Today the average American spends over 10 hours each day on digital media activities. Approximately two-thirds (67%) of our precious time is spent on the net – on our smart phones  or computers, or both. We have become digital slaves. Pedestrians texting on smart phones…

  In May 2004, the American science-fiction disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow” was made and distributed throughout the world with a box office intake of over $540 million on a production budget of $125 million. The movie was based on a story in which…

When young, I was in a student dorm room where I shared a room with a science major student. The room had two beds that faced each other and placed against two of the walls. Our desks were located near the window at the foot…

Throughout millennia the misfit has been shunned, ridiculed and ostracized for being odd, for not fitting into the social mainstream of the day.  In the above image you see three carrots. Your eye is drawn to the one in the center. It is a single…

One of the joys of shopping is for the opportunity of being able to brag about our purchases to friends. But, interestingly, a new study has found that people would rather not discuss what they just bought when they feel that money is tight. Anna…