The Santa Suit - Fighting Against Gas Fireplaces

By Lawrence J. ReavesWhen the news broke late last week that North Pole Incorporated, (NYSE: NPLI) was filing suit against most of the world''s gas fireplace manufacturers, the shock was palpable. With Christmas just around the corner, this debate about fireplaces has taken the world by storm. During a press conference, ...

Is It A Sign Of Things To Come?

By Knight Pierce HirstIn 1953 Dick and Mac McDonald used golden arches for a sign. They put an arch on both sides of their first, walk-up hamburger stand in Oak Brook, Illinois. When viewed from an angle, the two arches looked like the letter "M". Although McDonald''s stopped putting golden ...

Is The Fox Still Guarding The Hen House?

By Knight Pierce HirstIn 1905 football was almost banned from college campuses because of being too dangerous. Since then innovations in helmets and pads have made football safer - except from heat and humidity. According to Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn Sate, playing in a typical ...

An Amusing Look at the Days of the Week

By Patrick OmariThe week is traditionally made up of seven days of equal length and depth. Depending on your preference, the week starts with either Monday or Sunday and ends with either Saturday or confusingly Sunday again. The names of the days of the week are based either on numerical ...

Who Puts The Have Into Have-To\’s?

By Knight Pierce HirstCooking is a daily have-to. When I got married, I saw cooking as my duty. When I had young children, I saw it as my responsibility. Now I''m wearing glasses and I see things differently. Now I see cook as a four-letter word. When bespectacled me was ...

Things Not To Do With A Bandsaw

By Catherine HarveyBandsaws are infamously handy tools to have in the woodworking shop or the factory. Some people even have one in their sheds if they really feel the need to show off. There is a certain section of the male society that feel such an affinity with this tool ...

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned

By Catherine HarveyHotel establishments are finding increasingly inventive ways of encouraging clientele to stay with them as opposed to their competition. The credit crunch has hit this business as much as any other and it has become necessary for them to offer more services to make a stay more convenient ...