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[?]Submitted by Breaking News Blog
Written by Michael Vass
With the hours ticking away I wanted to go back one last time and look at the year 2008.
It has been quite the year. Barack Obama rose from a nuisance Senator for the Clinton machine to become the first Black President, 411 years after […]
Obama/Biden Inauguration Cover
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
On January 20, Barack Obama will become America’s 44th president.
In observance of the inauguration, the Postal Service is offering a philatelic folio which includes a collectible stamped envelope with silk portraits of Barack Obama and Joseph Biden, and a digital color postmark dated Jan. 20, 2009.
The […]
My Husband’s Review of Vaseline Clinical Therapy
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
You may have already seen the TV commercials or the print ads-to spread the word about it’s new Clinical Therapy Lotion, Vaseline created a truly unique word-of-mouth marketing campaign called Prescribe the Nation. From the State of Alaska, known for it’s blistering cold weather and high […]
Giveaway- Changes Kit for Girls
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
Staten Island Registered Nurses Tara Harrington and Susanne Marcotte-Carroll have 6 young girls between them –all of whom are about to enter puberty. Tara and Susanne felt frustrated that there was nothing in the market place to help young girls and parents of young girls broach […]
Happy Panda-clothes for bigger babies
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[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
Any of my readers who have seen photos of my daughter Kaitlyn know that she is not a “bigger” baby. She’s barely 30 pounds at three years old, but she has a long torso. I buy her 4T tops and roll up the sleeves so they […]
Lookit! I Spy’s……. ‘Giving Thanks’ Week of Give Aways - Day #2
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[?]Submitted by Lookit I Spy Blog
Here we are just a day or so away from bringing in the New Year and I’m still talking about Christmas. More specifically Christmas ornaments. I want to introduce you to ‘9 Mile Schoolhouse’.
The 9 Mile Schoolhouse has been a beloved tradition in Western Montana for […]
Poems and personality
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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
How can anyone hope to comprehend the poetry without comprehending the poet first?
If the poet is good, they should be able to write poems that stand by themselves without the poet’s biography to guide them. Reader’s “get” Shakespeare’s speeches and sonnets with out requiring the background incidents […]
Not mean, but…?
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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
A poem should not mean
But be.
That said by poet Archibald MacLeish, in his piece “Ars Poetica”. That thrust of that poem, in essence, was that poetry was no longer the central domain in which speculations about the nature of reality , beauty, and the pursuit of the […]
Happy New Year, poets!
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[?]Submitted by Poets Who Blog
Happy New Year, poets! Thank you for making this another wonderful year here at PWB. To keep our site going in next year please make sure that you leave comments, visit the poets on our list, take part in our projects, and take about PWB on other […]
Firefly Passions
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
For 3 Word Wednesday: Glimmer. Passion. Wish
summer dusk glimmers
with wishes whispered on stars
and firefly passions
Collection available! Knocking from Inside
Designs
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[?]Submitted by Average Poet Blog
The thing about topography
is who decides where what will be
or is it just a tapestry
of chaos to the nth degree?
809 - That Don’t Make It Junk
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[?]Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
This morning (well, technically yesterday morning, it’s past 3am now) I brought the car to the repair shop. Recently I had begun to hear a strange noise under pretty exotic conditions: only in right bends, while driving steeply upwards, and only with someone […]
Looking Glass Falls
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[?]Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Looking Glass Falls, Transylvania County, NC (Click on photo to enlarge.)
To all our friends….
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[?]Submitted by The Cat/Dog Log Blog
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A biting dog - prevention is as necessary as training
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[?]Submitted by Natural Pet Health Blog
You may train your dog to perfection but it is difficult to remove all basic traits of canine nature. Domestication and evolutionary changes have converted a basically aggressive species into lovable and sweet animals. A well trained dog will give you his unconditional love and affection. […]
The Year in Review
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[?]Submitted by Big Paw Designs Blog
Happy New Year!
Hope 2008 was great and we hope 2009 brings even more bliss. Our year was eventful and we enjoyed all of the comments, connections and new friends.
Here are the top 5 highlights of our year……and wishing you a happy 2009:
- Big Paw Designs donated […]
Cyber Sex Linked to Depression
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[?]Submitted by Natural Remedies
A new study found a link between cyber sex and depression. The question is do men search for cyber sex because they’re depressed or does the search leave them feeling depressed?
Over a quarter of those who seek cyber sex online are depressed.
Researchers surveyed 1,325 American and Australian men, […]
Fantasy vs. Reality: A GM’s Tasks
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[?]Submitted by Imaginary Diamond Blog
We all manage a fantasy baseball team because a.) we’re big fans of the game, and b.) we’d like to control our own franchise and compete. In the latter sense, fantasy owners are not entirely different from real-life general managers. We have to build a franchise from […]
North Carolina’s Rich Golf History
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[?]Submitted by ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG
(Photo courtesy of Beth)
TODAY I WAS REMINDED of North Carolina’s contribution to the game of golf. My wife, two daughters and I were in Raleigh for two days to see the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Museum of Natural Sciences. While there, we also visited the Museum […]
Gifts to Each Other
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[?]Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
‘Pup and I have been resisting the urge to buy new televisions to replace our old analogue televisions. We’ve been less than pleased with the converter boxes we bought with our government coupons. So, when we went shopping for some new shirts for ‘Pup, we darted […]
A’Tisket, A’Taskets
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[?]Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Shall we make some gift baskets?
‘Pup and I brought my family our gifts on Sunday. The presents we brought were a hit and everyone was happy. Two of my great nieces got some new boots, courtesy of a western wear store going out of […]
Graduation
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[?]Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
When I graduated from High School in 1978, my parents gave me some big, hard sided and heavy Samsonite luggage. Back then, one of the advertising campaigns had a gorilla bouncing on and throwing around, various parts of the luggage sets. Needless to say, the luggage […]
Putting it to Bed
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[?]Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
This year, as a whole, has been pretty good. I’ve had some downs (I couldn’t grow a tomato this summer, no matter what), but mostly I’ve had a decent year. Now, I have to admit, what I classify as a “good” year might not be what […]
Plunge into the New Year
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[?]Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
If you’d had as many “plumbing adventures” as ‘Pup and I have, then, like us, you’d probably look very hard at the toilet every time you flush. Oh, yes, we do!
Dang low pressure toilets, you have to flush them 3 times, so tell me: how much […]
Happy New Gardening Year
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[?]Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Happy New Gardening Year
Wishing you a fun-filled year of
spectacular flowers,
scrumptious home grown veggies,
zero dandelions,
& not a single encounter with a noxious weed.
~ from the eternal optimists at High Altitude Gardens
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