The answer: It's fun to go against the grain when there are no reprecussions.

So, I'm wondering what violent video games are most fun.

Here's a short list.

5. EA Sports Boxing: It's realistic, competitive and rewarding when you knock your opponent to the mat.
4. Bully: For once, we get to be the terror in high school and get points for it.
3. Resident Evil 4: The good thing is, you're taking it out on zombies. And frankly, I've got a few friends who are less productive than the walking dead.
2. Grand Theft Auto: It might become the most popular video game in the modern era.
1. Mortal Combat: This started it all. It was legendary for finishing moves that allowed your character to decapitate the other guy.

Gin Blossoms, Ted Nugent, Heart, George Thorogood, Reo Speedwagon, Cheap Trick, Ashlee Simpson are some of the most popular musicians to play in and around Naperville in the last couple of years at the assembly of summer festivals.

But are the Black Crowes the most popular ever?

They are, and it proves that Naperville is capable of attracting A-list talent. It's about time the city steps up and considers adding a major venue to the area.

After appearing semi-nude in Vanity Fair magazine this week, the pop sensation is trying to recover from some of the anticipated backlash.

She is a Disney product, no less.

But so was Britney Spears.

It's not always the same in Chicago or other nightlife areas.

Lesson here: Live a little, let others do the same and let a pint of beer dribble down your chin one night instead of complain about how your tax dollars are being used.

No more.

Just as books once were, they'll certainly be different in the future.

Face it: technology is changing even the simplest of things.

But is it? Has anyone tried driving northbound toward the downtown area on a busy evening?

Sometimes it makes you want to turn the car around and head back south to Plainfield, a place with a promising and rejuvenated downtown area. Those not wanting to battle with crowds, can walk down Lockport Street to wine and dine.

Sure there's a few shopping centers on the southwestern portion of the city, but is it enough to spend a Friday afternoon?

Was this the worse winter in modern entertainment history?

If you think about it, home entertainment centers are increasingly becoming sophisticated and a major part of the modern home. Why go out to the theater when you can nearly duplicate the experience for less money in your house?

Not with IMAX. There are no imitations.

But parents should be worried about the supposed vacation that essentially invites underage kids to drink, indulge some more, and get even more drunk in foreign locations with unknown people. Just recently a riot broke out in Texas due to spring breakers.

Let us also consider the most troubling part of these weeklong parties: they put young women in horrible situations where they are often very vulnerable.

Considering Naperville's stellar reputation for family living, I'm wondering if Naperville's parents will take a stand against letting their children go on spring break?

There is a good (Tommy Lee Jone) bad (Javier Bardem) and a nobody (Josh Brolin); they serve as metaphors for how there is an evil in this world. The evil preys on nobodies; the good try to make sense of it all.

Is that right?

Is that how the world works? Is my interpretation of the movie accurate?

Consider these titles like "Joe Dirt" and "White Chicks".

So you see where we are going.

The 2 percent increase is on top of the already 9.25 percent planned increases that are scheduled to go into effect May 1. The city is one of the few towns in the state that purchases its power whole sale.

In the summer of 2006, the city agreed to a new four-year agreement with electricity providers J. Aron and Company/Goldman Sachs that would lock a fixed billing schedule through 2011.

But the unanticipated 2 percent raise was necessary to cover the costs of two new transmission-related charges from Common Wealth Edison so the company could upgrade its system. The costs total $2.5 million annually.

"We had to pass these costs on to the city," Councilman Robert Fieseler said Monday before the Council Meeting.

Industrial costumers will have to dig even deeper in their pockets with rates climbing nearly 34 percent this spring.

Still, the city says that the higher costs should not dismiss the fact that because electricity is locally controlled, residents are assured high quality service. Outages are usually restored within 2 to 3 hours, since city's crews are on call 24 hours a day.

Considering there weren't many blockbuster movies nominated, ratings might have went sour because people couldn't identify with the winners. So now what?

Baseball season is not for another month, most sitcoms won't return to air in April. There isn't much to talk about on the entertainment front.

Probably. And it doesn't look like we'll have much else to talk about for a while.

Then the author of "Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future," will meet with 800 Naperville Central High School students at 440 W. Aurora Ave. on Tuesday morning, and then speak at a public program at 7 p.m., Tuesday, at Pfeiffer Hall at North Central College.

Naperville North art instructor Amy Murphy headed the program.