They say you should look for the silver lining in bad situations. The current real estate is so bad that the silver lining is pretty hard to find. Still, it has given rise to a large number of jokes. At the end of the day, a good laugh can go a long way to helping you hang in there.... Read more
There’s a myriad of reasons why we laugh and use humor in our lives. Humor goes back to the prehistoric days, or so they say. Since that was a few years before my time (but unfortunately not too many years before my time), I will have to take archaeologists word for this phenomena. I remember loving to laugh as a child. My mom was the joke cracker of our family until I came along and tried in all earnestness to out-perform her. She was a natural and it was impossible. But and making her laugh, was especially fun, as she was a perfectionist in the field of humor.... Read more
My loved ones know I’m going green and they worry at me. They really shouldn’t. It is the right thing to do. Besides this is really not my first time to improve my quality of life. I started recycling many years ago, and other than taking organic vitamins and trying my best to eat natural foods, but that was about as much as I felt I could do at the time.... Read more
Smileys are used frequently to add emotion to the text we write today. Making a colon with a capital D : D makes a big smile to emphasis how we feel about the subject we are expressing. Semicolons are used for a wink ; and left parentheses for a frown ( or right parentheses for a smile ).... Read more
The debt I owe Bono (of the band U2) and his wife Ali a tremendous thank you for helping me launch my business will probably never even be known by both of them. But I know the good they did for me, and that is what counts. I am keenly aware of they are doing for the planet, with Edun Organics is not only a business they launched, of organic cotton textiles to make eco-friendly clothing, but (at the risk of sounding overly-dramatic) a gift to humanity.... Read more
Starting an “earth-friendly” business is not always as easy as it seems. I felt it would be an easy challenge for me, seeing that I had launched one of Mississippi’s first health food stores. The Internet was still Arapnet and only used by the government, blogs didn’t exist, and social networking meant handing out business cards. I paid high rent in a mall across from the local university. The local townsfolk felt I might be possessed to believe that natural products might be better than what could be bought at the local general market.... Read more
You know how you cannot wait for your birthday to roll around when you are ilttle kid? It seems like an eternity passes before it’s “your day” again. When you are little you count off the days on the calendar, make long lists of what you want, beg your mom for a large party, and then on the big day you get overexcited and stupid and eat birthday cake till you puke.... Read more
My husband is not unique. He is like many guys in this country (and probably the world) in that he loves sports. Of course, he has his personal favorites, but really any sport will do. Although I am not particularly athletic, and wish he enjoyed the arts a bit more, I do appreciate his passion for all things played with a ball.... Read more
Smileys and emoticons are simple ways to dress up your forum posts, e-mails, and websites. If you have never used them before, there is not time better than right now. They are a great way to add your mood or how you feel about the person you are writing.... Read more
Tattoos are a never-ending topic of conversation. Here are 10 incredible and surprising quotations from world famous people about this fascinating subject.... Read more