Bob Hope Wasn`t The Only One Who Used Idiot Cards
By Stephen Schochet - 1/4/2008
When Bob Hope moved into television, he lost the opportunity to hold his script in his hand , something he had gotten used to working in radio. The presentation would look too stiff to his audience. He tried to memorize his monologues, but that proved to be too cumbersome of a task and it took away ... Lance Armstrong for Ambassador to the EU
By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008
Is Lance Armstrong single handedly re-uniting the United States and France? Can we use the sports world to unite us as cultures? The Olympics does this to some degree, but the Tour de France has certainly taken the headlines and helped us become closer again. With Basso from Italy, many French rider... Saltwater Fly Fishing in Washington State
By Chris Bellows - 1/4/2008
When most people think of saltwater fly fishing their minds drift to tropical climates and fish species such as tarpon and bonefish. While the Pacific Northwest lacks the hot weather and the typical saltwater gamefish, it more than makes up for it with outstanding fly fishing and spectacular scener... 1/1/2006 Basketball Preview: Kevin Garnett and Shaquille O`Neal Square Off
By David Pincus - 1/4/2008
Best:
Timberwolves @ Heat: Garnett and Shaq are arguably the top two big-men in the NBA and face each in this game. KG?s best teammate Wally Szczerbiak is having a great month of December. The gap between Wally and Garnett?s talent is far greater than Shaq and Wade?s. Both teams r... The Self-indulgent Writier
By Charles Goulet - 1/4/2008
A writer can never be self indulgent whether writing fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. If one writes only to please one?s self, the likelihood of publication becomes remote. Editors and agents will become aware of such an author quickly and dismiss such writing with a brief rejection slip. Although s... Tips to Keep Kids Safe in the ER when Sports Accidents Occur
By Betty Hoeffner - 1/4/2008
It`s back-to-school time, which means school sports and sports accidents. The biggest fear of parents who have children in sports is that their child will be injured. That`s what happened to a Chicago area father whose 13 year-old son was hit head-on at football practice. He and his girlfriend rushe... Ten Things You Should Know about Martial Arts Summer Camps for Kids
By Paul Jerard - 1/4/2008
Would you like to see your child gain self-confidence, learn goal setting skills, concentrate, gain self-discipline, and acquire life skills that he or she will have for a lifetime? Of course you do; we all want the best for our children. A Martial Arts Summer Camp is a complete success enhancement... What`s A Prisoner to Do?
By Saundra L. Washington - 1/4/2008
What`s a prisoner to do when justice fails
and the innocent is escorted off to jail? What`s a prisoner to do once stigmatized,
caged and abandoned and ostracized? What`s a prisoner to do there?s no one to trust;
the system fails and the outcome unjust? What?s a prisoner to do when famil... Beginners Piano Lessons Should be Exciting
By Edward Weiss - 1/4/2008
What is it that a beginner at the piano wants to do? They want to make music! It might be classical, jazz, or something else, but one thing`s for sure; they don`t want to spend months studying boring theory. What if instead of studying note reading, beginners piano lessons were focused on the studen... Fishing Alaska: The Alaskan Sampler Plate...Part I
By A.J. Klott - 1/4/2008
I just recently returned from my first fishing trip to Alaska. If you have ever dreamed of heading to the last frontier, but have continuously put it off because of this reason or that---STOP PUTTING IT OFF!! I myself, found reason after reason to delay one of my "dream trips" until I could no longe... 2/7/06 - Will Kobe Put Up 80 Points Against Dallas This Time?
By David Pincus - 1/4/2008
Best: Grizzlies @ Kings: Memphis was the 3rd best team in the West for a bit. But since Damon Stoudemire went down they?ve fallen to the lower seeds in the West. The Kings still have a losing record with Artest thanks to some bad road losses. A quality team like Memphis would be a good team t... Bullfight Blues
By Kathleen Carr - 1/4/2008
Spain`s notorious Bullfight is one of the most famous customs upheld by the Spanish. It draws attention worldwide from people who just love the sport, and also from many others who are agains`t this barbaric onslaught. I hasten to add that this kind of entertainment is not for me, but for many thous... St. Louis Cardinals: 2006 Baseball Betting Season Preview
By Proloy Bhattacharyya - 1/4/2008
The Cardinals finished the 2005 regular season with exactly 100 wins, five less than the 2004 season. The Cardinals were able to get to the World Series in 2004 but got ousted in 2005. The Astros pitching was just too much for them to handle. The truth of the matter is these Cardinals went into the ... What to Look for in an Online Guitar Course
By Ben Edwards - 1/4/2008
The internet has opened up many opportunities to have information transferred around the world. One of the more recent developments on the internet has been the proliferation of ?how to? websites trying to sell their programs online. This article will focus on this and particularly on learning how t... The Blank Mind
By Charles Goulet - 1/4/2008
Many writers stare at the blank page or clean computer screen and wait for inspiration with a feeling of hopelessness. That white page or screen is always a struggle to fill, and it probably will always be for most writers. Writing is fatiguing work because it is the source of great stress, great co... Putting the Critics in Their Place
By Sophfronia Scott - 1/4/2008
I once read that if you were a writer, it wasn`t enough to just write. "You must publish what you write" was the given advice. I believe that`s true and it`s great advice. But when you do that, you have to know at least three things are going to happen: 1.) Someone will like your writing. 2.) Someon... Celebrities on Reality TV
By Sally Baker - 1/4/2008
Is it me or are we seeing more and more former celebrities and celebrities on the C or D list on television nowadays? Practically anywhere you look on television you can find former stars trying to make a comeback. Do you like heavy metal musicians from the 70?s and 80?s? Check out Gene Simmons fr... Boston Red Sox - The Best of the Best!
By Eric Madsen - 1/4/2008
Boston is having another very good year. Even though they fell to second place when they lost to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-1 victory and sent Boston to its sixth loss in seven games. When New York beat Texas later Monday night, the Yankees moved into first and the Red Sox fell into a second-place t... Derby Race is On
By Lynda Collins - 1/4/2008
While most eyes will be focused on Motown`s Super Bowl this weekend, many orbs will be peering through binoculars at tracks in Florida and Southern California as horse racing moves another couple steps toward the Kentucky Derby. First Samurai, the highly-touted son of 2000 Kentucky Derby champion Fu... Munich The Movie
By Dr. Mel Glazer - 1/4/2008
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack. The movie re... Arizona Blue--Gunfighter: Nightfall and the Hearth [Chapter Two of Seven]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
Arizona Blue?Gunfighter The Wolves Nest?in the North [Episode Five] Northern Minnesota Area?Winter of 1877 Chapter Two of Seven Nightfall: and the Hearth
[Chapter Two of Seven] ?Mr. Arizona, you can sleep on the hammock, my wife and I will fix it up for you by the fire place.? He started to tie the... The Winter School [Ecole St. Louis/in St. Paul, MN; 1957]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
The Winter School
[Ecole St. Louis?St. Paul, Minnesota; l957] ?We?!? [We being: my brother and I] were a team, that is, we were quite the team growing up in the inner city of St Paul, Minnesota, during the l950s; we wrestled with the long drawn out winters of the late fifties on our way to sc... Tiny Cameras, Big Pictures and Make Your Photos Great!
By Michelle Tremolada - 1/4/2008
The path to picking a digital camera usually leads to a fork in the road. On one side is the small camera that`s convenient to carry but doesn`t take the sharpest pictures; on the other, a camera that crisply catches all the details and color but is comparatively bulky. Sometimes it?s our fault that... How To KiteSurf
By Jakob Jelling - 1/4/2008
You have been bitten by the KiteSurfing bug, you can?t wait to hit the first current to propel your body screaming 40-feet into the air and crashing into the water. With each gusts of wind your elevated high off the surface and breaking each wave as you land. The thrill associated with the sport ... Star Trac Treadmill Review
By Steve Chaballa - 1/4/2008
Star Trac treadmill overview: The Star Trac TR901 treadmill has been rated the tenth best treadmill in Consumer Reports. This Star Trac treadmill is a full-featured machine that is made specifically for home use. The TR901 is constructed with commercial strength components and is very durable and de... The Truth Behind Press Kits, Bios, and Controlling Your Image
By Bishop Dolarhyde - 1/4/2008
A lot of what you have been told about creating your image is false. This article is meant to be a simple list of things that might surprise you as a musician. Some of you have had ?managers? misguide you. You know the drill. Your guitar player?s girlfriend has a connection at some local club so now... Skatesailing ? The Ice Age
By Jakob Jelling - 1/4/2008
As with any extreme sport, some people enjoy the warmth of surfing and others prefer the cold weather and would rather skate instead of surf. With this, another popular extreme sport has been created Skatesailing. Skatesailors like to take to the ice and zip around the lake on their two skates. The ... Music Makes Me Smile
By David Henning - 1/4/2008
Heh, have you ever had a not so great day where everything seems to be going wrong? Maybe your wife backed the car into the garage door? Or the dogs ran through the house with mud on their paws right after you had the carpets cleaned? The neighbor kid wakes you up at 5 in the morning and you?re not... Which Comes First - Short Story Or Novel?
By David Silva - 1/4/2008
A writer writes.
Bet you`ve heard that one before.
Or maybe this one: if you want to be a writer, first you write one word, then you write the next.
Both of these old clichés are true, of course. That`s how they turned into clichés. But there`s another dilemma a beginn... Loss of a Legend
By Zach Ocken - 1/4/2008
Gone are the Wishbone and the Power-I. Gone is the ?fumblerooski?. Gone are Switzer and Osborne, and, sadly, gone are the Irresistible Force and the Immovable Object. The glory days of Nebraska vs. Oklahoma seem to be distant memories. Tomorrow will mark the first time since 1961 that neither team w... "Jazzing" Up Your Leadership Style
By Dave Blum - 1/4/2008
I met New York jazzman Tim Armacost in college almost 25 years ago, at a time when we were both grappling not only with what careers we ought to pursue, but with what kind of adults we wanted to become. Tim comes from an illustrious family, boasting more than its fair share of bank presidents, amba... How To Achieve Longer Golf Drives
By Mike Pedersen - 1/4/2008
Longer golf drives are the desire of every golfer. Yet this is something that remains elusive to many golfers. Yet this should not be the case. Achieving longer golf drives is much easier than most people realize. It is really just a matter of improving on your strength and endurance. Some simple go... Blank Mind, Blank Screen: Need Ideas!
By Cathy Goodwin - 1/4/2008
Q. I`m staring at a blank screen with an equally blank mind. I need an idea for tomorrow`s newsletter. Help! A. Most of us have too many ideas or too few. I`ve never met anyone with just the right number. Here`s the secret: Once you start writing prolifically, you`ll get ideas. Each idea will seem b... Coach`s Corner - 10 Things I Don`t Want to Hear This Baseball Season
By Ken Kaiserman - 1/4/2008
It?s Spring; always a great time of year for everybody! Our customers on the East Coast and the Mid-West are thrilled because the long winter is finally coming to an end. For the rest of us, we get to be excited because baseball season is starting. While I always try to be positive, especially with ... Choosing the Right Paintball Gun for Beginners
By Tyler Casselman - 1/4/2008
Finding the right paintball gun seems simple in theory. You grab a gun that looks appealing, yet affordable and then away you go with it out onto the field. If only buying your first paintball gun was that simple. Here are a list of some tips to help you get started. 1. Start with a very basic gun. ... Read This Before Your First Ride in the Cold!
By Levi Bloom - 1/4/2008
Part I It?s inevitable. At some point in the fall you?ll do your first ride in relatively cold weather. For the past six months you?ve been enjoying warm, sunny skies with mild temperatures around 75 to 85 degrees. But not today. Today the mercury has dropped by 20 or 30 degrees and the sun is no... The Poet`s Effect and Dilemma [Frost, Faulkner, Ginsberg]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
Robert Frost, Nobel Prize winner, went to his home in New Hampshire: walked his famous Mending Wall, right into the woods beyond his house, in the back. A Poet friend of mine, well educated, and can spell better than I, and is from Europe, and that is all I will say of him, except what he told me, w... Curse of the Abyss Worm [Chapters: 10,11, and 12 ]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
10 Thoughts of Dick Earnest (Earnest is fatigued, as he stumbles trying to catch his breath, and turns off the tape player for a moment to think in his office. He laughs and takes a drink of whisky.) [Earnest thinking out loud] ?Hmm mm? Anna is older now? I sense Lady Belinda wants Anna?s soul... Cricket Bat Care and Maintenance Tips
By Ian Canaway - 1/4/2008
You should oil your new cricket bat using linseed oil before you begin to it knock-in. Firstly lightly sand the surfaces of the cricket bat with a fine grade of sand paper. Then apply 2-3 light coats of oil to all exposed surfaces of the bat, allowing sufficient time for the bat to dry between coats... Rock `n Roll Dance - Is It Heaven or is it Hell?
By Gareth Eastwood - 1/4/2008
Winston Churchill wrote that after he died and arrived in Heaven he would like to spend a good deal of his first million years painting. I`m no artist, except with the BS perhaps, so after I die I think I would like to spend a good deal of my first million years dancing Rock `n` Roll.
But j... How to Develop More Power in Your Golf Swing
By Sean Cochran - 1/4/2008
How can you develop more power in your golf swing? This is probably a question that all of us want an answer to. Most of us go to great lengths to do whatever it takes to get that ?power? into our drives off the tee. I think we probably all have some ideas of where 300-yard drives come from, but I w... Killing Time
By Luke Haines - 1/4/2008
Kermit the Frog once said that it?s not easy being green. I personally maintain that it?s not easy being Kermit the Frog. After all, the Incredible Hulk has been green for years, but it?s a foolish man who would try to make his life any harder. At the very least, you would need some sort of medium-l... 5 Tips to Conventional Publishing
By Monique Houde - 1/4/2008
So your manuscript is done? CONGRATULATIONS! Now the work begins. Here are 5 Tips that will significantly increase your chances of getting your work published. 1 Know the lingo. Get to know the words like "unsolicited" which means that no one at the publishing house asked for the submission. If ... Perfect Golf Swing Is Within Reach
By Mike Pedersen - 1/28/2007
The perfect golf swing. Aren?t we all look for it? Now the educating part. The perfect golf swing is not attainable! Did that get your attention? Let me say it one more time. The perfect golf swing is not attainable! Unless?you have a higher level of strength and flexibility specific to golf.... Keno Game
By Chen Ching-feng - 1/23/2007
An online keno game is much the same as any other form of keno game. You select numbers and hope that a lot of them are chosen correctly. The odds are calculated on the amount of numbers you select for the next round. To win, you have to beat the odds.
Playing a keno game online is very simple.... Married To The Elliptical
By Sherri L Dodd - 1/20/2007
This year my summer presented little in the way of extravagant family vacations. For the past few months, my husband and I were lucky enough to make it through the week without a stress-induced, adult-sized meltdown and the weekends were a source of refuge to recoup livelihood and lost sleep. Even... Boating Safety - It`s For Everyone
By James "Doc" Lewis - 2/13/2006
Boating, when a few simple rules are followed, is one of the safest family activities there is. U.S. statistics show boating is twice as safe as biking, five times as safe as driving a car, and 24 times as safe as scuba diving. By practicing safe boating, you will provide a wonderful pastime for yo... Finding Fun Things To Do On A Date
By Alan Detwiler - 2/12/2006
Need an idea for what to do on a date? Here`s how to go about finding ideas for new and unusual dates that are enjoyable and memorable.
The three most usual choices for what to do on a date are dinner, a movie, and a public event such as a sports game or concert. Those activities often give the co... Stress-Free Scrapbook Journaling Ideas
By Elaine Clay - 1/24/2006
Do you find it intimidating when you come to journal your scrapbook pages?
You are not alone! Many scrapbookers find it hard to get started when it comes to adding journaling to their scrapbooking layouts.
If you are one of those people who go blank at the thought of having to journal, don?t worr... Making Music As A Lefty
By Ryan Thomson - 1/23/2005
Author Interview with Ryan Thomson, seacoast New Hampshire resident, and author of a new book advocating left handed violin playing by lefties. - Playing Violin and Fiddle Left Handed.
This piece started out as an actual interview for an internet website article, but the author has expanded it int...
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