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Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness Beautiful beans: Great for your health: 3 of 12

Beautiful Beans: Great for your health. If you haven't made friends with the Beautiful Bean yet, you should. Beans are a powerhouse of protein and heart-friendly fiber. They are easy to store, prepare, and are tasty as all get-out if they are prepared properly. Also importantly, in our present pinched economy, they are cheap...
Health & Fitness > Addiction A day in the life of a drug user: 3 of 8

A night in the life of a User usually starts bright and bleary in the afternoon, because bedtime didn't come until daybreak..The User loves the night. There is something about the night that attracts and comforts the User. It is the perfect party time. The night is softer, more yielding to those with a head full of fantasy. ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My great, true, personal garden story: 172 of 381

My Great, True, Personal Garden Story must begin and end with my Grandmother. Unfortunately, I am some sorry kind of genetic throwback, born with a Brown Thumb. My Grandma, however, was a gardener with two thumbs green up to the elbows. Whatever she planted grew, in happy, fat profusion. Grandma was not what you'd call a sen...
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should all members of Congress have to disclose the names of companies that benefit from their earmarks?: 1 of 1

The proper question is not "Should all members of Congress have to disclose the names of companies that benefit from their earmarks?" Rather, the proper question is, "How could members of Congress disclose the names of all the companies that benefit from their earmarks? People hear the words like "earmarks", or worse: "pork"...
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values What is boredom and what causes it: 8 of 12

BOREDOM: PERHAPS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK When I think of boredom, I remember a Sally Forth comic I read; allow me to paraphrase. Sally is lugging a basket of dirty clothes through her messy living room and is looking a bit tired and disheveled. Her daughter is stretched out on the couch, and says "I'm bored." Sally stops and...
Hobbies & Games > Holiday Crafts Creative "green" gift wrapping: 47 of 56

WRAP WITH IMAGINATION AND FLAIR! Forget the gifts; you need a separate credit card to pay for all the beautiful paper, ribbons, and bows you need to wrap them in. Not to mention the fact that nearly all of it is going is going into the landfill after their brief life is over. This is wrong on so many levels! But, don't go al...