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submitted on 10/10/2009

  

New Research: Ketchup Bottle Size Linked To Marital Discord

SUPER CONVENIENCE SIZE: Ketchup Bottle Capacity as an Indicator of Marital Discord (Shadwell, E; Tupperton, M; Bauman, E.)
ABSTRACT: In a study of 358 households of American suburban dwellers, the capacity of ketchup bottles was seen ...read more.

submitted on 10/09/2009

  

Wise Wisdom from... THELifeCoach -- Lesson 10

Learn, grow, achieve all your dreams...

Wise Wisdom...

We are not what we wear or the car we drive. We are how much money we make.
   -THELifeCoach

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submitted on 10/08/2009

  

OMG, They're Busing Old People Into Town?!

"I've heard they are busing in OLD PEOPLE..." my friend said, and I should say that when she said "old people," she did so in a loud Irish whisper, so loud in fact that even old people with hearing aids could probably pick up what she was saying. We were on our way to vote Yes for a tax hike to fund a new ...read more.

submitted on 10/05/2009

  

A Rodent Dies. A Homeowner Cries, NO...I'm Not Picking It Up

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do," Eleanor Roosevelt wrote. On the other hand, as Blanche Wiesen Cooke pointed out in the first volume of her excellent biography, Eleanor Roosevelt ran households with 17 servants. Something tells me that when it came time to picking up dead rodents by the tail ...read more.

submitted on 10/02/2009

  

All-Thumbs No Chip Off The Old 'Mr. Fix-It' Block

Having thumbs is a wonderful thing: it separates us from the animals (except primates); lets us rate movies; allows us to make the bad decision to hitchhike; and so on. Being all thumbs, however, is not so great. Being all thumbs and a homeowner is

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