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About me - Ainsley Jo Phillips

"Hatched in the cabbage patch and located outside the box somewhere over the rainbow."

The above was the description I wrote about myself when I first arrived at Helium and was writing under the non de plume of Elizabeth Archer.

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Travel > Vacations Great ideas for weekend vacations: 6 of 29
Here are some ideas for weekend vacations:1. Did you know that there are luxury motels/hotels (Courtyard By Marriott being one of them-or was the last time I checked) that are geared to the business traveler? For that reason, they cost more during the week, and their more-affordable times are the weekend (the opposite of how ... More..
Relationships & Family > Gay & Lesbian Issues Marriage should be a sacred institution between only a woman and a man: 168 of 317
I know that happily-ever-after exists, because I've seen it at its best in the home in which I grew up where I had parents who had obviously married each other's best friend. This union lasted nearly six decades and death as opposed to divorce caused the parting.Even now, they aren't truly apart because that closeness and lov... More..
Food & Drink > Cuisine & Food (Other) The benefits of having breakfast for dinner: 8 of 12
Having breakfast for dinner-and, for that matter, dinner for breakfast-is one way of setting your mind free to explore outside the box. I've been known to make my first meal of the day a steak with all the trimmings or a couple of slices of pizza and a can of pop. It's also absolutely true that, as the commercial once said, o... More..
Food & Drink > Fast Food Fast food restaurants serving the unhealthiest food: 21 of 30
I'm not a major naysayer of fast-food restaurants. I've eaten in my share of them and haven't-to my knowledge, anyway-gotten food-poisoning from a single one of them. Neither have I found body parts in my food. Even high-quality, independently-owned restaurants have their moments at times-one example being when one of my rela... More..
Food & Drink > Cuisine & Food (Other) What are the top 10 foods that you like?: 52 of 56
How to pick my top-ten favorite foods...very, very difficult...Now, I could simply have this huge vat full of slips of paper with the names of every imaginable food written on them with the exceptions of those very few foods that I don't like-plus, things I've never eaten before AND have no desire to eat, because I've already... More..
Other Have you ever fallen in front of a person and what was your reaction?: 131 of 135
Murphy's Materialization Law-when somebody has this way of showing up at "just the right moment."This came to mind when I read the question: "Have you ever fallen in front of a person and what was your reaction?"Suddenly, I was in my time-machine heading back about a century to my junior year of high school.Let me tell you ab... More..
Travel > Vacations A dream vacation at home: 15 of 15
I will-in respect of his privacy, which he has dedicated himself to enjoying-simply call the subject of this essay Mr. R (with the R standing for Retirement and Relaxation).The R might also stand for Real, because-no matter how incredible his lifestyle might seem-Mr. R is not a made-up character. He's a very real human being.... More..