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5 Jokes About the Environment
Discussing the environment can get heated, overwhelming, and downright depressing. Maybe it is time to take a break from the serious stuff about the environment. Let’s try to get some laughs out of the planet. Here are five jokes about the...
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Writing a Business Letter to Deliver Bad News (With Examples)
Writing a letter that contains bad news is an unpleasant but sometimes unavoidable part of the business. Use these strategies to help make the process easier.
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Make Your Own Instrument: Pan Pipes
Pan pipes are one of the oldest instruments, even figuring into the mythological story of the god Pan. The pipe is often used in folk music, providing a harmonica-like flute sound. Here's how to make your own!
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Swiss Food Guide by Region
Switzerland is divided into cantons, and each region has its own diverse cuisine and landscape. From beautiful mountainous areas to peaceful lake shores to fertile valleys, this country has a lot to offer. Switzerland is a fabulous place to travel...
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Weird Teen Movies
I’m sure you can find tons of articles and websites about funny, sad, great, awful, and scary teen movies, but that isn’t what you will find here. This is about those weird teen movies, with the weird teenagers that, oddly, many of us can...
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How to Write a Blues Poem
Naturally, blues poetry has its roots in music. It is a form that reaches into the experiences and histories of African Americans. The early blues poems were actually sung by slaves working out in fields. They involved a call from one person,...
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A Poetry Formula with 20 Requirements
Writing form poetry is not everyone’s cup of tea. Neither is reading it. However, I am a firm believer that the best poets have conquered the forms before reinventing them into new, breathtaking poems. Of course, it is possible that I have been...
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Five Poetry-Writing Exercises
Exercises to help get you started writing poetry.
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How to Make a Chapbook: Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide
A chapbook is a hand-stitched pamphlet. Learn how to make your own!
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Chinese Jump Rope
Today, children all over the world play versions of Chinese Jump Rope. The game has been traced back to being played by children in 7th century China. The Chinese New Year and other traditional festivals include a lot of folk customs,...
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Mean Practical Jokes
If you ask me how I know about these pranks, I won’t tell. My lips are sealed. Have I ever done any of these? Sorry, but I zipped my lips, locked ‘em, and threw away the key on this one. I suggest these mean practical jokes as something fun...
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How to Knit a Scarf: An Illustrated, Step-by-Step Guide
A beginner's guide to knitting a scarf, including directions for knit and purl stitches, two easy scarf patterns, a knitting glossary, and valuable links to related sites.
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How to Cast On: Beginner Knitting Tutorial With Photos
An easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to casting on for beginning knitters with pictures. This guide is also a good refresher for someone who has taken a break from knitting.
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Homemade Valentine's Cards: A Fun Project for Kids
Valentine's Day holds special memories for me because my mom always spent time helping me make my own Valentines when I was a child. She taught me all of the techniques her own mother taught her. I never handed out store bought cards.
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How to Make Paper - An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide
Step-by-step guide to make handmade paper at home, with pictures included. Find fun, decorative ideas to embellish your homemade paper, as well as links to other paper loving sites.
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How to Crochet: A Beginner's Guide With Photos and Videos
A beginner’s guide to crocheting with pictures and videos. Learn how to make a slip knot, hold a crochet hook, and make a chain. This guide teaches the four basic crochet stitches: single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, and treble crochet.
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Couples and Mud Wrestling
Should couples mud wrestle with each other? Is it a bonding experience, or will it be a degrading experience?
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How to Cook Fresh Pumpkin
An easy guide to preparing and cooking pumpkin puree at home. Once you go fresh, you'll never go back.
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Should You Keep Pictures of Your Ex?
Do you keep them, or not? A local radio station, here in Seattle, has Therapy Thursdays where they choose a listener's problem/question for other listeners to call in and give their advice about. A recent question was from a woman about to move in...
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Touch Those Boobs for Healthy Breasts
The key to surviving breast cancer is early detection and treatment. By giving yourself a breast exam each month, you will notice if there are any changes in your breasts.