Michael Arcand

I am a full-time freelance writer, blogger and editor for a variety of online endeavors. I was born in New England and raised in Texas, where I live today. I'm probably the oldest guy around here on Manolith, but I think I can hang with these young 'uns. ;-) (PS - I just got my own gig over on Real TV Addict, so stop by and check it out!)
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Sarah Palin Turns In Resignation
Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin shocked the political community today when she held a press conference to announce that she was resigning as the governor, effective at the end of July. The move comes at a time when two of Palin’s public health officials have resigned within days of each other. The announcement was made from [...]
Bar Refaeli Rocks Out With Aerosmith
Israeli model Bar Refaeli has been making a few waves lately. First, she has done a photoshoot with Aerosmith for Victoria’s Secret and now a bizarre black and white video featuring Bar Refaeli writhing around naked on a bed set to music but with no dialog. You should know who Refaeli is from the [...]
Britney Spears Appears In ‘Radar’ Video; Nobody Cares.
A new Britney Spears video, the fourth single to be released from the “Circus” album, has found its way into the denizens of Internet social networking video sites. The video was shot in Santa Barbara, California, according to the New York Post and directed by Dave Myers, who worked with Spears on other videos [...]
Unknown Life Form in North Carolina Sewer?
This one is for all the wannabe scientists out there or for you guys who like really gross stuff. This isn’t some trick video and there’s nothing scary at the end … just what you see during the video. Apparently this was found on the sewer cam on April 27th of this year. There’s not [...]
Where Are They Now? The Cosby Show
Hitting the airwaves on September 20, 1984, The Cosby Show ran for eight seasons on NBC, ending its run on April 30, 1992. The Huxtable family won its way into our living rooms through the antics of the kids in the family and the comedy and fatherly advice of the namesake of the show, Bill [...]
10 Things I Hate About You TV Show
In yet another show of the lack of real creativity in Hollywood, the coming-of-age movie 10 Things I Hate About You is making its way from the silver screen to the flat screen. The new series is being picked up by ABC Family and premiers on Tuesday, July 7 at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central. [...]
Fred Travalena’s Last Act
In keeping with this week’s barrage of bad news deaths, here’s another one. Known as “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” Fred Travalena has died from his battle with cancer. Travalena was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma back in 2002 and prostate cancer a year later. Although the cancer did go into remission for a brief [...]
Deepak Chopra on Michael Jackson
Deepak Chopra has emerged as a friend and consultant to Michael Jackson. It appears that the friendship between the pop icon and the self-help guru goes back over 20 years. Chopra notes on his blog post reflecting on the death of Jackson that he last spoke to him just two weeks ago.
From reading his blog [...]



























