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  • Ridiculous Band Names

    Firstly, let me say that I am a man who loves his music, all the way from Al Di Meola straight to Frank Zappa, with hundreds of names and many, many genres in between. It's good to keep an open mind about it, especially with new groups and new material coming out all the time. But, open mind or not, there are just some artists I'll never be able to take seriously. Why? Their ridiculous, absurd and/or pretentious names, that's why.

    Bands used to have simple, properly spelled names like Rush, The Beatles, and The Who. And did the names matter all that much? No. All that mattered was that they played fantastic, rocking tunes. Now it seems in order to get noticed, you need a name that stands out somehow. As a result, we've ended up with horrifying names like Limp Bizkit, or blatant Simpson's references like Fallout Boy.

    Is band naming easy? I don't think so, but some just don't work. Many come across as fun and original, and others just seem silly and overdone. I say, let the music speak for itself, especially since names can lead to lofty expectations.

    Here are a few of modern rock's worst offenders: More Here...

  • A cure for your depression

    I heard recently about an organization that takes "at risk" youth from the inner cities, those from low-income families and rundown neighborhoods in the U.S.,  to other countries, like Africa, to volunteer in the villages.

    The goal is to show them what "real" poverty is like. The purpose isn't to belittle their personal situation, but rather to show them that there are people out there who have it much worse. Most important, what volunteering also does for the inner city youth is give them a sense of worth. On a day to day basis they feel like they have nothing, but on their trip they are able to give to someone else, which definitely boosts self-esteem.

    Under normal circumstances the last thing someone would think to do in order to deal with their own problems is help someone else with theirs. But there is an intrinsic value to being able to help someone else. Feeling down this holiday season? Not enough money for the gifts you want? Travel plans aren't coming together? More Here...

  • We wish you a carnal Christmas and a bitter new year

    Our plan has succeeded. The values we fought to remove from society are now gone. We freely go from one person to the next enjoying the carnal pleasures without the strings that have held so many previous generations down. We taunt each other with our bodies, we enjoy the friction of our skin against others. More Here...

  • Kissing Under Mistletoe

    Kissing under the mistletoe is one of those *~romantic~* things that's always mentioned at Christmas, but neither my friends nor I have ever done it. It seems like one of those novelty traditions that's a little outdated. I do like the idea of having an extra reason to kiss, but standing under a plant is not a particularly good reason to make out, in my opinion. More Here...

  • The 5 Romantic Kisses I Want to Experience

    I am a hopeless romantic... it's an undeniable fact. I'm all for handwritten love letters, cute little surprises, moderate amounts of PDA, and those borderline crazy, desperately in love, I-can't-live-without-you scenes that DON'T only happen in movies.

    That being said, I'd like to share the 5 (very cliche, but also very romantic) kisses that I daydream about sharing with my future husband. More Here...

  • Holding Hands - Part 1

    Holding hands can be a really big deal, if handled properly, and I think it should be a really big deal. Who doesn't remember those first dates, you know the ones, when you really imagine that you like somebody, but you don't know for sure because [of course] touch matters so much... and what can you really know without first experiencing that?  So, maybe the two of you go to a movie, and maybe you're the yin energy or the female energy, and so you make sure that your hand is available to be held...does anybody remember this? Or maybe a shoulder brush with an available hand (and quite the opposite, I can remember being in a movie with someone I didn't like that way, and my hand was never on that hand rest, in fact I think I might have put my hand on the opposite hand rest if it didn't look so ridiculous, or at any rate wedged firmly between my knees or cupping a freezing cold beverage!)

    But, assuming you are romantically interested in this person, so very much can be determined by how this yang energy person (or, for the purposes of purely heterosexual couplings, and for simplicity, let's just call it the male) goes about this hand holding business. More Here...

  • Why It Costs More To Be a Woman

    Women are typically charged more than men for essentially the same products.

    Women-targeted products, such as lotion, shampoo, razors, and so on, can cost as much as 50% more than their male or unisex equivalents, according to Consumer Reports. Occasionally the ingredients differ slightly to include special lotions or scents, but it's rarely enough to justify the markup. Most manufacturers realize that women are often the key purchasers in a household, so they are sometimes willing to spend more on themselves.

    But the higher prices are not limited to everyday products: More Here...

  • Merry Christmas?

    I am quite fond of Christmas. It's a season for family and friends and fantastic food. I love the lights and the cool weather. The promise of snow and an excuse to drink hot chocolate is always a wonderful way to bring a smile to my face.

    However, there is an ugly side to the holidays. More Here...

  • ElectricMovies Review: James Cameron's "Avatar"

    I now know exactly what the audiences back in 1929 must have felt like when they saw "The Jazz Singer" for the first time and experienced a "talking picture" after nothing but silents. I saw James Cameron's "Avatar" over the weekend. We need to invent a new word to describe this kind of motion picture. A "movie" or "film" just doesn't describe it at all.

    More Here...

  • Are You Worth More than Minimum Wage?

    I've had many jobs. I can't even remember some of the jobs I've had. One year I had 7 W-4's come in the mail, plus I had some under the table tutoring gigs that I didn't account for.

    There have been times where I would get paid and all my money went straight to bills and I'd barely have anything left over for food/gas/whatever. I'd think to myself "I'm worth more than what they are paying me."

    I was wrong. More Here...

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