Usually I'm not privy to saying very much about my New Year's Resolutions because so many people don't take them seriously, and until a few years ago I was one of those people who was doing the mocking. … more
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BaronSamedi3 posted a Quick Tip about Gardening.
September 09, 2012
Plants create oxygen, so gardening is always a good thing. There are strategies and challenges to it too. It isn't just planting the seed into the soil, watering it sometimes, and letting nature take … more
Let's be honest here. How many people actually follow through on all of their resolutions? Losing weight is always one that is popular this time of year (just visit any gym), but by the time February … more
Good to have but difficult to execute, even IF I do remember them after the first month of the year! So, no more resolutions for me. Life hardly turns out as I planned, LOL!
You can make them. But make them real, official goals. It wasn't until recently that I began to take mine seriously - before then, my resolutions would be ridiculous things like "no more made-for-TV movies" … more
In all honesty I'm neither here nor there when it comes to Daylight Savings Time, but I do like the fact that when the clock falls back an hour, it's darker when I drive home.
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woopak_the_thrill reviewed Friendship.
October 06, 2011
Friendship. I don’t think I would be able to properly describe the values of friendship, but hey, let’s see what I can do….woopak gets emo-corny LOL!! Hmmm…I … more
The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. It often goes into August in the Gregorian calendar. … more
The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. … more
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Madpenguin posted a Quick Tip about Money.
June 25, 2011
This is the one color no one is prejudice against, and the one entity that can move mountains. Some folks say you can't take money to hell with you. Perhaps. But you can send a lot of people you don't … more
This is essentially an extended critical review of a selection of movies roughly bracketed by the 1960s, wherein J. Hoberman attempts to show how movies mirrored (or drove; the cause/effect linkage is … more
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woopak_the_thrill posted a Quick Tip about Friendship.
May 23, 2011
Friends Never owe. You do it because you are happy to. There are different types of friendship and in my experience, the best ones are those tested under fire and stress. There … more
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Sharrie posted a Quick Tip about Friendship.
May 23, 2011
Live & let live, that's been one of my mottos for a long time. Never live to regret and do what one wants to do when one wants to do it! I still abide by this rule although at times … more
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Sharrie posted a Quick Tip about Time.
May 16, 2011
We may squander away the money and we see the aftereffects. With time though, it simply slips by, bit by bit, day by day, until one day when we finally realized how much time has gone by. Oh no, it's … more
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Sharrie posted a Quick Tip about Money.
May 16, 2011
As with time, spending it I had and guess what, it's now in short supply. In essence, we may think too much about making money & too little about how to spend it wisely. Our generation and the … more
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jbeswick posted a Quick Tip about Friday the 13th.
May 13, 2011
In Ireland, Friday the 13th is lucky if you tie an onion to your belt and swing a black cat around your head. In Scotland, it's lucky if it lands on a leap year or in a month defined by Brigadoon. Or … more
The Spanish version of St. Patty's Day and Oktoberfest, right? We, Americans, love a holiday that gives us full permission to drink and have a good time. In fact, my friends have officially renamed … more
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devora posted a Quick Tip about Living Social.
March 17, 2011
For the next 18 hours, donate $5 to the Red Cross to aid relief efforts in Japan and Living Social will double your donation. What a wonderful thing that they're doing!
Here's the bad news: You can't take pictures inside the theater! Now that we got that over with, let's enjoy Siam Niramit to the fullest. It's a show that not … more
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Sharrie posted a Quick Tip about Siam Niramit.
March 12, 2011
For an evening out in the city of Bangkok to discover the traditional culture and songs & dances of Thailand, the performances at the Siam Niramit are worth the price of 1400 baht (around US$50) (including … more
Yep, it's a Lunch Public Service Announcement: get a $20 Amazon gift card for $10 - but today only. There's no catch - they're just buying customers (naturally there's only one per person … more
This is a first contact story between humans and well, humans. All really good science fiction stories create some kind of out of this world conditions which create … more
I have made an important decision in my life some 12-15 years ago. I am no longer making New year's resolutions but will look at myself everyday... reflect upon my mistakes and see my shortcomings...maybe … more