Change Anything

The idea here is that you can change any aspect of your life-if you are just willing to follow a few simple steps.  The problem, of course, is that most of us are unable to follow a few simple steps. Near the beginning of Change Anything we are told that a recent study found that ALL diets work-if people are willing to do exactly what any given diet plan calls for.  Most of us are pretty good at starting things, but not so good at the follow through. So Change Anything takes a slightly different tack to the problem-it offers…

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Being Human on Syfy

Being Human is the story of three friends sharing an apartment-one vampire, one werewolve, and one ghost.  The show started out on the BBC, which makes sense since having a flatmate is the normal state of affairs in cities like London and Bristol.  I had my doubts about the basic premise working in America, where everyone has their own place.  But it looks like it will be fine. One of The Wife’s complaints is a simple one-NBC Universal is run by idiots.  Or as my hero Rickey Gervais would say, NBC Universal is run by fucking idiots.  They have a…

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