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I am a self-employed individual who provides freelance project support across multiple professional disciplines. I have owned my own business since 1997, while also working in a variety of challenging positions with American-based businesses and organizations.

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Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Should the US adopt the Flat Tax Amendment?: 1 of 7

A flat tax amendment makes sense on so many levels, from greater economic stability, healthier cash flow for government programs and services, and greater productivity and profitability for businesses and individuals, who would no longer have to expend time and emotional energy each year preparing taxes. But there are two ar...
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Femininity: 1 of 6

I drive a pick-up truck, because it's practical to my lifestyle. I prefer to live in a travel trailer and travel. I wear jeans, t-shirts, and a denim jacket. I own my own toolbox, two cordless drills, a jigsaw, and a skill saw, and I'm not afraid to use them. I regularly cross the line between occupations viewed as being fem...
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Is 40 really the new 30?: 13 of 72

Is Forty the New Thirty? Is forty the new thirty? I had to think about this one and what I came up with was, what's wrong with forty being the new forty? Who says thirty was so great? Do I really need to shave ten years off my age to feel good about myself, enjoy life, and be perky? I can do perky at forty. I'll bet I can do...
Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) Pros and cons of electronic bill payment: 1 of 4

Mankind has wrought a great many changes over the preceding centuries. He has graduated from simple earthen dwellings to prefabricated houses made of composite materials; from walking where he wished to go to flying with the birds and even breaking through the upper atmosphere to float in space. Over the centuries, mankind h...
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Should we eliminate the penny?: 6 of 19

Eliminate the penny? Who would suggest such a thing? Americans should go right on pinching Lincoln, and considering today's economy, they should pinch him just as hard as they can. If the penny were eliminated, a penny saved would no longer be a penny earned. Lucky penny's would cease to work, and penny pinchers would have t...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Deceit: 7 of 15

The Pitch: A New Millennium Tragedy The pitcher walked confidently to the computer and tapped the "on" button. The disk drives began to whir and the processor purred to life. He held a cup of coffee in one hand and a fist full of mouse in the other, clicked the big E on the computer screen, and stepped onto the cyber mound. ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Self reflection: 76 of 151

We start when we're infants. That first thumbing of the nose at one of nature's most powerful forces, gravity. We do this by rolling over onto our stomachs without benefit of help. We become more intimately aware of carpeting smells, dirt trekked indoors, the scents we'll come to learn belong to the family pets. We catch a w...
Sports & Recreation > Camping Which provides for a better camping experience: RVs or tent-camping?: 15 of 26

There is no one right answer to the question. The choice on whether to take an RV or a tent when setting off on a camping trip depends a lot on when you're going, how far you are going, what type of vacation experience you want, and how much can you afford to spend for the trip? Then, there's safety to consider. First, what ...
Society & Lifestyle > Feminism & Women's Rights Beauty contests are sexist: 13 of 15

It is time for America to put its best foot forward, to check its obsession with outward appearances at the door, and eliminate beauty pageants and body building contests in favor of events that promote academic achievement and intellectual substance. The acquisition and transference of knowledge should be the nation's crowi...
Sciences > Biology (Other) Is the human race evolving or devolving?: 30 of 33

Is society evolving or devolving? H.G. Wells set out to answer this same question in the late 1800s with his book The Time Machine. This movie played on TCM the other night and I found myself watching it in a new way, from the perspective of one seeking to answer that question myself, rather than one seeking pure entertainme...