my father bought me a secondhand IBM Selectric Typewriter, and my writing addiction took off. My typewriter sat beside the hamster cage in the kitchen—not a wise placement choice—and while my kids did homework, I pecked
For my seco nd installment of “Boat Porn”, I give you the brochure featuring the entire line of 1970 Tollycraft Yachts. This was the year thatJolly Monwas built, so this piece is near and dear to my heart. 1970 was the third full year that thePLiCORhulls were produced, and the ne...
Family members of relatives with alcohol, drug and gambling problems: a set of standardized questionnaires for assessing stress, coping and strain. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 2005;(100, 11):1611–24. Lyubomirsky S, Lepper HS. A measure of subjective happiness: preliminary reliability and ...
When your argument hinges on the meaning of a term, define it to support your solution and offer a subordinate argument for your definition. Don’t treat a dictionary definition as authoritative (never begin, “According to Webster’s, ‘addiction’ means...”)....
When my parents told me they wanted to get rid of their vinyl record collection--complete with vintage model turntable--I jumped at the chance to own a rather large chunk of my own musical upbringing. I couldn't bear the thought of so many of my early... ...
A true inspiration and role model! Please take a few moments to send her a healing thought, prayer, and general warm fuzzies. If anyone can use them, I know Lori can! If they are pink warm fuzzies, that would be even better. Til next time, my friends, keep calm and BLOG HOP!!
Granted, all such details were provided to me much later in life. Sadly, any remuneration for my services as a model went into the general fund, assuming there were any. There might have been enough to splurge on a meatloaf or something. ...
Next, we used the Model Magic to form the dragon's snout. The neon set included two yellow, two green, and two pink packs. We chose our colors and then made teardrop shapes for the snout. Then we wrapped the teardrops around the end of the tube and formed little bumps at the top ...
abandon her social role to defend what she saw as the greater good. Although she was martyred young, her model crystallizes the message that sometimes the good of the whole is more important than the good of the individual, and in that case, even if you lose, you win just for being ...
DISCis a model for delivering your message and is an acronym for four steps to ensure that your message conveys both what and why, offers suggested alternative behavior, and identifies benefits/consequences. D–Describe the behavior.Describe the behavior you identified using the NORMS model. Include...