KMC 25 – The Party Issue

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Welcome to the Party, People

So you’re at a dinner party. The food is good, the music okay, the conversation, um, well, not to be rude, but it’s about as exciting as watching leaves rot. Politics and weather, the news. You thought this was a dinner “party.” As in, let’s dive deep into the wine and dance; let our heads spin into the essence of life, you know, let it all hang out. Perhaps you didn’t know the word “party” is one of many homonyms, that multi-faceted word-rager that makes learning the English language near impossible — unless you’re an infant, of course.

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A Norwegian mountain town long cloaked in shadow finally sees the light. Funded by local donations, assorted government grants, and sizeable funds from Norsk Hydro—the…

S’up yo? They’re flat but evidently phat. Can you guess what the continent’s fastest growing sport is? Is stand up paddleboarding the next canoeing?

Dudes can’t dance. Perhaps in Latin America, or Spain, and definitely in Africa, but from my experience in western North America, most guys struggle to…