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Nearly 1 out of every three people in the United States will develop shingles, also known as herpes zoster. There are an estimated 1...
The top 10 objects your grown children don’t want
Your house, and what it contains, is a minefield in the eyes of your grown children. They can see from your example that collections...
Car air fresheners can make you sick
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We love poetry…When We Get Together and Love Poem #135
When We Get Together
we give it up to the drummer
between silences
stroke the mighty bass with our toes
our nipples
crashing
cymbals
ting-ting-ting-ting-tinging
headboard a sweeping piano
we strum the hell...
Time for making summer sangria and Christmas eggnog
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Overcome your fear of public speaking with Toastmasters
It has often been said that the number one fear for millions of people is public speaking. Some folks would rather jump from a...
The Reluctant Fashionista celebrates DanceAfrica street style
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We love poetry…The Dump by Colin Rock
The Dump
They brought their
shovels and buckets
to the polls
hoping to fertilize their dreams
of a great amerikkka…
He was gonna drain the
already murky swamp.
But he just...
50BOLD spars with champ George Foreman…Part II
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50BOLD: As far as I’m concerned, The Rumble in the...
Woo, Woo, Wooing with the legendary Jeffrey Osborne
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Grown folks biz: Meet power couple realtors Joanne English Rollieson and Ron Rollieson
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The Reluctant Fashionista…Straw bags are hot!
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