It has been ten years since my last trip to labor and delivery. Twelve the time before that. So... I decided to ask around and get a few tips on what to take to the hospital with me that I might have forgotten. I figure in ten years there might even be something new and exciting that I need to add t...

* The news on Alex Rodriguez is being covered exhaustively and effectively, so I don’t have much to add. I don’t really care for the term “hybrid” for the surgery, since really what they’re doing is half a surgery. Instead of both debriding the labrum and resurfacing th...

A couple of days have gone by since Mars, Inc.‘s Skittles brand tossed out its website and replaced it with links to various social media properties. So frenetic was the commentary that I decided to stay out of it other than a mention on Monday’s episode of For Immediate Release. But I j...

A couple of days have gone by since Mars, Inc.‘s Skittles brand tossed out its website and replaced it with links to various social media properties. So frenetic was the commentary that I decided to stay out of it other than a mention on Monday’s episode of For Immediate Release. But I j...

It's that time of year again..........I knew it yesterday afternoon as I cycled through the Lennox shopping center on my way to TechColumbus and caught sight of two of "them" coming out of Staples. You can't miss 'em........those unnaturally tanned hardbodies ...

In her new book “An Altar in the World,” bestselling author Barbara Brown Taylor writes about “the practice of paying attention.” She explains: The practice of paying attention is as simple as looking twice at people and things you might just as easily ignore. To see takes ti...

The screws are being turned on Israel in anticipation of Bibi. Hillary has promised $900 million to rebuild Gaza — and, mind you, we’re going to make sure that none of it gets into the wrong hands. Yup. Right. Not only that, both the British Foreign Secretary and the Obama administration are pre...

What do you embrace or eschew for Lent? One look at me would tell you that I am in no position to lecture anyone on the joys of asceticism, or the rewards of deprivation.I never saw a tasty morsel I did not like, nor an exercise regimen I did.I am lazy, undisciplined and seduced by comfort.An aching...

One of the things I love about the creative/crafty blogs are the ever popular and free swaps that you can participate in. I have swapped candy, handmade books, vintage fabric, thrift store finds and kids' music cds with people all over the country. So I was thrilled when I stumbled across a swap...

Banking Bailout Money in Lobbyists' Pockets: TARP Money Used to Push for a New "Green Bubble" Wall Street firms bailed out by the American taxpayer are now financing an extensive lobbying campaign to promote the costly federal regulation of greenhouse gases and putting the American public at risk of...