A Brief History On November 15, 2019, fans of the 1976-1981 television franchise by the same name and the two feature films that continued the story line, Charlie’s Angels (2000) and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003) will be treated to the latest iteration of the “jiggle” oriented action adventure series when this year’s version of Charlie’s Angels makes its debut across the United States. Digging Deeper A little background is in order, as the television series featured 3 beautiful women (Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith) as undercover crime fighters of extraordinary smarts and fighting abilities working for an…
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A Brief History In the early 21st century, Internet gambling grew rapidly in popularity worldwide Global Internet gambling reaching US $34 billion in 2011. Playing in a brick and mortar casino may be fun for those who like to fully indulge in the undertones of slot machines, but they also tend to limit your options. Forget that trip to Las Vegas and get your laptop handy because online gambling is all the rage right now. Other than saving you the cash you would spend on your trip to the casino, the overall costs of placing bets and buying chips is a…
A Brief History On November 14, 1978, 40 years ago today, the #1 Song in the United States was the disco dance tune, “MacArthur Park,” by the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines in 1948, this powerful singer unfortunately died in 2012, at the too young age of 63 from lung cancer though she was a non-smoker. (She thought all the contaminated air she breathed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York is what caused her cancer.) Summer was certainly not the first or the last musical artist to take a…
A Brief History On November 13, 2019, we celebrate “Lucky 13” by telling the history of the card game, Poker, a game that enjoys widespread popularity and comes in so many forms it would be difficult to explain all the different games. In 1937, R. F. Foster wrote: “the game of poker, as first played in the United States, five cards to each player from a twenty-card pack, is undoubtedly the Persian game of As-Nas.” Ah, but more recent historians, including David Parlett, that study the origins of poker have concluded that Mr. Foster was wrong! They claim poker evolved…
A Brief History In 2015, 600 million adults (12%) and 100 million children were obese in 195 countries. Weight loss has become a common goal for the majority of people in industrialized countries. We live a modern life, but that does not mean it is healthier or better, and even if the worldwide trend of infectious diseases is reducing significantly, there are more chronic disease problems than ever, including type 2 diabetes and childhood obesity. Digging Deeper One way to prevent these chronic health ailments is by an appropriate diet and enough exercise. By doing this, you will not only…