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Food & Drink > Recipes (Other) Recipes: St. Patrick's Day: 2 of 25

There is something very comforting about Irish Soda Bread. Traditional soda bread does not contain egg, sugar, raisins, (gasp) whiskey, etc. It is considered a cake once those things are added. There are only 4 main ingredient to this bread. As I was researching the history of the bread I came across many "easy" method...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens Thoughts on methods for reducing teen pregnancy: 3 of 20

Teen pregnancy is not a new subject. For centuries this was the norm. In many societies it still is. The difference is that our society has an ideal which most of its citizens try to live up to even when we fail. Teen pregnancies are one of those ideals that our society "fails" at. The "adults" cannot agree on what should be...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Working Parents The debate between moms working outside the home vs. staying at home: 4 of 24

SAHM and Working Moms. Why is this a debate at all? This is a decision made within the family not the community. This is not a way a life that should be debated but respected. Have we become such a society that everybody has to have an opinion on everybody else's life and no one takes action to actually help. I am so tired o...
Relationships & Family > Cheating Spouses & Affairs Signs that your spouse is cheating online: 4 of 11

Cheating is cheating no matter how you look at it and cheating on-line, is worse, because how can you compete with a fantasy? Signs that he/she might be cheating on-line are almost the same, just with a twist. On-line cheating involves more creativity to hide it from their spouse, at least in the beginning. Once it has gradu...
Relationships & Family > First Dates Sex on the first date?: 25 of 55

Sex on the first date or even the first several dates is a bad idea unless the intentions for that person are less then long term. Lasting relationships are ones that are built with time and a solid structure. Lasting relationships are getting to know the other person before making decisions that affect the rest of your live...
Jobs & Careers > Job Interviews The importance of first impressions in a job interview: 12 of 14

Many potential applicants that I have been coming into contact with in my job do not take the importance of first impressions in getting a job as seriously as they should. I am a receptionist for a media company. My company has gone on a hiring bonanza and is seeing four to five people a day, per department, for possible emp...
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Best television shows ever made: 13 of 14

Is it possible to know another human being in such a way that you know, even if they don't, that they are making a mistake? Is it possible to know someone and to love them in such a way that you know and love yourself? Is it wrong to think otherwise? To love someone for your entire adult life, see them grow and change; see t...
Health & Fitness > Mental Illness Suicidal tendencies and panic: Overcoming the obstacles: 4 of 4

Suicidal tendencies are not just a band or a frame of mind to me. It's a voice in my head repeating one phrase over and over again. Some hear many voices or at least one voice that talks to them. My voice says one thing and I never know for sure when it will speak up. I was diagnosed with depression associated with panic dis...