Celebrating the Body Beautiful It’s well known that I’m a huge fan of sex and celebrating the ‘body beautiful’, and consider myself to be a bit of a connoisseur on the matter, if I may say so myself. So, when I was approached to review a book of a more ‘adult’ nature, I thought, “Who could possibly be more appropriate …
Not Your Mother’s Book On Being A Parent – Book review by W. Lewis Parenthood is a stage of life when many things merge and begin to make sense that once made no sense at all. It is the point in life when we experience our most profound emotions, from the deepest and truest love, to absolute repulsion and hatred. …
There are titles for books, and then there are titles. “From Testicles to Timbuktu – Notes from a Family Doctor” is a TITLE! Covertly written from behind the confines of a lab coat, this book reveals the inner workings of one those strange creatures who make their life’s work fixing folks. From Testicles to Timbuktu: Notes from a Family Doctor …
It’s the coolest thing in the world to be able to say, “I am taking my wife to a heavy metal show for Mother’s Day” and… the spousling that is going to aforementioned heavy metal concert does not have purple spiked hair, assorted pins and metal objects in her cheeks, chin or forehead and only wears all black at funerals. …
I have to be honest, when I first opened ‘The Unsinkable Herr Goering’ by Ian Cassidy, my first thought was “Oh God – thick book, small type – groan.” And while I love the desperate dramas of war, I was less than excited to launch into yet another book, telling yet another one of millions of war stories. But, as …
The modern version of “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) movie, “Oz the Great and Powerful”, had audiences everywhere waiting with childlike anticipation to be razzled and dazzled by cinematic wizardry. Like a talent contestant singing a beloved piece by a master, attempting to ride the coattails of “The Wizard of Oz,” produced by MGM and now owned by Warner Bros, …
Custom Pool Tables For Every Taste Pool tables sure have come a long way over the years. From car pool tables to functional pool tables, there’s a pool table design to suit everyone. There’s even waterproof ones designed for used in swimming pools! Now, I’m thinking that you’d need a pretty big pool to have one of those though, unless …
In the future, why can't our pets be robotic? Self-maintaining, autonomous, with no stomach to fill with expensive kibble or fleshy organs that are...
The vibrant and bustling metropolis of Tokyo is home to over 100,000 restaurants and can even boast more Michelin stars than the culinary delights of Paris. However, it comes as no surprise that a city known for its unusual and peculiar oddities, is home to a number of themed restaurants, from the seemingly straightforward to the downright strange. Here are …
April 16, 2013 Canadian Singer Rita MacNeil Dies And Has Returned To Heaven – Farewell Fair Lass Today the world mourns the loss of one of its most beautiful voices, that of Canadian singer, Rita MacNeil. Rita was not only a beautiful person, and an magnificent artist, she was a Canadian folk music icon who brought maritime tales to millions …
Beautiful performance by the Hungarian shadow theatre group, Attraction, on Britain’s Got Talent 2013. This performance brought the audience to tears, and the judges to their feet.
We live in a world of opposites and contradictions, where people whose appearance varies greatly come together to accomplish great and noble things. The contradiction is that they secretly distrust and misunderstand those they work shoulder to shoulder with, rarely giving any indication of their true feelings. Humans have mastered their ability to mask emotions, and of the humans, the …
Notes Of A Tourist On Planet Earth sounds like a title that Jules Verne might have used, or Isaac Asimov, but isn’t. Notes Of A Tourist On Planet Earth, by J.D. Smith, is touted as being a collection of hilarious essays, poems and ponderings about the human species. However, I found it to be a carefully crafted collection of thoughts, …
The first ever International Goldfish Championship, hosted in Fuzhou, of China’s Fujian Province, took place on September 15, 2012. Three thousand entries, from fourteen different countries around the world, competed for the title of “World Goldfish Queen”. A panel of judges determined which of the goldfish contestants should be crowned the most beautiful goldfish in the world. In an interview …
» Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares? » Adam returned home late one night after drinking way too much with a dodo and a unicorn. Eve, who felt abandoned and was lonely, got angry and yelled at him, “You are seeing another woman!” Adam responded, “Don’t be silly, Eve, you are the only woman on earth.” …
