For many of us, going to college is a right of passage that eventually takes us into the adult world of responsibility, knowledge, money, and  opportunity. It teaches us about both ourselves and the world around us, about the homes we grew up in, and our planetary neighbors. There are also many who manage to do just fine without a [...]

Horror movies aren’t the only source of scares, thrills and large doses of gore. For years, music videos have presented visual depictions to help bring out the intended soul of a song. Some go far beyond the recording studio, as music videos have become more than just an option for artist to market their music, [...]

­The human brai­n is like a huge university library that stock­s its many shelves with memories as opposed to books. An area of the brain known as the hippocampus, the part of the brain in charge of memory, has the most responsibility in this mind library. It hops back and forth between the new releases [...]

Would you like to live to a ripe old age? Pack your bags and move to one of these countries. In compiling life expectancy data, by far the most important factor is wealth; people with money tend to eat healthier, not smoke, and drink less. They also have access to the good health care. Adding [...]

People love to watch TV.  Television can be our best friend, our babysitter or psychologist. Maybe the best (or worst) part of it is that when we watch TV,  it does all the work for us.  We don’t need use our minds to create like we do when reading.  When we read, our  imagination has to conjure up images and [...]

Actor and former boxer Mickey Rourke burst onto the film landscape in the early eighties, with a look, a style and tremendous ability to act that made all stand up and take notice. After head turning performances in “Diner” and “Rumble Fish”, many began calling him the next James Dean; some even compared him to [...]

By now, we all know the story.  The Bush administration’s claim that Saddam Hussein was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction was used as a pretense for invading Iraq.  To quote  former President Bush directly: “Our conservative estimate is that Iraq today has a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical weapons agents. Evidence indicates that Iraq is [...]

You might think that it’s a no-brainer why one should live an honest life. But it’s apparent to me that a life of integrity is the exception rather than the rule. How many people do you know who are honest all the time? We could make a case about the morality and the “rightness” of [...]

Movie audiences have always had a long standing love affair with gangster movies.  For many, it’s the climb out of poverty and a rise to power that so many are drawn towards. For others its the life without rules or limitations. More than anything else, the stories of hardened criminals are anchored by the idea of fellowship, rooted [...]

No one ever likes to hear the words “You’re Fired!” the fact is however, is that it happens everywhere, all the time. Funny thing is, more often than not, its deserved. There are certain people that just refuse to conduct themselves in a manner expected by most any boss. Laziness, constant complaining, excuse making, job evasion, and, gossip mongering could all [...]