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David Leonhardt - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
David Leonhardt is a website marketing specialist and an SEO consultant. He also publishes A Daily Dose of Happiness and is author of Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: The 9 Habits of Maximum Happiness. Prior to his online career, he was one of the best-known consumer advocates in Canada.
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- Five Tips to Improve Your Chances With Google Et Al
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] I can't promise you gazillions, but there are a few things you should do to make it easy for search engines to find you. I assume you have already decided to submit your site to the major search engines and directories. I assume that you will develop some sort of linking strategy (hopefully a better strategy than most websites use today). I also assume you will have picked key search terms for all the pages on your website.
- What Are ICF Insulated Concrete Forms?
[Home-Improvement:Concrete] ICF construction is a growing business. With consumers demanding more ecologically safe materials and practices, builders are being forced to comply. If you want to make sure your next building is green then you'll want to know what questions to ask. You can start by learning all about insulated concrete forms in this article.
- Six Reasons to Take NLP Training Courses
[Self-Improvement:NLP-Hypnosis] The first level of NLP training is called the NLP Practitioner training, which is a basic set of NLP tools. The second, more advanced level, is the NLP Master Practitioner training course. In this article we will be discussing the first level, NLP Practitioner training.
- 10 Things You Should Be Monitoring on Your Website
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Development] Every business needs to know how it is doing. That's the idea behind exit surveys, customer feedback forms, suggestion boxes and other devices. Without feedback from the customer, monitoring inventor...
- Restaurant Jobs and Careers
[Business:Careers-Employment] Many people seek job opportunities in restaurants. And there are many jobs to be done. We offer you the "cook's tout" through the workings of a restaurant, and a first-hand look at the restaurant jobs typically available.
- Top Fitness Equipment and Activity Tips For Kids
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Parents want to know what they can do to promote physical fitness to their children. What equipment? What activities? What tactics? How do they get the youth of their household moving. Here are a few tips, including circuit training, family fitness centers, dance class and more.
- Social Media Versus Higher Education
[Reference-and-Education:Online-Education] The teaching model has remained mostly unchanged since the 19th century. Some teachers are already breaking the fold and beginning to use new tools at their exposure. Welcome to Learning 2.0.
- 9 Reasons Bounce Rates Count in Rankings
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] There are plenty of naysayers who believe that bounce rates are not now and probably never will be part of the search engine algorithms. I am of the opposite view; bounce rates will certainly be part of the search engine algorithms and probably already are. Here are some of the common naysayer objections and refute all but one of them.
- Telemarketing at Dinnertime
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Pity the poor telemarketer who calls our house around dinner. Let's listen in and find out just who says what.
- CD, DVD and 3 Other Types of Backup Media
[Computers-and-Technology:Data-Recovery] This article will explain the different types of backup media that are available on the market today. As you may very well know backing up your important files is not only beneficial, but it may save you some headaches in the future.
- Babywearing With Baby Wraps
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Being a single parent is never easy. Even if you have a partner, a newborn cais always be a challenge to adjust to. Either way, you will have to adapt and rely on basic survival skills, requiring you to master the art of multitasking.
- Nine Varieties of Omega-3 Supplements
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] When looking for the best Omega-3 supplement you have 9 options. In may surprise you which one of the 9 is not only healthier for you, but offers better results. Here is an overview of all 9 varieties.
- A Headhunter With Many Meanings
[Business:Careers-Employment] Headhunters can be savages, recruiters or pitchers, it all just depends on how you want to think about them...and who the headhunter is! This article will explain the three definitions of the word headhunter and the origins of the word.
- 5 Accessories For Diesel Performance
[Automotive:Trucks] You can choose from a plethora of aftermarket diesel performance accessories available on the market today for your Ford, Chevy or other pickup truck. This article explains 5 of the most popular diesel performance accessories and the benefits of using each of them.
- Amanda Beard and Dara Torres Have Something to Say
[Recreation-and-Sports:Olympics] To be able to be quoted is such an amazing thing, especially if you are an athlete. Many Olympians move on to bigger and better things after their Olympic career, these two Olympic stars, Amanda Beard and Dara Torres not only are motivational speakers, but they continue to compete in the Olympics.
- Six Happiness Tips
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] We all strive to be happy in our lives, but sometimes we don't allow ourselves the time to do it. I've taken some of my favorite happiness tips and compiled here in this article for you to read.
- Comparing Omega 3 From Flax, Seal and Fish Oil
[Health-and-Fitness:Nutrition] Omega-3 and Omega-6 essential fatty acids are necessary for proper human growth and development throughout all stages of life. Both are found in equal amounts in our bodies when we are born, however as we age they deplete. Since the human body cannot make its own Omega-3 and 6, your diet must provide a steady intake of both.
- Avoid That Used Vehicle Rip-off
[Automotive] Everyone fears buying a lemon, which is why it is important to spot the tell-tale signs of a used vehicle rip-off. Here are a few easy ways.
- Used Car Cloning
[Automotive] How many people have something to hide? More to the point, how many cars have something to hide? It is reported that one in three used cars has something to hide.
- Finding Overseas Jobs on the Internet
[Business:Careers-Employment] Overseas jobs can now be so easily found on the Internet. Just look at how the world of work is delivered in an instant.
- Charter Jets for Business Sense
[Travel-and-Leisure:Charter-Jets] How can spending extra money on a private business jet charter plane save a company money? Well, if time is money, it just could be that NOT chartering a business jet can cost the company money.
- The Joy of "BabyWearing"
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Babywearing is an ancient form of baby transport. Simply put, it is the practice of carrying your child in a sling or a cloth baby carrier. Read more about babywearing in this quick overview article.
- NLP - A Brief History
[Self-Improvement:NLP-Hypnosis] Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is a set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience. This is a brief history of NLP techniques.
- Seven Social Bookmarking Tips For Webmasters
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Bookmarking] Social bookmarking is a hallmark trend of the Web 2.0 revolution, offering website owners an unparalleled opportunity to create vocal promoters out of their online guests. In this article, find out how to harness this trend for fun and profit.
- Five Ways To Ride The Social Bookmarking Wave
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Bookmarking] Welcome to social bookmarking, one of the fastest-growing trends of the Web 2.0 revolution. It offers unique openings for you to turn satisfied and motivated visitors into vocal promoters of your website, your products and your services. In this article, find out how and why.
- Choosing a Great Speaker
[Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] When a speaker motivates, informs and inspires, your conference soars and your audience is driven to action. Choosing the right speakers for your event is not always as easy as it looks. There are many factors to consider, both about the speaker and about your event. Here is my list of eight critical questions to ask.
- Buying Cyprus Property
[Real-Estate] Welcome to Cyprus. The jewel in the Mediterranean Sea is being increasingly considered as an investment, as more and more people scramble to buy property in Cyprus. Learn why Cyprus has become so popular, and what you need to know to make your investment a smooth and profitable experience.
- Yes, Virginia, There Is a Secret for Happiness
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] It isn't health and it isn't wealth. It isn't power and it isn't influence. But there is a secret to happiness that is so simple it will floor you. This excerpt is from 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life reveals that secret.
- How a Custom Wall Map Can Help Your Business
[Business:Strategic-Planning] You gotta know the territory! That's what all the salesmen sang as the train headed for River City in the hit musical The Music Man. A wall map or map mural helps your sales force, delivery staff and customers see the territory and know the territory.
- How Demographic Data Influences Real Estate Investment Decisions
[Real-Estate] This article looks at the implications that demographic data can play in wisely investing in various types of real estate: residential, commercial and vacation rental real.
- Metal Pipe and Tube Bending
[Reference-and-Education:Science] Bending metal tubes, beams and pipes is not as hard as it looks...with the right equipment. Here are four ways the construction sector bends the metal beams and pipes that support our buildings.
- Recruiters: The Challenges of Executive Head Hunters
[Business:Careers-Employment] Modern head hunters face recruiting challenges that people never dreamed of just a decade ago. At the same time, executive recruiters have new online tools that give them new power that there forefathers could not have imagined.
- Top 10 Reasons to Use an Email to Phone Service
[Communications] Email to phone services can be most helpful for anyone without a computer of Internet access...and that can be anybody at one time or another.
- Case Study: How Website Monitoring Saved an Online Auto Parts Retailer
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Ecommerce] This is a case study. When an online retailer can't find the problems that are causing website outages and slow shopping-cart performance, external monitoring gathers the data to take corrective action.
- Stopping Bad Breath Bart
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] There might be several ways to stop bad breath. Some of them might even be funny. But don't take my word for it, read on...
- Three Stress Relief Techniques
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Here are three helpful stress relief techniques: meditation, exercise and laughter. See how they work together to reduce stress.
- Recruiting Excellent Job Candidates
[Business:Careers-Employment] Here are six useful tips for recruiters and human resources staff to find the most qualified job candidates.
- Weather and Latitude are Not Allies
[Reference-and-Education] The north is cold, the south is warm, right? Wrong. It's not that simple...even in the northern hemisphere.
- Ball Bearings Are Flat - Another Myth Crushed
[Automotive] Ball bearings aren't balls. A humorous account of what ball bearings really are.
- Hunting the Executive Head Hunter
[Business:Careers-Employment] Executive Head Hunters should be treated like animals. Er, that is to say, they should be hunted with strategy and planning. Here are five useful tips...
- A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Working on the Internet means sharing your office space with millions of others. Here are a few tips for success in the global cyber-office.
- Ditch The Hotel For A Villa Or Vacation Home
[Travel-and-Leisure:Vacation-Homes] Two visits to Budapest. Two apartments, walking distance from downtown. I did not even set foot in the Hilton. My mother and I saw Budapest like only someone who stays away from the Americanized h...
- Vacation In Comfort With Kids
[Travel-and-Leisure] It takes a special person to travel with kids – a parent. Children have their own needs. Their idea of a vacation is more "adventurous" than a parent's. They need constant stimulation and they can...
- Alternatives for Business Travelers
[Travel-and-Leisure:Vacation-Rentals] "I'm coming home. I've been away too long. Been away so long. I'm coming home" – Ian Thomas, in Coming Home I still recall my road warrior days. It seemed like every other week, I was hopping on ...
- Top Ten Reasons To Pick A Vacation Rental
[Travel-and-Leisure:Vacation-Rentals] We are planning a family trip for just a few days. That is my family, my brother's family, and my other brother's family. Our mother will be joining us, too. That makes four households, seven adul...
- Dear Bill Gates, You Clever Fox
[Computers-and-Technology] Dear Bill Gates. You did it. You casually left a live grenade at the Grand Charity Gala and walked out of the room to see if anybody, especially Google, will notice. Once again, you have created an ...
- Very Precise Fortune Cookies
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I cracked open the fortune cookie and read the little slip of paper on the inside. Immediately I realized that it had been written by a weather forecaster. "You will be approached in the late aftern...
- How Not to Compromise With Your Partner
[Relationships] Do you ever disagree with your spouse? Or your boyfriend or girlfriend? Of course not – she/he/it is perfect, right? You can imagine my shock when my friend confided in me that he and his wife ofte...
- Hotel Rooms Are Nightmares
[Travel-and-Leisure:Hotels-Accommodations] Ever since I began working for that Florida vacation rentals website, I have been plagued by recurring nightmares. I am haunted at night by the spirits of hotel rooms past. There was a time when I t...
- Sorry, No Customer Service After 4:00 P.M.
[Business:Customer-Service] A few months ago, I wrote about ingenious styles of customer service that every business should know about, mostly because their employees were inflicting them on their customers. For instance, I war...
- You Have To Love The Location, Say These Owners Of Orlando Florida Villas
[Travel-and-Leisure:Vacation-Rentals] It has been said that in real estate there are three things that count the most: location, location and location. I recently discovered how powerful this concept can be. Not long ago, I wrote an art...
- How To Tell If You Are A Literary Snob
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] "I don't know if I should put 'writer' on my business card," I murmured. "Then don't," my wife said in her infinite wisdom. "Put 'author' on it." "But if I put 'author' on, none of those big...
- Write Your Life
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Take out a white piece of paper and place it on your kitchen table. You now have two choices. You can write or draw on it, or you can leave it there. If you write or draw, you control the paper's...
- I Am Biodegradable - My Writing Is Not
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] My dad was wrong. I just discovered that I am good for nuthin' after all. In fact I've been good for nuthin' all along. I am 100% biodegradable and that means I can be recycled into nuthin'. It al...
- English Has Come A Long, Long Way...
[Reference-and-Education:Languages] I often wonder what would happen if Shakespeare were to be transported in a time machine to our world today. What would he think? How would he react? Yes, Willie would probably tell me "thou hast t...
- Hungry For Overkill
[Arts-and-Entertainment] I don't have much time to watch television. Being the lazy person that I am, I usually let other people in the family do my watching for me. But some events are just so important that I have to wat...
- The Fatal Attraction of Online Marketers
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Suppose you were offered 263 links coming into your website from 263 other websites all in one fell swoop. Everybody knows that the more inbound links you have, the higher you will rise in the searc...
- How Search Engines Connect Sellers and Buyers
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] Maggie knows how to find what she wants. She lets her fingers do the walking – not in the Yellow Pages, but at Google.com. She wants to learn about bread baking, and you have just written Bread Bak...
- Google's Next Big Move
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:SEO] November 2003 might go down in history as the month that Google shook a lot of smug webmasters and search engine optimization (SEO) specialists from the apple tree. But more than likely, it was just...
- Cleaned Up or Cleaned Out?
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] I need your help. I did a good deed recently, but I was gripped by second thoughts. I want to know if you think I should have done this. Here is what happened: In preparing our condo for sale, we had...
- Tiger and the Three Pigs
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] After years of terrorizing the countryside, hunting deer, poaching livestock, killing game, Tiger grew long in the tooth. Finally, he knew it was time to retire. So he packed his bag and ambled into ...
- You're How Old?!?
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] "Well, Happy Birthday! How old are you anyway?" "Oh, I'm just 29 … again." It's a harmless game, denying our age, right? We play sensitive about our age as we get older, as we get further away from...
- Importance of Thanksgiving
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Thanksgiving is the most important holiday of the year. Oh, sure, Christmas is grand, and I know it has many, many fans. I'm not knocking Christmas, but Thanksgiving is more important. And Easter h...
- Are You a Wildflower?
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] Wildflowers grow from mere dust to reach their full potential. Wildflowers grow well, even in adverse soil conditions. Wildflowers don't require late nights at the office to grow. Wildflowers grow th...
- Silver Linings Are Everywhere
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Viagra. That one word packs a lot of punch. Let's face it; there is little that has been derided more than Viagra. On the talk shows, it has been the butt of more jokes than Michael Jackson and Sad...
- Eight Simple Anger Management Tips
[Self-Improvement:Anger-Management] "The other night I ate at a real family restaurant. Every table had an argument going." One of the biggest obstacles to personal and career success is anger. When we fail to control our anger, we s...
- True Friends Are Not Dream-Slashers
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] A friendship poem: Choose friends wisely, the portrait they paint is who you are and who you ain't. Friendship is life's great support, when friends are of the right sort. For all your dreams do...
- 5 Tips To Keep Happy... Even In Wartime
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] The world is going downhill faster than an Olympic skier. Terrorists lurk around every corner. Climate change will soon melt the tundra and turn Iowa into a desert. Frankenstein foods are flooding...
- Happiest Person In America: What's Sex Got To Do With It?
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Who is the happiest person in America? USA Today featured Happiest Person in a cover story in its USA Weekend magazine. Bad news: it's not you. Nor is it me. Just how did they find Happiest Pers...
- Does Size Matter?
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] Bigger is better. Isn't that the American dream? Why buy a road-hogging, critter-squishing, bumper-defying, wall-of-metal SUV when you have the delicious option of buying a BIGGER road-hogging, cr...
- Four Steps to Attracting More Good Luck
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] The Luck Factor rips apart the notion that luck is something that just happens. Dr. Wiseman reports on over three years of scientific inquiry into what is often considered the most unscientific topi...
- What?!? No Bananas?
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] "Where are your bananas?" It seemed like a logical question to ask. For all of my forty trips around the sun, bananas were a key item to place in the grocery cart. For the first time I could recal...
- A Happiness Poem
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] If a happiness poem could bring forth a smile, Then my face would always dress in style. If my ears could hear my computer screen, From one to another, they, too, would grin. My keyboard types fo...
- A Bad Hairdresser Day
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] "Hey everybody!" Hairdresser Lady called out. "It's The Happy Guy." "Don't try buttering me up, Hairdresser Lady," I warned. "It's not going to work." "What's not going to work?" she demanded. "You...
- Three Inspirations for Happiness
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] The following three inspirations were adapted from A Daily Dose of Happiness, and they represent three key ways to increase our happiness. 1. FORGIVING FOR HAPPINESS We like to think we are better th...
- No Happiness Without Patience
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] I'm searching for modern happiness. The old-fashioned kind takes just too long. That happiness requires patience and I don't want to wait. I want upgraded happiness. I want release 4.02, the "new...
- Give a Hug for Happiness
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Hugs have a long and honorable tradition, going back to the day the caveman first squeezed his wife and discovered that no ketchup squeezed out. Since then, he found that his wife makes an awesome t...
- The Great Career Switch
[Arts-and-Entertainment] "Hello. Is the doctor in?" "I'll be with you as soon as I finish filling in these forms." "But I really need to see a doctor." "There, now what can I do fo – EEEEEK! You...you....you're a grizzly be...
- My Career As A Hermit
[Home-Based-Business] "Work from home. Make big bucks in your pajamas." – typical work-from-home ad. Quick. What do writers, stay-at-home parents and online marketing geeks have in common? I mean, besides insanity? Th...
- The Happy Jar
[Self-Improvement:Leadership] I just delivered a free speech. I am a great believer in free speech, but an even greater believer in paid speech. However, there are good reasons why someone like me would deliver free speeches. ...
- Can Media Coverage Build An Online Business? You Bet It Can!
[Business:PR] As someone with expertise in media relations, I've been asked if media coverage and publicity can build an online business. The real question is whether what happens offline really matters online...
- Time Your News Release For Maximum Publicity
[Business:PR] "Cindy, where's that story? I need it yesterday!" "Coming right up, boss. I'll have it to you soon," Cindy shouted back. "Yesterday isn't soon enough!" Cindy clicked on her screen. "You have mail....
- Grassophobia
[Self-Improvement] Each day my daughter, pushing one year old now, amazes me with the lessons she teaches me. Yes, here I go again learning lessons from someone too young to speak. (Hmm … maybe that's a lesson, too.)...
- Investing As A Sport?
[Investing] I said last week that money doesn't generally buy happiness, but the lack of it can buy absolute misery. This, by the way, is not just my personal observation. It is the conclusion of some of the m...
- Staying Sane While Wall Street Crashes
[Investing:Stocks] Everybody is riding the Wall Street Roller coaster. Even if you are not invested, the headlines scream out one word: PANIC! It's hard not to join in the panicking. The Panic Crowd seems to be havin...
- Painful Lessons from the Maternity Ward
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Whoever dubbed New York, New York "the city that never sleeps" should visit The Maternity Ward. My recent visit included a drop-in on several screenings of "A Star Is Born" at the late-show theatre,...
- Dressing A Toddler, Whomever She Is Today
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Some things we take for granted. Like getting dressed. Unless we are paraplegic, an absolute klutz or have just smoked far too much cabbage, getting dressed is a cinch. Sure, if you happen to be th...
- Am I Really A Stroller-Monger?
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] I was reading "A Modern Infant Armada", a humor column in Maclean's Magazine written by a fellow humor columnist. Writing about it now is a bit like a painter painting another painter or a singer si...
- So You Want to Start a Home Daycare
[Home-Based-Business] I hang out with the other mommies. No, I am not a "Mister Mom" or a "Househusband". I do have one enviable situation, though. I work from home and I have the flexibility to say, "This morning I am...
- By Now, I'm an Expert at Memory Loss
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] I sat down to write my weekly humor column, but I just could not remember what I wanted to write about. This seems to be an increasingly more common affliction, ever since I turned 40. For instance...
- Choosing a Web Host Based On Price? Don't!
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Hosting] It's tempting. There are so many companies offering cut-rate hosting – loaded with astounding post-futuristic techno-gizmo features ! – that it just makes sense to save a few dollars, right? Think a...
- Web Site Monitoring Is A Global Necessity
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Traffic-Building] Bill Huang sits down at his computer. As he connects to the Internet, he glances out at the sun poking its nose above the Hong Kong skyline. It will be another busy day, and he has to order those sli...
- Are You A Bill Clinton Webmaster?
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Web-Design] One of the most frequent questions I get asked about my ebook, Don't Get Banned BY The Search Engines, is whether I amended it to include post-Florida Google. "Florida" is the code name that search ...
- The Work-from-home Fashion Primer
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Last week, I reported how writers, stay-at-home parents and online marketing geeks had chosen careers as hermits: http://www.thehappyguy.com/hermit.html Thousands of work-from-home hermits responded...
- Could You Be A Workaholic?
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] If you need to put on boots and grab a lap-top computer to relieve yourself at night, you might be a redneck workaholic. It never crossed my mind that there could be such a thing as a redneck workaho...
- Customers Don't Always Connect Where They Live
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Pop Quiz: You have an international website and you want to do business in Canada. But you want to make sure your website delivers top performance to your Canadian customers: speed, accessibility, ...
- Curbing the Public Nuisance (Part 2)
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Yes, that pillar of society that has been with us since that slithery dude threw humanity for a curve in the Garden of Eden – that cornerstone of society has been automated. I am speaking, of course,...
- Curbing the Public Nuisance (Part 1)
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] He's been around since the dawn of humanity. His profession is even older than the world's oldest profession. He's been loathed and reviled by politicians, bureaucrats and hot dog vendors. I am spe...
- Super Bowl 2004: Silly or Boring?
[Recreation-and-Sports] If you watched the Super Bowl, you know that Janet Jackson revealed one of two things. She revealed how silly and paranoid otherwise normal human beings can get. Unfortunately, she did not reveal...
- Hockey Rules in Real Life
[Recreation-and-Sports] "I went to the fights the other night...and a hockey game broke out." --Rodney Dangerfield. Every hockey fan has heard of Todd Bertuzzi. Bertuzzi plays for the Vancouver Canucks. Make that "fights"...
- My Book Contains "No Artificial Growth Hormones"
[Food-and-Drink] I don't usually get too excited about what I read in the news. After all, what can I do about it? But one item I recently saw made me jump up out of my chair. I rushed over to my clever lawyer's of...
- Finding Adventure In Little Things
[Travel-and-Leisure:Outdoors] We recently planted our saskatoon berry trees. I am sure those of you who live in Saskatchewan know exactly what I am talking about. For the 99.99999% of Internet readers who have never even heard ...
- The Spare Parts Gremlins
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Don't you just love getting a little something extra? Sure you do. Everybody does. That's why Online marketers throw in 36 bonus ebooks with that little software item they are peddling. But a litt...
- Home Of The Year
[Home-and-Family] We were gathered 'round the television, where Little Lady was watching an episode of Stuart Little. The kids had entered their house for a Home Of The Year contest sponsored by some fancy magazine. ...
- Tearing Down the House
[Home-Improvement] Last year, we bought this big ol' 1887 house. We are just now coming to grips with the magnitude of the "upgrades" planned. With a baby on the way and Little Lady all of two years old burning calo...
- Caveman Jack's Self-cleaning Oven
[Home-and-Family] We live in a self-cleaning oven. Not literally, of course. We would burn up if we did. Those things get really HOT! In fact, self-cleaning ovens get so hot that they burn orange juice to a crisp...
- Who You Calling A Hick?
[Home-and-Family] For the last time, I live in the country, not in the sticks. And I am relaxed, not a hick. Ever since we moved to the country, I get the feeling you city-folk are confused. So here is a primer on w...
- The Secret Weapon To Beat SARS Is In Your Head
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Just when you thought you had all the fun you could possibly handle with Saddam Hussein, North Korea, Al Quaeda and the winter that just won't die, along comes SARS – severe-acute respiratory syndrom...
- Unique Gift Ideas for the 21st Century
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] As a personal growth specialist, I like to think I'm hip. I like to think I am avant garde. I like to think I am on the cutting edge – despite what everyone else around thinks about me. I read last...
- Vitamin Supplements in a Liquid World
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] Every day, it seems like we are living in an increasingly liquid world. I'm not preaching against the evils of alcohol or for a new era of prohibition that will save us from sin and politicians. Afte...
- A 30% Chance That Statistics Never Lie
[News-and-Society] Have you ever noticed how much our world runs on statistics? That's because statistics never lie. Here are a few very alarming statistics. Almost half of the world's population earns a below-averag...
- Can Vitamin E Cure Almost Everything?
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] Vitamin E is an absolutely vital nutrient in your body, but it probably can't do half the things you heard it can. What does vitamin E do? To begin, it is an antioxidant. It tames dangerous free ra...
- Serious Dieting Tips, Humorous Explanations
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] A few months ago, I set out to lose 22.6 pounds, then to put back on at least half of it. Huh? Anybody who's ever found herself stuck on a yo-yo diet is probably thinking that I am either crazy or p...
- The Undercover Vitamin
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] There is a secret vitamin in the neighborhood, wandering around your body under cover. This "vitamin" has just one single purpose, although some researchers believe he has ulterior motives. He goes...
- Vitamin A - The Glow-in-the-dark Vitamin
[Health-and-Fitness:Supplements] The ancient Egyptians had a cure for "night blindness". They fed the patient lots and lots of liver. Perhaps they thought they were appeasing the Gods of sight. In 1930, the first fat-soluble vita...
- Beware of Radical Mint Enthusiasts
[Food-and-Drink] Some things are as boring as the dust that clings to your TV screen. Take toothpaste, for example. If you happen to be a radical mint enthusiast, brushing your teeth might be the highlight of your d...
- Plastic Recycling Confusion
[Home-and-Family] CONSUMER ALERT: do not mix your food container lids. A yogurt container lid is NOT the same as a margarine container lid, even if they look the same. How do I know this? Well, here is my story. We...
- The Official "Parenting" Cheesecake Recipe
[Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Whoever writes all those fancy cookbooks has never been a parent. To begin with, the pages are never spill-proof, almost guaranteeing that somewhere in the middle of mixing ingredients, a spill will...
- Red Balloon of Happiness
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Just when you think you know it all, some 17-month old child comes along and teaches you another valuable life lesson. Little Lady lost her favorite ball. There are few things that bring this 17-mon...
- Uses for Dirty Diapers
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] As the father of a toddler, I am an expert on dirty diapers. I know exactly what to do with them: throw them out! But along comes a New York waste company and a town in California who want me to do ...
- Women and Men: Never The Twain Shall Meet
[Relationships] "Dear Happy Guy, "I just don't understand men. Last night I was sitting at the kitchen table, when my husband wandered by with a glass in his hand. "I asked him, 'Is that a triple-coconut-cream-of...
- Shoes Gone Astray
[Home-and-Family] Dorothy lost hers. I forgot mine. My wife broke hers. I speak of shoes, of course. So why are we all smiling? Dorothy is that sweet little girl who broke in that bustin' bronco of a tornado, land...
- How Do You Define Happiness?
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] I ran a contest in "Your Daily Dose of Happiness" to see how people define happiness. I was stunned to discover that I am the only person who defines happiness as an extra helping of cheesecake. Ther...
- Muscle Pain And Children Do Not Mix
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] I am in pain. I've been in pain all day. Last night, I was in "searing pain", which is pain multiplied by pain, divided by relief, then multiplied by pain to the tenth power. In case you are not a...
- That's the Christmas Spirit
[Home-and-Family:Holidays] Last Christmas, Uncle Albert promised his neighbor, Wilson, to find a way to keep the Christmas spirit alive all year. You know, just like Wilson and everybody else wishes people each year. Yesterda...
- I Saw An Angel At Work
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Sometimes you have to see something to believe it. Like angels. Unfortunately, angels are adept at not being seen, yet many people believe in them. I saw an angel at work last year. No, I did not ...
- Make Front Page News By Not Inviting The Media
[Business:PR] Not a single reporter showed up at our news event. And we were THRILLED! Not a single photographer showed up to capture the moment. And we were pleased as punch! Not a single newspaper knew about...
- It's a Sick World
[Home-and-Family:Parenting] It's no joy to be sick. It's even less joy when your child is sick. But the most unjoy is when you AND your child are sick together. That happened to my poor wife a few weeks ago. She and Little L...
- Let Kissing Liven Up Your Meetings (and More Kissing Tips)
[Relationships] Every now and then a quarrel breaks out down at the barber shop, lines are drawn, challenges leveled and, with any luck, somebody walks out with very few blood stains. All over a seemingly innocent ...
- Pets: The Wild Kind
[Pets] Just because we moved out to the country a couple years back does NOT mean we want to run a farm. Tending to animals is just not how we want to spend our time. We don't want cows or sheep or chicke...
- Priorities: Don't Dry Your Dishes
[Self-Improvement:Time-Management] Do your dishes really need to be dried, or could you just let the water evaporate? If you spend just 5 minutes per meal drying dishes, that equals a quarter of an hour per day, or 91 hours each year...
- Flea Marketing Lessons
[Business:Sales] A few days ago, I was signing copies of my book – Climb Your Stairway to Heaven: the 9 habits of maximum happiness – at the flea market. Nobody expects an author to sign books at a flea market. So...
- Network Monitoring for Serious eCommerce
[Computers-and-Technology] In the real world, businesses come in every size, from self-employed entrepreneurs like me to mega malls like Wal-Mart. On the Internet, companies come in every size, too, from a stand-alone ebook s...
- Foolproof Customer Service Strategies (That Only A Fool Would Try!)
[Business:Customer-Service] Ever notice how customer service varies from store to store? You walk into some stores, and before you can say "Buzz off!" a salesperson asks "May I help you?" "No thanks." "May I help you?" asks an...
- Mr. Cheapie's Frugal Budget Tips
[Finance:Debt-Relief] So you feel like a hamster spinning your wheel? The faster you run, the faster the wheel spins. Just when you get a raise, you notice the price of hamster wheels jumps! Mr. Cheapie is here with h...
- The Self-employed Employer
[Home-Based-Business] It's that time of year again, when all Canadians rush to their mailboxes, their corner stores or their neighbor's houses to read the latest edition of Maclean's Magazine. For those who don't know it,...
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