I am one of the die-hard fans of the television show, the X-Files known as X-Philes. I wanted to do a ten best episodes list, but everyone does a ten best list, so I decided to do a ten worst list instead. I only include the first 7 seasons because I don’t count the last ...
You just never know what secrets are hiding behind the exterior of what appears to be a nice hotel, so you would probably never guess that the Stanley Hotel was once used for the horror movie, “The Shining” or for filming the last part of “Dumb and Dumber”. The hotels popularity has drawn in many ...
A biting horse fly is a determined female in need of blood for reproduction. She comes equipped with a mandible; a lower jaw to accomplish this blood-sucking motherly existence. The bite hurts the victim, and worse, it’s as if the biting horse flies are drawn to vulnerable areas; places where a horse has no natural ...
Jodi Picoult is a great writer, a thorough researcher and a fantastic storyteller – there certainly is no denying those facts. But with Change of Heart, she’s once again fallen a bit short of her potential. As with many of her other recent novels, Change of Heart feels too formulaic to be enjoyable for avid ...
In my Top Ten Television Shows of 2006 one of the shows I selected was the CW’s Gilmore Girls. Gilmore Girls is not only one of my favorite shows of this year but it’s one of my favorite shows of all time. There are many reasons I like the show but just one of them ...
In contrast to the state of Ohio, where I grew up and which has 88 counties, Maine has just 16 and 41.3 people per square mile. It became our twenty-third state on March 15, 1820. According to the Maine web site, the state flower is the white pine cone. The state motto is “Dirigo” (I ...
