Actress Reaches Out to Abused Women

batch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:05:07 -0600

Halle Berry is no stranger to domestic abuse; her mother was a victim of domestic abuse and Berry herself has admitted to growing up with self esteem issues.

Berry recently sat down in an interview with NBC Nightly News to discuss how she hopes to inspire people to leave a bad situation and that they have the capacity to turn their lives around.

My Perfectly Imperfect Thanksgiving Dinner

jbloustein — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:48:41 -0500

Remember the first Thanksgiving of your married life?

Remember wanting to make it perfect, so you’d make a good impression, especially on your mother-in-law?

I’ll never forget mine. It should have been a disaster. It almost was.

Let me start where every Thanksgiving dinner starts, with the turkey. I’m not a novice when it comes to turkey.

Starring Dad

jbloustein — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:40:27 -0500

How well do any of us really know our parents?

The whole world, it seemed, knew my dad, Jimmy Stewart.

A few years after my twin sister, Judy, and I were born, Look magazine named him the most popular movie star on the planet. To us he was just plain Dad.

Thanks & Giving

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:11:40 -0600

I’m a Thanksgiving baby. At 2:00 a.m. on November 25, 1960, just a few hours after Thanksgiving dinner, my mom went into labor and had me, the fourth daughter.

Game Plan for Life

mcherkezian — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:20:05 -0600

You look at my stats—Super Bowl-winning football coach, owner of a championship NASCAR racing team—and you might think, What does this guy know about money problems? He’s probably rolling in it.

Well, I have to tell you, I learned about finances the hard way. I was such a bonehead when it came to money I ignored one warning flag after another. It took an all-out disaster to bring me to a point where I’d trust God and follow his game plan.

Decisions, Decisions

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:50:17 -0600

As a football coach I had to make decisions, lots of them, quickly and almost constantly. I didn't always make the right ones—no one does—but my record is pretty good, and that's partly because of a lesson I learned many years ago.

At the time, I was offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I was 38 and had been on the coaching staffs of college and professional football teams for 14 years. It was about time, I believed, that I made head coach somewhere. But nothing seemed forthcoming.

What Makes Jerry Seinfeld Smile?

jbloustein — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:23:11 -0500

Jerry Seinfeld

Where You Know Him From: Really, you have to ask? He’s the stand-up comedian who made it big on a little show called Seinfeld (1989 to 1998). He’ll join other Seinfeld stars in the series’ first-ever reunion on the HBO comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, this fall.

Our Golden Girl

jbloustein — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:51:01 -0500

I write books for a living, but it took a dog to teach me what living was all about.

In the end she taught me about dying too, and how to let go of something you couldn’t imagine going on without.

Her name was Trixie and my wife, Gerda, and I would never be the same after she came into our lives.

Trixie was an inspiration. She restored our sense of wonder. She made us laugh and at times made us weep in anguish.

Singer Brings Holiday Cheer in Times Square for Charity

batch — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:05:05 -0600

While celebrities can be spotted all around New York, they tend to keep a low profile, but not Wyclef Jean. According to theepochtimes.com, the singer recently partnered with Western Union, who is looking to promote Visa prepaid gift cards this holiday season.

The Santa Story

admin — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:56:00 -0500

It's amazing to think I've been doing my Santa work for more than a decade now. No, I don't make toys way up at the North Pole. I'm a different kind of helper: his ghostwriter.

Our "partnership" began many Decembers ago. I'd been asked by the editor of the newspaper where I worked to write an article about Christmas traditions and Christmas history.