The Hamster Diary

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September 25, 2013: This hamster thing… I guess I haven’t been posting about our newly adopted hamsters. They kept me up all night long last night, after realizing that TWO hamsters could beget HUNDREDS more. We had no idea of …

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You’ve Been Gored

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You’ve been gored. That’s the new buzzword in the state of Georgia. You have been gored. Being gored has nothing to do with bull fighting, rhino horns, elephant tusks, warthog tusks, or even vampire fangs. So who gores you in …

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Twinkle Yourself Up A Love Potion

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I once knew a girl named Debbie… no this isn’t the start of a bawdy poem, even though Debbie was a flirt. Her eyes twinkled as if she were ready to laugh, and the corners of her mouth always turned …

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Kindle Comic Creator Application

I decided to give the Kindle Comic Creator Application a try for a kid’s book entitled, “Do Turtles Eat Strawberries.” I’d already successfully published several coffee table photo books on Kindle which were written in straight HTML, then run through …

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The Girl Who Plays With Toads

A question was posted in a writer’s forum, “How did you play with your toys as a kid?” The writer who posted the question answered first, sharing that he played with his Star Wars toys by telling stories with them, …

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Recycle Your Packing Peanuts

More and more people are shopping online, and that means that garbage dumps are filling up with packing peanuts — those small, styrofoam nuggets that weigh almost nothing, but cushion your merchandise while it’s being shipped. Packing peanuts love to …

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Blue Yeti USB Microphone and Audiobooks

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Necessity is the mother of invention and last year’s necessity involved creating a new source of income. I won’t bore you with the details but the financial cushion of the day job was gone, and like a gazillion other people …

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Root Canal Horror Story

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Even in the best case scenario, a root canal can be a traumatic experience. In the worst case, a root canal gone wrong can affect you for life. A root canal is a dental procedure where the dentist or endodontist …

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Dog Hookworms Can Kill Your Dog

Hookworms are one of the nastier worms that can infect a dog and your dog can catch hookworms in ways that would surprise you. In addition, YOU can catch hookworms, too. First of all, hookworms are so small that you …

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