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My handcuffs were pulling tight as I tried to wiggle my way out of the back of the cop car. Police officer John had come around the back side of the car and opened the door for me. His face showed compassion, and although he wasn’t exactly smiling, his expression was that of a concerned…
By Alexa Johns Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, May 8th, and this will be a very different experience for me than my first one last year. I’ve held off on writing about this topic due to some legal restrictions, but I’ve been given the go-ahead from my attorneys to tell my story, without…
By Paul Blase There’s a saying I’ve been pondering lately. Something that I feel everyone’s heard but often misunderstands. “Fake it till you make it.” It’s fairly easy to imagine what this means. In the music world, it’s possible to buy views, likes, comments, and shares on various social media platforms. In this regard, musicians…
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By Paul Blase It was February of 2012. Just eight months and a handful of days earlier, I was on cloud nine. I received an offer to play hockey in the 1. Liga, the second tier of professional hockey in Slovakia. Although I had some professional games under my belt already as part of a…
CLICKBAIT! Well, kind of, but not really. It seems as though since 2016, people all across America (the World, even, but who cares?) have been congregating in order to protest anything and everything. They put various names on these demonstrations, but ultimately, they are all “anti” something. Whether it be anti-fascist, anti-bullying, anti-Trump, anti-ICE, anti-police,…
