22 days have elapsed since the group of 10 have been left to fend for themselves in a disused factory in the center of LA. Reality TV has a bit of a bad rap. How can it be reality when there are script writers? That is a great question. The Colony is not posed as [...]

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I once spent the weekend at a friend’s cabin and passed most of the time watching classic episodes of this show with her youngest brother.  It was awesome because I have always loved this show.  The show has changed a great deal since those classic episodes, but it’s still just as wonderful.  Now you can [...]

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I love to read and simply devour books – good ones, bad ones, long ones, short ones – it doesn’t matter to me.  I will read them all.  I also come from the school of mind that believes that children do not read enough.  Whatever it takes to get them to read more, it’s completely [...]

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A widower whose wife died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma has been awarded compensation. June Probin, from Crewe in the UK, died at the age of sixty seven from the asbestos related cancer. She is said to have contracted the disease as a result of exposure to asbestos fibers from her Dad’s overalls over [...]

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Television is a nearly magical invention, especially when you’re a child.  You turn it on and it transports you to wherever you need to go.  You can be at the bottom of the ocean or on the moon or in a fantastic foreign country.  Especially as a child, you can learn about all sorts of [...]

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I never watched this show when it was on television originally, but I did make a habit of watching whatever reruns I could find of the original.  It’s a great show and it’s wholly enjoyable.  They rebooted it last year and brought out basically the same show that was updated just a little bit.  Yet, [...]

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The Cleveland Plain Dealer, notorious for its biased and intellectually unsound bashing of payday loans, actually managed to find a reason not to hate those loans so much today. Columnist Phillip Morris raises an interesting question in his column. Which institution do you think is capable of creating the greater lasting social damage: A payday [...]

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Amber cries to Deacon that Daniel threw her out and she has no place to go so she needs him. She screams at him that he did this to her. Deacon tries calming her down and tells her he has a meeting with a client right now so he wants her to wait for him [...]

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Wow! Another day and another case of abuse on the records. Yes, this time it is done by a 40 year old woman in Missouri by the name of Elizabeth A. Thrasher. I guess the acts of Lori Drew were not enough to either wake people up to these things or completely put a stop [...]

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It has been announced that a long time survivor of the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, is to be honoured at an awards ceremony. The survivor, June Breit, who is a registered nurse, has been battling the asbestos related cancer for seven years. She is now to be honoured at the Annual Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization [...]

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It is now a little over two years to the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and when that doleful event comes round can there be any doubt that we will have to say that the terrorists have won a victory beyond their wildest imaginings?  In the immediate aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington [...]

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Do an internet search under the topic, “What makes a great teacher” and you will be flooded with opinions. The criteria range from an oversimplified checklist of behaviors to the esoteric musings of a professor emeritus of literature. My book, Teacher of the Year: The Mystery and Legacy of Edwin Barlow examines this issue, among [...]

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