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My mother was the Faithful Sherpa Guide who actually guided Edmond Hillary to the top of Everest...and my father was an International Man of Mystery. They met in a smoke filled casbah in Casablanca just prior to the German invasion.

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Computers & Technology > Business & Office Software How to enhance your presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint: 1 of 14

There's a little PowerPoint Milton in all of us. Here's the scene: The boardroom is full of people only half-heartedly paying attention. They glance down at their Blackberries. They check their watches. They clear their throats. Poor Milton Furbish enters. He looks like a rat dropped unexpectedly into a snake pit. Milton is ...
Computers & Technology > Graphic Software How to make a photo look old in Photoshop: 1 of 6

Imagine you have a full-color picture of the space shuttle. NOW imagine taking that ultra-modern looking space shuttle - but re-making the picture so it looks as though it was taken with a camera around the turn of the century. Gone is the color. It's a little blurry and there's that delicious sepia tone. Taking a picture an...
Relationships & Family > Dealing with Problem People How to get your lazy roommate off the couch: 3 of 13

We'll call him "Bob." "Bob" creates dirty dishes and genuinely believes the Dish Fairy will magically appear overnight if said dishes are carelessly stacked into the sink. "Bob" never sits on the couch. He flops onto it in a relieved but boneless collapsing motion that covers maximum area with minimum effort. His feet, encas...
Health & Fitness > Medical Concerns & Issues Why men don't like going to the doctor: 4 of 17

"WHAT?" I ask. I feel the burn in my cheeks and the breeze on parts of me that don't ordinarily feel breezy. Said parts are not at all sure how they feel about it at the moment. "Turn your head and cough," repeats my no-nonsense female doctor. An impatient line appears at the corners of her mouth. We've been down this road b...
Education > Adult Education Computer skills: What you need to know to go back to school: 6 of 24

The first word my grandson learned how to read was "INSTALL." He was installing games at the age of three. I remember thinking that computers were going to be a part of his life. Like grass. Or air. As he grows and his interests change - he's going to be perfectly at home on a computer. (I, on the other hand, had a tin truck...
Politics, News & Issues > Football News & Opinion The best way to annoy rival football fans: 2 of 8

Some people do brain surgery. Some have won Pulitzer Prizes. I can make farting sounds using only my cupped hand placed carefully in my armpit. Scoff if you will, Gentle Reader, but take a moment to consider how this skill can be applied at a football game to slowly drive rival fans crazy. Begin by making farting sounds seve...
Travel > Boat Travel & Cruises Cruise vacation in the Caribbean: What you need to know: 1 of 4

Cruising through the Caribbean is like floating on cloud. And this particular cloud is remarkable - because it drifts past some places that you've only seen in post cards. This cloud carries you through countless buffets filled with tantilizing hip expanding foods. This cloud takes you through a dizzying array of music, port...
Hobbies & Games > Board Games How to win at Risk: 5 of 16

You're sitting across the table from your opponent. Sure. It looks like a board game. It's not. Battle lines are created. Strategies designed and discarded. It's more than plastic playing pieces on a board... ...Cannons thunder. Men rally in ragged little groups, waging a hopeless battle against a powerful foe. A soft breeze...
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies What you'd do if you were president: 15 of 39

Being the most powerful man in the world is something I have carefully considered for the better part of an afternoon. I have decided I will accept the job, when it is offered. I understand, of course, there would be great responsibility. But along with great responsibility goes the ability to have a really good time. Allow ...
Entertainment > Movie Genres The most underrated horror movies: 8 of 20

One vastly underrated horror movie stands out against the rest, largely because of something that went snuffling through the darkness on the night I saw it for the first time. Let's go back, you and me, to a dark and stormy night in the mid 1970's. I am alone. It's midnight. I am watching "The Fearless Vampire Killers." My p...