This week we get to start over with the coming of a New Year. Many of my friends have had a rough year, and lots of my clients have also. But before we make grand pronouncements on what a horrible year it has been, I offer the following: There is a Chinese story of an old farmer who had an old horse
Editor’s Note: The Quackers are three awesome ducks — Rusty, Richard and Sydney — from the canals of Venice who are on a mission to educate the community about the dangers of global warming and the importance of practicing sustainability, all while surfing the most gnarly waves possible.
Of the conservative estimate of 10 million species on planet Earth, there currently exist 2,500 different kinds of mosquitoes. Yet despite being the size and weight of a grape seed, these are deadly and fearsome creatures.
The Good<p> For the third year, the "Helping the Homeless” Sammy goes to West Coast Care. Since arriving here in Oct. 2006, WCC has helped more than 750 people to transition off of the streets by reconnecting them with family and friends in their home towns or getting them into treatment programs an
Who is the worst person in the world? Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” has actually named me the “worst person in the world” for coming to the defense of political protesters who believed their First Amendment rights were being restricted.
Dear Rachel, I’m a married mother of two who just discovered that my husband of five years has been cheating on me since I got pregnant. We have a 4-year-old son, so you do the math.
Christmas has finally arrived. That means in one more week, the day after New Year’s, we’ll all be on diets. I’m Jewish, and should be biased toward Chanukah but, between the two, Christmas wins, hands down.
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that my husband has an aversion to kissing me on New Year’s Eve. I’m trying hard not to take it personally. But after five straight years of ringing in the New Year without so much as a peck on the cheek, I’m starting to wonder if the lovey-dovey vows Rick tearful
Dear New Shrink, Everyone is talking about how to avoid all the temptations right now. The holidays seem to bring overindulgence, whether it’s eating, drinking or overspending.
On Nov. 30, 2009, John Whitehead of That Rutherford Guy posted a column in the Daily Press entitled “Have we forgotten God?” His observations of religious values and faith being supplanted by “rampant materialism” jangled like winning a big metaphysical money hand of Texas Hold ‘em.
In the middle of a financial crisis, Hollywood is poised to gross $10 billion at the box office this year. The global economy may have melted down in 2009, but the Hollywood economy has never been stronger.
Here’s a holiday wish I picked up this year, “Have a happy or merry RamaKwanakuhbodimastice.” It incorporates Ramadan, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Bodhi Day, Christmas and the Winter Solstice.
