Commentary
My Christmas Gift to You
I know it’s hard to believe, but some of you aren’t fond of me. True story.
Milk Madness
About half of all American adults don’t drink dairy milk, according to the trade journal Dairy Today. Even though 90 percent of US adults can drink milk, about 75 percent of the world’s adult population is lactose intolerant.
I Can’t Believe It’s Christmas
The confusion is simply a byproduct of the fact that we celebrate Christmas, and by we I mean godless heathens. I guess that we aren’t supposed to celebrate Christmas, since we don’t really take much stock in the guy who the holiday is named after.
Donate For Christmas
Many of us love the high-tech gadgets we get at Christmas. Not surprisingly, charity has become high-tech, too. Using science, we now have the ability to know how to save the greatest number of people with any given donation, whether that’s six dollars or one hundred dollars
The Year In Television
It’s been quite the year for the small screen. This last year we’ve seen network television stick to their archaic insistence on using the antiquated Nielsen system to find ratings, and we’ve seen them break away from tradition and point their wagons toward the wild west of the internet.
Benefits of Your Holiday Spice Cabinet
Utilizing these spices in more ways than just cakes and pies will leave you calmer, more centered and ready to take on your thirty-person family. No need to fear, the spice cabinet is here!
115th Annual Christmas Bird Count
Sunday, Dec. 14, marks the Audubon Society’s 115th annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), the world’s longest-running citizen science survey.
5 Tips for Surviving This Winter
As winter begins to take over, allow yourself to enjoy the shift from the season of movement to the season of stillness, and adapt. Rather than opposing the forces of nature, I encourage you to model them.
Reeling In The Year
There’s nothing original about writing a reflective column on 2014. I’m sure by now you’ve read your fair share of them on your Facebook news feeds and witty one-liners about the year on Twitter. Still, I wanted to take the time to look back on 2014 and step into 2015 standing tall if you’ll hear me out.