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  Everyone is fascinated by life under the sea. Be it sharks or jellyfish or even a little swimmer like Nemo. But for me one of the most interesting life forms is the giant squid. With the ability to grow to near mythic proportions and the fact that so few have ever been seen, it […]

In the wake of the double-slam of a tsunami and a massive earthquake, Japan faces a third near-disaster of Chernobyl proportions.  At the Tokyo Electric Plant’s nuclear power station in Fukushima, disaster is waiting as three nuclear reactors have been damaged and are ready to blow.  However, not all is lost.  A group of some […]

Nature’s paint brush creates some amazing things – turning leaves in the Fall, beautiful flowers in the Spring or colorful fish. In Columbia, Mother Nature creates a river that changes colors. Called the River of Five Colors, Cano Cristales River runs nearly 100 kilometers through the  northern portion of the country called the “Sierra de […]

Hunger is a powerful thing. It can make people go to extreme measures. Mix hunger with alcohol (and apparent stupidity) and you get two new dumb criminals and two more gloriously horrible mug shots. I present to you Terry A. Nunley (left) and Amanda Gail Riner. Police in Kingsport, Tennessee  didn’t get an emergency call […]

Attention math fans, make sure you stop by your local bakery and pick up a piece of pie, or a whole pie to share amongst your friends.  Why is that?  Well, it’s Pi Day, of course!  Every March 14, or 3/14, is Pi Day, a celebration of math by math nerds.  For those that aren’t […]

March is the second-greatest month for sports fans, aside from October.  Why, you might ask?  Well, the NBA and NHL are in full swing, baseball is warming up, and of course, the NCAA Tournament brackets get announced.  It’s college basketball season, and the NCAA Tournament lineup has been released for 2011.  The top four seeds […]

The saying goes, “I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like.” Well, most of the time I appreciate realism in art. There are a few artists like Picasso who can get away with putting one distorted eyeball on a lady in a painting, but most creative types can’t pull it off. […]

One of the fun things about a birthday party is that it’s not just the birthday boy or girl who gets all the goodies.  Yes, they get the lion’s share of fun, but they share it with everyone else.  I mean, the best part of a birthday is cake and ice cream, and everyone gets […]

I’m just going to say this.  I know he’s cheesy, but I like Phil Collins.  I mean, compare him to Peter Gabriel, the OTHER lead singer of Genesis.  He’s not so bad now, is he?  I mean, he’s got seven Grammys, so he’s pretty good.  Still, he’s taken a beating lately in the press (in […]

Chalk up another victim for conservative political activist James O’Keefe, rabble-rouser supreme.  O’Keefe is the guy who you may remember from the downfall of ACORN, the federally-funded housing organization that O’Keefe tricked into giving aid money to a supposed pimp for a house of prostitution, and now he’s taking on National Public Radio.  NPR, that […]

From a natural born killer to a mama grizzly, Julianne Moore is proving that, at age 50, she’s still got a lot of great work ahead of her.  The actress, who recently starred alongside Annette Benning in The Kids Are All Right, is turning her attention to the political arena, and she’s focusing on a […]

          When it comes to painting, I’ll stick with the walls in my living room. With my lack of natural ability, I can screw up a paint-by-number kit. Artist John Bramblitt is a different story. Due to an illness, Bramblitt gradually lost his sight and has been completely blind since 2001. […]