Growing up in a traditional Roman Catholic family instills a few things in you about the sacred and the profane that are hard to shake. “Never enter a church with your shoulders uncovered” is one. “Holy Water is not for drinking” would be another biggie. You just don’t do that! But don’t tell that to…

‘Tis the season for season’s greetings, as winter-themed cards, family portraits and business announcements wing their way around the world to bring messages of peace and networking to all humankind. But are your greetings too generic? People don’t read cards that are so general that anyone (or anyone’s secretary) could have written them. And then…

Some may have been surprised that the oft-maligned Kevin Federline was named by Details magazine as one of the fifty most influential men under 45 in the current issue; number seven to be exact, an honor he shared with other “good father” Larry Birkhead. But, it was number 16 that threw me for a loop:…

Happy 50th anniversary to everyone’s favorite green personification of the absence of Christmas spirit, The Grinch. And Grinchy’s got a new 50th-anniversary retrospective edition that contains the tale of the Grinch and all the Whos down in Who-ville, with an extra section about how Dr. Seuss brought this Christmas story to life and his many…

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