The Waltons was a popular television series in the 1970s that told the story of a large family living in Virginia during the Depression era. An episode from the show's eighth season, entitled "The Lost Sheep," focuses on Erin Walton (Mary Beth McDonough), the fourth oldest of seven children. She has been dating a young army officer named Ashley (Jonathan Frakes) off and on for a few years. While on ...

In a Seinfeld episode entitled "The Engagement," Jerry and his friend, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), have decided it's time to "grow up" and treat the women they date with a little more respect (George has just broken up with a woman because she beat him in chess). The conversation leaves such an indelible mark on George that he immediately looks up an old girlfriend, goes to her apartment, and ...

Dan in Real Life follows the life of Dan, a widowed father with three daughters still in school who writes a family advice column for several newspapers. In this scene at the beginning of the movie, he has an encounter that touches on both generational differences and the nature of love.

Dan is picking up his middle daughter—probably a freshman in high school—before heading out on a family ...

Perhaps the best analogy for the Trinity is a time when you experienced a community of love. Maybe a family when it was at its most healthy and loving. A sports team when people stopped worrying about their own egos. A support group where you felt cared for in spite of your brokenness. A music group when you finally got lost in the music. Because to experience the Trinity is to experience a community ...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a romantic comedy about culture, family, and acceptance. Nia Vardalos plays Toula Portokalos, the awkward middle child of a proud Greek family. Her father, Gus (Michael Constantine), often embarrasses her because he always lectures people on Greek history. "Give me a word," he says, "any word, and I'll show you how the root of that word is Greek." Toula has ambitions to ...

The summer drought of 2007 allowed scientists and archaeologists in Florida to look through a window into the state's past and uncover hidden treasures just below the surface of Lake Okeechobee.

Okeechobee is the nation's second largest lake. Because of the drought, the lake hit its lowest level on record. In some areas the shoreline receded more than a mile, creating areas of dry lakebed where historical ...

According to a 2005 study conducted by the National Survey on Marriage in America, this is how married couples most often met one another:

Introduced by a mutual friend: 44.6 percent

Lived near each other: 33.2 percent

Attended high school or lower-level school together: 22.1 percent

Met at a party: 15 percent

Met at work: 14.9 percent

Attended college together: 14 percent

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Met at church, temple, synagogue, ...

In a 2003 survey, men and women were asked, "When does sex with your date become acceptable?"

On the first, second, or third date: 22 percent (men: 44 percent; women: 8 percent)

Only after three or more dates: 19 percent (men: 20 percent; women: 18 percent)

Only after knowing person for extended period: 35 percent (men: 22 percent; women: 45 percent)

Only after getting married: 11 percent (men: 5 percent; ...

Within the ruins of a large copper-processing center in the lowlands of Jordan, an international team of archaeologists has found evidence that shows Edom may have been an advanced society as early as the 12th century B.C. The evidence proves that it was most definitely an advanced society by the 10th century.

Why is this significant? In biblical history, the Edomites were the descendants of Esau and ...

The act of confession is now an artistic expression. During the first half of 2006, two performing artists named Laura Barnett and Sandra Spannan created an exhibit in a storefront in Manhattan that allowed passers-by to alleviate their guilt.

The two women dressed as 19th century washerwomen and sat in the storefront, one of them underlining the words on the glass—"Air your dirty laundry. 100 ...