Once upon a time cities literally shut down on Christmas day. Banks, department stores, mom & pop stores, movie theaters – they would all close their doors for a full day. But those days are no longer. While most stores do close in observance of Christmas Day, there are a few places that remain open; in hopes of, or in despite of, a small amount of customers. Or perhaps it’s an effort to tell the world that they know not everyone celebrates Christmas,...  Read More »

Having been found guilty of the August 2008 attempted murder of his former girlfriend, 38-year-old Kendra Beebe, actor Shelley Malil, 45, was sentenced to 12 years to life behind bars, on Thursday. Read: Actor Shelley Malil Says He Stabbed Kendra Beebe On Accident. Over And Over. Kendra Beebe…was stabbed more than 20 times with a butcher knife when Malil unexpectedly went to her apartment in San Marcos. The sentence by Judge Harry Elias includes the possibility...  Read More »

Another day, another celebrity divorce. At first I thought it was odd that so many celebrities have announced breakups and plans to divorce over the past week or so, but now I’m thinking it’s all about taxes. Or they don’t want to have to buy each other Christmas presents. Earlier this week we found out that Dexter stars Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter are divorcing. Hall and Carpenter, who have been married for a measly two years, play brother...  Read More »

Chapter 1 May 1990 – Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA. Pryor Hart hated French. She wondered daily what had possessed her to take the stupid class. She vowed each evening to drop it, and yet, she’d find herself the next night, well after midnight, struggling over the conjugations of a language that wanted to be spoken through the nose. If the French spelled words the way they sounded she’d have a better chance. But instead, out of spite no doubt,...  Read More »

I never really gave daycare centers in my area a second thought before my friends and siblings started having children, and I began writing web content for my boyfriend’s mother’s childcare website. Now I seem to be drawn to local daycare facilities like a moth to a flame. A couple weeks back I was roaming around the internet gathering some random information and came across a great resource for parents trying to find daycare centers in their area. With...  Read More »

Poor Paris Hilton. Never a bride, and still not even a bridesmaid. Or even a wedding guest, for that matter. Nicole Richie and Joel Madden exchanged vows this past weekend in front of 130 guests. One person who was noticeably absent was Paris Hilton. And apparently she wasn’t missed…..because she wasn’t invited in the first place. The blushing bride, having moved on from her Simple Life days, saw no reason to include her former BFF. “Nicole is in a...  Read More »

Another Hollywood love story has come to an end. If you listen carefully, I bet you can hear the happy screams of thousands of tweens. Teen heart-throb Zac Efron and his actress girlfriend of four years, Vanessa Hudgens have called it quits. Like many relationships that begin when the parties involved are young, it simply ran its course. The love affair that was Zanessa ended earlier this month, according to various news outlets. Zac, 23, and 22-year-old Vanessa...  Read More »