This Beautiful Fantastic: The Movie That Lives Up to its Title

Release Date:  2016 Director and Screenwriter: Simon Aboud Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Tom Wilkinson Rating: PG Runtime: 100 minutes This movie should be required viewing for anyone who cherishes beauty, heart and imaginative story telling.  Plus, to see …

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Living a Long, Healthy Life

The search for the fountain of youth has bedeviled most all explorers, but it is more apparent than anyone expected.   It’s not a place….nor a particular food.   And it’s definitely not a pill.    It’s the …

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How is China Hurting America?

There have been numerous efforts to persuade U.S. consumers to “Buy American” and some even to boycott all products produced in China.    The boycott proponents often cite unsafe foods, melamine-tainted plates,  toxic toothpaste and other …

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Dead Zones: Why Our Oceans Are Suffocating

Here’s a story that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves.   As a result of global warming, agricultural run-off contamination and sewage dumping,  our oceans are losing their oxygen.  These oxygen-depleted spots in our oceans are …

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Make Death Count: Body Donation to Science

Your death can lead to life.  No, this isn’t an oxymoron.  When people die, their bodies can be used by science to learn new and important things about biology and, more specifically, the human body.  …

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Some Healthy Alternatives to Sugar

OK, we admit it;  we hate sugar.   More specifically, we LOVE sugar but hate what it does to our bodies.  As we’ve noted in other blogs, sugar is highly addicting, very fattening and royally messes …

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Google Home Maxxed Out – Our Review

It’s the audio equivalent of a banana split — it’s got everything you’d possibly wish all-in-one delicious device.  But is it’s price tag worth it?   Ah, that’s the rub. So, first the good news.   The …

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