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When A Loved One is Ill and The Hospital Seems Not To Care

02.27.2012

Dealing with a cancer diagnosis is extremely difficult. Dealing with the medical profession is almost just as difficult.

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Sock It To Me: Design a sock and win some cash

02.24.2012

I’m always looking for a pair of out-there shoes or socks to jazz up my outfits.

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Writing Practice with Photography

02.22.2012

Have the aliens landed? Is this a strange, deformed child appearing in our midst? Or is she some mutant species, like us and yet not? Here is another view, taken on that same evening when she was first sighted. Is that evil in her eyes? Are those holes even her eyes? What can we [...]

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Minding Mother Nature

02.20.2012

by John Ptacek of On Second Thought When you go to a movie, you willingly suspend your beliefs for an hour or two. I’m only asking you to suspend them for a few minutes. This has to do with your happiness, so do pay attention. You don’t exist. At least not in the way you [...]

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Employing the Proust Phenomenon

02.15.2012

And as soon as I dried my hands, I was knocked over by an overwhelming urge–to bury my nose in them. The smell, the familiar smell provoked such a strong and positive response that it shocked me

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Never Mind Pink. I’m Wearing Red for American Heart Month

02.13.2012

Take the Million Hearts pledge, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control. Go to (http://millionhearts.hhs.gov) to sign on and tell them MidLifeBloggers sent you.

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Jump-starting A Diet With Slim-Fast Meal Replacement Shakes

02.10.2012

Moreover, I am now ready to shed the ho-hum-how-many pounds that I’ve gained since then.

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Random Progressive Thoughts on Watching the GOP Pick Their Candidate

02.08.2012

by Mark Paxson of King Midget Ramblings The power of money and the development of Super PACs since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision continue the distortion of our democratic electoral process. It is remarkable that President Obama has raised over $200 million already and that Super PACs aligned against him will raise much more than [...]

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