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151: Are You Any Wiser
"Older, but wiser" doesn't apply to me. When my governor campaigned for his job, he said he was wealthy - he wouldn't need special interest money. There must be a difference between need and want.
When I was trying to raise money for a special interest of mine, I didn't expect a donation from everyone I asked; but I did expect them from the pe
152: Are You Careful What You Wish For
If you've wished for a healthy, fast-food breakfast at home, quick breads might be for you. Because they are leavened without yeast, you don't have to wait around for them to rise. Because you can add fruit, nuts, whole grains and other good stuff to the many available recipes, quick breads are much healthier than commercially baked breads. Accordi
153: Are You Compulsive Or Just Highly Motivated
Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale and Michelangelo supposedly had obsessive compulsive disorder. David Beckham, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Martin Scorcesse supposedly have OCD. I know I'm compulsive; but because I don't think about it obsessively, I don't think I have OCD.
I prefer to think of myself as a doer - a person who likes to get thing
154: Are You Holding The Line
Lines - of credit, of dialogue and of poetry, chorus, fishing and party - my grandmother said they all had one thing in common. They were God's way of teaching us patience. Well, Grandmother, now that I'm older there seems to be an exception to the rule. The ones across my forehead are from a lack of patience.
When I was in preschool, I was tau
155: Are You In Step With Your Feet
I admit it. I've taken my feet for granted. I've forced them into shoes because the shoes looked good - not because they felt good. After years of this abuse I'm feeling "defeeted".
After a bit of sole searching - of my shoes - I discovered that the majority of shoe designers are men. I wonder if women's shoes would fit better if those men trie
156: Are You Listed
Lists are for forgettables. When I was a newlywed, however, the one for the supermarket was more about what not toA get in order not to go over budget. If it wasn't listed, we couldn't afford it - unless it was tissues or toilet paper. We always needed those and they never spoiled.
When I travel, I always have a checklist. Everything I've taken
157: Are You Losing Sleep Over It
With age comes experience and with experience things get easier - except sleep. As I toss and turn, adjust my bedcovers and refluff my pillow, I remember what my grandmother said about insomnia - it's not worth losing sleep over.
Usually time flys. It's Monday, then it's Thursday. Because of the faster pace of life, teenagers are now experienci
158: Are You Motivated To Be Motivated
Basically motivation is an inner drive to get something done, but it comes in all shapes and sizes.
Obligation motivates us to get up in the morning. Necessity motivates us to eat breakfast. Responsibility motivates us to go to work. Motivation runs the world. A lack of it runs us ragged.
Feelings of love and hate are strong motivators. So
159: Are You Old Enough To Know Better
I'm tired of hearing people complain about how old they are. It makes me wonder if wisdom really does come with age. Picasso thought it did. In his later years he wasn't allowed to be alone in an art gallery because he'd been discovered trying to improve one of his masterpieces.
Age used to be important to me. I could hardly wait to be six to g
160: Are You Stressed By Stress
Stress is bad for our blood pressure, cholesterol and heart. It causes eczema, migraines and ulcers. The only good thing about stress is knowing there's nothing good about it - unless you're a pharmaceutical company.
Pharmaceutical companies make millions selling us tranquilizers and other anti-anxiety medications. They profit from our frenzied
161: Aren t There Too Many I s In Criticism
Criticism - Aristotle said that we could avoid it be saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing. Benjamin Franklin said that any fool can criticize and most fools do. According to Errol Flynn, it didn't matter what people said about you - just what they whispered. Then there was my grandmother. She said that sticks and stones could break my bo
162: Baby Clothes Louder Than The Baby
What is it with people making a mockery of their kids these days? Anything that makes them look ridiculous, from the funny baby t-shirts to the weird haircuts and plain silly names, anything that draws attention to their child will suffice. Even if others are laughing at them rather than with them, they don't mind. Apparently all publicity is good
163: Bathroom Safety Tips Made Easy
One normally equates the family bathroom as a place to wash away the day's cares and worries. It is the place where one can relax in a long, leisurely soak in a bathtub filled with hot, sudsy water or a steaming shower to wash away the grime of the outside world.
This is also the room where one goes to prepare to meet the world. In this room we
164: Begone Doom and GloomersWhy You Should Stay on the Sunnyside of Life
That's it. No more sad stories. No more long faces. We just can't take it anymore. We, the moral supporters, staff and affiliates are on strike.
We are on strike against doom and gloomers. We are on strike against those that continue insisting the sky is falling.
There is no joy in Mudville. Nor in Cupertino or Thousand Oaks. Let us hang ou
165: Can Being Right In Style Go Wrong
Writing, cooking, gardening, dressing - we all have our own style. If everyone did things the same way, we'd still be walking and we'd still be using pack animals. If the wheel hadn't been invented, Pat Sajak and Vanna White would be unemployed.
Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren - these women could wear burlap bags an
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