As I’ve mentioned in other articles, there are as many different styles of telling stories as there are storytellers. There are many who never use any kind of a prop, whereas, there are just as many more who do use one, two, or a variety of props when telling. It is really up to the teller whether or not and when or how he or she will make use of props. This article will discuss the ins and outs of using props.

Revealing, Appealing, Masks and Puppets! Part 2
The first puppeteers told stories about gods, kings and adventure, and began the magic tradition of puppetry more than 2,000 years ago.

100+ Things To Do With Cardboard Tubes
This listing of 122 different ideas for using toilet paper, paper towel, and gift wrap tubes has been around for so long that nobody knows who put it together - but it sure sparks the imagination!

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX : Cannabis cars
If General Motors made cars from hemp and if they included a joint in every glove compartment we would see a sharp decline in road rage incidents.

He'll Be Back
There in the corner, still hanging on the wall, was Joey's lucky bat and glove. High upon the shelf stood the trophy he won in his senior year in swimming. Stacks of boxes contained his baseball card collection and on the wall just above his desk was an empty spot where a picture was hung.

March Contest Winners Announced!
What do a Tuna Can, Finger Puppets, Golf Balls, and Rosaries all have in common? They combine in unusual ways to make nice things! Read this article to see some of the ideas offered up in our March contests, and a great new craft!

Mayweather May Be Slipping
Literally - versus Hernandez May 26, Mayweather slipped three times. And went down due to pain in both hands. Though Mayweather wasn’t hit, the ruled knock down was called when his glove touched the canvas.

Insects our six-legged friends
Your children will love learning all about insects and other bugs!

PTQ-Chicago Report, Miami, FL (The Optimus Prime Report)- 7/19/98
This report contains a fair amount of rambling. There's still strategy, deck lists, etc., but be forewarned, there's rambling too. After all, Wakefield does it every time, and he got to put it in a BOOK and make MONEY...

The Javanese rite of discarding ill fortune : Ruwatan
Quite lot a mistake brings the people to misfortune. Believed by the traditional Javanese faith, it is important to release a soul from the power that threaten him or her to an improper place.

Greet the New Year With a Gothic Party!
A gothic party is a wonderful way to share ideas, meet new people, and learn the latest ‘untold’ news circling the village. The hardest decision that you’ll have to make about your gothic party is deciding who you will want to invite.

Go grab a warm cup of dark Belgium cocoa, then settle into your lounger or settee. Got a pen? A pad? Good. Let’s begin planning! We’ve even included a few gothic recipes that will keep heads turning...

Holy Smoke and Mirrors The Vatican Conspiracy
THE MAFIA, THE CIA, AND THE VATICAN'S INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS Albert Vincent Carone is one of those people who spent his life dancing between raindrops and turning invisible wherever a shadow lingered. He existed and also didn't exist. Al Carone--unlike his near namesake, Al Capone--truly was a paradox wrapped in a mystery concealed behind an enigma.

The Gift of ART!
Do you have an eye for Art? If so, then visit the Bellagio.

Bellagio Las Vegas strives for PERFECTION!

Week 6: Survivor Insider (Part 2)
More insight, yo.

Being John Malkovich
Surrelism at its best

The Insurgents and the Swastika

Yugoslavia was born in sin and in sin it perished. The King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Alexander I, a freshly self-proclaimed dictator, declared it on October 1929. It was a union of East and West, the Orthodox and the Catholic, Ottoman residues with Austro-Hungarian structures, the heart and the mind. Inevitably, it stood no chance. The Croats and the Slovenes - formerly fiery proponents of a Yugo (Southern) Slav federation - were mortified to find themselves in a Serb-dominated "Third World", Byzantine polity. This was especially galling to the Croats who fiercely denied both their geography and their race to cling to the delusion of being a part of "Europe" rather than the "Balkans". To this very day, they hold all things Eastern (Serbs, the Orthodox version of Christianity, Belgrade, the Ottoman Empire, Macedonia) with unmitigated contempt dipped in an all-pervasive feeling of superiority. This is a well known defence mechanism in nations peripheral. Many a suburban folk wish to belong to the city with such heat and conviction, with such ridiculous emulation, that they end up being caricatures of the original.

The Fifth Horseman
The protean Balkan nations have perfected the art of backstabbing. They now consider Serbia to be a vanquished, effete and submissive nation, kow-towing to the West's demands and attuned to its every whim. In other words: in an ideal condition to be pulled asunder. How wrong they are. And what a dear price they - and the West - are going to pay for this fateful misreading of the Serbs.

VIVA LA DIFFERENCE
We're all different - and that's reason to celebrate! This week's "Pages and Play" will help children understand that it's okay to be different, because it takes a whole box of crayons to make a rainbow.