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Reconnecting to the Earth: Reclaiming Our Relationship to Nature and Ourselves by Aaron Hoopes, Ozark Mountain Publishing, 112 pages. $13. If there s a silver lining to be found in the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, it s that Vermonters are spending more time outdoors and finding myriad reasons to embrace nature. According to a University of Vermont Gund Institute for Environment study released on December 16, 2020, Vermonters especially women have significantly increased time spent on outdoor activities such as walking, gardening and wildlife watching due to COVID-19. What does this newfound appreciation for the outdoors mean for our mental, emotional and physical wellness?
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A Taxonomy of Donald Trump’s Facial Expressions
The outgoing president’s journey from reality television to the Oval Office is evident in every smile and every scowl.
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Of the many head-benders of the Trump era, the dialectic between absurdity and extreme gravity has been one of the hardest to manage. We have been obliged to take an unserious person very seriously indeed. It has hurt our brains. It has reminded us, again and again, that the 45th president of the United States is simultaneously a reality-television star and an aspiring despot.
Is it possible to separate his hammy entertainer’s chops from his raw political efficacy? Or his charisma from his incoherence? No, it is not. But we can begin an analysis. And we can start by classifying some of his major modes as an orator and a performer: the masks of Trump.
The Naked Gun: Liam Neeson says he s had talks of starring in reboot
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THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD! remains a comedy classic almost entirely due to the deadpan brilliance of Leslie Nielsen, so it s hard to imagine anyone else following in his footsteps. Hollywood has been attempting to reboot the franchise for a number of years, with Ed Helms (
The Office) once slated to play Detective Frank Drebin, but much like a tragic blimp accident, they don t seem to get too far off the ground.
While speaking to People about his upcoming retirement from action movies, Liam Neeson dropped a brief tidbit about his possible future in comedy, saying that he s been approached by Seth MacFarlane and Paramount Studios to maybe resurrect the Naked Gun films, which prompted Neeson to joke that such a move will either finish my career or bring it in another direction. I honestly don t know. Neeson has worked with MacFarlane on several occasions such as
This Has to Be the Most Savage Act of Revenge After a Break Up
As the classic post break up song Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood goes, there are a ton of things you could do when you find out that your significant other has been cheating on you. Key their car, slash their tires, carve your name into their leather seats- really the list is endless. However, one woman decided to use the power of glitter to get her revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend.
In a TikTok video, user Hollynicoleeee goes on a rampage with glitter all over her ex-boyfriends apartment and she makes sure not to leave any place out! The video is set to, of course, Carrie Underwood s Before He Cheats :