Let’s face it, getting a divorce sucks. It’s probably one of the most mentally and emotionally taxing situations a person can go through. However, the whole process can be made a little easier by choosing the right divorce attorney. There is no perfect model, not when everyone has different needs and specialties, but here are five tips you can use to find the attorney that’s right for you. Tip #1: [...]
Who doesn’t like a good time at a get-together with family and friends? For many this includes alcoholic beverages. But what about those who choose not to drink, or are underage? The answer is simple; make drinks that taste great, without the alcohol. The following seven non-alcoholic drinks are recipes that have been tried and loved. The first drink is sparkling breakfast punch. This recipe can be made ahead of [...]
I spent my first 1-1/2 years out of college living in Houston, Texas. It was 1981-1983, at the tail end of an oil boom period, and Houston was booming. It was a great town to be single, although at the time I was too shy and anxious to fully take advantage of the gorgeous women that were everywhere. But I did fully enjoy the alcohol-based nature of its culture at [...]
This guest post is provided by Adam Heinz of GiftZip.com, a supplier of very green e gift cards from hundreds of your favorite retailers! Going green seems to be all the rage today, so chances are, you’ve got some folks that have gone all-out green on your Christmas list. If they’re hard-core Greenies, then it’ll be hard to pick out anything that hasn’t been made with materials that are harmful [...]
Do kids today know that holidays are nowhere near as good as they were when we were kids? For one thing, it snowed more at Christmas back then. It seems we ALWAYS had a white Christmas. Thanksgiving was better too. It started on Tuesday when school got out and continued all week until we went back on the following Monday. I loved Thanksgiving Day. We drove over to my cousin’s [...]
From about 9am until 4pm behind the English building, the parking lot is a place where someone will in fact stab someone for a parking space. It’s dangerous. I don’t really mean that they’ll physically stab you of course. That would be silly. That was just an exaggeration I used. I can do that. I’m an English major. In reality, the place is a war zone. This article on the topic of [...]
Pumpkins have always been a classic element of Halloween decorum. They can range from frightful and gruesome to playful and humorous. There exist a variety of methods in which to carve pumpkins, including the use of stencils, drawing utensils and a wide variety of carving tools. The sky is the limit when it comes to the creativity you can apply to any pumpkin-carving endeavor you take on! However, so many [...]
It seems we’re always in trouble, doesn’t it? And by we, I mean the human race in its entirety. Every week or so I read the news and there’s some new threat of an airborne virus, flu, etc., especially things vaccinations can’t protect against. And, seeing as the winter is upon us, all I’ve been seeing and hearing about are flu shots. Should I mention the shingles commercials, too? Oh, [...]
Someone recently posed the question, “If everything is perfect in your life, why all the complaining about hardship in your previous posts?” That is a very good question. If I believe that we all get exactly what we need at the perfect time, then why do I sometimes complain or think that my life is tough? Here’s a for instance that might help explain it. Let’s say I have a [...]
It is time to go back to school again which means it is time to play those stupid ice breaker games. It seems like every professor and teacher thinks it is necessary to play these games, when really it isn’t. In grade school, everybody, except for the one or two new kids know each other already and in college most people could care less where Bob and Susie went to [...]
