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0 SciFi Exploration: Time Travel
How many times have you heard the word IMPOSSIBLE erupt after a discussion of time travel is introduced? I guess in some ways you would have to allow yourself some degree of geekiness and daydreaming in class - which is NOT what good students do. I wasn't a good student.We have been told that the reason why time travel cannot occur is because time is linear and everything that has happened has happened and the only thing to do is move forward (apparently whether...
0 In Jail for Child Support
I was recently made aware of a case that was brought to the SCOTUS.Michael Turner was taken to court by the mother of his child, Rebecca Rogers. He had not made his child support payments and was in arrears of up to $6,000.In order to get him to pay, she had him taken to court and he was sentenced to 12 months in prison unless he could pay $6,000.He claims that he has not paid child support because he lost his job and therefore has no income to pay child support. She...
0 Why Earth Hour is Important to You
You may have heard of Earth Hour, the 60 minutes dedicated to turning off the lights in your home to show solidarity around the World for conserving energy.In a time when the economic meltdown of our country is consuming every thought we have, the precarious nature of our jobs and our empty savings account, it can be difficult to place Earth Hour in a significant spot in your life.Earth Hour is an important show of solidarity around the World and the global concern...
0 Reading Faster?
If you have ever spoken to someone who cannot read, or allowed yourself to learn a language written without the English alphabet then you understand the magic of reading. Looking at symbols that convey a message that seems like a secret message until you learn to unlock the secret.We learnt how to read back in elementary school and although we had to practice it in school, studies are now showing that most of us never improve our reading speed or comprehension skills...
0 Creative Resumes
It seems that everywhere we look people are falling out of employment into the unemployment line. Everyone starts out very optimistic, looking online for jobs, reformatting their resumes and calling up random companies from the phone book to see if they have any job openings.This may seem a little outlandish, but depending on the field in which you find yourself, a resume can be something different from the usual Microsoft Word templates that are familiar to us all....
0 Google Science Fair
I'm a certifiably GOOGLEFIED! In the past, if you asked me which company I wanted to work for I would have had to say GOOGLE! The reason why it excited me was because they accepted the most creative minds and sought creative one-of-a-kind solutions to internet based problems we've all faced. That's why they are the biggest!Anyway, enough of my google-praise.President Obama and various other educators have said that the only way America is going to move forward is if...
0 Scoop on Poop
If there is anything that the new Oprah Winfrey Network programme Ask Oprah's All Stars has taught us, it is that America is obsessed with poop.It is true that keeping an eye on the substance that comes out of the other end of your mouth tells you a lot about your overall health.Sometimes the battle to see the substance is the problem and as we sit on the toilet, squeezing every muscle we've got, like a body builder at a competition, the discomfort can make us regret...
0 WWF Celebrity Style
Sigh.So Chris Brown is in the news again because of Rhianna. If someone kept bringing up some stupid thing I did back in 2009 even though I said sorry 15,000 different ways to 15,000 different news anchors and wept 15,000 tears then wrote 15,000 songs and did 15,000 good deeds to atone for my stupid thing I'd throw a chair through a window too!We now all know that women are perpetrators of domestic abuse as well. It is a subject that we approach with caution because...
0 Online Chat
In 2004 I went through a terrible breakup. I had been completely consumed with the relationship that I failed to properly maintain my friendships. As a result I found myself without a shoulder to cry on and a completely empty life.After picking myself up from the floor and changing stuff around, I decided to venture into online communities and threw myself 100% into the experience.The result of that has been some really strong reliable friendships that have stood the...
0 Photo of the day
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0 Are You Being Hoodwinked?
by Arend van DamNothing is as divisive in a conversation as politics and foreign relations. At a location near you somewhere two or more people are engaged in a conversation about what the US should do in the Middle East and what aid should be taken to Japan. Many times this conversation erupts in name calling instead of genuine conversation and a real search for solutions that are viable and can be implemented by our representatives in government.In watching...
0 Design Your Home for FREE!
If you are anything like me, interior decorating and design TV shows get my imagination racing! All the stuff that could be changed in my home for a few dollars and "poof" my drab decor will be transformed into a palace of unprecedented appeal!Yes, my arms were in the air, rapture all over my face... until I remember I cannot afford it! I'm hoarding my cash y'all, this recession is for the dogs!Then I found this website, My Deco 3D, where you can upload a floor plan...
0 Best Teacher I Ever Had
by David OwenExtracted from Reader's Digest (Asian Edition), April 1991, pp. 47-48.Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about a creature called the cattywampus, an ill-adapted nocturnal animal that was wiped out during the Ice Age. He passed around a skull as he talked. We all took notes and later had a quiz.When he returned my paper, I was shocked. There was a big red X through each of my answers. I had failed. There...
0 Online Gaming: Assassin in Training
My friend and I were reminiscing and ended up talking about the dreams we had as young girls. We both wanted to be in espionage. She wanted to be an assassin. I just wanted to be like all the cool characters in Robert Ludlum and Jeffery Archer's novels. There was never any question in my mind that I could do it and I walked around the house making small notes about stuff I noticed and things I'd seen.So imagine my elation at finding this game on the internet! Think...
0 Careers: Architects
Dynamic ArchitectureI remember being a young high school student trying to figure out what I wanted to be for the rest of my life. I'd read a novel called Doctors that detailed the life of a group of friends going through medical school and going on to become doctors. I found myself caught up in the drama of their lives and the excitement (the kind that is usually reserved for blockbuster movies) of their future. It was decided. I was going to become a doctor.I studied...
0 Photo of the day
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0 Michael Moore: America is NOT Broke
If you cannot listen to the speech and would like to read the transcript, click here.How did he get there? Publicity stunt? Concern? Read this!What are your though...
0 Tyler Perry Phenomenon
Tyler Perry on the Oprah ShowHow many of you got to watch Tyler Perry bare it all on the Oprah Show? Was that as painful for you as it was for me? My heart broke for the kid in the picture who was being tortured. Sigh. But that is a conversation for another time.What really had me going was the title Oprah gave him at the beginning of the show."The Second Most Highly Paid Man in Hollywood"Yo! I don't think I really grasped what that meant until an hour after I watched...
0 Happy Black Girl Day!!
Ok, seriously, how fabulous is this?! A day we can celebrate that is our very own and we get to do it EVERY month! Woooooo chile! There's about to be an UPSET up in here!!Who is this Jonny-come-lately, you ask? I know I'm a year behind (fine fine, a year and a month), but I don't think it matters as long as I got my pom-poms and joined the parade, right?I'm not going to be fair or humble about HBGD day, because I am so happy and proud to be an HBG! Especially today!...
0 The Game Recap: Episode 409
"Whip It, Whip It Good"Hooray! We're back for another recap of EVERYONES favorite show (even the ones who don't yet know that it is their fave show of all time :-) ).The show starts off with Jason and Malik out to lunch at everyone's favorite outdoor restaurant. Malik asks Jason how Brittany is doing and with the awkwardness of most men, when faced with women-issue words, explains that she's home from school coz she has .....wierd hand gesture..."Her period?" Malik...
0 Fast Food...
I remember being super broke in college and wondering what I was going to eat for dinner. With my "just above the poverty line" salary, there were few options and often I would find myself standing in line at the Burger King, crumpled dollar bill in hand, salivating at the prospect of eating one of those fluffy delicious burgers advertised on the big sign outside.I'd leave with a hot sandwich in hand, pour myself a glass of water, turn on the TV to watch Lord of the...
0 The Game Recap: Episode 408
A Very Special EpisodeWelcome back fans! Wooo! What an episode!We start off at the Mo'Nique show where Malik is being interviewed. He is quite emotional in the beginning, issuing apologies to the popo who tazed him.He's repentant (for real we hope) and almost in tears (wish he'd kept it there) till Mo'Nique reminds him about Jenna, then suddenly Tom Cruise comes out to play. Poor Cruzie Wuzie, he'll never live down messin' up Oprah's furniture. Mo'Nique handled it beautifully...
