Facts

Before you click over to Scot's post this morning ("Take the Poll: Jam or Jelly") to cast your vote for jam over jelly, I thought some background on the whole topic might be in order. We received several comments from people who did not know the difference, and somehow thought our heated discussion might have been much ado about nothing...

If you haven't been paying attention, Valentines Day is this Saturday. Time to place your orders for flowers, candy, and of course, jewelry. Or, if you're more like my wife Amy and I, you'll have a bathroom remodeled as a gift to each other...

Okay, I'll admit it. Despite having two soccer (or futbol) playing children, repeated attendance at practices and games, and attempts to watch professional soccer numerous times, I don't know that much about the sport, and it really hasn't grabbed me...

What's a summer movie season without the re-imagining of a few TV shows, a cop buddy movie or two and a slew of sequels?

Say what you want about Tom Cruise, but you keep seeing his movies.

At a press conference this morning, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made the announcement that Malaysian Airlines flight 370 "ended" its journey in a "remote location" of the southern Indian Ocean. From ABC News: "This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites...

As I've pointed out in this space before, my kids learned a long while back that I've always thought kids should be in school learning about the famous people who've earned themselves a holiday, instead of taking a day off from school to do nothing of the sort...

By now you've probably heard the news that Shirley Temple, the most popular child movie star of all time, and at one point, the biggest box-office star in the world, passed away Monday at her home in California at the age of 85. Many of us born long after Shirley Temple's stardom had faded are aware of her name, and maybe the song "Good Ship Lollipop," but not much else...

As I've noted in this space earlier, we have a new four-legged family member. Her name is Lucy, and she's a 15 week-old Weimaraner. Having (for the most part) raised two children, my wife and I knew that a puppy would be a lot of work.  However, we didn't realize...