Your entire consciousness is contained in your brain. Everything that you see, feel, smell, and taste isn’t really being processed by your eyes, hands, or nose. Every part of your body is constantly conversing with your brain, sending signals back and forth that dictate your entire corporeal experience.
Continue readingThe benefits of grass-fed beef are well-known by this time – leaner meat, lower risk of heart disease, healthier animals (which equals better quality meat). Conventionally-raised cattle are generally fed on a grain-based diet, including corn or other grains. That causes them to grow faster, fatter, and more profitably. But cows’ digestive system are not […]
Continue readingIt is no secret that our healthcare system in America is in dire straits. With the growing tension surrounding the idea of universal healthcare and the rising costs of health insurance, we’re incredibly divided as a nation on these issues, and we’re not getting any healthier. In this list, you can look under the hood […]
Continue readingAtheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and share societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists have been able to network […]
Continue readingCooking is no easy task, especially if you’re someone who doesn’t know how to cook very well or if you’re someone with a family to feed. Any utensil or gadget that pledges to make your time in the kitchen run by more smoothly probably sounds like music to your ears. Sadly, kitchen innovation has practically […]
Continue readingSometimes adult jokes get past censors. It is understandable, you can’t expect censors to be able to get the meanings of every joke in every cartoon. However, sometimes you just have to stop and wonder how some jokes were able to sail right over their heads due to being so unsubtle that the show’s writers […]
Continue readingEscapology is the art of escaping from restraints of some kind — be it handcuffs, straightjackets, cages or coffins. The skill has been used as a form of magical entertainment since at least the 1860s, although it didn’t become recognized as a performance act in its own right until later in the century. As the […]
Continue readingUniversally and instantly recognizable, the President of the United States – the heads of state and government of the world’s largest superpower, the commander–in-chief of the US Armed Forces, the omnipotent and oft-termed “Leader of the Free World” – requires no long-winded or flowery introduction. What does require clarification, however, are the notions of “smartness” […]
Continue readingAnyone who has raised children or ever was a child (and let’s face it, that’s all of us), knows that the world’s Most Frequently Asked Question is “Why?” Unfortunately, it’s also the most difficult question to answer because it’s bottomless – it can keep right on going forever because no matter how you answer the […]
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