It was announced today that Mattel is releasing a line of Barbies inspired by the very grown-up AMC series, “Mad Men.” Come July, children everywhere will be able to reenact scenes of sex-driven men, unfulfilled women, and drunken office politics with Joanie, Roger Sterling, and the Drapers. We’ll have to make paper cutouts for our missing [...]

With their fast darting action, hummingbirds can be one of the most challenging subjects to photograph and frustrate even the best of photographers. This article will give you some simple tips to attract these fast moving birds so you can take some eye catching pictures.
Set out the Hummingbird Welcome Mat
Most places in North America are [...]

Top 10 Pet and Dog Insurance Companies
Every dog owner dreads the thought of their dog becoming ill or getting injured. While months or years can go by with no problem, Càncer, tick-borne diseases, being hit by a car, or swallowing poison can occur suddenly and unexpectedly. With the price of veterinary care rising every year, [...]

Very few people prefer to live a solitary life.  We are naturally inclined to seek a mate and are more comfortable and happier when in a close relationship.  This is reflected in many ways, even to the extent of our health and life expectancy.  People who are in a good close relationship have been shown [...]

Happy Friday, folks. Here’s a stop, switch it, and reverse it rendering of Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” performance at Germany’s Echo Awards. We challenge you not to be mesmerized. [Photos: Splash News Online]
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The Academy Awards are arguably the classiest annual event in entertainment. Yet some A-listers like Cher, Cameron Diaz and Demi Moore, all of whom work dang hard to keep their bodies taut and toned, can’t resist the urge to slut it up. We’re not sure if high slits, deep Vs, and revealing mesh are appropriate Oscars attire, [...]

Jon Gosselin hasn’t sunk this low—has he? A rep for Playgirl told Life & Style magazine that they’d definitely be interested in  nude photos of the famous father (”We discussed it,” he admits). Sadly (or thankfully, your call), their effort isn’t likely to inspire the dropping of trou. “We’d offer him only $20,000…His star is [...]

We still can’t believe our eyes. It’s tempting to assume that multiple photohouses have gotten it wrong and the man on the right is not Donnie Wahlberg. But unless the wrinkly NKOTB bad boy steps forward, we’ll just have to accept that Mr. Hangin’ Tough became one smooth sailor over the last two weeks. Someone, [...]

Master writers choose to start their sentences with unusual constructions not only to to pique curiosity, but also to startle the reader. Notice how Charles Dickens opens his long novel David Copperfield with the correlative conjunction ‘whether/or.’ Dickens jars readers with an unusual construction prompting them to think, to anticipate and search for more than [...]

Dreams can be extremely enlightening, so long as you attend to the emotional messages which they convey.  A friend was recounting a dream the other day which told a familiar tale; she dreamed that she had bumped into her boyfriend who she had recently split up from, and he looked like a tanned and muscular [...]

Master writers choose to start their sentences with unusual constructions not only to to pique curiosity, but also to startle the reader. Notice how Charles Dickens opens his long novel David Copperfield with the correlative conjunction ‘whether/or.’ Dickens jars readers with an unusual construction prompting them to think, to anticipate and search for more than [...]

The human mind has an amazing capacity to dream.  We dream in many different ways.
I think we all remember times when we were at school, sitting in the class room staring into space, our minds day dreaming about playing football or fixated upon that cute boy who lives down the street.  At night times we [...]

Any professional who writes memos, letters, articles, white papers, position papers, or any type of prose, knows that there is an accepted standard English. George Orwell’s rules for writing until today remain the indispensable rules for fine writing.
Because I fear that the dunes of time will inevitably bury this master of the English language, I [...]

“If I were to give 3 tips on how to be much more effective presenting – what would I say?”
That was the question I asked myself this morning when a friend emailed me asking for some tips. Everyone speaks, and everyone becomes more effective and confident as they learn to speak better to a [...]

Any professional who writes memos, letters, articles, white papers, position papers, or any type of prose, knows that there is an accepted standard English. George Orwell’s rules for writing until today remain the indispensable rules for fine writing.
Because I fear that the dunes of time will inevitably bury this master of the English language, I [...]