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Am I just getting older and can’t hear as well, or has the sound in movies gotten bipolar? Tell me something, doesn’t it seem that for as technically advanced moviemaking has evolved over the years, the soundtrack is erratic? One minute you can barely hear it, but then the next it’s BLASTING thorough your TV […]

As most of my longtime blogging amigos know, I have a fascination with doors. In fact, about a year ago I shared this post with some photos. Since I’ve had a lot of free time this month, being on a work hiatus, I took my camera out into the city and snapped doors. I honestly can’t […]

My buddy Mark over at Mark My Words, shared a very open and honest post about a discussion he and his wife had with family members and their friends over the holidays, which partially included the topic of homosexuality being a choice. So I owe my inspiration for this post to Mark, because he sparked me […]

Characteristics This is an excellent salad for the colder months of the year when we benefit from more fat (but always healthy and quality fat) in our diet. It is a richer type of salad that is very filling and zestfully delicious. It is equally as dense with a wide variety of vitamins, minerals and […]

Whatever possessed me to go the wine and spirit store at 4 PM on New Year’s Eve is beyond me. I should have gone the day before, but nooooooo, I went when every other person in this city decided to go. Allow me to interject here that Pennsylvania is a strictly regulated state when it […]

The old stock exchange building in Society Hill, Philadelphia First, I would like to thank everyone who submitted a photograph for this theme. And what I love about these photographs is the variety. For those of you who missed this photo share, I will be sharing more in the upcoming year with different themes. So […]

What Science Has Learned About Willpower and Self-ControlPerhaps your resolve for 2014 is to quit smoking, improve your diet, drink less alcohol, become more physically active, or to break some other bad habit. However, we all know sticking to a New Year’s resolution can be hard. After all, temptations are everywhere, and bad habits can […]

As you know, I love sweets. And as you also know from a previous post, I love the combination of dark chocolate and peppermint. So you can imagine how excited I got when one of the girls I work with brought in a homemade, sweet Christmas treat, which she gave to several of her fellow-employees. […]