Top Five Movies of Helena Bonham Carter

I look at Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter movies, and think to myself, “Maybe I should give that series another shot.” That’s the thing about examinations regarding individuals rather than subject matter....

Awesome Men Throughout History: Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa is a name that we all hear a lot, usually without much in the way of context. For a lot of people, I think he’s just someone who their friends suddenly can’t shut about after a semester or two in film school, and that’s...

Top Five Destinations of San Jose

I think California has to have the highest number of songs written about its locales than any place else in the world. (I mean the Beach Boys pretty much made their complete career writing about southern California.) One that always comes to mind when...

Top Five Movies of Elisabeth Moss

I can’t imagine what it would be like to be Lisa Kudrow or Kate Jackson. However, in every group of three, one has to be last and in “Friends” and “Charlie’s Angels” (the original), it would be tough to stand up to Jennifer Aniston, Courtney...

The Self-Made Man: Ben Silbermann

Last week’s Self Made Man, printer, Founding Father, and lecherous diplomat Ben Franklin, was one of the most gregarious people in American history, but this week’s Self Made Man, Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann, is cut from a different...

Awesome Men Throughout History: Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins’ recent pro-gay rights statements alerted me to two things; the first is that Henry just gets cooler and more civic-minded as the years go by, and the second is that a surprising amount of people don’t really know who he is....

4 Ways to Stick to your Fitness Resolution in 2013

So, you’ve consumed about enough pumpkin pie and eggnog to feed the NFC and haven’t exercised in over a week thanks to an endless barrage of cousins and last-minute trips to pick up presents for your third-cousins you don’t even know. There’s...

5 Ways to Save Money This Christmas

People tend to throw caution to the wind and spend all sorts of money during the holiday season (whether they have it or not). I mean, it’s pretty easy to do so. With all of the holiday gifts, food, booze, vacations, outings, entertainment, etc., it...

Body Weight Workouts on the Rise, Study Shows

“But it’s snowing and I can’t make it to the gym.” “I’d work out but can’t afford a decent set of weights.” “There’s no room in my house for a bench so I don’t lift anymore.” Cut the excuses right now. Even if your house is completely...

The Self-Made Man: Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin, as we all know, was a man of many distinctions; Franklin was an author, a political theorist, a politician, a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, and a diplomat, and is remembered today as one of the most important figures of the American...