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Most recently I have been writing heavily on the topics of fresh foods, agriculture, construction, software, and hardware. I have also been developing tutorials and training on Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project Standard 2003.

I was trained as a photo-journalist

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Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) True gardening stories: My funniest garden experience: 4 of 43

During the summer of my life I decided to throw away the wisdom of the ages relating to the growing of a garden. I would banish straight, sterile rows of homogenous plantings in favor of a more casual, colorful and enlightened approach. The garden of my childhood (designed to feed two adults, seven children and countless, un...
Computers & Technology > Online Shopping & Trade Is shopping online really cheaper?: 2 of 19

The promises of technology often end up getting mired in senselessness. Take for example online shopping. The promise of online shopping has been primarily about ease. People don't really want to go to the mall every weekend. Many times they have other interests that they want to pursue on those precious days off. So, being ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Hiking: 2 of 14

The morning started out with a predictable sameness, a mirror image of a string of cloudy days punctuated by thunderstorms. I had been cooped up in the home office far too long and needed a quick getaway to someplace natural. My wife showed me the detail of the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge while my eye...
Home & Garden > Lawn & Landscaping Home improvement: Adding a fence to your property: 1 of 7

Fences are used to keep things in, keep things out, define a boundary, or make things private. Take your time when deciding what kind of fencing to use. For animal control electric fences shock the potential intruder, or escapee, and for some people they are not an option whether for humane reasons, electricity not being rea...
Personal Finance > Credit Cards Should credit card companies be targeting college students?: 9 of 33

Credit cards and people who don't have jobs are not a good mix. The concept is actually quite absurd. Credit card companies have always used employment as a determining factor when deciding who gets a card in the first place. So it would be interesting to read the rationale they now use to allow people to have cards when the...
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Easy ways your family can "go green": 70 of 219

Here's how to go green on the cheap and cut your carbon footprint at the same time. What's a "carbon footprint" you ask? Look at it this way. Everything requires energy. Today, most of the energy we use comes from the process of burning fuels. When things burn they give off carbon dioxide, and other gasses, many of which are...
Law & Justice > Lawyers & Legal Advice Legal information: Why shoplifting in New Jersey could cost you more than you think: 3 of 9

Dropping merchandise into a pocket and walking out of a store is the classic example of shoplifting. But in New Jersey there are other less obvious instances where you can be charged with the crime. If you change or alter a price tag and then proceed to purchase the item at the lower cost, that too is a shoplifting offense. ...
Society & Lifestyle > Subcultures Predicting Generation Y's effect on society: 3 of 9

Every time a new generation begins to wedge itself into the status quo of the older generation, the pundits issue reports, surveys and op-ed pieces, (and I guess blogs now) about how the new generation is so different than the one it is succeeding. Included in those assessments are the predictions of how it will change socie...
Law & Justice > Lawyers & Legal Advice Legal information: Business succession planning: 2 of 6

By many estimates small business accounts for a major proportion of the accumulated wealth in the country and is often hailed as its economic backbone. Yet recent reports show that nearly half of all small business owners don't have a business succession plan. For small business owners succession planning is the key to trans...
Food & Drink > Cookware & Cutlery Assessing the health concerns about nonstick cookware: 1 of 3

With the recent discovery of PFOA in monitoring wells in New Jersey we have another early warning of the dangerous decline toward unsafe drinking water in the country and evidence of the faulty reasoning of a government agency that says it knows nothing about the dangers of the substance. Yet it is okay to continue using coo...