Fancy dress parties have been around since for centuries and were particularly popular in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. Italy is particularly well known for contributing to the popularity of fancy dress parties. There, the masquerade ball reached frenzied proportions. By the time Queen ...

Finally, after several failed match-ups in your online dates, you`ve met somebody that you think is the "Ms. Right" for you. She agreed to have a date with you. This is your chance to show "Ms. Right" that you are "Mr. Right" for her. Here are some ways to guide you on your date to make her think y...

Born 3rd or 4th Year BC in Tyana in Cappadocia, at 16 Appollonius of Tyana became a disciple of Pythagoras, renouncing flesh, wine and women. He wore no shoes and let his hair and beard grow long. He soon became a reformer and fixed his abode in the Temple of Aesculapius - the serpent healing deity ...

Have you ever ran into, or know someone that just seems to run circles around you in terms of how organized they are, how they get so much done during the day, all events they seem to have going on with their children and families, even their kids seem smarter than yours! Or, any number of things. W...

Being smartly dressed need not be left for special occasions only. When we dress for special events and take little care of how we dress casually we create a disconnection. Well-dressed people are equally well groomed when they go shopping, on vacation, sports events etc. as they are for special occ...

Now, good men, God forgive you your trespass,
And guard you from the sin of avarice,
May my holy pardon save you all,
So you can offer coins,
Or else brooches, spoons or rings.
Bow down your heads before this holy bull!
Come up, you wives, and offer of your wool!
Y...

The brain normally operates at different frequencies, depending on the type of mental activity involved. These frequencies are divided into four main types of brainwave patterns: · Beta waves (between 13-40 HZ) are associated with peak concentration, heightened alertness and visual acuity. · Alpha ...

John Grisham wrote a book called SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. Amazon.com reports: ?John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season, and the result is Skipping Christmas, a modest but funny novel about the tyranny of December 25...." My friend Dessa Byrd Reed, author ...

Endometriosis occurs when the uterus lining, called the endometrium, moves to another part of the body. During menstruation, this lining is shed from the uterus, the lining in other parts of the body have no way of being and bring pain and discomfort to the woman. The endometriosis growth is caused ...

On what should have been a perfect Saturday in the first few days of fall, we watched the mighty City of Houston stand tall. The winds and rain and flooding on our television sets were almost too much to bare after all it had only been 4-weeks since the last Cat Five Hurricane Katrina. This time it ...

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. -Galatians 5:4 Fallen From Grace And I Can`t Get Up A number of years ago there was a humorous, yet memorable, commercial about a product for the home bound and the elderly. The product...

I am going to make a bold statement. I think I have the only New Year?s Resolution you need. You have got to be kidding, right??!!! You don?t know me, Kimberly. You don?t know that I need to lose 20lbs., exercise, be a better mother, be a better worker, a better wife, etc. How in the world can you b...

The Gluttonous Guns
[Iraqi War, 2005]
Look at the hot, Gluttonous guns of war
Swift they go, to kill our dearest ones;
Brothers, and dads, sons and husbands:
Swift we go to the pitiless call of war! There is little sleeping going on at night?
In the gluttonous sands of the Ir...

1. Tattoos. Tattoos used to be the colouring of soldiers, sailors, mafiosi and punk rockers. About ten years ago, they became fashionable. The lower-middle classes started taking them up. Unfortunately, unlike last years` shoes, tattoos can`t be taken to the thrift shop and disposed of. To a certain...

When Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Spector exercised his right to free speech last week, he prompted a quick response from Robert Bork. Known for being the first Supreme Court Justice nominee to be, well, ?borked,? the judge was in no mood for Spector?s silliness. ?I know Specter,? he retorted, ?and th...

Readers of my previoius articles might well think that the answer to this question will be a categorical NO, based on my "Designer Handbags -- Can Men Buy Them" article. In it I described the experience I recently had in an LV store where the staff were not exacxtly falling over themselves to serve ...

Lately the age-old business dilemma of how to stand out from the crowd has been haunting companies and professional service firms more than ever before. All too many firms nowadays look too much alike, with marketing strategies seemingly unable to distinguish them from their competition. Glossy broc...

There is no sure fire route to commercial success but the probability of success can be increased. This is important for at least two reasons: a) Resource Management. The Economist (2003) states that 3000 bright ideas result in 100 worthwhile projects, which are winnowed down to four development pro...

You have heard it time and again. Lottery Winners lose it all and trust fund babies waste their parent`s hard earned cash. In fact, up to 80% of the lottery winners in this country file bankruptcy within five years. Most of us say," That would never happen to me. You would have to be really dumb to ...

Currently many of us have a certain way we like to wear our hair and one particular way we like the very best of all. As people consider their hairstyles and wish to replicate a famous actor or Movie Star they may not realize that in the very near future this will be much easier than ever before. Yo...

Firstly revealed by the fable Dr.Dre, and then debut of the Eminem Show, his firstly set on Shady Recording label, already had most leading hiphop fans mad abount Marshall Mathers. Jam packed of powerful lyrical cuts that dig deep into the mentality of a pervertly warped but exceedingly exceptional ...

The World Think Tank is solicitating ideas on preventing evaporation and needs you intellectual input. We need High Tech Solution to a Low Tech Problem. We all know of the serious drought issues in much of our country. We are also half way through the harshest hot weather of summer for many states. ...

Christians know the value and power of prayer and at moments we wonder what life would be like if God had not made this provision for our communicating with Him. All through Scripture, men and women alike called upon His name in good times as well as times of severe testing. In His word we find st...

I include an excerpt from my book The Kelts: Children of the Don as a way of giving the gist of what the Biblical Ophir and the guilds of metal workers named after him may have been up to in the four millennia before Jesus. Whether his guild of workers actually built a temple for David as men...

Clarity! If there is such a thing as a ?secret? to success in business (or life) then Clarity is it. Clarity IS the first step towards designing your ideal business. You`ll NEVER get what you really want, unless you know what that is! Clarity, simply stated is, knowing what you really want. Once yo...

If you really want to do something
you will always find a way.
But if you don`t want to do it,
you will almost always find excuses. The easiest way to combat fear is by facing your fears. Look for positive approaches to accomplish your goal. If you want to start a business, attend a meet...

Quite often, we use labels on ourselves and others without even realizing that we are doing it. And most often, they are negative. What we don?t realize is how much theses labels can hurt us and others. The challenge is, what ever you state to yourself repetitively, even if you know on a conscious ...

Imagine the following scenario: You wake up one morning and instead of speaking English, everyone around you--including your family and friends--is speaking Hungarian. This is a problem because you don`t speak Hungarian and you don`t have a clue what they`re saying. You become frustrated. The people...

Looks as if we have a Tropical Type System brewing? What? In February, indeed and this is what weather meteorologists and amateur weather observers are saying. Recently "The Weather Woman" a self-taught weather expert in Southern Florida said Whoa! We have convection and spinning circulation. And it...

How many times have you made excuses for putting off something you really needed or wanted to do? Probably too many times to count. It is all too easy to get in the habit of putting the desires of your heart on hold. You may have been taught to put the needs of others first or that it is selfish t...

For hundreds of years specially blended perfumes have been used to tantalize and seduce. Royalty used to have bottles of their favorite scents created for that very purpose. It is said that Cleopatra greeted Mark Antony, on a ship with perfumed sails. Before her ship even came into view, her exotic...

The history of crystal dates back thousands of years to the Mesopotamian times. Lead oxide was used to enhance the brilliance of glass as used today, but applied in differently. This was an alternate to the popular rock crystal which was more expensive, harder to cut and less refractive. In the yea...

Creating a wedding budget is one of the first things a bride should do. Although it is extremely important, brides often fear the task and in turn do not create one at all. This is a huge mistake. Brides who plan weddings without a wedding budget spend anywhere from twenty to fifty percent more t...

In the manifestation of their narcissism, female and male narcissists, inevitably, do tend to differ. They emphasise different things. They transform different elements of their personality and of their life into the cornerstones of their disorder. Women concentrate on their body (as they do in eati...

Johnny Nash`s song, "I Can See Clearly Now," is one of those musical tunes that are not only dear to my heart, but a "pick-me-up" mantra as well. The lyrics are as follows: I can see clearly now, the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me bli...