My Grandma passed away tonight. She had lived a full life of 91 years, but these last few months had not been good to her. Complications from a condition, which caused pressure on her brain and ultimately kidney failure would lead her to take her last breath at 5:50p.m. this evening. I’ve been fortunate, if death can ever be “fortunate,” in the fact that I haven’t had to face a lot of it in my lifetime. A small family and…
Angelina Jolie’s appearance a the 28th Annual Kid’s Choice Awards made headlines this evening, but the media isn’t talking about what I feel was the most important part of her appearance. Most outlets are highlighting it as a “surprise” appearance with her daughters, discussing her casual attire, and reflecting on the actresses recent New York Times op-ed piece where she explained why she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure. But the highlight of Jolie’s appearance wasn’t her…
By now many of you have probably seen the new trailer for Michael Bay’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, if you haven’t you can check out the atrocity here. The new film, which is due to hit theaters later this year, is the re-imagined story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ beginnings. While historically the turtles have had a similar look and feel over the years, the Bay production has made some adjustments to their look. Most noticeably, the addition…
Today, was the highly anticipated release of Disney’s Frozen on Blu-ray and DVD. Like most parents whose kids loved the film in theater’s my wife and I knew we had to get it the day it came out, and of course my daughter was already halfway through her second viewing by the time I got home. During dinner I sat down to watch the second half of the film while eating and as the credits came to a close I…
Last week Google announced the global rollout of the new Google Maps layout. The new layout, which many of us began using as a preview last May is much different than the traditional maps view many local businesses were used to. Unlike the previous maps layout the emphasis is on the locations on the map and not the business listings that used to appear on the left. For many local businesses that were less visible in the past this is…