
Your social security number is supposed to be unique to you; however, a disturbing new study by ID Analytics has found that MILLIONS of Social Security numbers are shared by more than one person. How many? It’s estimated that more than 40,000,000 (yes, you read that right, 40 million!) SSN numbers are associated with more [...]
It’s human nature to create routines. There’s something comforting about the dependability of that morning dish of Cheerios and that perfect lunchtime sandwich at the local deli. You have got your favorite parking space at the workplace, and when you get home there’s nothing at all like a soothing hour of Television and snacks. Routines [...]
Colors for awareness. We see various colors of ribbons used by different groups of people in promoting an awareness about something. When did it all begin? A little bit of history here –when the song, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree” became popular in the early 1970’s, the message it carried spoke [...]
Bird baths are a common feature in many backyards. They are used either as accent to the garden design or to attract birds to visit the garden. The design and construction of bird baths range from inexpensive to pricey but the vital considerations to make are always about the birds’ perch, view and safe refuge [...]
From the simple to the most intricate, dollhouses provide hours and hours of fanciful fun. There is always an array of designs and styles to choose from that match the imagination of the moment. Victorian mansions, historical house designs, and many other types of dollhouse constructions inspired not only little girls but also adults who are fascinated with miniature art. Dollhouses may have been the domain for children but their crafting is also the hobby of adults.
Posted on 08 November 2010
If you are familiar with the Japanese game, Pokemon, it might interest you to know that it was influenced by the wind chime to create the Pokemon Chimeco. These Pokemons have sound-based abilities in creating sound waves in the ultrasonic range. Now talking about wind chimes, they are tubes, rods and other objects often made of metal or wood hung outside of a residence as an ornament to be played by the wind. Other materials that can be used to make wind chimes are glass, bamboo, shell, stone or porcelain. Continue Reading
Posted on 08 November 2010
How do you like dressing up your bedroom wall with a theme? Or putting wall accent in your living room? Or just splashing color and wall designs on any wall in your home? Wall decals are becoming more and more popular. People have discovered that it’s an inexpensive trick to transform a wall in the [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 November 2010
In the 1983 movie, “Wargames” Matthew Broderick starred in his second major film role as David Lightman, a young hacker who unwittingly accesses WOPR (War Operation Plan Response), a fictional military computer programmed to predict possible outcomes of nuclear war. Lightman gets WOPR to run a nuclear war simulation that causes a national nuclear missile [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 28 November 2010
Some of you may not have heard of plantable paper before but you read it right – “plantable paper” – as in paper that you can plant in soil as seeds and then watered to grow into blooms. It is a gardening craft that has started becoming popular answering to the call of adapting the [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 19 November 2010
Odors are also called scents, which can either be pleasant and unpleasant. In the movie ‘Scent of a Woman’, Al Pacino could describe a woman just by her scent. The terms fragrance, scent, and aroma are used by the food and cosmetic industry to describe a pleasant odor, and are sometimes used to refer to [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 15 November 2010
Choosing the kind of trees to use for a Christmas tree is an option between live and artificial trees. One may be preferable over the other for different reasons. The preference for artificial Christmas trees over the real ones vary for different people and there are reasons artificial trees have become popular. For one, you [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 November 2010
Interesting stories come out of the mouths of businessmen about how they started with their businesses. For the founder and owner of I Do Now I Don’t, it seems ironic that a business selling engagement and wedding rings was thought of out of his own sad experience of having been engaged for three months and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 24 November 2010
Christmas may be the season when we remember our dear ones near and far but does it always have to be only at Christmas? Many times, some of our family members and friends cross our minds and we make a mental note to pick something up for someone whose birthday is coming up or who [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 September 2010
A baby shower is a celebration of a new mom’s pregnancy. Traditionally, it used to be a gathering exclusive for women only but today, more and more people have reinvented the event to include the “expectant father” in the party too and let spouses/couples-friends attend the baby shower. The purpose of the shower used to [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 17 September 2010
Among the many complications associated with diabetes, peripheral neuropathy is the most common that needs to be dealt with right away to prevent damage even before it happens. Peripheral neuropathy is nerve damage caused by chronically high blood sugar and diabetes. It leads to numbness, loss of sensation, and sometimes pain in the feet, legs, [...] Continue Reading