By BEN SZMANDA
It takes a while before you can get a glimpse of what’s going on in Robert Coover’s bizarre novel Gerald’s Party. For the first 50 pages or so, all you really get is a blur of movement; there is an endless, feverish, parade of people, half finished drunken dirty jokes, grotesque scenes, […]

By ROXY RETAIL
cactusiv(at)gmail.com
Sarah Jessica Parker wore a silver dress to the Sex and The City premiere. The funny thing about that was it was the third time that dress had been worn, the first by Lindsay Lohan.
But, nonetheless, people are following in what they think is Carrie Bradshaw’s Manolos, and saying that silver and metalics […]

By TY FREER
ty_freer(at)yahoo.com
Dear Boston Celtics,
I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you so, so very much for beating—nay—totally emasculating the Lakers in six not-all-that-exciting-and-certainly-not-up-to-the-hype NBA Finals games.
You see, had you lost to Los Angeles (which everyone, including myself, expected… I mean, come on, you couldn’t win in Atlanta; even the Washington Generals took one […]

By JIM MONTANA
jim.montana(at)hotmail.com
Why do Americans love Barack Obama so much? Is it that they truly feel that he is the next great hope for this country? Or is it the fact that they are fascinated by the novelty of having an African American running for President. Obama has been compared to Abraham […]

Hello boys and girls.
You may have noticed there have been quite a few shakeups over here at the cactus lately. We didn’t have this much downtime during last summer, but it seems this summer is turning into a lack of content.
If you’ve noticed that, and it’s KILLING you, drop us an email and let us […]

By BEN SZMANDA
1. First Major Precept
On Killing
A disciple of the Buddha shall not himself kill, encourage others to kill, kill by expedient means, praise killing, rejoice at witnessing killing, or kill through incantation or deviant mantras. He must not create the causes, conditions, methods, or karma of killing, and shall not intentionally kill any living […]