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Decisions, Decisions: Burial vs. Cremation…vs. Mummification vs. the Mushroom Death Suit vs. Diamonds, Plastics and Fungus

By Jeremy Fancher

If you tend to stray into the eccentric and existential, you might have noticed that our inexorable march towards death is a bit of a conversation killer at bars.  But all these prophesies of impending Raptures and world-ending events — such as the end of the Mayan calendar on December 21st, 2012 — ope…



Stuck in a Rut?  You Need a Kick in the Ass Towards the Rest of Your Life

By Ariel Nishli

Life is a series of momentum-building starts and screeching halts. Hopefully, we experience the vast majority of our lives in forward motion, building meaningful relationships, a sense of purpose, and cultivating happiness.
Unfortunately, that pesky little thing we all harbor, known as the hu…



Abductions Through the Ages: America’s Most Famous Alien Encounters

By Dan Berry

The notion that extraterrestrials have visited earth and even abducted humans has gone from a fringe belief touted by 40-year-old virgins and former mental patients to a widely accepted truth upheld by millions of people around the planet. Thanks to serious, credentialed individuals presentin…



Five Items So Weird They’ve Created Their Own Black Market

By Rebecca Leib

In KoldCast TV’s dramatic sci-fi series Weekenders, a miraculous drug called LifeXtra allows you to hang on to the sweet life for three full days after you’ve kicked the bucket. Weekenders invites the viewer into a world where LifeXtra (commonly referred to as “LX”) is king; a miracle drug that brin…



Memoirs of a Ghost: A Paranormal Investigation from the Spirit’s Point of View

By Dana Leigh Smith

Think life is rough, eh? Wait till you get to the afterlife. Take it from someone who knows. I raised four kids and a husband. Had a lot more I wanted to accomplish too, before an aneurism in my basement laundry room put an end to those goals. Guess Mt. Kilimanjaro will have to wait… The thought of passing p…



Seven Secret Societies That Are Probably Controlling Your Life Right This Minute1

By Annie Cooper

You are not the master of your own existence. No one is. The lives of the many are controlled by the devious and deliberate dealings of the few. At least that’s the notion held by scores of conspiracy theorists: that secret, elite societies, are, and have been, manipulating everything – who bec…



You’re Thinking of Someone Else: Things All Women Do and Deny, Deny, Deny2

By CT Goodson

While women have come a long way since suffrage and bra-burning, there are still areas in which we struggle; where we’re not completely comfortable owning our primitive feminine side when it rears its spa coiffed head.
Much like the ladies of KoldCast TV’s new confessional comedy series You’re Thi…



The Eight Most Bizarre Gods Ever Worshiped

By Rebecca Leib

Throughout history, mankind has worshiped idols and gods of all shapes and sizes, usually with some fanciful back stories to boot. In Koldcast TV’s supernatural thriller 2012, Mayan deities who control the course of history reign down some apocalyptic fire.  The series takes place on December 21…



Man’s Best Friends Morph into Aliens While Playing Underwater Fetch2

By T6W Staff

The only thing more satisfying than wading a sunny Sunday afternoon away in a private pool is playing a game of fetch with your loyal, foolhardy best friend. Then again the stars could align, compelling Mr. Bojangles to bellyflop in there with you, tennis ball in mouth, to coax you into some water spor…



Bootstrap Tourism’s Best Bet

By Annie Cooper

There are phrases so overused, so tired, that their original meanings don’t even register with us any more. You know them: mindless strings of words, like, “There are plenty of fish in the sea”, “Point away from face”, or “Drink Responsibly.” What about that dusty old chestnut, “It’s the journey, no…