Biggest Loser, just for show

ShareShirtless, cold and shivering, Mike walks up to a cold steel zoo animal weight scale.  He can feel the icy coldness of the scale against his bare feet, and the eyes of his teammates glaring at him.  He hears his weight called and sighs in relief. He lost weight, 22 pounds in one week!
Too good [...]

Saudi’s King Aiming For Reform?

ShareDing, ding, ding – King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is at it again! He’s granted another pardon for a woman abused under the legal system of his Kingdom. This time, journalist Rosanna al-Yami, who was given sixty lashes and a two year travel ban for being a part of a television series that discussed taboos [...]

The Monster in You

ShareA backbiting sister or a mom that always screams about all the things you do wrong, or the fiancée who lied to you, or the friend who took advantage of you.
We’ve probably all been in these type of situations at one point or another, and we see a side of ourselves we’d rather not even acknowledge [...]

It Takes Two

ShareSalutations. We are Heart and Breaker. One is full of heart; the other will break yours apart. Although we admit in most cases we only speak from our perspective, at the end of each column, we hope it’s effective. A formal introduction is probably a good start, so to lighten the column we’ll begin with heart.
Heart, [...]

Txts, Tweets and E-mails, Oh my!

Share We are all so connected these days.  Between our text messages, iPhones, Facebook, Twitter, Emails and Myspace, we can barely go 5 minutes without updating the world of what we’re up to.  The strange thing is, the more people stay busy with updating their status messages, we get a lot less done in a [...]

Americans should give Obama a chance – Like the rest of the world is

ShareI was admittedly unsurprised when I heard the onslaught of attacks President Obama suffered upon winning the Nobel Peace Prize a couple weeks back. After all, the nation’s been quick to criticize the guy whenever it comes to issues that require patience – we’ve done so when it comes to fixing the economy, solving a host [...]

Common Sense, Common?

ShareWhy is it that materialism is so widespread in our society that it’s the only thing we really strive for?
Well my dear, let me be blunt with you. It’s due to mere stupidity and arrogance. People?have this clouded belief that material things (money, cars, etc) in life is all they need?to be happy and content. [...]