An Inside Peak Of The Healthcare System
UNITED STATES—Whew, the deadline to sign up for healthcare insurance has passed. Those who have not enrolled are expected to face a penalty on their taxes in the coming year. Let’s not even discuss why this disturbs me to say the least as we don’t have enough time. I want to share an insider story of the system. The...
Parenting 101: Is There A Right Way?
UNITED STATES—Let me just put it out there, being a parent is not an easy task. The thing about parenting is there are countless books and studies out there about things that one should or shouldn’t do with their kids, but at the end of the day does any of that information really matter. Who says a book by...
The Deadline Is Looming
UNITED STATES—By now, I’m certain everyone has seen the countless commercials depicting the deadline to sign up for healthcare via the Affordable Health Care Act. In other words, what so many has titled Obamacare. As some of you may already know, this is just a simple ploy to attempt to get as many Americans to sign up as they...
Essential Differences
UNITED STATES—In the beginning, there was biology. In biology sexual reproduction happened. For various reasons, usually called natural selection, sex was a heck of a good thing for the diversification and adaptation of different forms of life to different types of habitats. The essential and most important part of sex is when the genetic inheritance of individual A meets...
March Madness Fun
UNITED STATES—There is a reason I love the month of March, and it’s not St. Patrick’s Day, its March Madness. There is something about college basketball that gets my adrenaline rushing. “Win or go home,” that’s the slogan and it holds so true. The competitive nature for so many teams across the country vying for the top prize in...
What Is News Anymore?
UNITED STATES—The current state of news is alarming to say the least. This is a piece examining what is actually being reported as news that actually is not really impactful in most Americans everyday lives. It seems the media blitz or craze, as we now call it, has nothing to do anymore with reporting things that are actually newsworthy,...
The Game Of Oscar Politics
HOLLYWOOD—Watching the Academy Awards Sunday night was a major treat, but I have come to question rather there is a game of politics when it comes to garnering that elusive prize known as Oscar. It’s something everyone who works in the entertainment industry strives for. But those who may not be in the know, when it comes to Oscar...
The Great Marriage Debate
UNITED STATES—This is a discussion that we need to have. For centuries we have lived in a bubble about the idea regarding the issue of marriage. It's 2014, yet we live in a world where those who want to get married are not able to do so? Why? We live by this belief system in religion that states marriage...
Time And Tide
UNITED STATES—I remember the first time I felt like I was getting to be old. The current Playboy centerfold model was born after I was in college. That was quite a while ago now. Most of the cute social media stuff I see about “Don’t you feel old” now uses the age of TV characters to demonstrate how long...
Tin Lizzie Returns To Wilacre Park
LAUREL CANYON—“Keep your thumb out of the way” he yelled! I was being coached on the fundamentals of crank-starting a Tin Lizzie. Boy, giving that crank handle enough force beyond a 1/4 turn was tough going. It took me a few times and determination. After planting my feet, I managed to turn the hand crank clockwise from 8 o’clock...