Strange Sands

Two weeks in the summer of 2002 evoke more memories for me than any other fort night in my life. At the time, it seemed like a horror movie, but staring back through the fog of time, I now see it as an exciting adventure. At 15 years old I stared down a gun barrel,...

How Changes in our Society Caused Dumber Kids

Within the last twenty years kids have become dumber and dumber. I watched the change as it happened. It was fast and disturbing. When I started in elementary school, we were taught the competitive system that had kept America on top of the world since my grandfather was born. Kids were expected to learn every...

Hemingway in Vegas: One Man’s Journey for the Perfect Mojito

Vegas is hot. Vegas is loud. Vegas is fast. Everything in Vegas is designed for a purpose, and that purpose is to separate the average tourist from the memory that money is required for everyday living. Its flashing lights promise entertainment, riches, sex. Its streets promise the chance to run into the famous, or at least...

Great New England Beer Run

EDITOR’S NOTE: On September 22, five people attempted to do the unthinkable- or, at least, that which no one ever bothered to think of before. Their mission: to consume a beer in each of the six New England states in one calendar day. Project 413 reporter/beer critic Chris Nopper gets back to us...