- My friend mentioned that he and his wife are taking out a home equity line of credit to buy Christmas presents. Isn't that a little crazy?

What do pesticides, smog, candy and rumors have in common? They all cause pollution.

In spite of the specials and the coupons, the coffee and the pop music, grocery shopping is like dusting.It's never done.

People may think nursing is a stressful and humorless job but its not more stressful that any job. Any medical job has its own unique form of humor.

Life is a lesson in patience. It's not a coincidence that doctors' waiting rooms are for "patients".

Becoming a comedian that gets paid is not as simple as it may sound. Discover how with a bit of education you can easily arm yourself with the information that leads to paying gigs.

Living in Los Angeles without meditating would be like living in Seattle without drinking coffee - hard to swallow. Today, thankfully, you don't have to have long hair, sandals and a tie-dyed t-shirt.

Has pain management become big business in the U.S. because we have more pain or because we are tolerating it less?

Giles Andreae is a modern British poet and creator of the characters "Purple Ronnie" and "Edward Monkton". although formerly an artist and greeting card writer, he is best know in the UK from his character's role in Vimto adverts.

As a child, I listened to fairy tales. Now as an adult, I can read between the lines of those tales.