When a two letter word has a hundred completely different meanings, it disputes the rumor of the English language being easy to learn and understand. While the most popular two letter word in the world is currently ‘if’, there is another two letter word that is far more versatile. In fact, it has perhaps more meanings than any other two-letter …
Starring Leif Garrett In response to Brad Pitt’s much buzzed about video for Chanel No 5, Meetinghouse Productions, the folks who produce “World’s Dumbest”, a hit show on truTV, have come up with their own sweet-smelling Chanel No 5 video parody starring Meetinghouse talent, actor/singer/icon Leif Garrett. About Meetinghouse: Founded in 2007, Meetinghouse Productions is a full-service production and development …
Feeling Young – It’s Not Just For The Young Anymore You don’t have to be young to be feeling young. I feel like a friend of mine, retired Canadian trucker, Mel McConaghy, who, with a lot of other people who feel that they’re either in their second childhood, or, like Mel, have never left their first. I’m sixty two years …
When Love Was Illegal- The Michael And Spider Story Imagine falling hopelessly in love with a person, but, to show your love for them, would have you arrested, beaten, jailed and possibly murdered. Well, it happened to two friends of mine, Michael and Spider over forty years ago. Perhaps it was coincidence, though I suspect the hand of destiny was …
Grease My Hooves, Politics In Canada by Andrew Sibbald “I don’t spoil good stories with facts.” What a classic line! And, it’s only one of hundreds that are in this book. When I first began to read, ‘Grease My Hooves, Politics In Canada’, by British Columbia author, Andrew Sibbald, it was with a degree of trepidation. I expected it to …
I think I need new glasses. I say this for a number of reasons, but mainly because Hubby says I need new ones, and I have to agree. The other day while we were driving I said to him “For Pete’s sake, look at that! I’ve never seen a Nun on a bicycle taking a dog for a run before.” …
Wheelchair costumes are creative and inclusive costumes designed for individuals using wheelchairs. These costumes are specifically crafted to incorporate the wheelchair into the overall design, making the wheelchair an integral part of the costume concept. They are typically custom-made or adapted costumes that accommodate the wheelchair and allow the individual to participate in Halloween or other costume-themed events. Creating wheelchair …
The axiom “Time flies when you’re having fun” must have certainly been coined by a vacationing person. Although it sounds corny, it definitely is true. Our wonderful vacation to Alaska is over, and the two weeks we were gone just blew by. Now it’s payback time. You know what I mean. People know and fear the “payback”. Everyone that you …
Shawn was gay. He had always been gay, and would remain so for the rest of his life. Which was about to end. Shawn planned to kill himself. He was fifteen years old and tired of the side-eyed looks, the whispers behind his back, and the open harassment that he had to endure every single day. The horrible irony of …
Zombie is a word that has become synonymous with staggering, single-minded, undead flesh eaters – but the term originates from the ancient practice of VooDoo. The first published article to mention the term ‘zombie’, was a 1929 article on voodoo in Haiti, by a popular Haitian magazine. The first actual zombie movie, White Zombie, was released in 1932, and starred …
Slot and casino games are a big hit on Facebook. It seems like every few weeks, a new casino game is being developed. One of the latest, launched on June 21, 2012, is the game ‘Jackpot Party Casino’ , which is ran by Williams Interactive LLC (WMS), and Phantom EFX (a newly merged division of WMS). Jackpot Party Casino features …
Skateistan is probably the coolest organization that’s come along in a long, long time, and it’s doing in Afghanistan what the world’s greatest military strategists could not. As soon as Australian skateboarder, Oliver Percovich, dropped his board in Kabul in 2007, he was surrounded by the eager faces of children of all ages who wanted to be shown how to …
The journal, Nature, reports that researchers in the United Kingdom have taken a huge step forward in treating deafness, after stem cells were used to restore hearing in animals for the first time in medical history. Hearing partially improved when nerves in the ear, which pass sounds into the brain, were rebuilt in gerbils using stem cells. The same improvement …
I know that you can probably guess from the title, where we are going on our long awaited vacation. As if we haven’t had enough of snow and ice last winter, we have booked a cruise to Alaska. A Disney cruise. With the kids, and grandkids, no less. We like to live on the edge, Hubby and I, and this …
Prunes – Amazing Health Benefits In the last fifty years, prunes have earned a reputation more related to power pooping than all the rest of their amazing health benefits. But it was not always so. Prunes have been enjoyed for thousands of years, but it was only recently that some of the benefits were acknowledged by science. Now the dried …
