Network Awesome, 12/05/12

The Best TV Network in the World

In the '80s, there was a whole movement of these pulpy films. They weren't generally big draws at the box office, but were saved like so many other titles by the home video revolution and ended up getting plenty of love on endless TV reruns.

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D., 12/05/12

Host, 'Mysteries From Beyond the Other Dominion'

Why don't UFOs land in big cities? Is our moon possibly an artificial body? Does the phantom army of Mount Kilimanjaro materialize yearly?

Carlo Revelli, 12/05/12

Chairman of the AgoraVox Foundation

This is the story of how I discovered that I was the cousin of the only man on Earth who is listed as 'missing' despite his whereabouts being known.

Peter G. Stockley, 12/04/12

Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of Leeds, UK

'Tis the season, from Thanksgiving to New Year, when tens of millions of us will travel to see family and friends. What none of us think about during this time is the myriad of invisible virus particles that will be making the trip with us.

Diane Dimond, 12/04/12

Television journalist, author, syndicated columnist

Celebrating holidays -- like New Year's and 4th of July -- is an American tradition. Now, can we just lose the guns? Celebratory gunfire kills.

David Aronchick, 12/04/12

Co-founder and CEO, Hark

Tens of millions of viewers around the world are currently sitting on pins and needles in anticipation of what will happen next on The Walking Dead. Who will get munched? What will happen to the Governor? Many viewers will sit through the show wondering, "is this foreshadowing?"

Larry Schwimmer, 12/03/12

Businessman and Astrologer

Don't let the fear of losing a great player to another team cause you to sign an expensive, long-term contract at a disadvantageous time. Let the competition waste millions.

George M. Young, 12/03/12

Fellow, Center for Global Humanities, University of New England; author, 'The Russian Cosmists'

Human history does indeed seem to show rhythmic patterns of rise and fall, widespread excitability and widespread calm. The problem is in the specifics, the details, the charts and graphs.

Jose Barreiro, 11/28/12

Assistant Director for Research, National Museum of the American Indian

From Yucatan to Honduras and centrally throughout Guatemala, the new scholarship on Maya is a veritable industry. Confounding clarity, popular media culture has run amok with the prophetic day.

Hans Proppe, 11/30/12

Photographer / Filmmaker

GAIAM TV, 11/29/12

Personal Growth and Spirituality Conscious Streaming Video Service

Beyond spontaneous statements about the child's past, other clues can shed light on their past life experience; behaviors such as phobias or physical issues often correspond to children's memories -- particularly of their death -- of their past life.

David Fearnhead, 11/27/12

Author, Bailey of the Saints

One of the common misconceptions of the Kennedy assassination is that we would, by now, have heard the true story. The fact is many witnesses have gone on record, and continue to do so.

Nancy Wurtzel, 11/27/12

Blogger, Dating Dementia

Rarely do I remember my dreams, but when I do they usually make a big impression.

Alexandra Holzer, 11/29/12

Author and paranormalist

What if you fell upon a piece of Elvis Presley history? After all, he was just a mere mortal, right? Well, to millions around the world he is as much as a magical being as he ever was when he first began his career as a musician and actor in the '50s.

Joshua Ellis, 11/26/12

Author, 'The Vampire of Juarez: Getting My Teeth Pulled In Mexico's Most Notorious Border Town'

This is how you find yourself in a dentist's chair in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, inadvertently having a molar pulled without the benefit of anesthetic, crying and howling and kicking the floor while trying hard not to actually move your head.

Ben Thomas, 11/27/12

Founder, The Connectome

Back in my college days I became obsessed with lucid dreaming -- having dreams in which I was aware I was dreaming and could shape my internal world with thought alone. According to a recent paper, though, it may be possible to control someone else's dreams from the outside.

Leah Singer, 11/26/12

Author, LeahsThoughts.com

From the minute I saw this creature it freaked me out. It's scary, I tell you! The little thing is scary! I felt as if I would awaken in the middle of the night to this little Chucky coming after me.