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22
Apr
Today, Wednesday, April 22, is national Earth Day. This is what The Nearby Future is all about, saving the planet! We are all about protecting the future, the years to come, whether we are alive or dead. Our kids and generations to come are all affected by our every action and move. This day is [...]
17
Apr
Some days we win. Some days we lose. Sometimes both happen in the same day and we get handed a blended mix of things to deal with. You’ve felt this way more often recently. The economy is not everyone’s friend, and it’s a trying time for all. What’s this? Oh! I know! Inspirational story time [...]
14
Apr
Hannah Montana: The Movie. Wow…what an original name for a movie title. Anyways, this weekend in Harkin’s Theatre’s box office, the Hannah Montana movie came in first with a whopping $32,324,487. That is $50,86,582 more than Fast and Furious in which came in second! Hannah Montana was just released this weekend, where Fast and Furious was [...]
12
Apr
What’s a better Easter story than pirates raiding American boats and taking the Captain hostage? Modern day pirates have taken a step backward from the swashbuckling heroes in Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Somali pirates and their guns do not have the same mystic allure as swords and broken compases and cursed Aztec gold. [...]
Tags: Davy Jones, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, pirate, pirates, pirates of the caribbean, somali
7
Apr
It’s not just Stephen Colbert who is wagging his finger at others. Beijing recently blamed consumers for their pollution. Really Beijing? Consumers are your friends. If you can’t find environmentally friendly ways to manufacture your products, that’s your problem. Picture by “jaaron” via Flickr Meanwhile back at the ranch, the FDA is getting in over [...]
5
Apr
From the people who brought you NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), a new adventure has arrived. Script Frenzy. 30 days. Hardly any sleep. Lots of caffiene. Lots of fun. Lots of chocolate. 100 pages of a script. Script Frenzy was created so that people could give themselves a month to let their imaginations run wild. [...]
3
Apr
First of all, I wanted to apologize for not picking a theme. Now I would like to give you my excuse: life got crazy. Rika is a crazy person who can run on almost no sleep, but I sure can’t! Also I usually don’t write that often. So the theme of this month is “things that should [...]