What does 'gird your loins' mean anyway?
I always hear, from mainly older adults, this expression: "girding my loins." In fact, it's the current status for one of my Facebook friends. I found the perfect explanation on Salon.com, "Loin Girding 101." The phrase is found through the ...

Here comes mom-in-law...
I'm picking up my mother-in-law Thursday from the Houston airport after she flies in from Virginia. My husband Grant and I were married about a year and a half ago and one of the pluses of marrying him was that ...

Is your kid scared of Santa?
I admit, it's kind of funny looking at photos of toddlers crying in a crazy-looking Santa's lap. And so did Chicago Tribune journalists who asked residents for photos of their toddlers sitting scared in Santa's lap as part of a ...

Hmmm, hang out with happy people and be happy ...
If your social circle is happy, you'll likely be happy, a study completed by a Harvard Medical School social scientist says. Read about it here. Researchers analyzed the emotions of more than 4,700 people and thousands of their friends, relatives, ...

Will your kids or grandkids afford the costs of college?
With this recession and gloomy prediction from the media, I'm glad I finished college just in the knick of time (last year). A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education says if we continue at the ...

More than a beauty pageant?
One Washington Post story shows how winning the title of Miss Tibet and wearing it proudly may actually be a sign of rebellion against Chinese rule. Read Emily Wax's story here. Eighteen-year-old Sonam Choedon won this year's crown in spite ...

What's up with the atheist billboards?
A Colorado atheist group is starting to put up billboards during the holiday season to tell fellow nonbelievers they are not alone. Read about a series of these articles here. I'd like to know how atheists are spending the holidays ...

Online cheating causes divorce
The bizarre story of a woman and man married in real life and also in Second Life, an online virtual world, has been circulating on the Web. Read it here. The couple met online, but eventually met and married. But ...

Why are people so rude?
Most people say they're not rude, yet most people encounter rude people. Oprah delves into this issue in the November issue of O magazine, or you can read it here. Having worked in the food service industry and having a ...

Can we trust bank CEOs?
I watched the episode of Mad Money when host Jim Cramer apologized for letting down his viewers by supporting Wachovia's Bob Steel. He looked quite distraught when telling viewers to buy up the company stock two weeks earlier.  Then Wachovia ...