Living a cosmopolitan life often entails some compromise, especially when it comes to doing your laundry. Many high rise apartment complexes prohibit washer/dryers due to water pressure requirements, while some apartments are so small there is no room for additional large appliances. Although watching the loads go round and round then spin dirty water away [...]

In the 1990’s, a trend of published books asked the question: “What would ’some iconic named person’ do on any given subject?” The list ranged from real to fictional characters - Jesus, Jackie, Buddah, Buffy, Wonder Woman, Jefferson, Franklin, Murphy Brown, Audrey Hepburn and MacGyver, just to name a few. One could only wonder what [...]

As the law of judgment goes, the individualized interpretation of karma as intrinsically positive or negative only exemplifies the way such law is understood on a personal level, rather than as a potential cosmic principle that defines a structural basis for the foundation of the universe.
When an action or a thought results in suffering, the [...]

Someone was trying to reach me by phone the other day, “Where have you been? I’ve been calling you for hours”, they said, and although it’s nothing personal, I must admit I have a deep seated dislike for the telephone. Perhaps I am afflicted with Telephonophobia. Is there such a thing?
I used to feel bad [...]

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.”
Sharp and clever writing from the newest addition to the super hero collection of films: The Dark Knight. Co-written and directed by Christopher Nolan, this is a disturbing adaptation of The Batman Myth set with pathological realism reminiscent of [...]

Properly spelled, Fräck has two dots over the “a”. However, since character localization remain a mystery, the two dots will have to be assumed. Interestingly, Fräck refers to a line of Shaving Mirrors promoted by Ikea, perhaps related to Robocut-The Barberbot, but with the “c” removed from the spelling, we have an expletive currently used [...]

“It has just the right blend of effects, drama, but most importantly asks us to ponder, the implications of our actions, or how we balance our fear of the unknown with the moral and ethical decisions that might arise from a hypothetical situation.”
….Bobbymac

Memory is often affected by the things that stand out at the [...]

“Although Azula had a life marked for greatness, the weight of tragedy bore heavily upon her shoulders” said U-Dan-Ada, the elder, sitting at the center of the campfire surrounded by one hundred or so Tetachee to mark the end of the twelfth cycle of luna’s full light. Not a sound could be heard, even from [...]

In a town hall meeting in Georgia, Barack Obama said, “American parents should insist that their children learn other languages. It is embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, French and German. When Americans go to Europe, all we can say is, ‘Merci Beaucoup.’”
Criticism leveled against Senator Obama for his statement, comes [...]

To all those parents out there who thought Comic Books were useless pieces of trash - including my mother who threw out my box of treasured DC classics, this original page from a 1988 Batman story, “The Killing Joke”, reported in a New York Times article dated June 30th, 2008, sold for over [...]