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In her sexy, stormy, spiritual memoir, Honey in the River, Marsha Scarbrough explores the contemporary relevance of ancient African wisdom teachings, wrapped around a love affair with a married African shaman. The mythology and metaphysics of Ifa, the indigenous religion of the Yoruba people of West Africa, is woven throughout her fast-paced tale that combines spiritual text with descriptions of her experiences in rhythm, dance and deep trance. As she blends archetypal drama and epic soap opera, Marsha reveals and befriends her personal shadow. I interviewed Marsha about her book and what it was like become so deeply involved with...

Boortz was talking about an issue that they had a few years back in Atlanta. A new sewer plant was going to be built. Well the 'mostly White' folk lived on the North side while the 'mostly Minority and Black folk' lived on the South side. The sewer lines were going to have to run South from the North and wouldn't you know it .. A Stink<--(pun intended) arose. "The "Whites" were going to run Their White sewage down under the "Minority and Black Folks" sewage! (Oh No!!) The plant .. I guess, was never built!?(Feel free to jump in...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Doctors found around 50 maggots in the ears of an 84-year-old Thai man after he went to hospital complaining of an itch. Wednesday's Nation newspaper said Anan Temtan, who lives in the tsunami-hit southern resort island of Phuket, had used cotton buds to relieve the itching, but had scratched so hard his eardrums ruptured and started bleeding."We believe flies might have gone inside his ears to lay eggs, which hatched into larvae and caused the itching," said Somsak Nonthasri, the doctor who treated him.Somsak, who used tweezers and a small suction device to remove the maggots, said...