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Horsemeat Scandal

cfinnigan17 wrote 4 hours ago: What happened? Irish food inspectors announced in Mid-January that they had found Horsemeat in froze … more →

UK Credit Rating Downgrade

cfinnigan17 wrote 5 hours ago: What happened? The United Kingdom lost its AAA credit rating for the first time in since 1978. Moody … more →

Scottish Independence

cfinnigan17 wrote 5 hours ago: What is happening? Scotland’s first minister Alex Salmond is holding a referendum on independe … more →

The Gendered Difference in Book Covers

Sheena Townsend wrote 1 week ago: I had never really thought about it before, but this is so true!  The difference between female and … more →

Tags: Home, Books, Gender, Cover Art, Graphic Art, Maureen Johnson

The House of Horrors

Sheena Townsend wrote 1 week ago: It’s so sad to hear the horrific story of the three young women held captive in Cleveland, Ohio for … more →

Tags: Home, Crime, Kidnapping, house of horrors

Want of Sleep...by G. Mramor

mramor90 wrote 1 week ago: With hands raised let the stars fall on snowy heads, fore they come with no want but want of sleep; … more →

Tags: activism, American cities, Art, Creative Writing, Images, NYC, Opinion, Poetry, Prosetry

Online Retailers' Worst Nightmare: The Internet Tax Bill

Sheena Townsend wrote 1 week ago: Shut the front door.  Are we really doing this now? Yesterday, the Senate passed S.743, the Marketpl … more →

Tags: Home, tech entrepreneurship, Internet, Tax, Small Business, Congress, Domestic Policy

Mean Free Path by M. Pitter

Michael wrote 2 weeks ago: Usually, there will be a tomorrow tomorrow as there was a yesterday yesterday. Each day expanding an … more →

Tags: The Daily Odyssey, World Affairs, The Metaphysics Before Us, World, Travel, American cities, NYC, Creative Writing, Education

America has devolved into a nation of welfare zombies living on little more than brain stem function

Koerri Washington wrote 2 weeks ago: America has devolved into a nation of welfare zombies living on little more than brain stem function … more →

Tags: From the editor

What if the Tsarnaevs Had Been the "Boston Shooters"?: The New Yorker

JPIANYU wrote 3 weeks ago:   What if the Tsarnaevs Had Been the “Boston Shooters”?: The New Yorker This articl … more →

Tags: Article

A change of plans

Lisa Shaw wrote 3 weeks ago: I intended to cook a fancy meal tonight of pan-fried sole with beurre blanc and the whole nine yards … more →

Tags: material things, Life, Cars, Automobiles, Dead Battery, oregon cotton mill

Boston, One Week Later.

JPIANYU wrote 3 weeks ago: Exactly one week ago, what should have been a celebratory day for over 23,000 Boston Marathon runner … more →

Tags: Opinion, Boston, Boston Marathon

Weekend cleanup

Lisa Shaw wrote 3 weeks ago: I love weekends because they give me a chance to get caught up on things. Mostly, in my house, that … more →

Tags: Original photos, Dogs, Home projects, gardening, dogs 2, spring, gardening, weeding, mowing

One dog short 2 comments

Lisa Shaw wrote 1 month ago: I took my gal pup to the vet at the crack of dawn this morning for some tests, and she had to stay t … more →

Tags: Original photos, Dogs, Pets, dogs 2, pack

Shooting the messenger2 comments

Lisa Shaw wrote 1 month ago: Ten days of vacation, lots of good home cooking, lots of meals out, lots and lots of snacks, not so … more →

Tags: Funny pix, Food, Exercise, Life, food, Exercise 2, Dieting, gaining weight, Resolutions

Making a break for it4 comments

Lisa Shaw wrote 1 month ago: My folks live in a valley where it rains a bit, to say the least. And in the springtime, the rain is … more →

Tags: Original photos, Dogs, Pets, dogs 2, loose dog, Running Away!

#SupaThought: Change is Good...mmmkay

supa752 wrote 1 month ago: “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing … more →

Tags: Politics, Culture, Politics 2, Race, Segregation, Integration, Georgia, Prom, Society

Giving my all in the garden6 comments

Lisa Shaw wrote 1 month ago: The mothership’s birthday is tomorrow, and my gift to her this year was a day’s labor in … more →

Tags: Original photos, Home projects, gardening, Reiki, gardening, weeding, Planting, Seeds

Girding for gardening2 comments

Lisa Shaw wrote 1 month ago: The weather might just be teasing us, but it’s been so nice the past couple of days that the m … more →

Tags: Original photos, Home projects, gardening, gardening, weeding, Planting, transplanting


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