Interesting blurb from New Scientist about a new study done to see what personality clues you could get that were proven to be accurate from the email names selected by 600 teenagers. A panel of 100 students was put together to guess the personalities of 600 teenagers simply by looking at their email [...]

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If I ever have a house with a den or a family room, one of the things I’d love to purchase would be one of the poker tables that converts to an extra table that could be used for eating. When we have a full house of my children and their significant others over [...]

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It’s a topic that has been wondered about by many and the annual report from the International Narcotics Control Board warns that treating stars “leniently” by allowing them to get away with drug crimes undermines faith in the criminal justice system and has a damaging effect on adolescents. Which means those of us who [...]

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I know for certain that when I sit here typing, I’m not doing it in a way that would be considered good posture. I’m not hunched over at the shoulders but I sit near the edge of my seat and my chair is almost always at a crooked angle since I end up reaching [...]

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With all of the recent drama related to graduations, visting in laws, political drama and much, much more that I’ve experienced lately (as you can kind of see with the lack of time I’ve had to blog recently) dreaming of an escape to Branson cabins is tempting. I can imagine getting up early (yeah [...]

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My oldest daughter will be moving to the San Jose area at the end of May, which has created the discussion of how best to move her personal items as well as for her to have furniture at her new apartment with out us having to rent a truck. That’s when using a furniture [...]

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When I was in high school there were not many alternatives out there when it came to trying to find which was the best acne treatment available. Now of course there are many different options, some that are prescription, some that are not and those that are more herbal/natural based. Even with those [...]

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There have been several studies done looking at the diet pill industry all reporting similar numbers that state that over 15% of high school girls have tried weight loss pills at least once. It would be easy to blame the diet pill industry but the reality is that parents also play a part in [...]

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I used to watch wrestling, and I was a huge fan of the Undertaker, then he retired and I lost interest so I was surprised when I was searching YouTube to do a music flashback moment and I saw that not only is the Undertaker back, but so is his “brother” Kane and they fought [...]

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I’m the type of person who has to have at least three pillows at night and I’m picky about what type of pillow I like. One has to be firm and the other two more soft. Where the problem comes in is when I try to buy one for myself, someone else “borrows [...]

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I thought that I was going to take a trip to Washington DC with my oldest daughter next weekend so she could check out some of the areas in which she might be interested in living with her leaning towards one particular job offer in DC. This meant I spent some time looking for [...]

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If you missed last night’s return, thanks to SciFi Channel you can watch the episode online, or if you are like me and once just wasn’t enough? You can watch it again. I won’t give anything away except to say the episode ended in a way that left me on my seat until [...]

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I don’t dress up that often since I work from home, but I do have a pair of gold cufflinks that I think look really nice with the one suit that I have. I realize that most think that cuff links are for men but there are many women out there who like [...]

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