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81Harebrained Names for Beauty Salons
Fanciful and attention getting names are apparently mandatory for hair and nail salons. But you can tell that salon names are not to be taken seriously, because people fearlessly and intentionally walk into...
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85Mice in Your Motor cause Manifold Problems
You may have heard of people with bats in their belfry, but how about rats in their manifold, or mice in their motor? It is only a rumor that small autos are powered by hamsters running full speed on...
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83How to Write Humor: What's So Funny?
An editor I once worked with asked if I could teach her how to write humor. Until then, I had never thought of humor as being something that is taught. I've always thought that people have a humor gene or...
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77Gold Rush Medicines: A Dose of Deception
The westward movement in the United States started in the mid-1800's at the same time as the rise of mass advertising and the marketing of patent medicines. Many pioneers, concerned about the challenges...
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77Odd Things: The World is Full of Them
An odd thing happened recently. An aquaintace of mine, looked me in the eye and said, "You think of the oddest things." She had apparently been reading some of my recent hubs. In reality, there is a...
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79Doctors-- With Diseases Named For Them
It would seem to be a dubious honor to have a disease named after you, but it has happened to many famous doctors and research scientists . Dr. Crohn , Dr. Bright, Dr. Huntington, Dr. Hodgkin Dr....
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71Using Garden Gnomes for Self-Defense
I always thought that garden gnomes were useless. Now I am imagining people carrying them around for protection, instead of using pepper spray or other deterrents. If you see a threatening character...
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67California Cornucopia: A New Year's Fantasy Celebration Menu
County fair exhibits often feature a competition category of themed table settings and menus. This California theme, detailed below, recognizes the Gold Rush and rich multicultural and agricultural heritage...
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71Grand Jury: A Letter to the Judge
I was summoned to appear before the judge, and as a relatively new resident of this small California county, I had no idea of what to expect. Since moving to these rural foothills, I was certainly out of the...
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68The Great Calorie Hoax
We have all seen photos of flying saucers, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, but has anyone ever taken a picture of a calorie? You would think that someone, somewhere,would have caught a calorie on film...
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