Getting the Right TV Stand for Your TV

Braun TV 1959 People tend to pay much more attention to the type and style of television they own than the type and style of the TV stand they use to support it. It may be difficult to see in the tiny picture to your left, but that black TV stand is definitely not appropriate for the television it's supporting. But what the hey? That was back in the 1950s when people just didn't know any better.

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Captain Kirk (William Shatner) as Prime Minister of Canada?

Captain Kirk William Shatner

Rumors like this scare me. Canada should be wary of having actors in the parliament, especially as Prime Minister. They should learn from the US, where Ronald Reagan served as the President for eight years and Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently serving as the Governor of California.

Look at the economy! Actors don't belong in politics!

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'Heroes' is Why Physical Time Travel is Impossible

Heroes I know there are people out there that actually believe that someday people will be able to physically travel in time. The argument is that science just hasn't discovered a way to do it yet. If you've ever seen the popular television series "Heroes" which debuted in 2006, then you can understand why I say that physical time travel is impossible and will forever be impossible (unless you're dead and that's a different story).

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Elvis Presley, Bigfoot, the UFO and Me

Elvis Presley 1970 I often joke with people who are fanatics about Elvis music, telling them that yeah, I saw Elvis Presley once — he sat between me and Bigfoot on the UFO I was abducted on. Today, well not quite since I'm more than 12 hours ahead of his birthplace here in the Philippines, would have been Elvis Presley's 74th birthday. I guess it's fitting since this will probably be the first and the last time I write about Elvis.

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Religion-Oriented Movies Starring God, Jesus, Angels, Satan and Demons

guardian angel Clarence Some movies that have religious overtones, or are about one deity or another, are often found to be repulsive by devout religious people. I don't quite understand the revulsion, as long as the movies are done in good taste. God, after all, must have a sense of humor or we mere mortals wouldn't have any sense of humor ourselves.

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