Lifestyle

For those veering from the familiar comforts of private transportation for the first time, boarding public buses feels like entering the Twilight Zone. Fortunately, beyond the folding doors awaits a dimension that assures extraterrestrials are a figment of vibrant imaginations.

I awake to the tragic news of at least 12 people dead in a mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, Ca.

I watch as an anguished survivor recounts the events and laments that "I should've stayed and I apologize to anyone who got hurt, I'm sorry. They are all young; I am 56, I lived a life; they are all young."

What should elicit shock and tears only draws sighs and a disheartened gaze.

For millennia, dogs have scratched and pawed to defend their title as "man's best friend" against feline counterparts.

Doing laundry with a smile is much harder than doing laundry with success.

September 11, 2001: What started as a serene day featuring portrait-worthy weather ebonized into an authentic nightmare in American history.

When words are weapons, the "N-word" is considered the atomic bomb of the English language.