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Drive, Discipline and Gratitude: How They Interplay and Why It Should Matter to You
This essay explores how being driven, cultivating discipline, and maintaining gratitude, are the best way to achieve your goals, both personal and professional. Concepts of abundance and misadventure are also explored.
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Quick Analysis of Mozart's Aria: Queen of the Night
A brief overview of one of the world's most famous soprano pieces, Mozart's Queen of the Night
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That Day My Dad and I Built a Talking Robot (Puppet)
A son and a dad build a robot for school; hidden skills and using unusual materials help build a robot whose "eye" is a flashlight bulb, and becomes the animated mouth of a robot puppet. An excellent activity for parents wishing to teach their children about, art, science fiction and engineering.
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If an Owl Suggests Slowing Down to Heal, Do You Listen?
Presence and in the moment wildlife and spirit animal experience, how to center yourself, slowi your roll, be in the now, have a balanced outlook towards life, work and family. Pen and ink rendering captures the inktober moment the author spends next to a barred owl.
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Concrete Nests: Funding Bird Habitat Art Sculpture on Kickstarter
Artist Ben Zoltak attempts to fund many chimney swift bird tower sculptures to increase habitat for beneficial birds
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Relationship Flop: 1980s Aerobics Workout Date Gone Bad
True story of a well-intentioned plan on improving her spouses' and their relationships health by attending an aerobics workout. As it turns, the class is full of scantily clad women and temptation.
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Overcoming Petty Frustration and Remembering Tender Moments With My Kids Before It's Too Late
Parenting can be frustrating, but babies and children warm parents hearts with hugs, kisses and curious things they say and do. Try to remember or better still, document some of those moments.
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Kids Toy Review: Buy Johnny Jump Up! Exercise For Baby, Relief For Parents!
Johnny Jump Up, a baby holding device that exercises your baby and contains them in one spot! An excellent gift for babies and toddlers that have a lot of energy.
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Placemaker: Wisconsin Avenue
The following is the website/webpage portion of a proposal artist Ben Zoltak is submitting to Art Milwaukee's "Creational Trails" Call for Placemakers. Enjoy! Art is for everyone!
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A Couple of Heroic Moments in My Life
This is a nonlinear, non-Hero, nonsequitor, nonpareil look at a few memorable and possibly even heroic moments in my life and the lives of a few of my friends and heros.
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Uniting Visions With Clarity and Reason
Vision is more than just seeing with your eyes! Your personal perspective guides you and those around you. Your plans and desires attract good and bad to your life, so choose wisely!
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Obama Hat !!! Forward For Four More Years
My son rockin the Obama Hat Ben Zoltak photo 2012 This has been the rallying call around my house. I shout to my wife from across the room, "Obama hat!". We both laugh at the inside joke. During 2008's election my daughter and I were out searching...
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Neverbelievers, No Man On the Moon and In Buddha We Trust
I've had a disparate collection of ideas and theories that have been piling up in the ol' frontal cortex so I thought I better put it together before it starts to melt out of my ears. I remember talking about the moon landing one time at a job I...
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Boxer Briefs, a Pineapple Top, a Growling Black Bear, and a Machete
A few years ago my wife and I headed to Wisconsin's great north woods for some r&r camping in the raw at my family's abandoned farm. The place we camp is sadly unique for the Midwest in that it is still very wild, with around 50 acres of mostly...
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Flying Car Island: Page 8
A fictitious look at flying car technology and a strange world in the future that has reconnected with tribal living.
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Secret Letter To Klaus: A Poem Time Capsule For My Son, In November 2011
Klaus and wooly bear caterpillar Ben Zoltak image rights reserved Beware the overcast short day my boy In this world, when there's little light, it can be the most cursory of black holes Except you my little one year old friend, somehow You...
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Philosophers Fist Fight For UFOs and Corn: A Story Dedicated To Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali
My harvest of hops was complete, and it was once again time to bring my rare "Fighting Bob" breed of Bavarian hybrid beer-fruits to my local family owned brewery. I had been making this trip for just over a decade, it was my favorite errand to run...
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The Malcontent Pseudo Pharma InterAstral Rattus Rattus that Subdued the Suburban Disillusioned Dude
This fictitious short story is dedicated to the jazz art angel Sun Râ. “Nature doesn’t repeat itself…why should I repeat myself?” The thin grey figure stood eight feet tall, walking down the sidewalk during an amber sunrise she called...
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Hunting Art Impetus with Soy Sauce and Sumi-e
I am no monk, that’s for damn sure, no peaceful Buddhist or fish-multiplying Jesus. I am mostly a man full of rage and contempt, for myself, for humanity, even for art. But I hold that in, I pressure cap it off with books and television, with...
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Book Review: Sundown, Yellow Moon
SPOILER ALERT!!!THE FOLLOWING REVIEW DOES INDEED REVEAL SOME OF THE MORE POIGANT HIGHLIGHTS OF SUNDOWN, YELLOW MOON, !!! Read Sundown, Yellow Moon holistically, that is my best advice for approaching this book. Sundown, Yellow Moon seems to me to...
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Flying Car Island: Page 7
The woman with the firm cheek bones washed his hair and the rest of his body. The fumes from this undertaking overwhelmed the poor woman several times, as she coughed and sneezed and finally spit in an effort to purge herself of Bodaway's offensive...
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You March Hardest In The Idiot Parade
When you hear that booming sound, of the drums and clatter of mindlessness you look all around you to see what you can grab, and shake and insult as you create an elegiac orbit of suffering around you. The gold trumpet of a bigot blurts out loud,...
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The Grouse That Was A Mother Flicker
A gently humorous look at similarities between grouse and flicker birds. Also a look at flicker birds as an alternative to pesticides especially for fire ant problems.
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Vehemently Biased Underreporting Of Wisconsin Debacle by New York Times Proves Colossal Failure For Mainstream Media
A look at the corrosive effects of big money on free speek, the media and Wisconsin's corrupt governor, Scott Walker. A hard look at Republican conservative plutocratic propaganda in Wisconsin.
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Ben Zoltak Sculpture, Paintings & C.V.
Artist Ben Zoltak has completed his first public art call at the Stevens Point Sculpture Park in Wisconsin. He oil paints in a colorful, modern style and creates concrete and rubber sculpture.
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I Won The Lottery When I Became A Dad
There's been a lot of hubbub (get it bub? hub... bub, I digress...but what a pun!) around the U.S. this season regarding the MegaMillions jackpot lottery which topped over $380 million! That's some sweet dolares as the U.S. funded Mexican drug...
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Message to Chinese President Hu Jintao: RELEASE LIU XIAOBO NOW !!!
From the same country that brought you the execution of Food and Drug Administration director Zheng Xiaoyu, China continues to detain Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo in prison. This Chinese professor was sentenced to 11 years on Christmas Day in...
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Introducing Artist Anton Carter
Courtesy Anton Carter Anton Carter recently displayed his paintings at the Hide House 2625 S. Greeley in the Bayview neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. Mr. Carter showed a collection of work reaching back five years with the major body of...
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How To Make An Impersonal Gift Like A Gift Card, Personal.
Gift cards are great. My brother-in-law just gave us a Toys R Us gift card for our newborn son Klaus. Though we'd love to buy him toys with it, I was laid off recently so money's tight and we used the card to buy much needed clothes instead. The...
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Half Past Human Ben Zoltak 2012: How To Self Apply The Prediction Power of the Internet
I've been on a long rumspringa as the Amish would say, or a walkabout as the First People of Australia would say, or trying to reach higher ground as Stevie Wonder would say, for a long time, most of my life. Tonight, on Brad Meltzer's Decoded, a...
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Celebrating HubPages By Toasting My Favorite Fan Mail
This is a big thank you from the author to his fans, a toast to readers everywhere! Happiness in writing!
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Product Review For The HTC Android Phone: easy to use device or techno headache?
Since both my wife and my daughter have laptops in my family, we decided it was time for dear ol' Dad to get some sort of mobile data internet capability and voila, we bought the 3G network Android Phone. It's really something else, a quality device...
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The Hollow Earth, Edmund Halley and Where Our Sphere Fits In
A look at Hollow Earth theory as proposed by adventurer Edmund Halley. Unveiling there may be more than meets the eye when it comes to our very own, planet earth and it's interior.
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Amazon Published My First eBook! Follow My Progress As I Navigate Kindle Publishing
First eBook attempt by artist & author Ben Zoltak. This essay journals an essayists first attempt at publishing beyond blogging. Amazon.com is where he chose to publish, and he's still waiting review!
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Flying Car Island : Page 6
When he awoke Bodaway found himself lying prone on a haybed in a barn. His head throbbed as though he had been drinking all night. He looked down at the delta of veins along his forearms expecting to see rope or handcuffs but instead saw only his...
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Bodum French Press, a Great Gift, and as Good a Personal Reward!
Perfect gift for coffee drinkers, the ultimate coffee maker! Both classy and practical, a Bodum french press keeps coffee beans original oils intact, creating a true and authentic taste. An impeccable and sanguine gift!
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Poem: Rapture In Porous Monotonous Vagihercules
Ben Zoltak Calforzanazitinitatoogan. There were many words a poet could say. Hold guard to your inside hold guard your precious whatevers. Your misery is a fading line. A dry and withered garden of beige's of browns and tans and old fruits....
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Flying Car Island: Page 5
The saboteur, looking at Bodaway's gesture, measured him as a friendly one. "My name is Blue Manitou, who are you?" "My name is Bodaway. I come from the mainland." The tall man called Blue Manitou pushed a pin into Bodaway's shoulder and said...
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Flying Car Island: Page 4
Bodaway dodged and weaved his Vimana, zig-zagging along the coastline, trying to shake the other black vehicle. The turbulence along the coast was great and terrible creating unseen vacuum pockets and updrafts that sent both ships careening closer...
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Flying Car Island: Page 3
Eventually the black Vimana disappeared out of sight. Bodaway floated like a hovering oak leaf down upon the refueling station. He reached over and grabbed the ethanol nozzle and inserted it into the side of the Vimana. The bar-code number on the...
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Flying Car Island: Page 2
The return of the short-faced bear was a remnant of the roaring 2020's. The old man had quickly adapted to the monstrous scavenger. These "Bulldog Bears" turned out to be giant half-ton babies that mostly tried to steal camp food or eat garbage....
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High Speed Analysis Of They Might Be Giant's Song: Cage And Aquarium
They Might Be Giants their nude all bum flute! wikimedia.com 10 Minutes to perturbation and transmutation. T h E y MiGhT bE GiAnTs My original intent with this hub blog article was to try and write a fast, creative, off-the-cuff-if-you-will pool...
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Death By Texting: Driving Distractions On The Road
Little known to most HubPages officianados, I am not only an eccentric oil painter and creative writer, I also teach Driver's Education. That's right, let the demystification begin...now. Recently, my classroom was visited by newscaster David...
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Flying Car Island: Page 1
Fuel leaked onto his hand. He felt the cool evaporation of ethanol quiver quickly along his arm hair. He trembled pouring the reserve tank and tiny "ping ping pings" emanated from the intake. The old man raked his other hand through his long grey...
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How Real Men Spend Time With Their Newborns
Dispelling the myth of men that dislike spending time with their newborn children, author/parent Ben Zoltak speaks about activities he does with his children, and assures men of their parenting skills.
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8 Fourteens 3000 Wandering Stacatto Canvas Satellite Connections
Ben Zoltak Maul 2010 Worm Heaven Traveling Fever Best Caffeine Broadside Uruguay 5007 !!! Bramble Neanderthal withering fortuitous velvet dinner? Why not? Super compass silver diamond river flapping birds gravy gravy gravy, destination? ...
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Simon Cowell's Balls Inadvertantly Accepted Into The Smithsonian
District of Columbia, USA :Earlier this morning in an unprecedented press release from the Smithsonian Institution curator Brett Nickelsonwardtion announced Simon Cowell's testicles had become the sole property of the world's largest museum complex...
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Proof Of The Existence Of The Great Spirit
Proof of the Great Spirit, God, Godess looking to mother nature and consciousness for answers to our existence. Experiential answsers coupled with scientific observation.
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Hike Or Bike Wisconsin's Glacial Drumlin Trail!
Gorgeous views along the Glacial Drumlin Trail. My family and I spent the last seven years living in the urban confines of Chicago, Illinois. After having been raised in Wisconsin, I missed the long walks out into the relative wild. Last year we...
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Chicago A Concrete River I Miss
The author on Lincoln Avenue at sunset. Photo by: Isabella Zoltak Winds rushing past on Lincoln Avenue gravel Asphalt and lots of grit mixed with gasoline There are cars racing by in monotonous buzzer patterns Bubble gum oily and grey and...
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Creative Inspiration and Motivation: What it is! (and what it ain't)
Close-up from Ben Zoltak oil painting Over the years, as someone who enjoys painting and writing, I have been asked, "Where do you get the ideas for your work?" Oftentimes this follows by some sort of confession from the same person that goes...
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Casual Analysis of Tuesday Afternoon Lyrics by the Moody Blues
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/ / CC BY 2.0 Who cares about a song written in 1967? Who? I do. I can't explain exactly why, this song came out a couple years before I was born. I figure maybe it was played a lot while I was in my Mom's...
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How Has Jump The Shark ... Jumped The Shark?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/billward/ / CC BY 2.0 I was inspired to write this article originally because I was thinking to myself about Craigslist.com and how I believe it has jumped the shark. Unless you've been living under a rock for the past...
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Lemon Law: Show Me The Money!
Photo Credit: Geograph.Org.UK - Will Lovell Are lemon laws for real? Can I really get money back for a lousy car that I purchased? It's a real hunk of junk! Yes. The answer is, yes you can get your money back. Federal consumer protection laws are...
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The Pints: Irish Celtic Music From The States!
Image courtesy ThePints.Com I recently listened to The Pints at a small soiree here in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. This self described, "Two parts traditional Irish Music, one part Whiskey" band thoroughly lived up to their Irish roots as they...
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Jesse Owens: The Olympian Who Accidentally Stood up to Hitler
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 There is a sort of myth that has gathered a lot of moss over the years about Jesse (J.C) Owens and how his four, count em', four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany showed-up...
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A Poem For My Great Daughter: An Orchid Of Light For You
Photo credit: Ben Zoltak What a wonderful light you are With a smile that goes out onto the horizon A laugh that is it's own tune! You are brave in your perseverance You are a tower of dance and song You are quiet like a little stream...
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Drink From A Jar Guy Wine Review: Estimulo Sauvignon Blanc, A Perfect Wine Gift
Give yourself or your loved one a great wine gift from Bodega Antigal Whinery Estimulo, pronounced [es-TEE-moo-lo] this Sauvignon Blanc is named from the Spanish word for stimulus! The label describes it as, " A collection of wines from...
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Information About The Most Endangered Tortoise And Turtle Species
After writing the article, 10 Reasons Not To Buy A Pet Turtle Or Tortoise I was asked by a reader to write an article about the names of the most endangered tortoise species. While I could compile a list, it would be a lot easier to list the least...
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Miso, The Miracle Soup!
Miso is truly a miracle soup! It tastes good too! If you’ve never had Miso soup, you are missing out on a Japanese/Chinese culinary delight. What’s more, Miso soup has been known for many years by master herbalists to have medicinal qualities...
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Healthy Armpits! Product Review, Buy Tom's of Maine Crystal Confidence Deodorant
First of all, before I waft my deodorant review around, please let me explain why I care about having healthy armpits. Mainly, it's because I don't want to lose my mind. There's been a lot of research going back and forth about the toxicity of...
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HubPages Hub Article #69: Celebrating An Easy Blog Position!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ac4photos/ / CC BY 2.0 In celebrating my 69th HubPages Hub Blog Article I thought it would be a good time for us to penetrate the world of double entendre. Are you a fan of an easy blog? What is your favorite business...
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How To Get More Clicks On Your Blog Or Hub Web Ads
Follow the money. It's a phrase used to denote the path of motivation for lots of endeavors these days. But you say, "Ben, I don't want to follow the money. I would rather have the money follow me." Indeed. Indeed my friend we all would love to...
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Do People Really Buy Platinum Rings From Amazon.Com?
Why sure it's safe! People buy platinum, gold, silver, titanium and many other types of rings everyday from Amazon.Com They have a wide variety to choose from, an education center built right into the site, and an online custormer review and/or...
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Student Loan, What Once Was Low Interest, Isn't So Low Anymore
I enjoyed college, it was worth it to me, whatever the price. I went to, what was at the time, the best "value" aka least expensive state college in Wisconsin to get my bachelors degree: The University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point. Great school,...
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13 Ludicrous Life Quotes By Made-Up Celebrities
Take it from Missy Bookwurm, world famous Actor/Author. Hi my name is Torrence Hammondson, celebrity stalker and Hollywood sycophant. I am here to share with you today, several of the canned nuggets of wisdom I have gleaned over the years, from...
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An Artist's Dream: Oil Paint, Heirloom Tomatoes And A Turtle Pond
From the Oil Painting: Dancing With Black-Eyed Susan by artist Ben Zoltak Most of my early life, when I told people I was an artist, they generally sneered and scoffed at the notion. "You'll never be famous. You'll never make it." Were the two most...
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Your Waitress or Waiter Is Probably Smarter Than You
This image was brought to you by the U.S. Army baby, hubba hubba! Waitresses and waiters are often students of academia and always students of life. They get to see all sides of the public. They witness hubris on a scale not seen by someone who...
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If Content Only Had A Brain: Looking Twice At Constant-Content
I've decided to give Constant-Content a second look. After I wrote my HubPages article: Associated Content Versus Constant Content, Battle Of The Lowballers I was contacted by Constant-Content's General Manager David Kool who requested a chance to...
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Why This Skinny Scrawny Punk Loves The Biggest Loser
A few years back, my daughter and I stumbled upon the Biggest Loser mainly because we were too poor to pay for cable tv, and aside from Public Television, the Ranch provided the best show on. I unexpectedly became quite a fan, but more about that...
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Undercover Prunes - A Poem About Dried Plums And Fiber
There is a secret on the street, in the alleyway, in the woods. Whispers hidden behind snickering faces, making even carnivores blush. Something so old fashioned, something that brings old folks gains Something old as they say is new again, A...
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12 Ways to Decrease Hair Loss and Strengthen Hair
A few years ago I went through some of the most stressful months of my life and yes, my hair started to fall out! I'm in my middle thirties so at first I thought maybe it was just that time. Most of my male relatives have kept their hair though,...
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12 Reasons Not to Buy a Pet Turtle or Tortoise
Turtles and tortoises can make great pets, but they are not easy to care for. Here's my list of the top 10 things people overlook when considering purchasing one of these pets.
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Don't Forget To Say So: The Importance Of Expressing Yourself To The Ones You Love
For many men and some women, telling others how they feel is not the easiest thing to do. Also, many individuals, walk around with a stockpile of great intentions galloping in their heads. Maybe they know they love their daughter, their wife, or...
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Why Drink Wine From A Jar?
All wine gift baskets should include at least one fancy jar of mustard. Why? So that when the person who you've gifted the wine to is done with the mustard, they can drink wine from a jar and remember you and your thoughtful gift. I've always...
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Join HubPages, The Best Content Website For Writers
The best writers want to write for the best website! Photo credit Ben Zoltak all rights reserved. Click Here To Sign Up For HubPages, Start Earning Revenue For Your Writing Today Why is HubPages the best content site for writers? I have been...
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Bones Are Beautiful
Bones are beautiful, for reasons that aren't necessarily obvious some ways, and completely obvious in others. Artists have poured over bones for centuries in part because they help to identify realistic musculature and form for the human figure, and...
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Uncle Benny's Jumpin' Jambalaya Recipe!
Uncle Benny's Jumpin' Jambalaya all starts with Okra, you got Okra, meat and tomato, you got Jambalaya! Shrimp or crawfish are two of my favorite ingredients. Here's a look at the mix of cut vegetables, fresh is better, but frozen works fine too. ...
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Ninja Warrior Is Campy TV At It's Finest!
Have you seen an episode of Ninja Warrior or American Ninja Warrior on the G4 network yet? If you haven't, you are missing out on some great campy TV! This from someone who doesn't care a whole lot for television, Ninja Warrior is pulling me in. ...
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When It Comes To Substance Abuse, Sometimes Love Is All You Have Left To Give
Be positive, and give your love to your friend suffering from substance abuse A friend of mine, that I love and care about dearly, recently completed a rehabilitation program for his substance abuse. He was moderately successful at acknowledging...
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Networking Meetings, Business Leads And Delicious Sirloin Burgers
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amagill/ / CC BY 2.0 Recently I had the pleasure of attending two business networking meetings with a local successful entrepreneur and small business owner. I quickly witnessed how these semi-casual...
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I'm Dreaming Of That Christmas Feeling
Courtesy of:http://www.flickr.com/photos/laffy4k/ / CC BY 2.0 I was raised in a great little industrial town called West Allis, just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the States. The neighborhood I grew up in celebrated by wrapping all the ash and...
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Snow Day! Off From School & Work, Time To Hang With The Fam
It's looking like a day off from school, an official snow day! My daughter and I have lived in the city of Chicago for over seven years. Every year the snow came piling down, but never was she allowed the indulgence of a snow day. Ten...
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Astrology Case Study: Cancers On The Cusp of Leo, Keen Psychics Beware!
Note the calm appearance of this zodiacal menace! Greetings horoscope advocates, zodiac zealots and other keen psychics, it is I, Dr. Zoran Benevelynchski, PhD and founding member of the Amateur Evisceration & Divination Club. I am here to alert...
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Confessions Of A Frugal Soup Junky
I once had a Bosnian-American friend who remarked loudly, "What's the point of soup! It's just a bunch of water! Just dump out the water and give me what's left, or at least give me stew! Soup, what a pathetic meal." There was no arguing with that...
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Thermal Printing Is Not About Embossing Your Long Underwear
August 1997) --- Astronaut N. Jan Davis, payload commander, looks at the mail from the Thermal Imaging Printing System (TIPS), on flight day four activities onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery:Thanks to NASAimages.org No. You may not wear a thermal...
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Terra Forming Mars Is A Fortuitous Path!
Another rewarding catch from the Hubble telescope, thanks NASA! There is a hilarious debate going on in the scientific community over whether or not to attempt to terraform Mars in a bid to expand the human territory times two worlds. I say...
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Rescued By An Animal
The Great Spirit Gave Me The Gift Of Valentine, The Wandering Feline. Valentine and her housemate:Storm aka The Fat Cat This isn't what it looks like. There's a food dish behind Valentine's behind... About five years ago I was in a real bad...
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Still Possibly My Favorite Microbrew: Klisch Pilsner From Milwaukee's Lakefront Brewery
Lakefront Brewery's Klisch Pilsner is a caramelly beer that brings a lot of flavor to what many would still consider to be a relatively light beer. A great beer for those wishing to depart from lager.
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How To Google Your Yahoo With SEO Content Writing Or Learn To Geshmugen Your Geshmoigen
On the third day the lord professith thou shalt not Google your neighbor's Yahoo. PHOTO CREDIT: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myklroventine/ / CC BY 2.0 This is an article inspired by the debate I've been reading about here on HubPages and...
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Associated Content Versus Constant Content: Battle Of The Lowballers!
Click edit above to add content to this empty capsule. So this all started when I looked at my dismal Amazon and Adsense earnings which, combinedly rang in around $3.50 for around 1400 views on my articles here on HubPages. As fellow writers...
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If You Have A Great Wife, Hold On To Her Tight
My wife is a well spring of energy. She has a bright smile and her eyes light up like amber candles to me. She is kind, generous, warm and caring, my great wife. I always tell her that life is perfect with all of it's imperfections. But it's damn...
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Power Full Moon
This photo was taken at 2 in the A.M. after I was stirred awake by a dream. My eyelids shake like rose petal thunder to A dazzling graph of red, orange, yellow and silver Rattling my bones like electric sabers crackling I hear the...
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Our Cat Kills Mice For Us
Yes I know, a cat article. Expect more, I dig cats. It's almost embarrassing really, but the heart wants what it wants, haha. I "saved" this cat from the West side of Chicago several years ago. Despite the cliched ring to it, in many ways she saved...
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How To Prepare A Canvas Painting With Gesso
You must prepare a canvas or any other painting surface first, before you begin to paint. If you don't an art historian will come to your studio and spank you with a boat oar. Well, maybe not, but you really do need to prepare a canvas, board or...
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Can I, a Regular Guy, Buy and Wear a Rolex?
Photo credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tasoskessaris I truly enjoy a well made thing. Anything really, a boat, a steak, a laptop, anything made with care, skill and talent. On the other hand, I despise sanctimony. I guess it's my...
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How To Handle Rejections, Poorly.
STEP #1.Physically destroying rejection letters offers catharsis. Be careful! STEP #2.Burning rejection letters also can bring some resolution. Be careful! STEP #3.Pulling out hair is an old stand by, not intended for use with bald people. ...
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Why As An Artist, I Admire Bob Dylan
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shht/ / CC BY 2.0 There has been a lot said and written about Bob Dylan. You can't go anywhere near a music store (what remaining few are left) or musical instrument store, or hippie warehouse supply store...
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How To Make A Better Cup Of Coffee The Easy Way
The Poor Man's Grinder, pinch some of the coffee between your fingers... Water left out overnight... There's no coffee, like freshly ground coffee, like no coffee I know... Stir the coffee after it's done brewing... Don't let it sit on the...
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Give Your Laptop A Makeover With A Slaptop!
Well with the holidays just around the corner it's time to think of creative and or unique gifts for that special someone who has everything, or that other somone who doesn't have much of anything but still somehow has a lap top! Slaptops are made...
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Hey Top Chef! Salmon Do Not Have Loins!
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/katzenfinch/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 I don't know what kind of fish Top Chef is eating, but the kind I eat, don't have loins! My family and I came down with a bad case of cable television last night. We watched...
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Why pay for original art?
Here is a standard from Ben Zoltak, can you commission a true original? (all image rights retained by Ben Zoltak) If you want to make money as an artist, you have to live up to the conviction of your creativity. You have to be your own rooster...
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How To Cook Candied Acorn Squash
Beautiful Native American Princess brandishing vegetable trophies. Slice those acorn squash!! Peel the seeds away from the squash guts, voila! You have squash seeds ready to be seasoned...bake at 350F. until they pop! Bake cut squash for 40+...
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Unique Vacations In Wisconsin
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/garydenness/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Fellow Writer Hubber Julie-Ann Amos asked me the question: "Where are the best places in Madison?" Since I am new to the city of Madison area, I am going to have to expound...
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Censorship: This Is The ***** Information They Allow You To See
I live in a hamlet on the outskirts of one of the greatest cities in the States, namely Madison, Wisconsin. There are so many intelligent people here, it's a refreshing place for free inquiry. That is why I was disappointed to find a...
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How to Write a High Traffic Hub or Blog: Start With the Library, Science or Iowa
There is a concrete reason why we should look to science and Iowa for high traffic articles on Hubpages, and as far as I know, it doesn't have much to do with Corn, Hawkeyes, or the high numbers of citizens in that state with Graduate degrees, or...
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Ode To Poe: Oh Nasty, Smelly, Stained Carpet
Oh nasty, smelly, stained carpet You are a dead Mammoth In my abode A dead Mammoth That throngs of drunkards and Poorly groomed dogs Have micturated upon Nasty, Smelly, Stained Carpet Though I spent 48 hours washing you Then spent the next...
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Robert Duvall, Let Me Point You To Your Next Great Western: Montana 1948
As far as Western colored culture goes, there are two items that come to mind for me. The actor Robert Duvall (Broken Trail, Secondhand Lions, Lonesome Dove as well as a bajillion other movies, maybe two bajillion) Anyhow Mr. Duvall and his talent...
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How To Find Legal Help Without Spending An Arm & A Leg
When I used to be a Private Investigator, one of the most common questions I heard was, "Where can I get legal advice?" Many people are worried that even calling a lawyer will cost them money! I won't lie to you, many lawyers charge a lot. The...
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You Just Got Served Papers! Now What Do You Do?
Not only have I been served before, I have been on the other side too, serving people papers. In another life, I was a process server. But before that, I was a kid working two jobs and going to college all the while without health insurance. Bare...
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How Can You Tell If You Have Bought A Fake Coach?
There are two kinds of fake Coaches in this world, a purse you procure from a not-too-reputable dealer or a sarcastic trainer-of-athletes. Lets say your boyfriend just gave you a Coach purse. If you have been dating a guy and he tells you he owns a...
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Thank You My HubPages You're Swell!
Well it's been a few weeks on HubPages for me, last I checked my AdSense account was nearing a dollar! 71 cents! I'm rich, I'm rich moo hahah! Moo hahaha! OK fine so maybe I'm still a pauper, but my sense of humor and passion for life are still rich...
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The Dictionary: Sexy, Titilating & Most Powerful Book On The Planet
Magnanimous fish net stockings pulled across her thighs... Years ago I worked at a sign factory. Terrible place to work. No windows, massive 55 gallon drums full of chemicals distilled into poorly ventilated rooms and angry, humorless people to...
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A Sincere Cure For Jealousy
I know jealousy hurts, I've been there. There's nothing worse than the feeling of jealousy. It's one thing to be envious of someone else's accomplishments or material things. It's quite another to feel that the romance or special connection you...
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Vote For Who You Think Is More Obtuse: Cynical Atheists or Zealots
An exploration of atheism, zealotry, openmindedness, science, religion and that uncomfortable space where they sometimes meet.
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Buy Can Coolers AKA Cozies Or Double Wide Pop Sweaters
Foam sweaters for your beverage of choice. I suspect if I was in certain circles, and I asked for a "can cooler" that might warrant a punch in the face. Around the Midwest anyway, here in the good ol' U S of A, we call them cozies. You can get...
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How To Keep On Keeping On: Inspiring Quotes
A brief collection of inspirting quotes about persevrerence and inspiration. Chuck Close, Marva Collins, Robert Frost, Hellen Keller Written by author Ben Zoltak
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Buy Gear! Or Winter Camping Will Test Your Endurance!
I'm not a big fan of the cold. So a few years ago when my brother Joe and our friend Tom approached me about winter camping I was more than a little hesitant. I'm more of a summer guy, born in Honolulu, Hawaii after all... Anyway, I took a gamble...
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Drink From A Jar Wine Review: Buy A French Wine That Celebrates The Blind, Belleruche Cotes-Du-Rhone
A French wine that celebrates the blind community and that has a history among the visually impaired. The label has braille text and the body and nuances of Belleruche are superb.
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Buy Scrabble! What The Scrabble Is Going On Around Here Here!
I'm not a big gamer, but anybody can fall in love with Scrabble Look at my "E", love it! Love my "E"!!! Scrabble can incorporate several vices including but not limited to beer and salsa... My wife and my daughter and I bond over verbiage. If...
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Quit Smoking Cheap & Easy, Buy Toothpicks!
Alternative for quitting smoking. Inexpensive way to quit tobacco. Toothpicks or other oral fixation measures have a surpisingly potent effect on overcoming cigarette addiction.
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Remedy Your TMJ, Congestion & Sinus Pain: Buy a Back Massager!
I know what you're thinking, not another Temporomandibular joint syndrome article? How about a "my damn jaw/sinus/face hurts" article. That's what this is. I'm going to show you the way I found relief, the regular guy way, not the scrape a piece of...
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Nothing Makes Me Feel More Like An Apeman Than Intelligent Handdryers In Public Bathrooms
Ooo, eee eee, ooo, me want hands dry? Yes I know, my caveman nose hairs are showing. Ever have this experience? You're at a classy restaurant, you excuse yourself from your gorgeous date. "Pardon me sugar, I gotta run to the restroom, be right...
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Halloween: The Only Time Of Year I Let My Daughter Crack Baby Skulls
My daughter and her friend reveling in the morbid theater of craft, art & craft! Turns out baby doll heads bleed just like the rest of us during Halloween. Kids are cute when they're mutilating baby doll heads.Moohoohahahaha! A fine collection...
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How To Draw Characters: A Friendly Introduction
This is a basic introduction to drawing characters. I've included three sample drawing charts each with four steps to allow you to see how the marks have been made. Before I begin to break down various marks you'll need to acquire some basic...
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One Stretch Will Relieve Your Lower Back Pain In 10 Seconds: 10...9...8...7...6...
It's as simple as laying on your bed or floor, cross one leg over the other and slowly lean towards your crossed leg with your shoulders. The fastest way to relieve lower back pain is to lay on your bed or floor, cross your legs, then leading with...
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Pricing for Creatives: How to Price Quote an Art Commission
When I meet someone from around the world, someone not from my home country of the USA and I tell them I am an artist they tend to ask a question that my countrymen don't often ask. Namely they ask, what is your art about? In my country people...
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How To Write A Romantic Love Poem For The Broken Hearted
A beginners guide to writing a romantic poem, especially for those lonely or unrequited lovers, that need a helping hand. Poetry is ubiquitous and another universal language in tone and spoken word.
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How To Be A Cool Dad, But Not Too Cool Dude.
Observations on being a cool dad. How to have dad skills with out being too aloof or sanctimonious about fatherhood.