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75Are All Geniuses Crazy?
I watched the movie "Proof" some time back - Gwyneth Paltrow plays the daughter of Anthony Hopkins, and both are extraordinarily mathematically gifted. The story was interesting, in its own way, but what...
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74How To Embarrass Your Preteen Daughter
Through the years, Moms and Dads have had certain responsibilities assigned to them - many traditional, such as Mom being more prone to tending to kids' hygiene and Dad teaching kids' how to do things around...
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71Fighting Yo-Yo-Yoga
Okay, so this isn't one of those hubs where I feebly try to impart wisdom about a subject; rather, I need someone to convince me I should do something I don't really want to! Recently, it seems as though...
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68How to have Fun with your Son!
For some reason, my hub article on "How to Embarrass Your Preteen Daughter" is by far my most popular. I wrote it on a whim without a lot of forethought, but I think that's good. Sometimes, I think our best,...
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76What's all the hubbub about Sacramento's Tent City?
A few weekends ago, my girlfriend and I took a long run down the American River Bike Trail in Sacramento. It's one of the most beautiful adornments of the region - a paved bike trail along a greenbelt that...
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70The Most Memorable Children's Stories
I woke up this beautiful Easter morning thinking about my now 13 and 11 year old and how seldom I read to them at bedtime anymore. They still have bookcases full of long and short little books that we used to...
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70How to Draw Comfort Through Sadness
Failure: When your best just isn't good enough Delusions: There is no greater joy than soaring high on the wings of your dreams, except maybe the joy of watching a dreamer who has nowhere to land but in the...
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66The Unexpected Beauty of Wabi-Sabi
As a writer and contemplative person, I enjoy concepts that refocus my attention in new and surprising ways. When we reach midlife, there's a budding awareness that the pursuit of more, the abundant...
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76Do the opposite . . . of what doesn't work!
Psychiatrists spend countless hours delving into reasons why so many of us repeat the same mistakes over and over again. And you know, it must be excruciating for them to listen to patients run the same...
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66Ice Cream and French Fries!
So, I have a very good friend who often has these moments when she has a craving for ice cream, drowned in syrupy caramel sauce, accompanied by crispy french fries. She'll have these moments when she wants...
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