Mauricio Alas

As the proverbial people-person with an eye for the creative, I have always enjoyed experimenting and trying new things. For the last few years, that has included stepping behind the camera's viewfinder where, if you ever tried it yourself, you know the world itself quickly becomes a canvas to be played with and explored.

Holy Book Inc. (Part I)

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Someone close to me bought me a book entitled “The Year of Living Biblically,” ironically, as a Christmas present. At first, when you crack the sucker open it is hard not to feel comfortable as you sail past the first few pages. A. J. Jacobs, a self-described agnostic-Jew who takes pride in his generally God-less … Read more

Pre-New Year’s Flu

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In our western society, few are the times for greater reflection than on, and around New Year’s. A time to look back at a set of time and space and ponder on the deeds and non-deeds that have carried us to this point in our lives. A time only followed by one’s birthday and the … Read more

Adventures Of An Organizer!

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In one of my adventures as an organizer of a social group I found myself at a trendy lounge in downtown Toronto next to someone who was wearing a shirt that read: ‘Remember my name, because you will be screaming it later.’ Never having heard before, I could not restrain myself from commenting: ‘Funny,’ I … Read more

STUDY REVEALS: Nerds Get Laid More In Adulthood Than Any Other High School Clique.

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Chicago – A new study spear-headed by the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society released its results last week after two years of statistic and physiologic data collecting. Its results were of no surprise to the scientists involved, or anyone with an IQ higher than 138 points. ‘We found that on average, an IQ of 138 … Read more