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StreamSend Marketing - A Review

2010-11-14T08:16:00.003-05:00

StreamSend is a website that is dedicated to helping users create and distribute mass, quality-looking e-mails. The main audience for StreamSend consists of business owners and/or event planners who have a mailing list or a substantial clientele. StreamSend offers services such as e-mail templates (ready-made and custom made), management tools to care for subscribers and clientele lists, and

How Sex can Affect Your Relationship

2010-10-25T21:55:00.001-04:00

Sex in a relationship is about more than just some fun bumping in the night. Many people don’t realize just how much sex can affect their relationships. With media projections and social pressures all around us, it’s hard to separate the facts from widely accepted beliefs. Let’s take, for example, young people in their teens. Teenage boys are often of the opinion that the more sex and the more

Become a Big Brother/Sister!

2010-10-24T14:53:00.000-04:00

Volunteering to be a Big Brother/Sister is not as easy as it’s made out to be on television or in books. Someone who is interested in becoming a mentor cannot simply walk into the agency and say, “I want a kid.” It just doesn’t work that way. The Big Brother/Big Sister agency is responsible for matching a mentor with a child in a safe and controlled manner. Unfortunately, the process is

How to Help Fight Human Trafficking

2010-10-12T18:47:00.001-04:00

Most people who have heard about human trafficking have heard most about sex slaves, and while awareness of that one aspect of trafficking is important, more people need to realize that human trafficking extends past the sex industry. Human trafficking includes slave labour, the selling of people to pay off debts, the use of people to maintain compliance amongst other trafficked individuals, et

Five Points of Unusual Advice

2010-09-12T01:09:00.002-04:00

While these points of advice may come across as silly and ridiculous, do not be fooled into thinking that the advice is worthless. Each point on this list has come from real-life experiences, and you just never know if you, too, will one day be faced with these tales of horror. 1. Do Not Make Bread in Small Spaces Already, I can see the looks of confusion as this one, very small point gets read.

Fable II

2010-09-11T00:23:00.002-04:00

Anyone who has ever played the first ‘Fable’ game knows how much fun it can be to choose between being good and evil. It can be exciting to have all of the villagers be terrified of you, or to admire you for being so virtuous. Whether the player chose to be a sappy do-gooder or a demon in training, there was a fun and innovative storyline to follow each moral decision. ‘Fable II’ follows the

Before I Fall - A Book Review

2010-09-08T18:03:00.002-04:00

There are so few books that can leave the reader feeling a profound sense of sadness and realism, yet also give feelings of hope and acceptance at the same time. Few books can really drag a person back to childhood, back to high school, while giving a realistic glimpse of life and the circumstances that so many people face daily. The intense sensations granted by the book, Before I Fall, by

Classic Computer Games: The Ones that Should not be Forgotten

2010-07-17T14:24:00.000-04:00

With all the technology available in today’s video games it can be easy to forget where such brilliant masterpieces truly began. Very few people remember the old DOS based games, where all there was on the computer monitor was an endless stream of text. The user would type in the desired move for game progress, and the text story would tell the result. Nowadays, such games have been

Is Buying an E-Reader Right for You?

2010-07-13T19:50:00.000-04:00

If you're a book lover you can understand the difference between reading text on a computer versus reading text in print. You can understand the way that the words slide into your brain and either remain seated, or proceed to slither away into some unknown abyss. As an avid reader, you know what the term, "eye strain", really means, as you devour word after word, sentence after sentence. At

Wake Up Call

2010-03-14T22:53:00.001-04:00

Daylight savings time. I just don't get it. The other side of the world doesn't do it... why do we? I understand that some countries have the sun rising and setting at just about the same time all day, every day, all year long, whereas our time in the sun varies from day to day... but there has to be more to it than that. I've heard environmentalist theories, consumerism theories, government

Earning Money Online

2010-02-27T17:53:00.002-05:00

Ugh, it's just about impossible, isn't it? There are so many scams nowadays... Who the hell knows what's real and what's not? Anyway, here are a couple of links for anyone interested in some sites that do actually pay up. You can just click on the links and they'll take you to the respective site. Keep in mind that you do have to put quite a bit of effort into these sites if you want to make

Playing an Ocarina

2010-02-21T21:42:00.004-05:00

Do Re Mi Fah Sol La Ti DoI started playing the ocarina a few weeks ago. I have to admit that it's not as difficult as I would imagine a traditional flute to be, or any other instrument that requires tons and tons of practice just to play one fluent song; however, I also wouldn't say that the ocarina is the easiest instrument to play, either. It takes a lot of memorization, and it takes a lot of

Laundry Room Etiquette

2010-02-16T16:02:00.003-05:00

Article about Laundry Room EtiquetteI write for a few different websites, mostly just to get feedback and to read what other people are talking about. You wouldn't believe the material that can be written about. The writing world is so vast that everything and anything can be put into words... with a few exceptions when it comes down to TOS.Anyway, I noticed a very strange trend on one of the

Onward with Strikes

2010-02-16T15:59:00.004-05:00

Everyone is still on the verge of striking! It's absolutely ridiculous. Fanshawe College in London just barely avoided a strike. The faculty was demanding more money (of course), a smaller workload, and smaller class sizes. So basically they want to get paid to do less work. Confusing.Yeah yeah, I agree that teachers are given way too much work and the class sizes are ridiculous... But you

Transit Strike

2009-11-16T12:01:00.003-05:00

A lot of people rely on the transit system here in London. The bus system has been a very affordable way to travel, especially with the recession, and provides the convenience of not having to find a parking spot (not mention not having to spend a ridiculous amount to park for one hour).The down side, however, is when the transit system shuts down, like today. London transit workers have

Tattoos - A Sign of Evil

2009-11-15T22:37:00.002-05:00

Oh my gosh! *Gasp*You have a tattoo?! You must be the devil incarnated. I know that you're a drinking, drug dealing, street corner walking chunk of garbage...Yeah, okay.How is it that tattoos got such a bad reputation? Why can't tattoos just be seen as works of art?True, not all tats are tasteful, and some are downright offensive, but there are a ton of tattoos out there that are absolutely

2009-10-19T22:12:00.002-04:00

Holy monkey, I haven't put anything on here for a long time.Are you ready for my list of excuses? No? That's too bad, because here they are:1) I've started my final semester of college (thank gawd it's almost over!), and although it hasn't been much of a challenge so far, there has been quite a bit of work.2) I've actually been writing my novel like a mad lady. I'm so close to finishing it!

Math is not my strength

2009-10-08T22:08:00.002-04:00

So, I go for placement next week in Teacher's College, and I've been asked to teach mathematics for the Grade 7 class. Specifically, I will be attempting to teach Data Management. The key word being "attempting". I'm not really nervous, but I just don't think that math is my strongest point as far as teaching is concerned. The good thing about it is that the classes are really only about 30-

Believing in the Laws of Attraction

2009-09-25T12:49:00.003-04:00

Just about everyone has heard about the concept of the law of attraction. This isn't like bees being attracted to honey... It's more like negativity feeds negativity, positive feeds positive.But does this concept truly exist?I suppose a perfect example would be someone who is in a terrible mood. Everything that could possibly go wrong that day will indeed go wrong, but is it because of the law

Homework - What's the Point?

2009-09-24T09:32:00.004-04:00

Studies have shown that homework actually has detrimental effects on the student, especially when the student is very young (as in kindergarten age). Homework causes stress, lack of sleep, lack of a personal life, and plenty of negativity (google it).Sure, the idea behind homework possesses the greatest of intentions. After eight hours at school, of course a student would want to study and

Homeland Housewares - An Update on Stupidity

2009-09-20T22:52:00.003-04:00

I'm not too sure whether I'm referring to my own stupidity or to that of the company, Homeland Housewares, but I suppose that it could apply to both.Anyway, if you've read the previous post about this little episode, you'll know all about what I'm discussing here.On Wednesday, the day after my credit card was charged, the stupid package arrives with the damn blender. I was so angry... I had

Flour Weevils!

2009-09-18T23:34:00.002-04:00

Oh, what a joy to open a box of pancake mix, only to find..... WEEVILS!What the hell is a weevil?I didn't know until about two minutes ago. They're nasty looking little bugs that like grain products. Yep.The only way to prevent/kill them off is to freeze all grain products for about forty eight hours to guarantee that the eggs won't hatch, and then bleach the cupboards. Lovely. So, how would

Bug Magnet

2009-09-17T07:37:00.003-04:00

That's right... that's what I am: a bug magnet.I keep wondering what the hell I've done to sudden get infested by every stupid bug on the planet. My place is clean, I have good hygiene, and no pets that run around outside. Yet, I have suffered the wrath of hungry bed bugs, weird little beetles that seemed to grow out of instant pancake mix (not kidding... absolutely disgusting), typical spiders

Kanye West = Jackass

2009-09-14T11:38:00.003-04:00

No, I didn't watch the MTV VMAs last night because I don't give a damn. However, I heard about Kanye West's douchebaggery stunt that he pulled on Taylor Swift, and it was ridiculous. I watched it on YouTube and thought, "what an idiot!"For those who don't know, Taylor Swift won an award last night for the best video of 2009 or something, and Kanye interrupted her speech only to tell her that

Thoughts on School (Part 2)

2009-09-10T15:55:00.002-04:00

There's something to be said about the first week of school. It's annoying. For most normal people, school is a drag on the first week. Why? Not because the classes are necessarily dry, but because of the repetition that plagues the introductory week.Having been in school for only 3 days, I have already rolled my eyes so much at the amount of repetition that they've actually begun to hurt.