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I am a 44-year old writer residing in Vancouver, BC, Canada. My writing goes back to early childhood of 9-10 years of age when I started writing adult-type thriller stories. Eventually, I covered most genres by 1980 in a series of unpublished novellas and

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Health & Fitness > Aging & Longevity Christmas gift ideas for solitary elders: 1 of 10
There are many great gift ideas for those solitary elders on your gift list. A complete computer setup with an Internet connection is an ideal gift for an elder who is living alone. For an older individual who is alone, connecting through the Internet helps ease lonely days, as they connect with many new people through cybers... More..
Health & Fitness > Gym & Health Club The truth about the fitness industry: 2 of 19
The reality of the fitness industry is that many of the excersises can be duplicated at home using conventional weights, and by walking, running, swimming and bicycling. Unfortunately, many newbies go there with the mistaken impressions that they'll look like Greek gods or goddesses. Many only work out for a few months and le... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values How to be happy in everyday life: 17 of 150
Do the best you can-don't beat yourself up if you aren't suddenly a millionaire or billionaire by the time that you are thirty-or you are not married or you don't have kids. Life your life the best you can: strive for realistic goals and do everything one step at a time. Good things usually comes to those who are patient and... More..
Travel > Public Transportation Public transportation should be free: 4 of 35
Public transportation should be free-it would ease the cost for many if it would be free. More people would ride it, easing the price of oil and gas, less demand, less prices: supply-side/trickle-down economics economics, in a nutshell, if one wants to use that antiquated, but still viable to some degree term. It would also e... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends TV medical dramas: Comparing House and ER: 2 of 17
ER and House are two vastly different medical dramas. Where House focuses on Dr. House (Hugh Laurie is an Englishman! Damn good job with the American accent!) and a few other characters, ER focuses on far more characters that seem to come and go-after all, the show has been running for fourteen years! And has long since run i... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Horror: 9 of 75
True Believers Awakening slowly, methodically, I was careful to stretch out my injured limbs. A very recent car accident had inflicted a series of bad tendon strains and some degree of traumatic muscle injuries to my right leg. My orthopaedic specialist also foresaw some degree of intense rehabilitative physical therapy to qu... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) Why cooking is popular: 3 of 25
Cooking is so popular-for food is life-and we all know that. But to look beyond the prosaic and get into the multidimensional aspects of it, food, being beyond the necessity of all is the emotional, spirtual and romantic hub of all life. We center all our important gatherings: weddings, celebrations, anniversaries and announ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Who are you to judge others?: 19 of 152
Judging others is unfortunately a huge part of our society. Many people take it upon themselves to cast dispersions upon others, through calling others down for everything from lifestyle to spending habits, to how they raise their children and beyond. Even the Bible speaks out against it, via the famous New Testament verses, ... More..
Sciences > Astronomy What to do if you see a UFO: 3 of 24
As a UFO researcher/investigator, I can tell you exactly what to do. The first thing is to try and capture an image of it with your camera or other image recording device, even a cellphone that can record still or moving images. Try and capture the image as quickly as possible because most UFO's move very fast. Photographic i... More..
Relationships & Family > Break-Ups & Exes How to recover after a break-up: 1 of 8
Breakups can be so emotionally devastating that sometimes it feels like moving heaven and Earth to find your life back in a kind and more gentle sphere of influence. Sometimes we see them coming from afar, many times they are completely unexpected-deepening the impact on our fragile human psyche. Whatever the case may be, the... More..