Don’t be that guy: Mine, mine, mine
The absolute worst thing about watching Netflix with others is when you have to watch it with That Guy.
Author: The Other Press
The Other Press, Douglas College's student newspaper since 1976. Articles, insight and updates from the New West and Coquitlam campuses.
Diversify your reading life
Work and school life don’t present a lot of opportunities to explore new literature. But in order to achieve imaginative growth and find new perspectives, we need to read more than instructional documents and textbooks. How though? How can we incorporate stories into our lives after an exhausting day of reading boring material?
Yours, mine, and ours
Our personal time is in many ways the biggest and most valuable commodity. Not only is it the only possession we have that can never be regained, but it’s the only commodity that everyone in the world has an equal amount of. We all have the same number of hours in a day in the end, although the activities we occupy it with and the efficiency in managing it varies.
The cost of convenience
John Sylvan is the inventor of Keurig K-Cups coffee pods. Like Doctor Frankenstein bringing life to his monster, Sylvan caused unintended havoc with coffee pods.
When your budget won’t budge
There is nothing more sobering than dealing with finance. Now that we have accepted the fact that it sucks, let’s figure out how we can make it better, or at least bearable.
Anti-aging preventative care
Now, I know what you’re thinking: you’re young, why would you be worrying about aging? The truth is that as with anything, it’s better to prevent a problem than have to deal with it later on
Meatless Monday: Bread soup
I will confess I’m not the best chef. But even I know that it’s not good to let food go to waste. As many of us are struggling to afford tuition, books, and rent, it’s important to find ways of using up the food we have, even if it might not be the freshest anymore.
Construction site: Diary of a mad costume maker
Vancouver sees its fair share of conventions—especially of the nerdy variety. With Fan Expo kicking off the convention season at the beginning of April, many a busy geek are finding time in their schedule to recreate the look of their favourite character. That’s right people, I’m talking costumes.
A Dynamic workout experience
Trying to keep up with my New Year’s resolution of getting into shape, I recently bought myself a membership at Dynamic Health and Fitness. For those who are unaware, it is located just beside Starbucks by the westbound platform in New Westminster SkyTrain station.
Meat Sweats
Memphis blues was started by a couple of guys who fell in love with southern barbecue and decided to bring the smoky flavour to Vancouver. I decided to check out the barbecue house named after what Men’s Fitness ranked the fourth fattest city in America and notorious for being the bane of vegetarians by putting meat in everything.