The Florida Senate has voted to make it more costly for Florida's public school students who lose or damage textbooks. ...more

April 14, 2009

Joaquin Phoenix's interview with David Letterman started off odd and ended in full-blown weirdness, instantly joining Farrah Fawcett on the list of late-night appearances memorable for the wrong way. ...more

February 12, 2009

I was a cigarette smoker for over 42 years and like most smokers, I tried just about everything to quit. Over the years I wasted a lot of money on patches, gum and pills. Desperate and feeling out of control I made a call to Jon Spiegel at the Hypnosis Center in downtown Sebring. I knew nothing about hypnosis and actually had some reservations and skepticism about it. ...more

January 23, 2009

The year 1991 will always be impressed upon my memory. ...more

January 11, 2009

There's a TV commercial that's been going around for a while. I'm not sure how effective it is because I can't remember what they are trying to sell, but then that's not unusual these days. ...more

October 24, 2008

Amy Winehouse put on a near-perfect performance at Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert Friday. We should've known it was too good to last. ...more

June 30, 2008

Most smoking-cessation methods - gum, lozenges, patches and nasal sprays - act as replacements for nicotine. A new approach - attacking dependency in the brain - aims to rob smokers of the nicotine buzz from cigarettes, and an injectable drug designed to do that shows promise in a new study. ...more

November 8, 2007