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Every now and again my 19-year-old daughter, Emily, and I like to watch a television comedy. Ancient Aliens on the History Channel is one of

Ah, the Internet. She’s such a complicated gal, ain’t she? This all-knowing lady (who’s won Miss Cyberspace for 25 years straight now) seems to have

If you think the marketers of the world have run out of places to creatively boost brands in search of a bigger bottom line, think

The longer I watch movies for a living, the more careful I’ve become about what movies I watch when I’m off the clock. The longer

It’s not often that butlers get much notice. It’s part of the job, really, to be unobtrusive. Invisible. A room or office, Cecil Gaines tells

Notice to all our blog readers: It’s possible that you are doing grave danger to your health by reading this post—particularly if you’re currently using

When we go to the movies we can experience good surprises (“I loved that twist ending!”) or bad ones (“I can’t believe there was so

Recently I ran across an article about video games written by a woman named Jane McGonigal—a gaming expert with a PhD who wrote a book

My car still has a cassette deck built into the dash. That appalling confession is weighing on me today, making me feel old, square and

As summer winds down and trips to the theater are replaced by trips to the store to buy back-to-school supplies, Hollywood’s studios are unloading the