Prediction: The Recession is Ending
Today we lost an hour but we say we “sprung forward” in time. There’s a big difference in perception.
In fact, when you ask someone today how they feel to loose an hour, and you’ll get negative responses. But ask them if they love having more daylight and the positive remarks will follow. (Do I need to add here -- that we have about the same amount of daylight today as we did yesterday...)
So why the difference? The facts say that on this day, there’s a 5% increase in heart attacks because of the lack of sleep. And other studies say that the power we’re supposed to save (with Daylight Savings Time) never really happens. In fact, it seems like the...
Fox’s 24; 168 episodes too late
This weekend we're celebrating our older son's 15th birthday. For weeks my wife and I have been discussing what we should give our maturing son. 15 is a difficult year to choose the right gift! After weighing several different directions, we decided on the first season DVDs of the Fox series "24".
Why? You may ask?
Well, he's been mentioning that he'd like to watch the current season, and I figured he'd enjoy it more if he started from the beginning.
But I have a terrible admission. I've never seen even one episode either. So, I'm also interested in watching them from the beginning.
After hearing from everyone and their dog about how good it is, I wished I had started watching it when...