These days, technological marvels seem to pop up faster than you can say “Abracadabra!” Standing at the edge of innovation, even our smartphones become outdated before we even finish setting up our voicemail. And guess who’s leading the charge? None other than artificial intelligence, or AI, a digital wiz that’s both the apple of your eye and the monster under your bed. AI, the ultimate multitasker, can do things that usually require a human brain – like telling jokes (bad ones), understanding what you’re saying (even when you mumble), making life-altering decisions (like deciding which Netflix movie to watch), and deciphering languages (so you can finally understand your cat’s meows).…
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Love, Laughs and Leprosy A rollercoaster ride through this summer's coming attractions
We’ve all been there — it’s a Friday night, you’re ready to unwind and escape into the world of cinema. But you’re stuck. Despite paying exorbitant monthly subscription fees for Disney+, Netflix, HBOmax, Apple TV, Paramount+, Peacock, Prime Video, and Tubi TV, you still complain, “There’s nothing to watch.” But fear not. We have the solution to your entertainment dilemma. We’ve scoured the depths of the internet to bring you a fresh and eclectic list of new films in production that are guaranteed to pique your interest and keep you engaged from beginning to end. You’ll wonder how they manage to keep their love alive, while their body parts drop off like confetti…
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What in the Heck is a Ghostwriter? And why should you be using one?
Imagine for one moment, you’re standing on the threshold of the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter is perched high upon his pulpit examining the records of everyone waiting in line to get into Heaven. Like a final audit, if you will, he’s making one concluding determination who gets in and who goes to… well, you know… that other place. As the line inches forward, you overhear St. Peter asking each old soul cowering in front of him, “Well, how have you lived your life? What did you do with what we gave you? Did you share it with anyone else?” In essence, he’s asking for your elevator speech—a 30-second pitch on…
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What Makes a Successful Writer? Everything you need to be able to do besides write
The scene opens with the haggard writer hunched over a dilapidated Underwood, struggling to meet his midnight deadline. The air is stale and thick with cigarette smoke and there’s an empty bottle of scotch lying on the floor. By the smell of things, it’s obvious he hasn’t slept, eaten or washed his clothes in over a week. That was the Hollywood image of writers before the information highway arrived in the early 1990s. Since then, the business of writing has changed in more ways than anyone could have possibly imagined in 1939. These days, a writer’s job doesn’t end when they drop their query down the out-bound chute at the…
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Why I Became a Professional Tattoo Artist And the lure of fame, fortune and handling naked body parts
There were a lot of reasons why I decided to become a tattoo artist: fame, fortune and the lure of handling marginally-clothed women in the wee hours of the morning. Guaranteed employment was right up there too, but the real reason was simple. I was hopelessly unemployed, mired in lawsuits, and flat broke, so I was desperate to try anything. While standing in line at Trader Joe’s, I scoured the headlines of Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Redbook desperate for ideas about which way to turn: “Become a Neuro-surgeon Online in 3 Weeks!” “Learn How to Operate Heavy Equipment in Your Own Backyard!” “Discover the Exciting Field of Cremation!” Everyone had…