Love IS like a Drug After All
Love is, apparently, like a drug. At least the initial stages of passionate love. According to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine: That rush of good feelings you have in the first few months of being in love don’t just put you in a better mood; love may actually be a painkiller … The magnitude […] Read More >
Alcoholism & Family
“Alcoholism has an effect on everybody around the person suffering from it. This is especially true for a family.” says William Belle in the Ole! Times. In his article, which recounts his own struggle with alcoholism and (for the moment) sobriety, he provides statistics about how pervasive the problem is: According to a 2002 survey […] Read More >
What Do You Believe?
It starts with a series of words and the simple question, “Positive or negative?” Words like family, spirituality, work, religion, Jesus, Buddha, prayer. Positive or negative, what is your experience? What is your story? In Crave: The Documentary author Erwin McManus interviewed people from all walks of life looking for the stories that connect us […] Read More >
Top 10 “Unanswerable” Questions
Which question would you most like to find an answer to? According to search engine Ask.com (formerly known as Ask Jeeves, which is still its moniker in the UK) the following are the top ten “unanswerable” questions: 1. What is the meaning of life? 2. Is there a God? 3. Do blondes have more fun? […] Read More >
Seeking 9/11 Reconciliation
When both US president Barack Obama and Catholic Pope Benedict XVI advise you that your plans are a bad idea, that’s usually a good sign that you should think twice about what you’re doing. Terry Jones would be well advised to listen to their advice. His tiny 30 member group, ironically named the “Dove World […] Read More >
Trying to Answer the Why?
We’ve all asked “why?” at some point or another. Chris Keith has been asking why for most of his life. He was 12 years old when his grandparents decided he was old enough to know the truth. His whole family – his parents and his older brother Mikey – did not die in a car […] Read More >
Paid vs Aid: What Would You Do?
The Beatles sang a song about money … Money don’t get everything, it’s true What it don’t get, I can’t use Now give me money (that’s what I want) That’s what I want (that’s what I want) Few people would actually take such a calloused approach to money. We’ve experienced enough to realize that money […] Read More >
Lonely? Rent a Friend
Would you pay to hire a friend for an hour? Although there are plenty of online dating sites, RentaFriend.com may be the first to offer a friend-connection service … for a price. It will cost you $10/hour to connect with a friend in your local area. The website describes its services as follows: RentAFriend.com is […] Read More >
Is Porn Replacing Sex?
I was both surprised and deeply saddened by a video on CNN this morning that asked “Has Porn Hijacked Sexuality?” The video shows an interview between CNN anchor John Roberts and author and sociologist Gail Dines. Dines is the author of the book Pornland which looks at the effect of pornography on people’s view sex […] Read More >
Do you have a life coach yet?
The Los Angeles Times reports on a phenomenon that is getting more popular: “Life coaches” If you want to plant a garden, cook what you grow, find a husband, be a better husband, get a baby to sleep, get along with a teenager, get that teenager into college, get a divorce or lose 20 pounds, […] Read More >
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