Cells Cancel Children

Heavy mobile use 'damages sperm'

Ever wondered what those micro-waves are doing to your body?  Curious as to what's being mutated and manipulated during the oh-so-important phone call to your business partner or boyfriend/girlfriend?  Listen up men or you might be saying "bye-bye to babies."  This could be a pro or a con depending on your personal feelings.

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The Colors of Fall

Here are some photos I took around my house a few days ago.  Your typical autumn photos, hopefully with a little individual style.

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Battle of the Books

Read Between the Lines

This story even makes me feel bad about going to Borders.  I'm not sure if I've ever bought a novel on-line.  I'd rather just have a coffee and piddle around the stacks. Get out while you still can! Commentary by Tony Long.

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Scariest Movies for Halloween

BWWWAAAAHHHHAAAAA!

I've been watching the television only to get really psyched-up for the bloody, gory, hair-raising horror movies of October and the Halloween season.  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Grudge 2 are stirring my appetite for blood-lust, but I usually resort back to my favorite scary movie to bring forth the goosebumps.  So here are the top five (for today at least):

I remember seeing this for the first time in a theater and truly wondering who the killer was and jumping unexpectedly.  It started off suspenseful, used pop-culture throughout the dialog, and was satirically funny when the characters made fun of their situation (of course not up to the level that Scary Movie does).  There's nothing like willful suspension of disbelief!

The filming on this is fantastic.  It was my first experience of a David Fincher film and introduced me to grainy, dingy-type filming that came off as artistic in a Nine Inch Nails sort of way. Suspenseful with an intelligent ending

There's the point in the movie where the characters discover all the eggs in the alien nest.  I decided that if I was one of the characters, I would just shoot myself.  This is coming from a non-suicidal person.  A horror movie in the sci-if genre

I remember the immediate hype around this flick.  I truly thought it was real for the longest time.  That's how convincing the acting and filming was!

I used to have nightmares about this as a kid.  Tim Curry is the ultimate Pennywise.  What is the horror genre without Stephen King? 

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The Playoffs

It's October and that means the leaves are turning, crisp air/cool breezes, apple cider, and of course...THE RACE TO THE WORLD SERIES! Before I go into any wild guesses and predictions of the future world champions (sounding like an ESPN television anchor) I want to state that my team, the beloved Cleveland Indians had a very disappointing sseason. The Tribe finished 19 games out of first-place with a 78-84 record, 6 games under .500. While this is greatly disappointing, my playoff fever has risen and I find myself interested in teams I never even gave a thought to in the regular season, let alone cheered for them. Sure, I know all the Yankee all-stars (all nine batters with their 6-digit salary starting line-up) and the distinguishing and catchy names of the Oakland Athletics, but what about my new-found favoritism of the LA Dodgers and the feel-good Central Division rival Detroit Tigers? In short, IT'S FUN and I wake up early to check the line-ups and daily schedule to plan my triple-header of baseball watching.

The question is, "Who will win it all?" I want to give a brief answer and save you the details (you can catch those on your favorite sports station). As much as I hate to say this, the New York Yankees seem, or rather LOOK, unbeatable. Even though they have a weak bullpen minus Mariano Rivera, their line-up is a modern-day Murderer's Row and can make the impossible possible. They might have trouble with some of the American League teams but they will make a meat market of any National League team.

That said, I want to see a W.S. with the Las Angeles Dodgers vs. the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers have to get through the Yankees first, but they haven't won in a while and are one of the founding teams in baseball. I say the Dodgers because, well, I don't know. I haven't seen them do anything since I remember watching baseball plus I'd like to see Kenny Lofton get a ring after getting screwed with the Indians. And if I had to choose between those two teams? Go Tigers!

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