I’ve discussed ways to overcome addiction to the World of Warcraft, but in that article I only briefly touched on the reasons why people become addicted. I will look into that further here.
Different people get addicted for different reasons, but there are some common causes that exist in the appeal of the game.
Because first-hand knowledge [...]

I recently discussed an incident where a Mormon couple accidentally left their child to die in a hot car for 17 hours.
Did you notice that I mentioned their religion?
Why do writers of such stories feel the need to attach a person’s religion to a tragedy in order to somehow make it seem more poignant? We [...]

Among the self-help and instructional material here on wafflesatnoon.com, there are moments when an angry commentary is appropriate. Like now.
One of the unfortunate aspects of living in Las Vegas is hearing stories of parents who accidentally leave their children in hot cars during the summer. I’ve heard one too many of these, so here is [...]

I’ve had the privilege of working from home for the past 7 years. My twins, who are nearly 10, have virtually grown up seeing me at my computer with CorelDraw on the screen.
And the older they get, the more technically capable they get every day.
Lately they have both taken more of an interest in my [...]

I signed up for service for Preventive Pest Control and the service was fine until late 2006, when my normally appointed serviceman was apparently replaced by a substitute.
I work at home and was always there to receive their house call. They also typically called the day before to verify that service was to be delivered [...]

I have a very nice Kinetico water system that I financed nearly 4 years ago. My financing was through Aqua Finance. I’ve been paying on this Aqua Finance account for nearly 4 years. I’ve paid faithfully and regularly. Sure maybe a couple of late payments over the years, but nothing significant.
I received a letter stating [...]

It seems that most graphic artists can be categorized in two ways. (Yes, I’m already generalizing, and yes there are always exceptions – let’s get that out of the way upfront). There are the schooled artists and the non-schooled.
I don’t know if I’ve ever met a schooled graphic artist who wasn’t deeply embedded in the [...]