So, Christmas is over, and you’re home with the kids are on school vacation. If you’re looking for an indoor project, why not cook up some kid- approved recipes that are both fun to eat and to make?
One of the easiest (and fastest) ways to make a tasty treat is by whipping up a [...]

continue reading.....

Making an indie movie short is easy. Even without formal training in a film school, your indie movie can win in a film festival. Making a 5 or 10 minute movie won’t take that long; maybe a few days or a week at the most. Everything you need for production can be found on the [...]

continue reading.....

 
The holiday time is here now and the kids are out of school for the holiday vacation. The holidays are less exciting as people grow older, but it’s of supreme excitement to young kids. While anticipating Christmas day, kids can get awfully bored. Alternating between writing projects and crafts projects may be the no-cost answer [...]

continue reading.....

To say that Christmas can be hectic is an understatement. Between fighting the crowds at the latest sale and trying to find the perfect gift for all the friends and family, you can find yourself more than a little exhausted and stressed. However, it’s a great time to just decompress and take a break from [...]

continue reading.....

The second week of December means holiday preparations for some, and finals week for college students concerned about their exams. For those interested in competing at the World Series of Beer Pong in January 2010, however, it was the last week to either earn a berth by competing at a satellite tournament, or buy [...]

continue reading.....

There was a time when far less people had jobs that had financial room for gift-giving. The holiday season would be a time to give gifts that don’t really cost much money, but would be valued by the gift receiver.
Presents had to be hand-made and inexpensive to make. Parents ensured that their children would receive [...]

continue reading.....

Still don’t have your house decorated for Christmas? Don’t worry there are plenty of people in the same boat. With less than two weeks until the big day, you may be scrambling to get everything up. The best approach is to relax and compose a strategy for your decorating.
If you have a lot of [...]

continue reading.....

After watching the film the The Black Candle, a documentary about the holiday Kwanzaa, I felt compelled to take a second look at the celebration that I had long ignored. Like many other African Americans, I grew up only celebrating Christmas without much exposure to Kwanzaa or its deeper meaning. However, the movie opened my [...]

continue reading.....

Cajun 12 Days of Christmas
Cajun Night Before Christmas
Young filmmakers and new filmmakers have many venues from which to show their work. With the internet and computers, entire movies can be viewed entirely online. It’s easier than going to a movie theatre, particularly if you get the urge to watch a movie in the middle of [...]

continue reading.....

I bake Christmas cookies. Not just a single batch, but serious quantities of Christmas cookies – one year I made 32 different kinds. In order to have a diverse array of cookies during the holiday season, you need to start early. Immediately after Thanksgiving, bake cookies that get better with age, like [...]

continue reading.....