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Exercise your mind and drink good coffee

My kids and my writing are the two biggest elements in my life and when I'm not devoting my time and attention to one, I am giving in spades to the other.

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Jobs & Careers > Office Politics The more annoying co-worker: The tattletale or the gossip: 6 of 42
When one is trying to quantify which is the more annoying coworker; the tattler or the gossiper, one first has to determine which can be more damaging. In the grand scheme of things, the tattler is trying to make a coworker look less than perfect while trying to make themselves look good. In actuality, the tattler is merely e... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: $40 a Day: 1 of 3
$40 A Day is a daily, 30 minute program brought forth by the Food Network. Entering its 5th year, $40 A Day is hosted by the hip, highly energetic queen of EVOO, Rachael Ray. A key component to the program's success, Rachael is known for her endearing catch phrases such as yumm-o and delish.The program focuses on dining comfo... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Should we eliminate the penny?: 11 of 32
When I am wearing my conscientious consumer hat, nothing drives me battier than an item costing $19.99. Am I supposed to take some sort of solace in the idea that I've saved a penny? I just don't have it in me to go around telling everyone I know, 'hey, that cost me less than 20 bucks'!Sure the penny can be annoying at times,... More..
Education > Education (Other) Should teens have sex education in schools?: 49 of 138
A parent's responsibilities are to ensure that they are providing shelter, food, clothing, medical needs, and in this country, a fair and reasonable education. A lack in any one of these requirements constitutes neglect. While one can only hope a good moral foundation regarding sexual intimacies would begin at home, often suc... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Do you always say "yes" when you really want to say "no"?: 18 of 45
At one time in life, I suppose I didn't want to upset people in my quest to befriend everyone I crossed paths with, and I would choose to participate in things I really didn't want to be a part of just to make others happy. The events weren't appealing to me, but the people were, and I didn't want to upset them. In the end, t... More..
Health & Fitness > Drug Legislation & Safety Should Americans be allowed to import and purchase safe and affordable prescription drugs from other nations?: 4 of 10
There are reasons the FDA monitors drugs and food items that are sold in the United States and it's not because there was once a group of people who decided they were bored and needed something to do. Take the recent melamine spiked wheat gluten, for example. U.S. suppliers bought melamine tainted wheat gluten from a company ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Should the Bible continue to be used for swearing-in ceremonies and in courtrooms?: 61 of 149
As long as American currency continues to say 'In God We Trust', the bible should be used for swearing-in ceremonies and for pledging oath to bringing forth an honest testimonial. Why trust in God under the idea of money, of which the concept itself is fundamentally based on greed (a negative connotation) and not trust in tha... More..
Relationships & Family > Cheating Spouses & Affairs Are virtual relationships taking precedence over real life relationships?: 10 of 23
Virtual relationships aren't taking precedence over real life relationships in the broad scheme of things, although case specific, it might look like some are.While I know there is the occasional non-stop chat junkie who ventures way over the moderation line and spends so much time on the computer and disregards the rest of t... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Security & Safety (Other) Should Internet community sites allow complete freedom of speech or should content be regulated for inappropriate material?: 35 of 48
There is a huge difference between free speech and hate speech. Because there are people in the world who stretch their first amendment rights so far to the maximum that they become radical and think it is perfectly acceptable to type whatever pleases them, it's absolutely not.As defined by dictionary.com, free speech is the ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values How to stop becoming a perfectionist: 13 of 17
Perfectionism was fundamentally defined as the reaching of the perfect life, according to philosophers and psychologists as far back as Aristotle and stretching across the times to modern day. The effects of perfectionism was said to reach all facets of life from will and mindfulness to spirituality, should the perfect life e... More..