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Hobbies & Games > Hobbies & Games (Other) Dumpster diving: An introduction to the hobby: 8 of 20
The greatest thing about Dumpster diving opposed to yard sales is ever thing is free. Not the standard quarter. Here are some tips to top notch dumpster diving. 1) Always go on the 1st or 15th of the month, this is great with apartment complexes because people move and throw out really good stuff. 2) Have it in your head a f... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Daily living: Modeling Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams: 2 of 5
Preach no more! It is easy for a world that we live in to claim to have a deep sense of love and respect for a dead mans dream. That same love and respect is not shown on a daily basis and is not even evident in the actions of society as a whole. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true mea... More..
Sports & Recreation > Football Players Pound for pound, who was the best NFL quarterback?: 9 of 21
There should be no question at all about pound for pound who is and was and will always be the greatest quarterback of all time. Brett Favre is an iron man, he is what comic book heroes are made of and what all little boys want to grow up to be. He not only has had a long career now in his 16th year as a starting quarterback... More..
Relationships & Family > Newlyweds Newlyweds: Suggestions for developing traditions: 6 of 14
My husband and I were very lucky in the way that we came from some what similar backgrounds and in the fact that we both came into our marriage already having everything that we needed to get started. So it was up to us to develop our own lifetime traditions. Here are some of the things that we have done and will continue to... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law The second amendment: Not outdated: 14 of 32
Guns don't kill people, People kill people. This statement has always rang true in my ears. The very idea that the 2nd amendment is outdated is one of the most ridiculous statement ever made in the history of our nation. So the issues I have with the second amendment being outdated are many but I will try to keep them brief.... More..
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss Grief: Coping with the death of a child: 36 of 76
When I saw this article I wasn't going to write and then I read the article from ADAM'S MOTHER and I thought how fresh this grief. How much more this woman must endure. It was 11 years ago, and my three month old son past. It was July 4th and will forever dampen what was one of my favorite holidays. I don't make a note of sp... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Reactions to Saddam Hussein's execution: 19 of 40
The very idea that hanging Saddam would fix all of the problems in the middle east is a pipe dream. The powers that be, I feel had a different agenda. One man will not end terror as we know it. Was this one man the end all be all of terrorism? NO. He was however a toe on the foot of terrorism and we took it. As we eliminate ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Should hanging a noose in public be considered a hate crime?: 15 of 30
I understand where the noose has gotten its reputation and I understand that it has been used for some very bad things. I also understand that we are living in a very uptight super sensitive place in time where we have to watch the things that we say and do as not to offend anybody. Get over it! We also live in a nation wher... More..
Sports & Recreation > Football Players Greatest pro football players in history: 14 of 28
I have a top 10 of my all time favorites. 1. John Madden- I know the first thing most people would say is but that's coach. It is true that John Madden only had one year of pro-ball and he was sidelined with an injury and never put on the active roster of the 1960 Eagles. When giving props to greatest players of all time he ... More..
Sports & Recreation > Football (Other) The super bowl and race relations: 4 of 8
Tony Dungy is a machine this coach build Tampa Bay into a Super Bowl Contention team, left,in comes the coach for the Oakland Raiders, The next year Tampa Bay won the show. They did not win because of the outstanding one year antics of "CHUCKY", He didn't even change anything from the way Dungy was doing things. Lovie Smith ... More..