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Liberated Writer: After many years of writing in corporate environments where subject matter is somewhat restricted to one's area of expertise within the company and which, of necessity, must be relevant to the company and departmental missions, I am enjoying

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Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values What influences you as a risk taker?: 4 of 10

Risks come in all shapes and sizes: some of the things you consider risky might not be the same things I would define that way. But now that I think about it, I can't think of too many things we do every day that don't involve some risk. For example, if you drive to work every day on a freeway at 65 MPH, you're putting yours... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Is there a mathematical correlation between a person's age & how interesting they are?: 2 of 5

"Your life is so exciting! You really should write a book." "Weren't you scared to do that all alone?" "You're driving where all by yourself? I'd be terrified!" "You worked where? Man, I've never done anything like that!" Are these, in your opinion, questions that would be asked of, or statements that would be made to an uni... More..
Arts & Humanities > Making Art Digital art: Making the leap from traditional to computer art: 7 of 17
Unlike other writers on this topic who have gone through the process of switching from traditional to digital art, my introduction to visual art came when I was about 40. I was a good amateur photographer, but was convinced that I could not draw a straight line. My photography and life-long participation in the performing ar... More..
Education > Adult Education What adult students should know: 17 of 39

I'm almost too embarrassed to tell you about my first experience as an adult learner, an extreme example of getting off on the wrong foot. I was a lousy student in high school and during my first attempt at college. It had nothing to do with lack of ability but, rather, my rebellious nature and extreme boredom, neither of wh... More..
Arts & Humanities > Arts & Humanities (Other) Color and its impact on the world: 4 of 8

Assuming that you have normal color vision, it's extremely difficult to comprehend the impact of color blindness in our very colorful world, or to understand what the world would look like if all the colors were suddenly converted to black, white, and shades of gray. In addition to the privilege of being able to see an amazi... More..
Computers & Technology > Web Design Guide to building a website: 15 of 29

Web design methods, government requirements, and the recommendations of the World Wide Web Consortium all change so frequently it is almost impossible to keep up with it all. HTML is out, XHTML is in, and when many people hire web designers, they require that their sites be designed using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). There ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Reflections: An average middle class US Citizen's views on issues: 13 of 25
Politicians (with help from speech writers and political advisers) are great at avoiding all but a limited number of issues, evidently believing that few of us are well enough informed to know how many issues they've avoided. Unfortunately, they may be correct. I'm not qualified to write about an average middle class US citi... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles The pros and cons of living in the countryside: 9 of 16

Picture this: the rolling hills of east central Ohio, in the middle of 8 acres surrounded by a beautiful, mature forest, in my little house. Doesn't it sound lovely? But you wanted to know about the pros and cons of living in the countryside. THE PROS 1. If spring ever arrives, it will be very beautiful, especially after the... More..
Education > Adult Education Adult education and computer literacy: 12 of 21
COMPUTER TRAINING IN THE WORKPLACE When we speak of adult learning, it is often assumed that we mean formal and traditional learning environments, brick and mortar as well as virtual classrooms: colleges and universities, technical and trade schools, etc. But frequently overlooked is the corporate classroom, an often excelle... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Is global warming unstoppable?: 3 of 5

It was not until I was nearly 40 and returned to school that I had any idea about how dynamic our planet is. My return to school as a geology major was the direct result of a job I had taken with a major oil company. One of my first assignments was to type the edited manuscript for a training course on petroleum exploration ... More..