Keanu Reeves gave up $66 million in potential earnings from the Matrix sequels to boost pay for the special effects and costume teams. He also surprised his stunt performers with new Harley Davidson motorcycles on the last day of filming for The Matrix Revolutions.

I was on a hiking trail at South Mountain, in Phoenix, and was climbing up some steps near the top of a ridge when a bicyclist exploded over the top, sailed right over my head, and landed on the steps just below me. He didn’t fall, and was able to control his downward progress and zoom out of sight pretty quickly. But if I had been one step higher on that trail, he would have plowed right into me and might have [unalived] us both.

In case you’re wondering, that segment of the trail was not approved for bikes. He was one of those extreme bikers out for a thrill, and he managed to give one to both of us.

Griffith University Queensland, Australia are about to start human trails on groundbreaking research into regenerating nerves in spinal cord injuries.

We had a group of teenagers come through with a little kid about 4 or 5 years old. My haunt was scripted, so the group stopped at my station and I could tell the little one was ready to lose it. I toned it way down for the little guy. His older brother was an absolute s**t squirrel. He kept telling the kid I'd be coming to their house to [end] him later. I stopped completely, broke character and got down on the kid's level. As loudly as I could, I told the little one that nobody from my haunt would be coming to his house to [end] him and that his brother sucked. Told the kid he was braver than all of the teenagers who thought it was fun to scare a little kid. I promised him that he would make it through just fine and nobody would get him. We had tour guides at our haunt, so the guide went ahead of the group and put the word out. The rest of the cast made things as fun as hell for the kid.

The doctor ran into my room yelling "OH MY GOD!... then said, " We have to get you to the hospital!"... "the last person I saw here with this had to have a lot of flesh removed." She then proceeded to show me photos of the patient with flesh removed. It was absolutely horrific.

I had a spider bite on my elbow. It started off as a very sore spot that felt like I hit my elbow on something. Three hours later, my entire arm was red, swollen and hot. When I bent my arm, a steady stream of clear liquid poured out of my elbow. There was no question about how bad this was.

The doctor was adamant that I go to the hospital and spend a week with an intravenous drip of antibiotics. She thought that even with antibiotics I might lose part of my arm. It was obviously a very bad situation but I live in the US and didn't have insurance. I had gone to the hospital first but I was turned away. It's not legal for them to do this but I was young and inexperienced so I left after the lady at the desk berated me, yelling that "you can't expect to just walk in here with no money..." I then went to a walk-in-clinic which is where this doctor was.

The doctor may not have been good at hiding her fear and panic but she absolutely saved my arm and quite possibly my life. For the following week I went to see her twice a day and she gave me a series of shots and pills. She had a closet full of salesmen's samples that she gave me so all the d***s were free of charge. Even though I went there 14 times, I was only charged for the first day's visit, which was only $100. This doctor saved me tens of thousands of dollars.

I think of that doctor often and hope that life has treated her as well as she treated me.