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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle in life: 30 of 915
Clown's CompassDon't ask how you got hereNone of your stories are trueThe wind has blown every directionYour fateful companion is fearConsulting fools with no places to beGetting all the right answersTo all the wrong questionsAnd wondering why you can't seeYou mastered the art of tryingTo see through the eyes of a strangerYes... More..
Jobs & Careers > Managing Your Career (Other) How to build a case for telecommuting: 1 of 30
A company I once worked for hung in the main corridor of its IT department the following motto: "The floggings shall continue until morale improves." That particular IT management, as you might surmise, had a sense of humor, and was enlightened to workplace demotivators. To that extent, it was hip about motivating its staff n... More..
Personal Finance > Smart Spending Money-saving tips: How to cut your driving expenses: 1 of 24
Cutting driving expenses can be fun. The following 20 tips are culled from common sense, and other sources, like government, and will accomplish as much pinching as your lifestyle can tolerate. Each tip includes a comment that frames it in the perspectives of effort vs. benefit, intelligence vs. insanity, myth vs. mojo: 1) Al... More..
Personal Finance > Retirement Should Social Security be reformed to include personal retirement accounts?: 1 of 14
Social Security: A Full DisclosureThe implications of this seemingly routine question, concerning which permutation or aggregation of Social Security's construct is most optimal, are so profoundly far reaching that I urge the reader to prepare a coffee prior to sitting down and proceeding to read further.The question, as pose... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Is global warming a hoax?: 3 of 41
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them just as much as you please." ~ Mark Twain Science Fact 1 Oceans exchange 10 times as much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as human action. Science Fact 2 Water vapor is 100 times as much of a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide but, because of constant evaporation and rain, w... More..
Health & Fitness > Aging & Longevity Why do women live longer than men: 2 of 26
Does the mere flip of the gender coin arbitrarily sentence half of all humans to a shorter life expectancy than the other half? Why would it? Exactly how meaningful is it to perform a cause-effect analysis confined to the two parameters, gender and age? If it were, then one could just as easily stroll through a cemetery with ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Politics: 14 of 159
Let US PreyRed, white, and blue loveWedding bells ringDebt due us partRed, white, and blue pillsIn drugs we trustFrom dust to dustRed, white, and blue stripesHollywood starsWalk off aimRed, white, and blue skyTongues BabelingThe ear of GodRed, white, and blue andGreen today andGone tomorrowRed, white, and blue chipsThe only g... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face New baby? How to make sure your husband doesn't feel left out: 1 of 9
Could there be a more inopportune time in a woman's life than when she gives birth only to discover that her husband is not an adult, but an adolescent also demanding some form of nurture? Husband left out? What husband and father could call himself a man if he is the partner in need of support and compassion at precisely the... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Housing industry, subprime loans and mortgage woes: How serious is it?: 3 of 26
What housing, loans, mortgages, and many other financial ailments are indicating is that the U.S. is in a critical economic state, but nothing that 36 to 48 months of recession can't fix. In other words, a depression will fix the economy. I would have preferred to estimate 12 to 18 months of recession, but unlike the one in R... More..
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Does society need poets?: 1 of 6
Society does not need poetsNor does it need dancers, painters, sculptors, or whores,Neither musicians, magicians, jugglers, and moreNeither tamers of lions, billionaire's scions, athletes, oracles orComedians, palm and tarot card readers,Benders of spoons, religious leaders,Or any purveyors of dubious ilkNot to suggest that t... More..