Remodeling Your Home For Retirement
Posted in: Today's ChiliThirty percent of the U.S. population are baby boomers, according to the
American Association of Retired People (AARP), and a recent survey
conducted by the group found that 84 percent of us want to stay in our
homes after we retire. If you are a member of that majority, you might
need to think about doing some remodeling to make your home more
accommodating to your needs as you age.
Many die-hard fans like myself, who can’t get enough of the award-winning AMC TV drama, "Breaking Bad,"
have often thought that the alter-ego character "Heisenberg" was the
invention of anti-hero Walter White, played by actor Bryan Cranston. In
actuality, the chemistry professor referenced the name in Season 1 as an
homage to the famous German physicist, Werner Karl Heisenberg.
Operation Genoa vs Tailwind, HBO’s ‘Newsroom’ Meets At The Corner of Topsy & Vine
Posted in: Today's ChiliNewsroom,
the HBO hit series created and written by Aaron Sorkin predicates its
storylines on actual news that’s taken place in the real world, about 18
month prior. Having cut his social networking teeth on his
award-winning movie, "The Social Network," Sorkin takes full advantage of weaving social media references into his yarns, whenever he can.
There is a new, and somewhat disturbing, trend in wine. In an attempt to revive a lagging wine industry the French are working on a plan to make wine more appealing to younger drinkers. To this end they have created Rouge Sucette (Red Lollipop). It is a red wine with cola flavoring and sugar added. How do you judge the palate and bouquet of something like that?
In the HBO drama series, "The Newsroom," Jane Fonda plays the recurring role of Leona Lansing, the self-important CEO of the TV news show, Atlantis Cable News (ACN).
Fonda views the fictional network’s influence as falling "somewhere
between Ted Turner (her ex-husband) and Rupert Murdoch." Playing against
type and her real-life liberal bias, Lansing is a staunch Republican
who feels the need to constantly remind her news team staff headed up by
Will McAvoy (played by Jeff Daniels) . . .