December 3, 2012 When you were a kid, you probably had a dream about how your life was going to go. And your life almost definitely has NOT turned out that way, even if your dream was more realistic than growing up to be either an astronaut or a caterpillar.
According to a new survey from Daily Mail / Today, about TWO out of FIVE people say their life has NOT MET their childhood dreams and expectations.
June 10, 2011 Look, if I have to have a mid-life crisis, I want to know when it is going to happen. The Scotsman found some milestones for your life that will tell you what to expect. A recent UK study asked 2,000 adults to rank life-defining milestones in order of importance and asked them at what age they had achieved them. Here are the results:
June 3, 2011 There's a nurse named Bronnie Ware who told Inspiration and Chai after working for years with people who'd left the hospital and gone home to die. And in those last few weeks of their life, she found people drop all the pretense and start being totally honest.
She's heard tons of people on their deathbeds share their biggest regrets. Here are the five she heard most often. It's a really interesting list . . . and a lot to think about for those of us NOT on our deathbeds.
#1.) I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life that others expected of me. This is the most common regret, and generally comes from people whose dreams went unfulfilled.
April 15, 2011 It's the end of an era: ABC announced today that it is canceling its long-running soap operas 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live.'
According to the LA Times, 'All My Children' will end in Sept. 201
Someone on Yahoo.com posted a list of life lessons we can all take away from the Charlie Sheen meltdown, and some of them are pretty legit. Here are the top four.
Lesson #1.) The Things You Do Outside of Work Can Derail Your Career. Obviously you can't show up for work drunk . . . which Charlie claims he never did.
February 24, 2011 Besides the fact that pizza is delicious, did you know it can also save lives?
At least in the case of 82-year-old Jean Wilson who calls Dominos every day at 10 a.m. to order a large pepperoni pie and two Diet Cokes. When her order didn't come through for several days in a row, delivery driver Susan Guy became concerned and went to check on Wilson, calling 911 when she received no response.
It may have been a life-saving decision -- Wilson had fallen and was unable to reach her telephone for help. Keep reading to see a Today Show interview with the heroic Dominos employee.
February 14, 2011 It's one thing to talk to your pets. Yeah, they probably don't understand 99.9% of what you're saying . . . but at least they're living beings. This is a whole different level.
According to a survey commissioned by Jiffy Lube, three out of five Americans talk to their cars. Here's what they're saying
February 8, 2011 It's easy to be negative these days, what with the economy in the crapper . . . and all that turmoil in Egypt. But a lot of the things people complain about just aren't backed up by statistics. Here's a list from "Cracked" of the top four.
#1.) Everything Is So Expensive. In 1950, you could get a decent car for $500, and gas was about 25 cents a gallon. But you have to put that in perspective:
A low-end job in the service industry only paid a dollar an hour. So even though you could get a steak for 50 cents, that was a lot.
The truth is, when you adjust for inflation, the prices of most things have stayed pretty much the same. And some things have gotten a lot cheaper.
For example, in 1954 a high-end color TV . . . with a 15-inch screen . . . cost around $1,300, which was half a year's salary for some people.
#1.) Someone Mysteriously Disappears from a Street Corner When a Big Bus Drives By. Obviously that never happens in real life . . . unless the bus stopped, sat there for 30 seconds, and picked them up.
#2.) Hearing a Dial Tone When Someone Hangs Up on You. In real life, the line just goes silent. But in the movies, they always add a dial tone so the audience knows what's happening.
