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In the 1946 film It's A Wonderful Life, George Bailey wishes he was never born and is taken to an alternate universe where he never existed.  The consequences of his nonexistence were dire: the death of his brother, the ruination of the town pharmacist, his wife...

Auto manufacturer Toyota recently launched a new ad campaign to coincide with their sponsorship of the olympic and paralympic games. The flagship commercial of the campaign features various athletes speaking words of affirmation and encouragement not only to...

In the 1986 animated series The Real Ghostbusters, the Boogeyman was one of the most frightening and deadly enemies in the show's canon. Feeding off of fear, the Boogeyman grew in strength as he terrorized helpless children (and sometimes adults). The...

Last week the most decorated and well renowned gymnast, Simone Biles, withdrew from the team Olympic competition.   Citing mental health concerns Biles decided it best not to continue. After her decision, Biles received much support from former and current...

The Greatest Truth In the movie Finding Forrester one of the great scenes involves a war of wits between the student and the professor.The exchange consists of the professor quoting famous authors with the hope that the student will falter, thus affirming his...

Growing up as the child of a preacher had its challenges. The idea of being labeled a 'teachers pet' or a 'goody two shoes' led me to say and do things to prove I wasn't those things. The scary part is I carried my rebellion against those labels into adulthood and...

One thing we learned in the pandemic is that many people tend to hoard things in a crisis. Things like hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, and toilet paper were items that were in short supply during the height of the pandemic. The uncertainty in difficult times...

Growing up I always loved watching the Olympics.Even today, I still marvel as athletes push their bodies to the limit of human endurance to achieve victory.If the physical challenges of competing in the Olympics weren't enough, athletes also must overcome...

In the 1987 film Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Dutch Schaefer, leader of an elite mercenary rescue team. During a rescue mission, Dutch and his company encounter a formidable foe with advanced weaponry who is targeting them. During a deadly...

Recently, my wife and I were wondering why it is nearly impossible to hear bad singers when large groups of people sing at concerts. After some research I discovered that due to the resonance in the human voice the varying vocal qualities...

Amazon Alexa, more famously known as Alexa, is a virtual assistant that, through artificial intelligence, can respond to many voice commands. Alexa responds to a number of voice commands which include but are not limited to: playing music, providing...

Debris, a new television series, depicts the aftermath of an alien spacecraft whose wreckage has fallen to earth causing various scientific anomalies to occur. In one episode, a piece of the alien wreckage terraforms the surrounding environment into a...

A few weeks ago I was reading a story to my daughter before bedtime. It was a story we have read together many times and on this occasion I misread one of the words in the story. I tried to continue as if nothing happened, but she stopped me mid-sentence to...