A rather common way to teach someone to swim where I grew up was to throw the subject off the shore or a boat and watch as the child sank, terrified. Some paddled their way out on the first try and were fine from that point on, others were pulled out by their ‘teachers' and got dropped right bac
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05/27/2010
I take my time. I write fast, but at times, I mull over things for weeks or months. I joined the Rain sometime in October of 07, so it took me some three years to get to the first big magic number. By most standards - that's way too long. But as journeys go, it was always about the trip, not the
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05/14/2010
Big companies, brands and products with wide commercial appeal have a tag, a slogan or a jingle associated with them. Most of the recognizable ones came about after huge chunks of money were chucked at a board room full of long-haired ad men and, more recently, women, who threw around countless
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05/11/2010
I’ve been told that the one thing small business owners need more than anything nowadays is tips on how to save money on stuff by doing things on their own. There are, of course, resources online that can guide one through any project out there, replete with samples, templates, YouTube’s and all
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05/03/2010