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What's there to say, really? I'm a Canadian Journalism student who loves to write. I've done it since I was a child and I hope to continue writing 'til I'm in my grave. Prior to Journalism I went to the University of Toronto, St. George Campus for English

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Style & Beauty > Personal Grooming Guidelines for proper hand hygiene: 2 of 6
Before you argue against the necessity of proper hand hygiene, think about how often you use your hands. You use them to prepare food. You use them to grip railings. You used them to clean yourself. You use them to shake other people's hands. You use them to touch all manner of dusty objects. You even use them to go to the b... More..
Style & Beauty > Skin & Body (Other) My top five beauty products: 8 of 20
Who says women get to hog all the fun when it comes to beauty products? My turn. I'm a simple guy. I don't really go out of my way to pretty myself up. That said there are a few bodily cleansers I use to make sure that I look relatively spic and span, so as to avoid offending the sensibilities of the people around me. Here's... More..
Style & Beauty > Personal Grooming Shaving: What not to do: 2 of 5
I still remember the first time I shaved. I barely had any stubble to work with, yet I was dead-set determined to get it right - to the point that I spent forty minutes carefully scraping the fuzz away from my face. When I emerged, amazingly enough, I didn't have a cut on me - though I also discovered that I'd not accomplish... More..
Style & Beauty > Personal Grooming Simple rules for personal health and hygiene: 4 of 4
We've been taught almost since day one of our lives how to stay healthy, and much of that stems from proper hygiene. It's all so easy, too: with just a few minute's preparation every now and then we can head out and face the world without an odor or unsightly blemish to our name. So it's amazing that so many people neglect t... More..
Style & Beauty > Body Care Ways to prevent and avoid body odor: 3 of 3
Yuck. I hate being smelly. Not so much because I can smell myself - somehow we have the talent to remain blissfully unaware of our own body odor - but because everybody else can smell me. And though they may not admit it, you know everybody around you is aware of the source of the scent. Fortunately modern science has worked... More..