Two plus two equals four and Disney plus families equals great entertainment. From theme parks to resorts to cruises and more, parents can be assured their children are only exposed to quality content and entertainment. Films like THE SHAGGY DOG, FREAKY FRIDAY, and HOMEWARD BOUND all come to mind — and that’s not even touching upon the animated features. The latest in the long line of family-friendly titles is THE PARENT TRAP.

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You have dreamed of your wedding since you were a little girl. You want your day to be perfect, and picking a beautiful wedding invitation is an important step in your wedding planning. Your wedding invitation will set the tone for what your special day so you want to make sure that you send the right message to your guests.

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The 1969 film, “The Love Bug,” followed the adventures of a self-aware Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie. Herbie has a mind of his own! He can drive himself and fancies himself a big contender in the racing world. Most of the time, Herbie is shown as a grayish-white Beetle with red, white and blue stripes running from the front bumper to the back, and has a large number “53″ on his engine lid, hood and doors. The exception to this is when he first shows up in The Love Bug. Then, Herbie is a non-descript grayish-white Beetle with a gray sunroof. The sunroof suggests that Herbie is a 1963 model. In the movie, Herbie is named after the uncle of a mechanic.

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Buried in our collective conscience is at least one Disney movie we recall from our childhood. While Disney was a pioneer in the industry, their commercial success with new movies lagged a little bit in the 1980’s. In the late 1980’s and the 1990’s Disney shook up their company and revived its animation success. This period was known as the Disney Renaissance. Disney released several movies during this time period that were critically acclaimed and commercially successful. All but one of these movies was nominated for an Academy Award and certainly the most successful of them was The Lion King.

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Piglet, as one of Winnie The Pooh’s friends was always portrayed as a little scared, or feeling inadequate because of his small size. In the original “Winnie The Pooh,” from 1926, written by A.A. Milne, some of Piglet’s moments that would characterize his behavior come, in Chapter Three of the book, where Piglet says, “WHAT?”, with a jump, to show that he hadn’t been frightened, he jumped up and down once or twice more in an exercising sort of way. In Chapter Seven, “It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffling slightly, “when you’re only a very small animal.” In Chapter Nine, Piglet says, “It’s a little anxious,” he said to himself, “to be a very small animal entirely surrounded by water.” Piglet’s catchphrase was, “Oh, dear! Oh, d-d-d-dear-dear!

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A revolutionary breakthrough in live-action and animation, “Pete’s Dragon,” was released by Walt Disney Production in 1977. The story of a young orphan boy named Pete and his dragon, Elliott, the movie was the first Disney feature film to be released on home video in 1980. Animators chose to make Elliott an oriental dragon as such dragons are associated with good fortune. Indeed, Elliott is a do-gooder out to protect his orphaned ward.

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You might want to sit for this. The evolution of the office chair, from its bare, four-legs-and-a-back origins, had its origins in the rise of the Second Industrial Revolution. The incorporation of steam-driven machines prompted business owners to consider a phrase that has become ubiquitous to our modern ears: productivity. As the objective of business is the generation of capital, and the generation of said capital is dependent upon labor, the question was “How best can we drain the last drops of toil from our employees?” The answer: build a better chair. The logic centered on the notion that employees who sat at their stations longer, could be more productive, therefore earning the company more capital.

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There is a good chance you don’t think about the mattress you’re sleep on. Unless, of course, it’s uncomfortable - or you have a massive infestation of bed bugs. The mattress, that simplest of inventions, has been with us for thousands of years and while the concept is simple enough, like with any Thanksgiving turkey: it’s all in the stuffing.

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Dell Computers has led the ‘custom built’ PC market since the early 1980s. Michael Dell started his business from his University of Texas dorm room before laptop computers even existed. Dell has managed to establish a reputation for hitting the sweet spot of price and performance for most users, and regularly updates their brand lines to match the latest specifications.

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Chicago, referred to as the Windy City, is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 3 million people in it, Chicago is a center for economic growth and industry. Chicago is located in Illinois along the Great Lakes. It was founded in 1833 by settlers who liked it’s location near the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. The first settler arrived in Chicago in the 1770s and married a Native American woman of the Potawatomi tribe. Now, Chicago is the economic hub of the Midwest.

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