I am the proud owner of four watches, five if you count the antique 14K gold pocket watch my grand-father bought to celebrate his good fortune in America about one hundred years ago and engraved with that year, either 1903 or 1907, on the back. My brother has physical possession of this family heir loom... read more

My mother had a long list of New Year’s superstitions and traditions from her Czechoslovakian/Austrian upbringing. The main one that was to be upheld at all costs involved eating pork, sauerkraut and pretzel bread on New Year’s Day for luck throughout the year. Try as I might, I just can’t bring... read more

About a week ago, a reader wrote to me about how he has noticed that religious events have become celebrations, and I promised that I would do a piece about it. Well, it’s hard to ignore the truth; except for some Judaic holidays and perhaps Ramadan, it’s hard to find much seriousness connected with... read more

If we want to talk about Drug rehabilitation we first of all need to define drug addiction treatment - There are many kinds of addictive drugs,therefore,treatments for specific drugs can differ.Problems associated with an individual’s drug addiction can vary significantly.Those who are addicted... read more

Have any of you in the states or Great Britain watched “Most Haunted”? Here in America, it’s found on our cable Travel Channel on Friday Nights at 10 PM, EST. I find this to be quite unique in the sense that even though much of it looks staged, I am hoping part of it is real. At some point, I... read more

In this morning’s news was the unsettling announcement that researchers are forecasting 2007 to be the hottest year ever recorded due to global warming. Just what we need; studies have indicated that the highest temperatures coincide with highest crime rates, as well as bringing out the worst... read more

Don’t you hate computer crashes? Mine had to be reformatted, and then our Internet service became whacked. Anyway, I’m still on vacation. I’m glad, but I go back three days after my birthday, which is in less than two weeks. I’m graduating this coming semester. I have a montage... read more

Well, except for the Greek Orthodox, I guess the rest of us are done with our holiday festivities. (Actually, I attended a friend’s Greek Orthodox Christmas celebration once in mid-January, and it definitely felt strange…) Tell the truth now-aren’t you glad it’s over? Sometimes I think that,... read more

The internet has already and is currently exerting changes in the world.   Take the watch business, in general, and luxury watches, in particular. Nowadays most watch manufacturers not only sell through retailers who have convenient web sites, but the watch makers themselves often have interesting and... read more

Were I to suddenly come into a large sum of money, something I can dream about, I would seriously consider buying a luxury watch. Why not? Watching time fly is a well known, time honored past time.   So as long as I am dreaming I have begun looking at watch advertisements to see what the industry thinks... read more