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study: Happy marriage cuts fatal stroke risk for men
study: Happy marriage cuts fatal stroke risk for men: A study of 10,000 Israelis found both bachelors and those in loveless marriages had a far higher risk of fatal stroke than happily married men. As a society we should invest in relationship support because happy relationships benefit us all by...
How can I tell if my marriage is in trouble, and what can I do...
How can I tell if my marriage is in trouble, and what can I do to prevent breakup? Sue Johnson identifies warning signs in a marriage and what you can do to prevent issues from destroying your relationship....
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World’s Longest-Married Couple to Answer Your Questions Via...
World’s Longest-Married Couple to Answer Your Questions Via Twitter! The ‘Tweethearts’, from North Carolina, US, tied the knot in 1924. They have been married a whopping 85 years! You can find them on Twitter and Facebook. Link: Mashable news ...
Iowa State sociologists find older adults turning to online...
Iowa State sociologists find older adults turning to online options for love, marriage The research found that spouses who met online are older and have much shorter courtships — averaging 18.5 months of dating before getting married by comparison to 42 months for those who met in more traditional ways offline....
The Marriage Ref Jerry Seinfeld is back and in the...
The Marriage Ref Jerry Seinfeld is back and in the producer’s chair for a funny and revealing series about the unpredictable and hilarious institution we call marriage. Jerry has been out of the TV scene for 12 years and married for 10 years. I’m looking forward to the show. ;) Link: @themarriageref...
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On '60 Minutes' With Lesley Stahl: A Musical Savant (Audio)
Lesley shares a sneak peek of her upcoming ‘60 Minutes’ segmentOn '60 Minutes' | Today 4:00 amAutistic musician Derek Paravicini is now 30 – and his music just keeps getting better and better. Listen to my exclusive-for-wOw audio sneak preview. Click below to watch my CBS video preview: ...
A Walk Down Memory Lane: What Do You Remember?
Cigarette vending machines, roller-skate keys, Modess pads … Joni Evans asks: What do you remember?Entertainment | Today 3:30 amI’ve always known there is a connection to women my age (in my 60s) when I reference the Wolfman Jack (rock-and-roll radio disc jockey), Azuma (furniture that revolutionized living cheaply — but...
We Can't Forget Haiti, by Julie Dermansky
More than half a million Haitians are living in makeshift tents and rainy season has startedA Friend Stopped By | 03/13/2010 7:00 am Editor’s Note: Julie Dermansky is a photographer, journalist and artist residing in New Orleans. She got a BFA from Sophie Newcomb (part of Tulane University). Her work has...
Quite the opposite – it's increased No, it's stayed about the same Yes, I'm just not as interested as I once was Other (tell us below) Poll | 03/13/2010 5:00 amArray...
Liz Peek: It's Still About Jobs, President Obama
We don’t need another czar, or a commission, or a cabinet … so here’s what we do needWall Street Weekly | 03/12/2010 12:45 pm Bears, Bulls, Chickens and Pigs: wOw’s Wall Street Weekly with Liz Peek (Week of 3/8) Editor’s Note: Liz Peek is a financial columnist. How does it feel to live in a...
Liz Smith: Kim Cattrall Wows London (Video)
The actress went off to London to really act – and not be typecastLips & Ears | 03/12/2010 12:00 pmTired of being mostly viewed as a sex symbol, Kim Cattrall of "Sex and the City" fame went off to London, where talented girls can go to really act — and...
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My Heart Is A Nautical-Themed Pashmina Afghan
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“You can’t create fate because then it’s not fate, it’s Voodoo.”
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Because My Brain Is Otherwise Occupied
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Hitchedmag.com
Four St. Patrick’s Day dates that could get you lucky....
Recession-Proofing Your Marriage
How couples can ensure survival during volatile times....
6 Ways to Create a Strong and Healthy Marriage
Use these tips to create a strong and prosperous marriage....
David pours his sweat and vision into their new business AlteArte....
Overcoming Personal Fears in Marriage
Why fear (particularly from a job loss) should never dictate the positive forces in your marriage....
7 simple steps to creating an evolving keepsake that’ll keep friends and family up to date....
Momma Muse
Rice Pudding with Leftover Rice
It’s been forever and a day that I enjoyed homemade rice pudding. It’s a memory from when I was about 7 years old, my grandmother and I would make both rice pudding and egg custard. This evening, one of my daughters made dinner. It included rice – of which...
Weeds, on Showtime Mondays at 10pm, is about a woman whose husband dies and she still has to pay the bills. Her and her two boys live in cookie cutter suburbia and she’s jobless. She makes ends meet by selling pot. It’s such a good show, the...
For about a year, I coveted Amazon’s reading device called the Kindle. While there are other reading devices available, I liked the Kindle because you can be just about anywhere, browse Amazon’s books and download a new read in less than a minute. For Christmas, my husband said,...
It’s only the middle of summer, but as a home school family, I’m already looking at the next year. I don’t have to worry so much about buying supplies from the school required list, or making sure we have clothes for the first day of school and I don’t...
They Don’t Care About Us – Lyrics, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson “They Don’t Care About Us” Lyrics 4 Single released from the Album HIStory, 1995 They Don’t Care About Us video: Skin head, dead head Everybody gone bad Situation, aggravation Everybody allegation In the suite, on the news Everybody dog food Bang bang, shot dead Everybody’s gone mad All I wanna say is that They don’t really care about us All I wanna...
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(With my face cupped in her hands, Lorelei says…) Lorelei: “You pretty. This eyebrow pretty. This eyebrow pretty. This (eye) pretty. This pretty eye, too. Here (nose) pretty. Lips pretty. Hair pretty. You just sooo pretty, mommy.” Me: “Thank you, sweetie. You are beautiful.” Lorelei: “Thank you. I love you mommy! (Then, a...
Life lessons in the smallest things
Lorelei: (shouting to me from outside the shower/tub) “Mama! A BUG! Look!” Me: (pulls the shower curtain aside. I see a little “thing” but couldn’t tell if it was a fuzzy or a bug) “Honey, just leave it alone. I can’t see what it is. I’ll look when I get out...
Dear “Rora,” I can’t believe 10 months has passed since we first welcomed you into our lives. You have grown so much — and time has passed too quickly! Your favorite toys are NOT baby toys. You love Little People and baby dolls and some of the most random toys like Lala’s...
It’s tricky having a toddler with my stubborn-ness. She’s desperate to learn but doesn’t want to be confined by any RULES, especially when it’s ME. Today, I found this new GREAT website: www.starfall.com There’s more to it than just ABCs, but that’s what we’re working on now. Just this morning, she wanted...
ONE Lorelei (looking at and holding her baby, says to her/it in a whisper voice): “Baby. You look at me! Don’t say ‘dammit’! No.” Then, she proceeded to open her mouth insanely wide and…bite her. Me: *looked at her, mouth wide open in astonishment* Lorelei: “What?” (as if she was just doing the...
Ibn Ibn Battuta
Spicy Fingers: Notes from an Ethiopian Eating Adventure
One of a few final posts looking back on last month's visit to Ethiopia. I first ate Ethiopian food when I was 14, during a class trip to a restaurant back home in Baltimore. In my memory, the food was peculiar but delicious. Injera, the purplish-grey spongebread with which the...
Amharic: A Language Apart from a Land Apart
One of a few final posts looking back on last month's visit to Ethiopia. Though geographically landlocked, culturally speaking Ethiopia is an island, distinguished from its neighbors by its unique history, ethnicities, cuisine, calendar, and most of all by its language. Amharic, the mother tongue of the Amhara (Ethiopia's dominant...
The Moment You've Been Waiting For: Ethiopia Photos
Pictures are finally here! (and a few videos too!) Now that Jacqueline and I are back home in the Land of Internet, I've been able to sort through and upload photos for all my previously posted Ethiopia entries. Especially for those readers without a mental image of what Ethiopia looks...
Mulling It Over or: I Lost My Passport in Kombolcha
Soon after our return to Addis Ababa and our subsequent decision to return to the US, I dug around for my passport so we could head to the airline offices. Not in that pocket, nor in that pouch, nor in that bag. Hmmm... The passport, it turned out, was in...
A Great East African Odyssey, Abbreviated
From Lalibela we drove a day to the town of Kombolcha, from where it took the better part of another full day to reach Addis Ababa. Our northern road trip was over, and it was time for Jacqueline and I to decide on our next move. The plan, of course,...
An Ill-Fated Walk in the Simien Mountains, Part I
Gonder, the northern town that was Ethiopia's capital in medieval times, still boasts a series of imperial castles that look like they were lifted straight out of old Europe. But Jacqueline and I weren't here for sightseeing - Gonder was our jumping off point for a multi-day hike in the...
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Half full? Half empty? Full? Empty?...
When ethical philosophy meets caffeine…...
Thoughts about change...
It’s the year of the tiger! 春节快乐！...
Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is...
Bob Dylan and the cognitive unconscious....
Wisdom from the bestselling book “How to Marry a Western Woman”…...
DivineCaroline : DivineCaroline
What's Your Most Memorable Olympic Moment?
Regardless of who receives medals and whose performance disappoints, t......
What's Your Favorite Spring Fashion Trend?
Tell us for a chance to win one of five copies of The September Issue.......
Should Senior Citizens Be Required to Take a Driving Test?
As we age, our vision and hearing worsen and our reaction time diminis......
Today it rained for what feels like the hundredth day in a row. The ne......
Should Tiger Woods's Sponsors Drop Him?
Ever since reports first surfaced that Tiger Woods was not the doting,......
How Do You Relax During the Workweek?
No matter what type of job you have, incorporating downtime into a bus......
Steve's Leaves
Star Trek. Funerals. Kids. Social Networks. What does all THAT have in common? They’ve all been on my mind, as I mull over the next generation. Huh? OK, indulge me a little rambling… I always loved the original Star Trek TV series (and some of the follow-on full-length films – The Wrath of...
One of the viral pieces of news this week was the tongue-in-cheek site Please Rob Me, underscoring the potential consequences of broadcasting your location (such as, not being at home!) too broadly on social media. You know, inviting bad guys to break in while you’re Four-Squaring at the mall… Well, right...
How many times have you heard that classic line in a submarine war movie! I love those stories and movies – though I must confess to a bit of claustrophobia, and the thought of being in a metal tube under a whole lot of water with depth charges raining down really...
Those three words are still echoing in my mind and heart. They only brushed past my ear for a few milliseconds today, but the vibration of them continues, an acoustic double-espresso of emotional energy. “Love you, Dad!” Tossed over his shoulder as one of my adult sons headed out. A simple phrase,...
The beginning of a new year is always the time for “resolutions”. Often, they’re little more than good intentions dressed up in an almost see-through dress of determination, soon to be exchanged for the casual everyday fashion of the same old-same old. Because words and will don’t change us. That striking psalm...
As my boys morph into teens and then into young men, some rather obvious – but still hard-learned – life truths keep coming to the surface. Love is given – from the moment of that first positive sign on the pregnancy test, to the seemingly endless night feedings, to the crashes...
Lisa Sabin-Wilson
See You in Austin for SXSW Interactive 2010!
This is my 5th trip down to Austin Texas for the annual South By Southwest Interactive Festival. I always have a fantastic time during my visits to SXSW – - I get the chance to rub noses with some favorite geeks across the internet, from all points on the...
Speaking at Think Tank Live! in Milwaukee
I am happy to announce that I am speaking at the Think Tank Live Search Marketing and Social Media Summit scheduled for February 23, 2010 in Milwaukee, WI. I will be presenting on the topic of building a niche community web site utilizing the free and dynamic software combination...
My name is Lisa and I love Brett Favre. There. I said it.
Going in to this weekend, I found myself planning my schedule of things to do around the game on Sunday afternoon at 5:40pm between the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints. How did I get to this place where I was scheduling everything around a football game? It’s been a...
Renewing my Wisconsin Nursing License – 2010
2 years ago, I wrote about the decision facing me in February 2008 on renewing my Wisconsin Registered Nurse license. It’s now 2010 and the decision faces me yet again, as it does every two years. Since leaving nursing in 2004, I’ve always made the choice to keep up my...
My ears lost their innocence in 1990. I used to be a person who was just happy listening to music on whatever medium was available – - the car radio, my home stereo system, the loudspeakers at the mall – it didn’t really matter to me. Although, I am a musician...
Want to go to WordCamp NYC?? It’s on me!
With WordCamp NYC coming up next weekend – I’m catching that whole WordCamp spirit again. I have to say that I truly enjoy attending WordCamp and wish more WP users would attend, if they could. It’s really a great deal of fun just meeting, talking and sharing with other people...
quoteflections
Time is short for blogging this week. (I'm on vacation.) But I thought I would provide my wonderful readers with a series of pictures from our stay in Florence, Italy and the surrounding Tuscan countryside. (A picture is worth a thousands words?) Here is a few of Florence from...
Landmark Sculpture in Florence
Michelangelo's David is a pivotal work of art housed in the Galleria dell/Accademia, Florence and called a masterpiece of the Renaissance. The 26 year old savant was handed the commission in 1501 and it took him 3 years to complete the 5.17 meter marble sculpture. It portrays the...
Several of the greatest Renaissance artists of the age studied or worked in Florence, including Michelangelo and Botticelli. Michelangelo began to study painting in Florence with Ghirlandaio and later learned sculpture under the patronage of Lorenzo the Magnificent.The painter Botticelli was a friend of both Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci,...
A distinguishing landmark of Florence is the Duomo, the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral. It attracts throngs of tourists each year for its pivotal history.The construction of the dome marks the beginning of Renaissance architecture; the cathedral and its dome blends old and new designs. Arnolfo di Cambio began...
In university I majored in history (MA)/ minored in English and enjoyed the swirl of ideas from classical Greek civilization (510-320 BC) to the present day. My wife and I are headed to Florence, Italy where we will be visiting some key historical sites and galleries, as well...
Solving a Pressing Global Problem
Good.is offers an exciting contest. Devise a simple, creative solution to a pressing global problem. If I was still a teacher, this assignment would make a most energizing, collaborative lesson. Groups of students could brainstorm in a T chart the problems in the world, and the causes. ...
David J. Hinson's Logorrhea
Write Once, Run Anywhere… The Fourth Promise?
I’ll pay you tomorrow, the checks’ in the mail… something something… and Java is write once, run anywhere. Just like Cobol. I’m in the process of writing my second Java library for the same online service, TweetPhoto, in as many weeks. A task that should be – literally – plug and play. You know. Because...
In Which I Detail The Differences Between the Android and iPhone SDKs…
I’ve had the pleasure of working on two side-by-side streams of development for the same app on two different platforms since January 1 – the new TweetPhoto applications for the iPhone and for the Android (see screen grabs below). First of all, let me say that from a developer perspective, I’m...
New TweetPhoto for Android… Coming Soon!
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Things have been quiet around here… But only because I have three (3) new mobile projects happening now: a new TweetPhoto.com iPhone app version (close to being code complete)… an Android version of same (starting in earnest today)… and a Blackberry version to follow on after that. Hoping to come up for...
Cheap Gas! 3.02 Now Available in iTunes
Cheap Gas! 3.02 is now available in iTunes. Cheap Gas! is now owned by GasBuddy.com… watch this space for upcoming changes! ...
Wycliffe iPhone App Now Available in iTunes
The Wycliffe Bible Translators Recruitment App is now in iTunes, here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wycliffe/id345655615?mt=8. Today about 200 million people do not have the Bible in their own language. Wycliffe’s vision is to see the Bible accessible to all people in the language they understand best. To make this vision a reality, Wycliffe also...
Blog Nosh Magazine
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Gummi Bear Edition
February 14, 2010, at approximately 7:40pm CST, the entire editorial staff of Blog Nosh Magazine was slaughtered in a fudge-drenched St. Valentine's Day Massacre unlike anything seen this side of Al Capone's "Best & Worst Chicago Pies" blog. Gummi Bear body parts of the Channel Editors were found strewn...
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Ala peanut butter and honey sandwiches
(Originally published on snipHits (or misses)) In recent months, my biological father has made a surprise reappearance in my life. Sometimes, when referring to him, I catch myself calling him my ‘real’ father which couldn’t be farther from the truth. One of those life lessons that I’ve learned the long hard...
Celebrating the Daughter That May Never Be
{Originally published on Velveteen Mind} When we finally decided that we were done having babies (you know, before we found out that we were pregnant with our third. ahem.), I spent some time mourning the little baby girl that I would never have. Mourning is the best way I...
{Originally published at Graceful} A few weeks ago I realized that I am getting better at praying. We were canoeing in the Boundary Waters, a remote, uninhabited wilderness in northern Minnesota. I should preface this by admitting that I am not a canoeist. Prior to this outing I had canoed twice...
{Originally published on Grown Ups Are Like That} ~ As I reach my hand into the bottom drawer of my desk I pull this out: rice candy sun room honey bear autumn spirit october leaves fall song and this: blue overtones a few brave men movie star stonewashed independence day ozone Paint chips are some of my favorite little objects in the world. I...
A n n a r c h y
My 17-year-old will be in college next year, and right now he and I are deep in the process of applications and school visits and talks that spring up suddenly at dinner or in the car and begin with, “Maybe I should think about…?” or “Have you considered…?” It’s a...
It’s alarming to talk with someone on the phone and realize they suspect you are a liar. This past week I received, via FTD, a belated birthday package—a gourmet basket with some of my favorite things. Like tea, biscotti, and dried apricots. There was a warm message on the card...
This morning I got an update on a former foster dog — a Cavalier King Charles spaniel who lived with us two years ago, from just prior to Halloween to just before Christmas. The dog had some kind of skin condition and arrived hairless, itchy, raw, reddened and miserable. He was...
Today’s Guessing Game: What Is It?
Remember AOL disks? If you owned a mailbox in the late 1990s or early-2000s, you know what I mean, because America Online’s aggressive direct mail strategy probably distributed CD-ROMs and diskettes into it with irritating frequency. More than a billion disks were mailed between the late 1990s and 2006, when...
I had some happy news last week: The story of Gigi’s adventure with her beloved green tomato has been picked up by The Bark, a magazine I happen to love. In other words, if I were a dog, my tail would be wagging like that of a retriever with a...
Now a Mini Motion Picture: ‘Gigi Spies a Green Tomato’
My childhood friend Ron Ploof was so inspired by the pathos of Gigi’s story that he adapted it to the small screen. I think he did a fine job with it, and I particularly like the tweak of the ending. So what do you think? Gigi Spies a Green Tomato from...
Chasing a Noodle
Make Your Supermarket Trip Fun
Do you find yourself feeling bored, frustrated and disillusioned when you undertake your regular supermarket shopping expedition? It’s time to change all that! Here’s a few challenges and ideas to make it more interesting for you and your fellow shoppers… Challenge 1 – Don’t Shop From The Shelves Pick yourself a trolley (try...
Sitting in the corner of my lounge are a set of three small tables. These could be referred to as ‘occasional tables.’ My question is this: If they’re occasional tables, what are they the rest of the time? Furthermore, if I have a set of three occasional tables, should I be...
2009 will be remembered for a lot of events. The inauguration of the first black American President, the death of a pop icon; Michael Jackson, and the worldwide spread of an infectious contagion that originated from a porker… no, not swine flu. SuBo (Susan Boyle). Not only is it the...
Some people do it in January. Others leave it until much later in the year. No, I’m not talking about the shameful breaking of New Year’s Resolutions. It’s Christmas shopping. You can certainly tell it’s Christmas. The women featured on the covers of men’s magazines are all wearing red thongs…...
Are you addicted to Facebook – the social media website? Do you find yourself logging on whilst at work, at home in bed, on the toilet and in the bath? Following on from my popular article, The Self-Importance of Facebook & Twitter, I aim to find out just how addicted to...
Snakes And Ladders – Pointless Letter #1
Having read the Timewaster Letters, by Robin Cooper (a brilliant book – do buy a copy), I have been inspired to write and send a few humorous letters of my own. These letters will form the Pointless Letters section of my website. Before Christmas, I sent this letter to the Executive...