If you have a sudden decrease or loss of vision or hearing, stop taking... not another one! I think most people are perturbed after viewing prescription drug advertisements but would be even more upset if they realized that this form of marketing is only legal in one other country.
I love The Flaming Lips; well, everything they’ve done since Clouds Taste Metallic that is. With the exception of a few songs, their early stuff just doesn’t really appeal to me much. I’d describe the band’s current music as a crazy mix between Pink Floyd and Radiohead. The music definitely pays homage to the 60s and 70s, which is at this point my favorite music era – I have more favorite groups from that time ...(Read More)
I originally posted this on my work blog but figured it would also fit well here. I've been shaving with a single-bladed safety razor for a couple of years now and would never go back to the cheap plastic multi-bladed razors that most people use. It seems like many are unaware of the alternatives to modern Gillette and Schick products.
Though sometimes very crude, Billy Connolly is a hilarious comedian that always seems to have a positive attitude. While most comedians come off as the complaining and just plain seedy type, he's different. The following is a paper I did in 2006 for a college gerontology course on aging and family.
Are you frustrated by the economic downturn that began in 2008 and still continues to this day? While the majority of the major news networks will claim that economists are clueless about why it began, a smaller group know the exact causes. Keynesian economists, such as the popular Paul Krugman, who now writes for the New York Times, often trump the Austrian economists in the news even though they have everything backwards. Outspoken economists and ...(Read More)
Atop my list of favorite films sits the late Ingmar Bergman's "final" film Fanny and Alexander. The following analysis was done as a final for my college film history course; a highlight of my college career. I probably would have gone a bit deeper with the article but we were limited to a certain number of pages. My scandinavian roots take hold in what is to me, a completely gripping drama masterpiece of the finest quality.