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I'm a freelance writer living in the northern United States with my life partner Bill, our Malamute Rocket, and Franz the cat. For the past six years I have worked in direct banking and property & casualty insurance. I'm good at both, but neither is what I

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Becoming aware of racism: 2 of 33
When I was almost a teenager, back in the early 60s, my friends and I used to ride the bus downtown to window shop and buy ice cream and just generally waste time. Back then all the stores were in the center of town and everyone dressed up and rode the bus there to shop. Although I grew up in the industrial mid-west, not the ... More..
Sciences > Astronomy What constitutes UFO evidence?: 1 of 13
Most UFO evidence is not good evidence. Bad evidence (which we have in abundance) includes 1) blurry nighttime photos of blobs of light with no point of reference, 2) fake photographs, 3) eyewitness accounts, 4)anecdotal accounts or declassified government documents that are so blacked out they are impossible to read, 5) spec... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values 10 things I hate about the world we live in: 25 of 273
This weekend my partner and I found ourselves without electricity for a day and a half. To my surprise, I enjoyed it. Time seemed to actually change, both in speed and in quality. The day felt longer, I got more done, I felt more relaxed, I read half of a book I've been meaning to look at for months: Barbara Ehrenrich's Bait ... More..
Health & Fitness > Diet Programs Is a low-carb diet for you?: 1 of 9
Low-carb diets require the near-elimination of an entire food group: carbohydrates. This ban can mean anything from several weeks of severely restricted carbs on the South Beach diet to all the way to no carbs ever for the rest of your life on Atkins. If you have a very sedentary lifestyle and are steadily gaining weight, the... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Is mind-reading real or fake?: 13 of 69
Minding-reading can be very real.Having clearly made that claim, it's important to note that mind-reading is also easy to fake. "Mentalism" is a time-honored form of stage magic in which the magician appears to read the minds of individuals in the audience by telling them what is in their purses, what city they are from, what... More..
Health & Fitness > Health Testimonies Getting medical care in America: 1 of 4
First, let me just start by saying I have "good" health insurance. It gets more expensive and covers less every year, but it is still considered good insurance and I have it. I stay at a job I hate just so that I can keep it. Still, when I fell two weeks ago and twisted my knee on the way down, I already knew from past experi... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Presidential Elections 2008 US elections 2008: Obama's relationship with Jeremiah Wright viewed through the prism of Geraldine Ferraro's racial comments: 1 of 4
The furor over the comments of Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Geraldine Ferraro prove that we have not come as far as we think we have on this race issue in this country. It is comfortable to think that slavery is something that happened in America's deep past and that everything is fine now and we are all above all that ugline... More..
Business > Small & Home Business The key to successful balance of home and business life: 1 of 4
Keeping your business life separate from your personal life will help you to maintain sanity and harmony on both fronts. You didn't start a home business so you could work 24/7, so take care that you don't subject yourself and your family to that kind of routine.Here are some basic tips:SEPARATE WORK AND HOME SPACESNo matter ... More..
Jobs & Careers > Managing Your Career (Other) Do you hate your job?: 10 of 34
Yes, God yes. Every weekday morning I drive to a huge glass and metal corporate complex, swipe my plastic id through the card reader, pop open the locked down door, say hi to the eighty-year old security guard at the front desk, (God only knows what she is supposed to do should a security emergency arise, but at least she's f... More..
Personal Finance > Home Insurance Understanding homeowners insurance coverage limits: 2 of 6
Homeowner's insurance limits are not difficult to understand, but they do not represent what you might think at first glance. A homeowner's policy is divided into two basic sections: property coverage and liability coverage.Property coverage is what most people think of first when they think of homeowner's insurance, and is r... More..