Transformers
Usually summer brings disappointments at the movies — overhyped underachievements, such as Bad Boys II or Poseidon or Miami Vice.
But in 2007, one week has restored summer fun to the movies. Two movies — released within a week of one another –light up the screen with happy hokum and merry mayhem. Transformers and Live Free [...]

Blues in the Natural State Festival, A trip to the mansion, Bruce Barth jazz, Art Walk in Rogers

Monterey County- A good place to visit and taste
Hello Everyone,
This week we’re in California again, but looking at white wine. Even red wine lovers occasionally enjoy a white wine to clear the palate before moving on, and white wine lovers sometimes want to try something new but not too unfamiliar.  We’ll examine a region and [...]

For July 19-25
Cancer - The World Mother in Sacrifice
During this past Mercury retrograde in Cancer, sign of the world mother (mater) and gate between worlds (life and death), the news each day contained continuous reports of the deaths of women and mothers.

Roving writer Wayne Bell hits the streets to find out what’s going on in the wee hours
Flashback! It was just three short years ago and you would typically find me doing the same thing every Thursday evening. My friends and I would celebrate another week of grad school (because it was SO tough, compared to [...]

“By the way, which one’s Pink?”
By Doug Thompson

Universal Music Group, the largest recording company in the U.S., is annoyed again with iPod/iTunes magnate Steve Jobs.
Jobs is inflexible with iTunes pricing: 99 cents per song. There is one exception. If the company gives up the right to restrict the file copying on the song, then the [...]