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Andrew Smith played basketball for the Butler Bulldogs, and was part of the two final four Butler teams. After he married his high school sweetheart, Samantha, and moving to Lithuania to continue his basketball career, he was diagnosed with cancer. Samantha blogged the struggle the couple had with the…

The mayor of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius has announced that he will install a huge screen on the town hall which will display a real-time indicator of the city’s mood. The giant display will give a daily barometer reading of the city’s happiness as it tabulates votes citizens send in from their cell…

On the list of Top 40 musical hits of the last 50 years, today’s hits are slower, sadder, and have more negative lyrics. Peppy, upbeat songs have dwindled and the percentage of songs written in a minor key, which most listeners find gloomy, has doubled since the 1960’s. This is just opposite of what…

EMPTY NEST David Beardsley, describes the empty nest years this way, "After two decades of screen doors banging, parent-teacher conferences, wet towels on the bathroom floor, and evenings at the ballfield, your time is your own again. And the house is so quiet." —The Brookline Tab, 9-16-97 Illustration…

EVER BEEN DEPRESSED? KNOW A COLLEAGUE WHO MIGHT BE? HAVE A SPOUSE THAT IS? When was the last time you read Psalm 88? I'm telling you — there was a man who was really going through some rough water. I was interviewing a physician recently for a future edition of Pastor to Pastor. She is a delightful lady…

Angelina Jolie Actress Angelina Jolie has often been viewed as a little off-centre. As famous for things like the vial of her husband's blood that she carried with her (before they split up!) as for her movies, in recent times she has become more settled. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald…