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Fascinating Females from History
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There’s nothing like major surgery to get you serious about your health
This month, I’m drinking at least 73 ounces of water and walking two miles a day. As a result, I’ve already lost four pounds. I wish I could say it was willpower, but it’s not. Instead, it’s something closer to sheer terror. Let me explain.
All you need is love, now what else do you want?
We hear it every day. Everybody’s talking about what they need. Sometimes I think we must be the neediest nation on Earth. We cite so many reasons why we need something, many of them good, others, not so much. …
An experienced seller walks you through the dos, don’ts, and the hell, nos.
Disclaimer: The author knows more about selling vintage comic books than most people, but her advice is based purely on study and personal experience. As with any investment vehicle, be sure to seek out professional advice from reputable sources in addition to doing research online. …
Food
How you can make the easiest, cheesiest quiche ever
“American men are all mixed up today…There was a time when this was a nation of Ernest Hemingways, real men. The kind of men who could defoliate an entire forest to make a breakfast fire — and then wipe out an endangered species while hunting for lunch. But not anymore…
A twisted tune for your caroling pleasure turns Christmas cheer on its ear
Have Yourself a Crappy Little Christmas
Have yourself a crappy little Christmas
Let your heart sink low
From now on
Disgruntled is the way to go
Have yourself a crappy little Christmas
Make the Yule-tide blue
From now on
Your family will be miles from you
Here we are as we were last year
With more woe and fear in store
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Can’t get near to us once more
Through the years
We’re suffering together
We’re all bummed and how
One more rocky year prepares to take its bow
So have yourself a crappy little Christmas now.
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Health
Here’s what you can do right now to kick start your New Year’s resolution
Pictured here is the hottest selling dessert of the 2021 holiday season: the Christmas piecaken. Here’s how it inspired me, oddly enough, to write about everyone’s favorite New Year’s resolution: losing weight.
Some of you may already be familiar with the original version created by pastry chef Zac Young as…
Attitude is everything when it comes to dealing with disappointment
“Hey, Mom! I need to talk to you about something. Is Dad there? Can you put me on speaker?”
I was dreading this call. It could only mean one thing: he wasn’t coming. My son lives on the opposite coast, so we only see him one or two times a…
Because nothing says Christmas like a carton of cigarettes and a case of beer
A carton of cigarettes standing in for a Christmas card may seem strange today, but in the not too distant past, it was a thing. When tobacco companies were maintaining the fiction that cigarettes were good for you, nobody thought twice about stuffing stockings with cartons of cancer sticks.
Here…
Is it a heartfelt tribute or something more complicated than that?
On Veterans Day and Memorial Day, you hear it a lot. Your Facebook friends post pictures of themselves and their relatives in military uniforms, and the comments frequently include the phrase, “Thank you for your service.” It’s become the “have a nice day” of the new millennium. …
