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Food & Drink > Recipes (Other) Recipes: Simple suppers: 1 of 22

After a rough day at work, nothing is better than an amazing meal. Unfortunately, we're rarely up for cooking anything fancy and complex after a hard day. This recipe for Chicken Wellington is three simple steps, maybe 10 minutes of prep time, and the result is elegant and decadent enough to serve for company - and still com...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Pain in life: 90 of 549

I usually write about tragedy, about dark and quiet things- not high-pitched laughter and tiny pink toes, about bright blue eyes, about warm weight and a beating heart held in shaking arms. I don't write about that. No bundles of perfection (Every child is perfect if it's smiling at you) have clouded my verse, my prose.. Bec...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Breaking up: 37 of 200

Up to you Some people sleepwalk through their lifetimes Not below pride and never above All I have to show for the past few years Is my one single brush with love. We were both still young when it ended, Don't know about him but I'm doing fine; He said "you and I just weren't meant to be," -But we were meant to be for a time...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Nostalgia: 9 of 45

Eyes meeting before arms ever did With hearts seeming to meet before eyes And in the first platonic embrace Puzzle pieces fitting A gentle click masked by relieved sighs Nervous childlike laughter Bubbling from lips too shy for kisses And the moment you left the room Racing to touch hunter-green fleece Breathing in your smel...
Computers & Technology > Internet Tips How to become popular on the Internet: 1 of 4

Trying to connect with people online is much like attending a crowded party in a dark room: you can't see who you're talking to, there's a ton of extraneous noise, and a lot of cliques have gathered to talk amongst themselves. The internet can be freeing to people who feel that the lack of face-to-face connection allows them...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Today's most annoying popular catch phrases: 8 of 31

But anyways, I was totally chillaxing when my BFF came up to me and was like, "Oh em gee! My boyfriend totally just wants to be friends with benefits. Seriously, he must be trippin'! He used to be so chill." WTF, dear readers? IDK. I just.. DK. If you need a translation, as well as a brain enema, you're not alone. The trend ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Finding love: 90 of 192

He doesn't remember how they met, which kills her. Every single second is burned into her mind; Little things, like the back of his head As he put something down on the hotel nightstand. He turned. The glow from the cheap lamp, serendipitous To the point of absurdity; Dingy light, purified by his touch, soaked into his golde...
Creative Writing > Poetry Best love poems: 264 of 506

I want you to love me With sort of a visceral purity. I want you to fall asleep listening to my breathing And then I want your dreams to be haunted by me. Abandon everything else but love. I want to strip you of your concerns And lie your naked devotion in my bed of half-worship. I want to fulfill your every want Or need Or ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Breathing: 84 of 147

Mud or mahogany Killing myself slowly With the clove cigarettes You carelessly left in your hotel room Left behind them on the table Left behind me in your bed And they're stale now Stale and dry and brown as mud Or mahogany Watching the pale smoke rise from my lips Hissing through my teeth and dissipating Ache in my lungs P...
Relationships & Family > Online Dating How virtual flings can do as much damage as real life affairs: 7 of 12

The Internet: what a truly amazing place to meet people! With a single click of a button, one can find themselves in a virtual room with dozens of other people, most of whom would be forever out of one's range of knowledge. People in India, America, Japan, Brazil, Turkey... All in one place. The world at your fingertips; eve...