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I grew up as a member of the television generation, and I'm still addicted to the tube. I really believe I was born a few years too late. I should have been a child of the early fifties, largely because my family beliefs and values are more like that era

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Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) Life is fair regardless of adversity: 1 of 10
Is life fair? Yes and no, depending on where you are at the moment. It would so easy to just blame everything on bad luck, to say that life was cruel or I'm just not lucky when things don't go my way. The problem is that we do make our own choices. We're born into this world and raised the best we can be by our parents or ca... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Pets as part of the family: 7 of 67
I'll never forget that day. "Dad, we'll feed her. We'll let her out. We'll take care of her." That was a long time ago, when I was a little girl. We'd had cats for the first few years of my life, but an uncaring neighbor killed them because he didn't like cats. For the next few years, we didn't have pets. Then a teammate of ... More..
Entertainment > TV News & Commentary Reasons why you should watch (and love) Star Trek: 1 of 9
Star Trek is a culture of its own. It's one man's vision of our future that spoke of what we could become. It's a group of stories that that challenge our minds and tickle our imaginations. The original five-year mission undertaken by Captain James T. Kirk and his crew grew into decades of delight. Star Trek made for great T... More..
Sports & Recreation > NASCAR Best all-time NASCAR drivers: 2 of 14
The greatest NASCAR drivers of all time are pretty obvious if you look at the records book, so let me just give the courteous nod to the greats who have held many records for many years, like the great Richard Petty. I'm not going to name them all, but I will mention Dale Earnhardt. Now, Dale made his mark, but I don't like ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Gender Issues Men and femininity: 1 of 7
In reading some of the articles about men and femininity, I find myself wondering exactly what the true subject is. Are we talking about men showing emotion and a softer side or is the subject men having feminine ways, whatever that may be defined as? I'm honestly not sure I even like the topic that seems to put things at od... More..
Personal Finance > Budgets & Saving Getting rich one dollar at a time: 1 of 7
Getting rich one dollar at a time sounds a bit silly, I suppose, and maybe it is improbable, but one thing I do know is that dollars add up quickly. Our attitudes towards dollars can have a major role on our daily survival and our ability to save for the future. Below are a few things to consider about those single bucks and... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Coaching & Skills Why the complete game is a thing of the past: 1 of 7
There are a lot of rational and plausible reasons and explanations for why the complete game in baseball is a thing of the past. There could be an easy laundry list of items listed to support this assertion. However, I am proclaiming that there is one primary reason, and one only, as to why pitchers no longer pitch nine inni... More..
Entertainment > Characters & Performances Least favorite Star Trek characters: 1 of 7
I'm a Trekker and always have been. I love the world of Trek and watched all incarnations of the series and the movies to some extent. However, with the good comes the bad, and there were some characters in the vast world of Star Trek that I could live without. My top choices may surprise some, but it's my honest take on som... More..
Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) Should the government regulate the credit card industry?: 3 of 20
Should the government regulate the credit card industry? Now there's an explosive question and it's one I'm sure retailers and other credit card issuers wish would go away. For me, the answer is a resounding 'oh, yeah, absolutely, yeahsureyabetcha, yes!' There are many other reasons for answering 'yes' to this question, but ... More..
Entertainment > Entertainment (Other) Modern society has become obsessed by media-driven entertainment: 7 of 45
Modern society has become obsessed by media-driven entertainment. Everything we do involves some kind of media. Television, radio, video games, and it doesn't stop there. The need to have the latest version of the computer game or the wait for that new much-heralded game system takes on epic proportions. It's not just that w... More..