Though I watch little broadcast television, I was well aware of Steve Wozniak's recent appearance on Dancing With the Stars on ABC, but the whole reality TV show genre is one I find revolting as "nasty" (or the possibility thereof) is the way the judges ensure they rile up the crowd and get people t...

Perhaps the most difficult thing I've experienced in attempting to settle in to being a mother has been dealing with classic introversion. I've been this way my entire life. (Myers Briggs/Keirsey type INFJ) I have an almost visceral need for space and time to process daily life and I need to...

When I examine my own behaviors with the use of social media and online activity, I'm often struck by how immersed I need to be in order to gain Twitter "followers," keep my blog pageviews and RSS reader numbers high and, most importantly, to truly develop real or meaningful relationships that are a...

Someone pointed out to me today that it's been six months since I posted. I literally had no idea. Things have been beyond crazy. They still are. But for the first time in a very long time, I feel like I might be able to handle them. In the last six months, I've been battling the worst depre...

In this time of economic upheaval, most of us feeling fear, and the stock market ups-n-downs giving any investor heartburn, ask yourself this one question: What if I already had everything I need? My maternal grandparents, Martin and Laura, were two of the most loving people I've ever known. They we...

Image details: Premiere Of Sony Pictures’ "Hancock" - Arrivals served by picapp.com Take this as you may, because it comes straight from the horse’s mouth. In an interview with a British magazine, Will Smith practically admitted that he and wife Jada are swingers - with full pe...

Thomas Sowell hits a home run again. He makes a great case for American exceptionalism and why we should cringe when idiotarian lefties say we should be more like Europe: If anyone suggested that Tiger Woods should try to be more like other golfers, people would question the sanity of whoever made t...

Yesterday, Joshua Rinaldi wrote a piece for the JournalNews about the city of Hamilton looking in to seeking private donations to help fund their Parks and Recreation department. Here are the key paragraphs:Harris hopes that through the fund, the parks department might be able to make infrastructure...

Lest you think that this is yet another rant on the Democratic Party or our Republican friends, let be completely frank and up front. Hollywood has officially run out of ideas and if you thought they had gone to the well before, look out for the disaster that is to come. Yes, my friends, Hollywood i...

Everyone thinks their own kid is amazing, hysterical and full of magic, but the comic strip above was created by my 13 year old son (and most of his are too sophomoric or kid-centric to show here!) and this one tickled me so thought I'd show it...especially since we've had the Dad/son "naughty web s...