Our Time-Consuming Addiction
142.
According to Nielsen Media Research, that's the number of hours an average American family spends watching television every month. Which means a TV is spitting out shows, advertisements and noise for 8 hours and 18 minutes of every single day.
142 hours. I can't even comprehend how ridiculous that is. Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, Chuck, House,...... >Read More
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This Week on TheLife.com (Dec 5 2008)
Welcome to TheLife.com Weekly Wrap-up Newsletter! Our weekly newsletter highlights new content that was posted on our site this week.
In Search of the Christmas Spirit
“What is the Christmas Spirit?” It’s inside of us somehow, in some way, most people reason. We just have to find it. But when does the Christmas spirit hit? Is it when we...... >Read More
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Why Do We Travel?
The New York Times wants to know. So they pulled together a 41-page slideshow asking people from all over the world why they travel. From Moldova to Greenland, Hong Kong to Pakistan, the snapshots capture the widespread likes of students, monks, and legal advisors as they experience the beauty of travel.
Some answers are common, some are more...... >Read More
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September 21 - Marking a Day for Peace
Back in 1998, filmmaker Jeremy Gilley witnessed, as we all do, the world’s condition: The poverty, the killing, and the war. But he decided to get up and do something about it. He set out to make a film about peace. Yet finding no official day of peace on the calendar, his mission soon became to make one. Gilleys... >Read More
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The Russia Vs. Georgia Conflict
As cargo planes full of U.S. aid fly into Russian airspace to land in Georgia, one of 15 Soviet Republic’s, I’m trying to fathom how a war began while everyone was waiting for the Olympics to start.
An online Newsweek article gave me some insight via a three-page interview with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Keep in mind that Georgia...... >Read More
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Hope Realized as Miners Rescued
As I write this post, nearly half of the trapped Chilean miners... >more
Handing Out Hope...
Hope.
It means to put trust in, to believe in, to desire. It... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)