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Tips for Surviving Your Family Dinner

For many of us, Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness. We bundle up in our Sunday best and travel hundreds of miles to spend time with our families, filling up on delicious home cooking, gathering around – and inevitably passing out in front of – televised games and parades... but what about those of us who don't have the best relationships with our relatives? Those of us with “strange” dietary restrictions or an aversion to team sports? The black sheep?

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Theater Watch: November Week Three

Looking to impress a date by taking them to a quality NYC theater performance? Here’s a brief list of some of the best shows on the stage for the coming week.

Jacuzzi - Ars Nova - Through Nov 15th

This performance is an off-Broadway thriller that centers on a pair of folks that steal their way into a private jacuzzi. When the owner of said jacuzzi shows up with his son, things began to take a turn for the strange. Jacuzzi is an unconventional play that has some interesting twists and turns and is perfect for a theater-lovers’ date night.

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Ebola - Now and the Future

 Africa - The True Victims of the Ebola Outbreak

 When we sit around and worry about the Ebola virus coming across our borders and causing mass deaths, we lose perspective on the real problem. Here in the Western world, we are fully prepared to deal with this issue and can expect only the bare minimum of infections and deaths. In West Africa, however, the problem is truly severe.

Paranormal Romance Pick of the Week: Love is Strange

When I first heard about Love is Strange, my reaction went something like this: “Wait... Bruce Sterling wrote a romance novel? Umm... What?” Soon afterward, I read Warren Ellis's review of the book, which describes it as a weird, lumpy, sometimes uncomfortable comedy that is fun and evil. Then I ran out into the world (figuratively speaking) and grabbed a copy for myself.

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Should Comcast Give Poor NYC Residents Free Internet Access?

Connection to the great web of information known as the Internet has helped to move our world in strange and surprising ways. From virtual warehouses of information to online trolling, it’s been both a good and a bad ride. But the presence of the Internet in people’s lives is almost necessary at this point. Thus, some in the NYC government are suggesting that Comcast should provide free Internet to thousands of our poorer residents.

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