The Disgusting Things That Move You
When it comes to emotions, you’re probably a big fan of happiness and joy. I mean, who doesn’t get tickled over those warm and fuzzy feelings (unless you’re a frowning loner who’s into kicking puppies). Hey, you may even “enjoy” getting a little scared or sad sometimes, especially when you pop that favorite thriller or […]
Someone Wants You to be Pregnant
OK, they’re not actually lobbying for it, but they are keeping their eyes peeled. And odds are you already sorta know about it. So don’t go looking all shocked. Most likely you’ve already signed up for one type of store discount card or another. Hey, I understand. It can save you some cash with just […]
The Simpsons: Underachievers or Donut Eaters?
A husky-voiced blue-haired wifey once asked her chubby hubby, “Homer, is this the way you pictured married life?” He briefly considered and answered, “Pretty much. Except we drove around in a van solving mysteries.” Homer may still be a little clueless, but there’s no mystery about he and his family’s popularity. This past Sunday, The […]
The Illness That Isn’t?
There’s something going around at LeRoy High School. More than a dozen young girls at this little school located in upstate New York are twitching with physical tics and blurting out sounds with a Tourette’s-like frenzy. And the girls say they can’t offer a clue as to how this uncontrollable malady suddenly gripped them. In […]
The Force Lives On … and On and On
I just finished reviewing the new massive multiplayer online video game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. And while taking note of the plusses and minuses of this expansive and entertaining title, I was struck by something that, I’ll admit, I haven’t stopped to consider in a while. Namely, just how long this franchise has been […]
Violin and Nokia Duet in A (for Annoying) Minor
We’ve all been there, that quiet time in the middle of a great movie or maybe a sweet moment while enjoying an intimate dinner with a loved one, when out of the blue somebody’s cell phone starts bleating out its attention-demanding caterwaul. All too often that offending bit of tech is screaming from the depths […]
Flying into the Celebrity Debate
The debate has raged on for some time now: How much influence do celebrities have? Do these singers, actors, reality stars and internet icons really have some impact in our lives or are they simply window dressings that pretty up the outside edges of our world and quickly fade from memory? Well, based on a […]
Forget Disneyland
The men and women of the Make-a-Wish Foundation sure do some great things, helping sick kids bring their fantasies to life. And I say God bless ’em. I just heard about one fulfilled wish, though, that was a little different. Disneyland? Hollywood? The Bahamas? Nah. 7-year-old Maxwell Hinton of Fresno Calif., had one dream: He […]
A Puzzling Christmas Morning
I’m a little bit after the fact here, but as my first blog of the new year let me tell you about what happened at our house this Christmas. Like most families, we have some yearly yuletide traditions. For instance, we always gather for a special family dinner on Christmas Eve that includes sharing warm […]
An Important Christmas Present from Facebook
It’s an odd dichotomy, but at Christmas time we often think about depression. Maybe not our own, but we worry about people whose sadness and grief might somehow be amplified during this typically joyous time. And in fact, if we widen our view a bit, the U.S. Surgeon General’s office states that over the course […]