Some families splurge on vacations. Some cars. Some clothes. Some electronics. Why aren't there ANY middle-class families who buy a butler? Just think of the hi-jinx!

The following quote is from a post I came across the other day. I found it to be a fascinating analogy, but I'm curious for your thoughts. "Christ taught that one can not live by the sword - I'd add that one can not give by the sword. If the...

As of yesterday, more than $16 million dollars has been raised for Haiti relief...by individuals...through texting. Most popular is texting the word "Haiti" to "90999" to donate $10 through the Red Cross. But, there are countless other services doing the same thing. There's something very beautiful about that. When progressive advocates...

You know how certain events in your childhood are very memorable? Just little interactions that really stand out, even after all this time? Sometimes I wonder if the only reason we remember things like that is because we're supposed to. But, I also wonder if there's a method to it?...

You ever have a dream where you're a criminal, and you're passively aware that what you're doing is wrong, but you just do it anyway? I wonder if actual criminals feel like that, too?

Now that I have an apple corer, I eat apples all the time. How lazy must I be for that to make so big of a difference? And it makes me wonder if one's diet could be vastly improved simply by making better choices easier to make? Any ideas?

I am looking for a gateway drug to vegetables.I like cold carrots and celery. That's about as far I've gotten. I like V-8 fusion, but don't think it really counts. They just hide some vegetable extract in the fruit juice. It's probably like taking a multi-vitamin.Any suggestions?

Recently, Brett Favre got into an argument with Vikings coach, Brad Childress, about calling plays on the fly. In essence, Favre wanted full authority to be able to call the shots. But Childress said, "I'm the coach."My gut response was to support Childress. Since then, I've thought about it a...

So, with all of the requests I've received to start yet another side project that interests only me, yesterday I launched www.newsinsong.com. The idea here is to give people a quick and entertaining to meet their desire of staying up to speed with the world's happenings without interfering with their...

In the philosophically-provocative film, Waking Life (which also explores the idea of stream-of-consciousness mentioned the other day), an animated Ethan Hawke teaches us about a fascinating crossword-puzzle experiment. This anecdote was based off a real London study that proved a person's ability to solve a crossword puzzle is statistically affected by...