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Snoozing away the twilight years
The hours fairly whizz by when you're older – especially if you enjoy a regular afternoon napDon't the days whizz by, especially if one is out cold in the afternoons? Fielding has lunch, then a bit of a read, one minute he's looking at the ceiling, then...
My partner won't have sex with me but instead leers at teenage girls
Post your advice below. The best responses will be published in G2 next FridayMy partner of two years has always expressed more interest in teenage girls than me. He is 55 and I am 48 and our sex life is non-existent. He makes creepy comments such as "I...
Sexual healing: We've had no sex life since my husband was paralysed | Pamela Stephenson Connolly
The problem is not him, it's me. I'm exhausted being his carerMy partner and I married at age 44, after my menopause. Our love life was hugely passionate. Both of us are manic/ depressive, and lithium quelled some of the ardour, but it was still more than satisfactory. Two...
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Thank you for publishing letters (2 February) from those affected by the contaminated blood disaster supporting the stance taken by Ruth Rendell. In another letter, the writer takes issue with Rendell for fanning the flames of stigma for those who have HIV. We sympathise with the correspondent's position and in...
Creating Abundant Lifestyles
A Beautiful Lesson In Life and Adversity
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee. You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was...
With the New Year, every one is busy setting goals, focusing on making some major things happen this year and motivated to work hard. These are all key elements to success, but one element so often overlooked is the Time to Play.As children, we looked forward to our friends...
Transforming Dreams into Reality
Everyone dreams, we all have ideas, visions, yearnings, desires and yes, even fantasies we think about and wish would become reality. This is the course of human nature, but not all of these dreams could ever become reality, simply because of the number of dreams we create in our...
The Courage to Succeed in 2010
Here we are starting a New Year. Everyone seems to be setting resolutions and hoping for a better year than 2009. Unfortunately, they are setting the same resolutions as last year (and years before) and the chances of them being anything more than a fleeting memory by January 15...
Are you Living Your Life With a Clear Purpose?
Washington Irving said; "Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."Each of us have tremendous potential residing within us. Some find the potential and nurture it, others find it but let it go, others never find it and still others never even look for it.But regardless of who we are, what...
Are Your Thoughts Holding You Back?
It is a known belief in the Personal Development arena the words we speak can affect our results exponentially. With this in mind, we knowingly make a concerted effort to speak words of success and abundance in order to attract these things into our lives.But, here is another consideration for...
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Hello! Roll up, roll up! Welcome to Things I Love Thursday. If you’re new here (& I know a bunch of you are!), this is a little participation project where we bliss out on the gratitude attitude! (Ha!) You make a list...
Watch the video to get your first homework assignments, hear about starting your very own RADICAL SELF LOVE BIBLE & find yourself a totem! filed under: the playgirls guide to radical self love, video Comment [107] Share this! + Del.icio.us + Facebook + Stumbleupon + Technorati...
Win A Tutu For Valentine's Day!
...Oh, did I mention that as part of RADICAL SELF-LOVE month I’m also going to be giving away a ton of rad prizes?! Hooray! Last year, Lynne Bruning offered up a tutu for one very fortuitous nonpareil to don on Valentine’s Day. This year, we’re doing it again! ...
“I just had an idea for an article I would love to read! About how to dress for work – highstreet stuff you like, for wallets ranging from H&M to Urban Outfitters… that sort of price range. How to look the part but keep your individuality, and stay fashionable. So...
The Playgirl's Guide To Radical Self-Love
Fafinette photographed in Paris by yoyolabellut. Valentine’s Day is in two weeks. (Eeeeep!) Alternately loathed & lauded (usually depending on which side of the relationship fence you’re on!), for many of us, it’s a day that doesn’t fit quite right. Yes, you can curse everyone you’ve ever crushed on. ...
A little inspiration for your Sunday… Especially for those of us with things to do around the house! Photos of Kastyn Reid by Pamela Hanson for Vanity Fair. filed under: aesthetic, cherry on top, inspiration, life Comment [41] Share this! + Del.icio.us + Facebook + Stumbleupon + Technorati...
Wired Lifestyle
A guest editorial on Haiti Rewired calls for Haiti to develop its own experts in the fields of agronomy, bioengineering, architecture, civil engineering, economy, ship building and medicine, among others. ...
Mr. Know-It-All on Swine Flu, Medicinal Weed, iTunes Sales
Do you hug your kid if you have swine flu? Mr. Know-It-All urges caution and common sense, but no bubble. Do you tell you're boss you're using medicinal marijuana? State and federal drug laws could leave you caught in the middle and out of a job. ...
Don't get stuck in a dead-end gig. Discover what you really like to do and learn how to get paid for it. ...
Great Geek Debates: Data vs. Every Other Android
ST:TNG's Lieutenant Commander Data was a remarkably developed character, as desirous to get in touch with his human side as Spock was not. But in the annals of Androids, how does he stack up? Why has he left such a lasting impression? ...
Alt Text: Your Geek Guide to Poker-Chip Snobbery
Home gamblers double down on obsession, delving into the weight, composition and relative cool factor of various types of "casino tokens." Don't let this happen to you. ...
Come to Wired.com's Biometric Super Bowl Party
You're invited to Wired.com's Super Bowl bash at Wired HQ in San Francisco — if you're willing to subject yourself and a friend to real-time biometric monitoring while you watch the game (and commercials). Plus, there'll be pizza, some Wired folks and your favorite kegerator, Beer Robot. ...
Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
American Suburb X, Superb Photography and Culture
I’m really digging American Suburb X lately. It’s a wonderful photography magazine format website and has some interviews and articles definitely worth checking out. This week they posted a wonderful meaty essay on the work of one of my favorite photographers Garry Winogrand. The site is chock full o’...
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I was troubled today to see Starbucks take the draconian step of locking down 100% of their group threads in the Official Starbuck’s group on Flickr. All threads were locked today and a note was added to their Flickr Group reading: “This group has helped inform us of the inconsistent...
The World Wide Wide Wide Wide Web
The great thing about the web is that it makes publishing so simple and cheap that virtually anyone can do it. This allows even the most obscurest of content to find a home. It allows people to turn their own private little passions (whatever they are) into quality online magazines...
Culture and Lifestyle: News & Videos about Culture and Lifestyle - CNN.com
Recipe Makeover: Mudslide cookies
Holidays often mean cookies -- and calories. Here's a way to keep the flavor but trim some of the fat in one tasty treat....
Move to ban candidates sparks political crisis in Iraq
Iraq's simmering sectarian tension boiled in recent days over a controversial decision banning more than 500 people with alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party from running in next month's Iraqi national elections....
Burqa becomes focus of tense debate in Europe
As France moves closer to a partial ban on the burqa, a leading European lawmaker declared Wednesday that the full Muslim veil is a symbol of political Islam and has no place in Europe....
Recipe Makeover: Party bean dip with baked tortilla chips
So you're invited to a Super Bowl party and you're wanting to bring a dish for the pregame feasting that's easy to make....
India's 'untouchables' declare own religion
In an event considered rare, one of India's low-caste communities has declared its own distinct religion....
Study: Abstinence program most effective at delaying sex among youths
An abstinence-only education program is more effective than other initiatives at keeping sixth- and seventh-graders from having sex within a two-year period, according to a study described by some as a landmark....
The Positivity Blog | Increase Your Happiness and Awesomeness
Get My Free E-book: The 7 Timeless Habits of Happiness
I am very happy to announce that my first e-book The 7 Timeless Habits of Happiness is done and available for free download today. It’s a 45 page e-book in PDF-format focusing on habits, techniques and strategies that have helped me to become happier over the last few years. It’s not...
How to Use Personal Development Information in a Better Way
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/zarajay/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” Chinese proverb “Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own” Bruce Lee Personal development books, blogs and videos can be a wonderful resource to help...
Three Things That Sound Bad But Can Actually Be Good For You
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 “It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.” William Shakespeare Some things are often deemed to be bad. Some things are often deemed to be good. Here are three things that may sound bad but can actually be good for you. Three things that I...
11 Quick and Simple Ways to Spread Positivity Around You Today
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericmcgregor/ / CC BY 2.0 “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi Improving your attitude and living a more positive life overall can take a lot of time and effort. But a part of it can also be simple. You can spread positivity around you...
5 Ways of Using Limits to Get More Enjoyment Out of Your Life Today
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insomnia90/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 Lately I’ve become a lot fonder of limits than I used to be. I used to see them as something negative. Because on one level it’s great to surpass you own limits. On another level it is pretty helpful to set some limits. So here is...
How to Overcome the I Don’t Know What to Say Syndrome
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/caste/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 “There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.” James Nathan Miller “If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a...
Girl Solo in Arabia
Letter from Vietnam, December 2009 Contemplating the Moon through a window This is the meaning of the Vietnamese 'nhan' and seems to me to be the equivalent of 'kayf' in Yemen; the desire to shake off the burden of daily......
Wind Towers, Ice Houses and Towers of Silence; The Bride of the Desert
Yazd, Iran "This was the city of Yazd, a fine, clean city with magnificent bazaars, perennial streams and verdant trees, whose population are merchants of the Shafi'ite rite." so wrote Ibn Battuta, although he never writes that he ever actually......
Poets, scholars and sufis of Khorasan
Khorasan; Mashad, Torbat i-Jam, Tus, Sarakhs, Torbat-i-Heydarieh, Nishapur. We had become a spectacle, the entertainment of the day; a host of foreign women struggling with chadors despite the best efforts and ministrations of the pilgrim guides sent to help us.......
The Warrior's fire and the Throne of Solomon
North-Western Iran, October 2009 When I was in Kenya on Ibn Battuta's trail earlier this year, I came across two symbols, one at Gede which looked like a stylized cypress tree I thought might be Iranian in origin, and another......
The deities of the Kushites and the XXVth Dynasty
Jebel Barkal and Karima, Sudan Prior to the Meroitic period of 300BC to 300AD, the Kushite Kings of Egypt's 25th dynasty ruled both Egypt and Sudan from 747BC. As far back as 1500BC it was recognized that Jebel Barkal in......
The Purple Journal
I’ve been tagged – ages ago, I know and I’m so sorry it took me this long – by the sweet Alisha to list 10 things that I am grateful to Allah for. For all the blessings that I’m showered with, it’s so difficult to choose just ten of them. ...
The history of Sharjah – then known as Sarcoa – goes back some 6000 years ago. At that time the population was really small, and in addition to some cultivation and hunting, they used to depend on trade (mainly pearls) and building of maritime boats. I took this picture at the...
Will You Marry Me … Again? (Part 2)
In an attempt to get back together after the divorce, he decided that halala or temporary marriage is the only solution. She was skeptical at first but – nobody knew why or how – eventually gave in to the plan. Confident that she had finally agreed, his next step was...
Everyone in the building knows their story. It started out a little over three years ago when the residents welcomed a newly married couple, enthralled to begin their new lives together. The couple was originally from Egypt, had both been working in the Gulf for quite sometime, met each other...
Global Village ...
Here in the UAE, when one is tired of the malls and parks, one definitely heads towards to corniche. The one in Sharjah is my favorite: majority of the people come with families, it’s very clean and the masjids are gorgeous! One of the many activities that people can enjoy...
Crucial Minutiae
It turns out that blogging is much more easily accomplished from a Days Inn hotel room in an unfamiliar town during a blizzard than on a birthday or a visit home for the holidays. I’m not sure I have anything particularly insightful or pertinent to put out there, except...
About a year and a half ago, my old iBook died, and I wrote this post about what I learned from that experience: namely, your computer will die someday, and you probably won’t be able to back it up right before it does. Since then, I’ve found myself returning to that...
During my first week as a Montana resident, I stood face to face with a politically conservative, devoutly Christian, Bikram-yoga loving, Scottish electrician who told me to have faith that the negative ions in this pure country air will cure all ills. I took an exaggerated inhalation and smiled at...
I finally got back to work as an Artist (Writer) in Residence at the children’s hospital last week. My warm-up was an art project at a tree lighting ceremony for chronically ill kids. It went beautifully, but when I got home and discovered I just missed tucking my...
At 7.30 yesterday morning, my boyfriend and I hovered over our new Montana friend Greg as he took this Middle East geography test in our kitchen. We’d remembered it while speaking with him about the arbitrary nature of political borders and hooting about the 50 elk we saw yesterday in...
… and how I became that mom. You can already guess, this is more minutiae than crucial. If you want something on the grounded and meaningful side from me, go back and read my birth story. This all starts back when I was a kid and wanted to be an actress...
MobileLife Today: A Health, Wellness, and Fitness Magazine and Podcast
Gertrude Institute of Art – 2010 Schedule of Exhibitions
MAIN GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Kristin Casaletto: Selected Works January 8 – March 5, 2010 Main Gallery, Ware’s Folly Opening the New Year is a solo exhibition of recent works by printmaker and Augusta resident Kristin Casaletto. Seen in galleries across the U.S. as well as in Australia and Italy, Casaletto’s artwork incorporates printmaking, drawing,...
Ironwood Estate Orchids Valentine Open House and Sale
The public is invited to Ironwood Estate Orchids for a Special Valentine Open House at the Greenhouse from Wednesday February 10 to Sunday February 14. Hours for the Open House are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Buy some beautiful orchids for your Valentine and pair them with the perfect container. Ironwood Estate...
Mardi Gras Tybee Island – Fantasy Masquerade Ball, Parade and Street Party
There’s no need to travel all the way to the Big Easy when on February 12th and 13th Tybeefest is presenting the 2nd Annual Mardi Gras Tybee celebration on Tybee Island, Georgia. Tybee is a natural setting for the Mardi Gras event due to its unique character and fun-loving residents....
The 2nd Annual “Dinner Dance and Romance” Valentines Formal
The Hickory Jazz Orchestra will host another elegant event for this Valentine’s Day weekend. Join us for the 2nd Annual “Dinner Dance and Romance” Valentines Formal, hosted by Rick Cline and the Hickory Jazz Orchestra on February 13, 6:30-10pm at the Hickory Metro Convention Center. The dress is...
Symphony Orchestra Augusta POPS! at the Bell featuring Take 6, Thurs. Feb. 11
On Thursday, February 11, Symphony Orchestra Augusta Pops! at the Bell Series under the direction of new Music Director Shizuo Kuwahara presents TAKE 6, a Grammy-award winning a cappella ensemble. Maestro Kuwahara intentionally keeps the first part of the program – with orchestra only – a secret. TAKE 6 joins...
What’s New in Charleston SC – Spring 2010
NEW PACKAGES The Good Neighbors, Great Getaways program includes a number of value-added packages for residents of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. The packages are valid through March 31, 2010 and can be found by visiting www.goodneighborgetaways.com. Make plans now. Before you set sail from the Port of Charleston...
The New Yorker
Jane Mayer: Eric Holder and the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial.
On December 5th, several hundred people gathered in Foley Square, in lower Manhattan, and withstood a drenching rainstorm for two hours in order to send a message to Attorney General Eric Holder. A JumboTron, set up by the protesters, played clips of Holder’s recent testimony before Congress, in . . ....
Jane Hirshfield: “If Truth Is the Lure, Humans Are Fishes.”
Under each station of the real, another glimmers. And so the love of false-bottomed drawers and the salt mines outside Kraków, going down and down without drowning. A man harms his wife, his child. He says, “Here is the reason.” She says, “Here is . . ....
PageBreak --> OPENING AJAMI An Israeli drama, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, about conflicts within and between Arab and Jewish communities. In Arabic and Hebrew. Opening Feb. 3. (Film Forum.) DEAR JOHN Lasse Hallström directed this drama, based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, about . . ....
Sasha Frere-Jones: Unsound, a Polish electronic-music festival.
New York is practically a non-stop music festival, so it makes sense that the city doesn’t host many big-tent events. In ungenerous moments, New Yorkers may even think that nothing passes them by because everyone plays here. Not so—some musicians just don’t . . ....
Hilton Als: David Ives’s “Venus in Fur.”
The cruelty of women! For Severin—the endlessly needy anti-hero of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s short, intense erotic novel, “Venus in Furs,” published in 1870—there is no love without denial. We first learn about this Galician nobleman’s passionate, almost clinical . . ....
Roberto Bolaño: “William Burns.”
William Burns, from Ventura, California, told this story to my friend Pancho Monge, a policeman in Santa Teresa, Sonora, who passed it on to me. According to Monge, the North American was a laid-back guy who never lost his cool, a description that seems to be at odds with . . ....
Krftd, Arbiter of Style and Ideas
A showcase of 'curated portfolio of hotels" in 108 destinations across the globe...
Our favourite cult brand - Hayden-Harnett - Fall lookbook is a sophisticated and dreamy...
Win a lovely Snupped Mini for Valentine's Day. This mini will keep you phone safe & happy!...
Fashion label Shanghai Tang interweaves modern Chinese chic with dining...
The ultimate beautiful, stylish and unique laptop bag which will only become more beautiful over the years....
Apple's most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device - iPad...
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What It Feels Like... to Be Bitten by a Shark
After a kite-surfer in Florida died in a shark attack, take a look back at one fisherman's tale of ten seconds of hell...
The 12 Wildest Ways to Make Easy Money Off Super Bowl XLIV
Kardashians, Katrina, color in the Gatorade bath, and more prop bets that have almost nothing to do with Sunday's game — plus experts picks on how to win...
Favorite (and funny) truths pulled from our pages over the years. So put on a bunny suit, take off that fanny pack, and learn the codes that apply to every man....
Controlled Demolition Television: The Happy Art of Blowing Things Up
Watching Giants Stadium or swaths of Pennsylvania getting demolished is great, but nothing's better than seeing smokestacks topple...
A little greasy, a little not-so-good for you. But a great, simple way to kick off your Super Bowl party...
A modern, healthy (or at least more healthy) take on carnie food from a Colts fan. Goes great with cocktails. Doubles as thunder stick for Peyton Manning touchdown passes....
Annansi Chronicles
Kenya’s first Sci-Fi film hits Sundance
Made by writer/director Wanuri Kahiu, Kenya’s first science fiction film to hit Sundance, Pumzi, takes place “thirty-five years after World War III, the “Water War,” and tells the story of a woman from East Africa who flees an enclosed community in hopes of once again restoring life outside...
Video: “Warm Heart of Africa” The Very Best ft Ezra Koenig
If you haven’t already heard of the group The Very Best, here’s your introduction. Made up of British production duo Radioclit and Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya, the group’s October 2009 release “Warm Heart of Africa” features guest appearances from M.I.A. and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and is a must listen. Singer...
Top 6 African business and culture trends to watch in 2010
If, like me, you’ve been watching people and events surrounding Africa in mainstream and non-mainstream news, you’ll know that 2009 was a big year for Africa, From President Obama’s visit, to the new fiber-optic cable in Kenya, there was a lot of president-setting efforts going on in Africa. While there...
If you can’t see the video above click here. Video: Nigeria’s Brain Gain is a post from Annansi Chronicles - African business and culture trends “Africa:The Next Chapter” videos premiereDesigner Ozwald Boateng on dressing President Obama and his Made in Africa wealth initiativeGrowing middle class and Africa’s demographic opportunityForget aid and money,...
FELA! musical hits Broadway with rave reviews
If you haven’t already heard FELA! The Musical has opened on the Broadway in New York City. For many people, myself included, this marks a milestone in African culture’s rise to global recognition. Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti has been an major inspiration for many young Africans looking...
Europe’s $774 billion African desert solar power project launches
Investors and industrialists from 14 companies met in Munich, Germany recently to formally launch Desertec Industrial Initiative, a €400 billion ($774 billion) collaborative project to provide 15% of Europe’s energy via solar power from Africa’s Sahara desert by the year 2050. Since it was formally announced earlier this year, the...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Lifestyle
Mom: I miss my daughter's former boyfriend -- and his little dog too
Mom tries to deal with her daughter's romantic break-up....
Apologizing to the sister-in-law you hate
Woman wonders how to apologize to a sister-in-law she has despised for 20 years....
Sex and death the Facebook way!
Behold, our beloved mechanisms of fear and desire, doom and delight! How they dance and sing in ways that make us giggle like obese children at the county fair, like drunken bears let loose at the campground....
Ketchup squeeze packet gets a major makeover
The ketchup packet has been around for more than 40 years, and complaints about it for nearly as long: too messy, too small, too hard to open. Now ketchup giant H.J. Heinz Co. is unveiling the first major packaging change to the to-go condiment....
Dating advice: Be nice, not hyper-politically correct
Guy finds out he is a blunt instrument in the world of dating....
Replacing fireplace brick isn't easy but worth it
I'd like to remove my fireplace brick, but it goes all the way up from the hearth to the ceiling. Is it possible to remove the brick and replace it with another material?...
AskMen.com - FASHION
Bored with your hairstyle? AM sat down with an expert to fill you in on the buzz for 2010....
Watch Snob: On The Deepsea & "Novelty" Watches
Learn what the Watch Snob thinks about Rolex's Deepsea and his true thoughts on knockoffs....
Warning: Just because it's "hipster" doesn't mean it's cool. You'll look like a fool if you follow any of these trends....
Tamer Hassan: How To Look The Business
AskMen.com UK sat down with British actor Tamer Hassan. He may be a staunch Millwall FC fan, but he knows men's style....
The suit rules that Mr. Connery followed still apply today....
Watch Snob: Should You Buy A Reversible Watch?
Are reversible watches worth buying? Plus, the Watch Snob breaks down where you should be buying your timepieces....
The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
Random Episode 8 – 2010 Resolutions with Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss
This new, long overdue Random episode covers our personal resolutions–personal, business, physical, and otherwise–as well as favorite recent gifts (both given and received). The video is recorded on two cameras, including Glenn’s new experimental HD delight. Topics include: - Chocolate - Powerlifting - Filtering false friends - Funny hats - The art of the...
The First Time Online – Enjoy While You Can
Most of you have never seen this. I really hope you enjoy it. To download, just sign into Vimeo and you’re set. If you Final Cut it up, please set to a Crystal Method or Sevendust soundtrack :) In other breaking news: I need only 120 more Amazon reviews...
Thank You, Facebook Bankruptcy, and Late Christmas Presents
(Photo: source) Thank you… Thank you… Thank you! The last two blog posts have moved me more than any others, and the new expanded 4-Hour Workweek has hit #4 on The New York Times bestseller list and #3 on the USA Today Money list! In a future post, I will explain exactly what I did...
Cold Remedy: 18 Real-World Lifestyle Design Case Studies (Now It’s Your Turn)
If not in 2010, then when? (Photo: jphilipson) The video case studies that I asked for in the last post really caught me unprepared. I…am…so happy that it’s hard to put it into words. From Denmark to India, from college students to retirees, from yoga instructors to engineers, the stories poured...
Cold Remedy: Free Flights Anywhere in the World
Where would you go if you had a free ticket anywhere? The island of Bohol in the Philippines? (source: WisDoc) Not long ago, I received the following comment — edited for length — from Ryan N.: I hate you Tim. I had a secure future ahead of me, and I left my...