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4 Anime Recommendations for Philosophers

Recently, I have found myself fascinated by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). I have been reading up on the different types a little at a time. Nothing heavy, or

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Comic Bandit

In a serendipitous coincidence of fate (in other words, luckily), soon after writing the article on Jigida Comics, I received two actual Nigerian comics in the mail. They were a belated birthday present from my mother. The 2 comics, Taboo & Uhuru, are both

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Time's End

Another project which caught my attention, was Time’s End by Theophany. Now for me, this was all about the incredibly thematic release modelled after The Legend of Zelda game: Majora’s Mask. The project itself, is a remix of all the

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The Final Countdown

From our old friend Andrew of STWPT, came the album The Final Countdown: A series of covers to an original song of the same title release by Europe in 1986. There are 7 versions in total, each using a different style of music, and

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Apocalypse 2012

According to the Mayan calendar, the world ought to have ended on Dec. 21st 2012 which funny enough, is my brother’s birthday! Of course the world didn’t end, he turned a year older (much to his chagrin), and we have

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Jigida Comics

Unlike Kuluya which involved multiple Nigerian digital artists, Jigida Comics is the work of a single person who goes by the pen name of Sugabelly. Sugabelly is a Nigerian blogger and illustrator according to her website, and Jigida Comics is her sole proprietorship comics

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Deviant Explorations

Last month, I introduced you all to DeviantArt, and I briefly talked about how much I like it, and how addicted I have become to it. I mentioned how beneficial I feel it is to me as a writer, and how much my writing

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Laugh Factory

‘Tis now the season to be jolly, and what’s more jolly than comedy? Nothing! So allow me to introduce you to Laugh Factory. They are a stand-up comedy club in Los Angeles that has featured (and still features) some of the

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A Deviant Artist

Some of you may already be familiar with deviantArt.com and what it’s for, but for the rest, let me give you a brief introduction. deviantArt was created to entertain, inspire, and empower the artist in all of us. Founded in August

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Songs To Wear Pants To

Meet Andrew Huang Meet Andrew, the face behind the website songstowearpantsto.com. You can commission him to write a song for you, or you could just suggest an idea and hope that he likes it. If he does, he’ll create it for

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Did You Know About NaNoWriMo?

Because I didn’t. That is until I read this article on LifeHacker at the beginning of the month. Apparently, the month of November is National Novel Writing Month in the U.S and NaNoWriMo is an initiative by the Office of Letters

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Philadelphia Zoo

Last month while my mother was around, we decided to make a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo and my mother being who she is, of course had it all planned out. We would get there, ride the P-Z express around the zoo, and get

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Lagos Bound

You ought to have gotten the hint by now that I was going to be away from the U.S for awhile. All this talk of backup content and not being able to host my friend or see my brother for some months. That&

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