Thanksgiving, Maxine style, always brings a smile to my face. Are you familiar with the Maxine comics? On Maxine.com, you can find many Maxine cartoons to share with others, as well as Maxine e-cards to email your friends and family. Hallmark’s Maxine cartoons is one of my favorite cartoon figures, and I always get a kick [...]

In Long Island, New York, a 34-year-old WalMart employee of the Valley Stream store was trampled to death by 200 crazed stampeding shoppers during today’s Black Friday rush, as they rushed into the store at 5:00 am, “took the doors off the hinges,” injuring three other people in the stampede in order to cash in [...]

Today is Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, with online deals and steals available to lure shoppers in. The malls are jam-packed with Christmas shoppers, with many shoppers camped out overnight in anticipation of the best deals possible. I’ve always begun my Christmas shopping well ahead of Black Friday, and I’ve never gone [...]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! I hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends, as well as the tasty Thanksgiving meal prepared. If you are new here, feel free to browse the categories on the left column, leave a question or comment if you like. Or, enjoy reading some of these articles I’ve [...]

The Edge Chronicles book series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell is a children’s fantasy novel series (commonly referred to as “Edge Chronicles”) originally published in the United Kingdom but has since been published in the United States and Canada. The Edge Chronicles book series 1-10 is a successful and enjoyable storyline (albeit scary at times) [...]

Is your favorite retail store closing? Do you buy gift cards during the holidays? Store closings are on the rise and if you buy gift cards from a retail store that is closing, you and your gift card recipient will be out of luck. The increasing number of large retail store closings and stores going [...]

Guy Finley is the best-selling author of The Secret of Letting Go and more than 36 other Finley books and audio albums that have sold over a million copies in 15 languages worldwide. Finley’s self-realization seminars to thousands of Guy Finley fans throughout North America and Europe, as well as Finley’s guest appearances on over [...]

Knowing what your birthing options are, in order to decide where to have a baby, are important decisions expectant parents need to make. With the average cost to deliver a baby in a hospital by vaginal birth in the U.S. being around $8800.00 in a labor and delivery room, pregnant moms and dads are [...]

I am a mean mom. Not just a mean mom, but the meanest mom on earth. I must admit, I’m so proud of being a mean mom that I believe there should be a National Mean Mom Holiday to celebrate all the mean moms just like me. Hearing the words “Mom, you are sooo mean!” might [...]

“I can’t say no to my children and I need to learn how to say no to my kids without feeling like a bad guy all the time. Saying no to my kids is very hard for me and they usually get whatever they want because I give in. Can you help?” says Megan, mother [...]