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There isn’t any doubt that every time the world changes, it remains the same. More adult children are moving back in with their parents or their loved ones due to several issues. Divorce, loss of wages due to downsizing and unexpected financial pitfalls has some people moving back in with their mothers and fathers. It’s […]

It is one of the most beloved structures in the world and it will be celebrating a birthday with much fanfare. The Eiffel Tower will be 120 years old in 2009 and, at the time of it’s construction, was briefly one of the largest structures in the world. Serero Architects have won an open competition […]

Over the weekend, it was revealed that Bear Stearns was in a heap of trouble. There has been quite a bit of speculating over the past few months of whether or not the economy was in the toilet. With this latest revelation, the argument could be made it just might be worse than people once […]

My greatest dream is to work in my pajamas. Of course this is the dream of most bloggers out there. Sitting at home in a muumuu, drinking green tea with Deadliest Catch on the tube and pounding away on the keyboard. Some folks make it a reality when they toss the rat race to the […]

I have no idea what I had for lunch yesterday. It might have been a Krystal burger. I can’t remember. I also have no idea where I put my wallet or keys. Last week I found the keys in the refrigerator and my wallet was on the stairs. That’s why I need Chester Santos as […]

She shielded the wounded, to get them to help, with her body as mortars exploded around her. Five of the soldiers in her unit were wounded by an IED. And in the midst of battle, she found courage. As insurgent gunfire popped with a murderous vengeance around her and her friends, she found valor. Army […]

We all love a good conspiracy theory. The X-Files even gave us a good long run on Fox that perpetuated our inner need to know that people were working in cohoots behind all of our backs. There have been some conspiracies that have turned out to be true blowing the theory portion out of the […]

I guess it’s a given fact that we, as geeks, want to run the world. And what a better way to have global domination that being a spy. You know, because you get to do spy things. So in thinking of the best way to be the next James (Jane, in my case) Bond, I’m […]

When I think about amusement parks, I usually am devising ways to get out of going to one. I know you may think that makes me a cranky broad, but if you’ve seen one rambling sprawl with acres filled with screaming kids, weary parents and the smell of cotton candy and sweat, you’ve seen them […]

The world of Twitter is a phenomenon. It is one of the most highly debated new forms of communication in the social networking world. You follow, and are followed, by different people in the internet community. For some people, they will tell you in 140 characters or less on what they are eating, what traffic […]

To explain the absolute uniqueness of a cafeteria that is in the heart of the historic district in Los Angeles, it’s probably best to go back to the beginning. Clifton’s Cafeteria was opened as a haven for those homeless people financially devastated by the Great Depression, where food could be purchased for a little, or […]