...
View ArticleNerds Do It, Geeks Do It …
Unlike “cool,” the undefeated champion of slang words, “nerd” means many things to many people. It was once an insult hurled by jocks at smart kids who ate paste and never got laid. Now it’s shorthand...
View ArticleRI Comic Con Turns 5
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. Though it contains many omissions and much of it is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it has become the main book of reference...
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Advice from the Trenches: Learning to Love Sugar
Dear C: I read an article on diabetes in the last issue of Motif that really got me thinking. My son goes to a school that feeds the kids breakfast in the classroom every day. He can’t avoid it; not...
View ArticleGobble Gobble (GULP!)
Thanksgiving. That wonderful time of year when we gather around the table with family and friends to give thanks, gorge on carbs and try our best to not open up any emotional wounds that were incurred...
View ArticleFrom Presidents and American Leaders: Thoughts on Surviving this Special...
At this particular course of American history, we find ourselves off the precipice and rolling down a rocky cliffside toward Thanksgiving. Yes, Thanksgiving, despite what every major drugstore and...
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Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange Helps Rhode Islanders in Need
Where To Drop Off Donations The unofficial start of the Christmas season seems to start earlier and earlier, much to the chagrin of consumers. But most people eventually give in, getting swept up in...
View ArticlePleasing Everyone’s Palate
There’s at least one among every collection of family and friends: the vegetarian, the cousin with the peanut allergy, the girlfriend who’s gluten intolerant. In the past, the dietary impaired were...
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Advice from the Trenches: Trump Trouble
Dear C; I am still in a state of shock after the election. That first day I felt disbelief, then sank into a dark depression. After listening to Hillary’s concession speech, I felt comforted by her...
View ArticleGive the Gift of Health
Want to give the gift of health this holiday season? Great idea! But first, a word of caution: There are some pitfalls you’ll want to avoid. I remember the year that I gave “Recipes For a Leaner You”...
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Recyclable Wrapping
Instead of feeling guilty while you stuff garbage bag after garbage bag full of shiny, non-recyclable wrapping paper on Christmas morning, do things differently this year. There are plenty of ways to...
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Give the Gift of Whiskey
Sometimes the meat of an article – or in this case the booze – warrants nothing more than a short introduction. We’re talking Whiskey Picks for the holiday/winter season with resident expert Ben Terry...
View ArticleIMBIBE: Shop, Drop, Drink, Repeat
If you haven’t heard, The Arcade is hosting a Winter Farmer’s Market for the holiday season. Over 18 vendors with their wares, from delicious agriculture to handmade goodies, will be there for your...
View ArticleFrom Presidents and American Leaders: Thoughts on Surviving this Special...
At this particular course of American history, we find ourselves off the precipice and rolling down a rocky cliffside toward Thanksgiving. Yes, Thanksgiving, despite what every major drugstore and...
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Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange Helps Rhode Islanders in Need
Where To Drop Off Donations The unofficial start of the Christmas season seems to start earlier and earlier, much to the chagrin of consumers. But most people eventually give in, getting swept up in...
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Know Your Mom and Pop: Sin Alley Tattoo
I give start-up business owners a lot of credit, because starting a business can be quite a challenge. In addition to the risk that goes into the decision to branch out on one’s own, a lot of work,...
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Advise from the Trenches: Mean Girls
Dear C; When I was in high school, I was tormented by four girls. They formed a club, and even had monogrammed matching satin jackets. I was sort of friends with them, until one day when Top Girl...
View ArticleThe Kindness of Strangers
2016 has been a hell of a year. And with a Tweeting Tyrant poised to enter the White House, we totter precariously into 2017. Most of us are going to make resolutions; this is a year to make them...
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