Reindeer

Jared Diamond explores the history of the world from a unique view. An ecologist and evolutionary biologist himself, he was not particularly trained to examine the world in the way an anthropologist would. This book, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Society, delves into the known world and societies within it, at least as of 1997. Diamond wanted to uncover why history unfolded differently on the different continents over the last 13 thousand years, but more importantly he wanted to…

and go back to sleep. Every 15 minutes after that, Kayla would again wake me up and express her feelings about the situation. After the fifth time of her waking me up, I hear my phone go off. It’s a text from my Aunt Kim, the owner of the blow up reindeer. I feel my heart stop and my stomach turn. I open the text, fearful of…

of domesticates. They put in the effort in the 19C and 20C to domesticate large animals such as moose and elk. Only fourteen large animals have been domesticated. Such as sheep, pigs, cows, Arabian camels, Bactrian camels, llamas, donkeys, reindeers, water buffaloes, yaks, Bali cattle, and Mithans. Some species like zebra have never been domesticated. Domesticated animals changed through mutations from their non domesticated cousins. Many has gotten smaller than what they was in the past…

I Never Stopped Enjoying Stop-Motion Animation: My viewing of anything with stop motion. Imagine this. You are Twelve years old. It is a hot Saturday afternoon. You have just finished mowing the neighbor’s yard. You have just earned yourself Ten dollars. Yes. $10.00. To buy yourself a Corgi toy vehicle based on Space:1999. You sit down for a cold glass of water. Not soda. Soda is a rare drink in this house that you sit. And before you go get on your bicycle to ride and ride almost three miles…

In modern-day Scandinavia, people use the marine environment as an important part of their life. From large oil rigs to small fishing villages, Scandinavians uilizedt the marine environment that surrounds them. I know this quite well, from experience. My paternal grandmother was raised on a small island and fishing village off the cost of northern Norway, called Sommarøy, near Tromsø. Her father was a fisherman and her mother was a Sami from Finnmark, which also lived off the sea. From her, I…

The aspect of “global change” has become a very recognizable issue. People all over the world have become aware of the many issues contributing to the planet’s decline and unsustainable future. These environmental changes are continuously being researched and addressed, but no one really understands the extreme effects of this global change. The most vulnerable concept is the change in climate. The ATEAM project conducted by M.J. Metzger, M.D.A. Rounsevell, L. Acosta-Michlik, R. Leemans and D.…

Chapter 1: Prologue Act 1: Holy Shit, I Won the lottery! "Hey dude, it looks like you've won the lottery." "Really? How much the prize?" "Hmm...About 10 Billion bucks." "Holy shit. I need to collect this shit." I immediately grabbed the lottery ticket from the store clerk and ran to the nearby bank. My brain is already filled with things I should buy. Ferrari's. Yachts. Diamonds. Diamond Yachts. Shit, that'll be awesome. I shout "I won the fucking lottery!" inside the bank hysterically.…

How incredible to think that this temptation is so great that the Lord will send down a flying angel to communicate this message to the people on earth. This speaks to the Lord’s awesome grace and love towards all humanity. He does not long for the death of anyone’s soul, but that they should repent and believe (Ezek. 33:11). Death of the soul is not annihilation, but everlasting torment. Humanity’s mythic stories of good and evil draw upon this real battle that culminates in real…

With each round of the seasonal carousel comes the holidays, which come and go like old friends. They bring memories of past, and promise of new traditions to come. Whether it is winter the incandescent branches of pine are adorned in glittering glass.. Easter, when children scatter in search of painted eggs. Halloween, where children come knocking late in the evening, or thanksgiving-- thankfully eating until you almost yack. Every holiday is filled with their own unique traditions from the…

couldn’t turn around and crossing north of the Arctic Circle when the sun only partially set around midnight just to rise again an hour later, • visiting the northernmost point of Europe, • driving through Lapland (where we learned the number of reindeer owned was the symbol of wealth and it was impolite to…