I finally got around to watching 10 Things I Hate About You the other night. The movie apparently came out when I was a junior in high school – prime target audience age for that teen cult classic. But despite being repeatedly being told over the years that I channel the female protagonist – I h...

U.N. Warns Food Shortage Will Continue Up To 2010 AHN London, England - United Nations World Food Program (WFP) head Josette Sheeran warns that the agency is already taking precautionary measures by rationing food aid to address worldwide food shortage and the increasing commodity prices which is ex...

U.N. Warns Food Shortage Will Continue Up To 2010 AHN London, England - United Nations World Food Program (WFP) head Josette Sheeran warns that the agency is already taking precautionary measures by rationing food aid to address worldwide food shortage and the increasing commodity prices which is ex...

I have often been described as a ‘colorful personality.’ The editor and the journalist in me rankles at the theatrical term - personalities don’t have color, and I’m really only one or two shades of pasty yellow if you’re talking about my skin. Psh. So I have lately been doing my best to m...

My goodness is my brain malfunctioning lately. It seems to have forgotten it’s supposed to be patiently collecting the residue of my not very gentle brushes [read as “wipe outs�] with the absurd so they can be used to paint a technicolored blog for your very much amusement/time wastage. But I ...

On my messenger, the day before I flew out to Europe for the second time in two weeks: “Have a safe trip Owl. Try not to get any new scars.� Funny way to say goodbye. But I suppose apt. If there’s anything this anti-materialistic Spartan collects, it’s scars. I kind of have a lot of them. Th...

Winter Preps & The Economy - How Are They Related? From the news that I just went over I really believe that we're in for some hard times. Great Depression level hard times. Are you prepared? Are you ready? I ask because we’re also heading into winter, predicted to be a pretty harsh winter alo...

Winter Preps & The Economy - How Are They Related? From the news that I just went over I really believe that we're in for some hard times. Great Depression level hard times. Are you prepared? Are you ready? I ask because we’re also heading into winter, predicted to be a pretty harsh winter alo...

Move over Janet Jackson. I am the QUEEN of the wardrobe malfucntion. The Super Bowl shocker is an amateur. Yes, I know she did expose rather some taboo parts of her body, but given that she was already flashing 90%, to accidentally go the last 5%, big whoop. I, who attempt to COVER 90%, am forever f...

World News North and South Korea to Hold Military Talks Associated Press Seoul, South Korea - South Korea accepted a North Korean proposal to hold military talks, a Defense Ministry official said Saturday, amid continuing tensions on the divided peninsula. Ties between the two countries, which are s...