About Knight Pierce Hirst
 Knight Pierce Hirst Country: United States Member Since: 20 Mar 2007 Total Live Articles: 275 ( Total Views 2466 ) 
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1. Is It Really What It Seems?
If what you see is what you get, why don't I know if it really is what it seems?... |
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2. Is There Other Than A Mother?
When a woman becomes a mother, she becomes a jacqueline of all trades.... |
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3. How Changeable Is Change?
Change affects our lives in many ways. So what's changed?... |
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4. Are You Old Enough To Know Better?
Aren't people who worry about their age old enough to know better?... |
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5. Are You Holding The Line?
There are all kinds of lines. Frankly, just thinking about them causes lines in my forehead.... |
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6. Is It Music To Your Ears?
Music is like frosting on the cake of life. Not everyone likes the same kind of music, but - hard as it os to believe - not everyone likes chocolate cake.... |
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7. What's Your Perspective On Perspective?
Is it possible for our perspectives to change without us changing?... |
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8. Do You Get What You Pay For?
When we're disappointed with a purchase, it's hard to believe we got what we paid for. I've gotten some expensive lessons in life.... |
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9. Are You Compulsive Or Just Highly Motivated?
I don't think I'm compulsive about cleaning my kitchen. Some people think you are what you eat. I just think you are where you eat.... |
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10. Are You Losing Sleep Over It?
Has lack of sleep become this century's sleeping sickness?... |
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11. How Many Makes A Collection?
A man is known by the company he keeps - and the things he collects.... |
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12. Is Not Celebrating Birthdays A Birthright?
Tired of celebrating birthdays? Buy some champagne and confetti and celebrate your very own New Year's Day.... |
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13. Are There More Dinosaurs?
Plastic is replacing glass; but as it fills our dumps and leaches chemicals into our soil, the convenience of plastic has become a curse. It's changed our lives and soon it will change our language. We'll be wearing eyeplastics and serving beverages in drinking plastics.... |
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14. Can Being Right In Style Go Wrong?
Part of looking good is thinking you look good. Unfortunately, more of us should look in mirrors. Fad backward is daf.... |
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15. Are They Dreams Or Messages?
The most common dream is that our teeth are falling out. This dream reflects concern over our appearance or how others see us. These dreams mean we're experiencing a loss of power, a sense of inferiority or a lack of confidence. Maybe this is the most common dream because interpreting it gives us a lot to sink our teeth into.... |
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16. Doesn't Every Litter Bit Still Hurt?
My grandmother didn't approve of the romance novels I read as a teenager. She called them trash novels. However, she had an even lower opinion of newspapers like the Star and the National Enquirer. She called them bird cage liners.... |
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17. Is Food For Thought Fattening?
As a child, I was told I had to drink eight glasses of water a day. By third grade I'd figured out that was two quarts. Now experts have changed their minds. We don't have to drink that much water unless we want to float a loan.... |
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18. Does Good Luck Believe In You?
Some people say you make your own luck. My grandmother disagreed. She said what you make is effort and the more effort you make, the luckier you'll be.... |
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19. Who Invented The Vent?
From the beginning of time inventions have changed our lives. Take indoor plumbing, for example. If indoor plumbing hadn't been invented, we'd all be outsiders.... |
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20. Do You Know How To Speak Spa-Nish?
My grandmother said beauty starts within. I hope she meant within the walls of "Spas R Us".... |
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21. Traveler's Checks ... And Balances?
They say we are what we eat. If we eat what the locals eat when we travel, does that make us locals too?... |
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22. Who Put Decor In Decoration?
I didn't put up Christmas decorations this year. Because we were going to be away, it seemed like too much work. Instead, I decorated myself with a smile.... |
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23. Do Mortgages Housebreak Us?
According to my grandmother, a house is a house; but a home is what you make it. Unfortunately, she often followed those profound words with "and you can start by making your bed".... |
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24. Do They Make Electric Security Blankets?
Every winter my electric blanket was my security blanket. Then a report said I was sleeping under a magnetic field that could make me sick - and that didn't sound like a field of dreams.... |
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25. To The Health With It?
Getting enough sleep is important for our health. According to the National Sleep Foundation 100,000 car accidents are caused by sleep deprivation every year - but we're not meant to lose sleep worrying about it.... |
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26. When Do Strangers Stop Being Strange?
My grandmother always told me that I could turn strangers into friends. Well, my grandmother would be proud of me. I turned a stranger into a husband.... |
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27. Do Open Houses Open Minds?
When I had my first open house, I thought U should be there to answer questions. Not a good idea. Home is where the heart is - and where part of it will stay.... |
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28. Gadgets - Mechanical Or Maniacal Devices?
Gadgets are a part of progress and I'm trying to progress too. If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we stop clocks from blinking 12:00 after power failures?... |
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29. Does Any Port In A Storm Include Airports?
No weapons in carry-on luggage - fine; but I've had bruises on my shins that prove wheeled luggage is a weapon. I think wheeled luggage should have directional signals and break lights or airport police should give tickets for moving violations.... |
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30. Can People Be Winterized?
I'm cold challenged. I used to live in New England. Every winter I dreaded the snow and ice and freezing wind chill factors. I don't understand why people stay there in the winter, but I may have figured out why the Smurfs are blue.... |
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31. What Makes The World Go Around?
Judging by the line of cars at Starbuck's drive-in window, coffee makes the world go around. Sometimes the line of cars causes traffic problems, but that doesn't seem to bring the police around. Oh - no donuts.... |
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32. Can Errands Be Walked?
I always have errands to do and there seems to be more every week. Maybe I've read too many books by Stephen King, but I wouldn't be surprised if my errands grew long ears and cotton-ball tails.... |
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33. Do You Watch Out For What's In?
Because my grandmother wanted to give me what was in style, she gave me what girls in her neighborhood wore. When my grandmother's eyesight started to fail, she went to Plan B. She asked me what I wanted. That's always in fashion.... |
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34. Is Running Late Exercise?
If the movie "Snow White" were made today, the seven dwarfs wouldn't sing "Whistle While You Work". Instead, Grumpy would have a solo. He'd sing, "Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think".... |
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35. Are We Programmed More Than TV?
When we're driving and see a red light, we're programmed to stop. Those who don't are programmed to look in their rear-view mirrors for at least twenty seconds.... |
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36. Is Nostalgia A Sugar-Coated Memory?
Last fall my husband and I took a trip back East. The tress were glowing in shades of yellow, orange and red. As a transplanted New Englander, I started to get nostalgic. Then I heard John say a four-letter word - rake.... |
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37. Is Seeing Believing On TV?
Supposedly, you can believe whatever you see with your own eyes. Is this still true when you see it through your TV's big eye?... |
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38. Are You A Creature Of Habit?
Man has evolved over thousands of years, but we're still creatures of habit.... |
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39. Would You Rather Have A Boyfriend Or A Dog?
Boyfriends and dogs have a lot in common. Which would you rather have?... |
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40. Do You Take This Man?
Weddings run the gamut from economical to extravagant and from judge of the peace to one-hundred-piece orchestra. However,is the wedding really the happient day of a couples' life?... |
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41. Is There An Art To Judging Good Art?
You can put paint on a chicken's feet and have it walk across a canvas, but is this art?... |
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42. Did You Buy It?
Ads are everywhere - from the floor to the sky and almost everywhere in between. You may advertise products evey day.... |
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43. Is Health Food Really Healthy?
Food made by Mother Nature is healthy. Food put in jars and boxes by Paul Newman isn't as healthy as he looks. Food I make requires a healthy appetite... but can you have a healthy appetite without healthy food?... |
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44. Have You Heard My New Word?
Things that you experience through one or more of your senses are real. They can't be unbelieveable. That's why I invented the word "hardtobelievable".... |
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45. Who Put Hospital In Hospitality?
Five dollars for an aspirin. Five thousand dollars for a room. The cost of hospital care is enough to make you sick.... |
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46. Are You Listed?
I've reached the age where lists are a necessity. If I don't write things down, I forget them. Of course, this leads to another problem - remembering where I put the lists.... |
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47. Is It Advertising Or Adverteasing?
If it says hardware on a sign, I know tools are sold there. I have no idea what's sold at West Coast Custom. Aren't signs meant to attract customers? If so, some signs needs "custom-er-izing".... |
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48. Isn't Dining Out In?
Because of hectic schedules, more people eat out; but because of the tight economy, fewer people dine out. What's the difference? About twenty dollars per person.... |
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49. Would You Bet Everyone Gambles?
On the East Coast weather is a gamble. Do you take an umbrella, wear boots or buy snow tires? Now I live on the West Coast - where weather is no sweat-er.... |
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50. Is It The Holidze Again?
Tis the season to be jolly - tree trimmed, presents wrapped, meal planned and carol singing. Stores have their decorations up before Halloween. Next year I should start feeling jolly the day after Labor Day.... |
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51. Aren't There Too Many I's In Criticism?
Abraham Lincoln said we have the right to criticize if we have the heart to help. Who could criticize that?... |
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52. Have You Burned Any Travelogs?
There are lots of places to see and lots of ways to travel, but my grandmother thought we should see America first. Then we'd see why people from other countries come here.... |
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53. Are You Stressed By Stress?
My grandmother had a simple solution for stress. Relax, let go of whatever is bothering you - and don't pick it up again!... |
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54. Are They Shopping Malls Or Mauls?
I'm an enclosed mall shopper. For me it's a jacket I don't have to wear and an umbrella I don't have to carry. It keeps me warm and dry - and it keeps me shopping.... |
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55. Is Creativity Catching
Creative people are given creative license to change facts. Politicians must think they have creative license too.... |
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56. Gift Certificates For Marriage Counseling?
Marriage counseling gets a bad rap because people are embarrassed to talk about it. Maybe a PR tweak would help. Maybe it could be called the gift that keeps on giving.... |
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57. Is Life A Party Waiting To Happen?
I must be different. When I invite people to a party from 5pm to 7pm, I expect them to arrive at 5pm and leave at 7pm. Of course, if they don't leave at 7pm, I don't mind having help cleaning up.... |
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58. Who Let The InfluenzaOut?
It's that time of year again. It's the time when I find myself wishing flu was the past tense of fly.... |
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59. Who Put The Place In Placebo?
My grandmother's jewelry box has a place for every kind of jewelry imaginable. It even has secret compartments. Because I'm jewelry-challenged, however, I have it filled with memories.... |
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60. Does Remodeling Qualify As Housework?
Because married couples are newlyweds for a year, my husband and I must be "newlyhomeowners". We've been remodeling our new house for a year.... |
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61. Did Anyone See Where My Youth Went?
I've looked in the mirror and I've decided I haven't lost my youth. It just looks different - wrinkled.... |
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62. Did You Get The Word?
"Notions" used to be small, useful things - like needles and threads - sold in stores. Now notions are just general ideas - which gives you a notion what's happening to words.... |
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63. Does The Shoe Fit?
When I was a little girl, I loved to play dress-up in my mother's high heels. I still love to wear high heels. They lift my spirits.... |
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64. Who Put The "Ow" In Wedding Vow?
I think "til death do us part" should be taken out of the wedding vows. The average marriage lasts only twenty-four years.... |
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65. Shouldn't There Be A "C" In Glasses?
I buy glasses at drug stores. I buy them at supermarkets, bookstores, car washes and flea markets. No matter which glasses I wear, I can't see spending money on designer glasses.... |
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66. Whatever Happened To...?
Whatever happened to commercials? Yes, I miss them. TiVo eliminates the built-in time to talk about programs.... |
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67. Are Doors Open For Discussion?
When we moved into our new home, I told my family I was open to suggestions for a new, front door. Does that qualify as an open-door policy?... |
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68. Shouldn't Meditation Be Spelled MMMMMeditation?
I think I figured out what causes road rage in LA. When people are driving, they can't close their eyes and meditate.... |
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69. Do Sayings Go Without Saying?
Although I don't know where the expression "take you to the cleaners" comes from, I know it means to fleece someone - which makes sense. If you wash fleece it will shrink. It should be taken to the cleaners.... |
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70. Parents Wanted - No Experience Required?
Parents with children under age sixteen are lucky. Their children can't drive them crazy. In fact, their children don't have licenses to drive them anywhere. Parents, however, don't have licenses to be parents of children any age.... |
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71. Does A Face-Lift Make You Taller?
If lots of face-lifts are free, looking up at the night sky to watch a falling star must qualify as a free face-lift.... |
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72. What's The Cost Of Beauty?
New beauty products are being tested every day, but how? I've never seen a guinea pig or a rat with wrinkles.... |
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73. What Makes A Good Day Better?
Every day above ground is a good day. Having a siren-blaring, police car speed past you when you realize you're driving over the speed limit makes a good day better.... |
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74. Can Confusion Be Confuted?
One of the things that confuses me is the word "con". How can a word that means swindle also mean to study carefully?... |
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75. After Forty Are Birthday Cards Junk Mail?
All I had to do to stop calls from telemarketers was make a phone call. Who can I call to stop junk mail?... |
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76. Is Dieting A Weighty Problem?
Every day, all over the world, people are losing weight. Am I the only one who wants to know where the weight goes?... |
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77. Is Being Taken For Granted Taken For Granted?
If you see me talking to my car, I'm actually thanking it. I don't want to take my car for granted because it takes me wherever I want to go.... |
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78. Don't You Wish Wishes Came True?
When I was a little girl, my grandmother would ask me what I'd wish for if I had three wishes. Unfortunately, Grandmother wouldn't let me wish for more wishes.... |
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79. What's Good Husband Material?
Although I think I know what good husband material is, I'm not an expert on the subject. After all, I've had only one husband.... |
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80. Is Time Management Manageable?
If time could be managed, it could be slowed down. It can't be, so doesn't that prove it can't be managed?... |
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81. Does It Have To Be Picture Perfect?
Some say a picture is worth a thousand words. Wrong! When I look at a picture of me, I can't think of a thousand expletives.... |
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82. Do You Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth?
They say it's better to give than to receive - but it's definitely not easier - unless you have a Cousin Walter you have to thank for a lima bean green, turtle-shaped sun dial that glows in the dark.... |
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83. TIVO Or Not TIVO?
Because it's hard for me to sit still to watch TV, I try to anchor myself by reading - sometimes reading and eating - at the same time. I don't watch TV. I experience it.... |
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84. "Guest" Who's Coming To Dinner?
When we lived in New Jersey, our guest towels looked like new. When we moved to Southern California, they became threadbare from overuse. So did the replacements. Now the guest towels in the powder room are made of paper.... |
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85. Is Writing About Skin A Rash Decision?
Some say a thing of beauty is a joy forever. Not always. Skin isn't beautiful forever. Like youth, it's wasted on the young... |
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86. What Happened To Penny Candy?
I love to save money, but wanting to save money is a state of mind. Sometimes I think my husband and sons have moved to a different state.... |
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87. How Many Points For A Goal?
My grandmother believed in goals - short term and long term - for herself and for her family and friends. The only person I've known who was more goal-oriented than my grandmother was my son's soccer coach.... |
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88. Is It All In The Name?
The name you give your child is a gift. I understand that. But if you name your child after someone, is the name a hand-me-down?... |
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89. Is There A Model For Remodeling?
The worst part of remodeling are the surprises. It can't be finished that soon, it's going to cost more, the manufacturer doesn't make it anymore. It's like having unexpected visits from my mother-in-law every few days.... |
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90. Who Put The Word Age In Marriage?
If my husband and I were attracted to each other because we're opposites, what happens if we change. Is our marriage in danger because John does some of the cooking now?... |
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91. Are Cat People Dog-Tired?
Some people are cat people, some are dog people and some are animal people. It's like ice cream. Some people like chocolate, some like vanilla and others like spumoni. It's what make the world go...ellipsed.... |
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92. Are Crystal Balls Really Crystal?
Crystal balls appeal to our curiosity about what's going to happen next. We all have crystal balls, but they're called experience, intuition and knowledge.... |
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93. What Are Those Three, Little Words?
When someone says they want to have a few words with you, a few can be too many. I think most things can be said with just three, little words.... |
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94. How Much Money Is In Your Pocketbook?
If I spent a thousand dollars on a couch, I'd be putting it in the living room. If I spent it on a makeover, I'd be putting on better face. If I spent it on a political candidate, I'd be putting it where my mouth is.... |
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95. Are We Speaking The Same Language?
My grandmother might have described something as the cat's meow. My mother might have said the same thing was cool. I'd probably say neat and my sons would say rad, but we're all speaking the same language.... |
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96. How Much Of Life Is A Scam?
If someone tried to sell me the Brooklyn Bridge, that would be a scam. When I ask my child what he's doing in his room and he says, "Nothing", that's a scam too.... |
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97. Are You A Fair-Weather Friend?
If a fair weather friend is someone who feels friendlier when it's sunny and eighty degrees outside, that's me.... |
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98. Do You Have Time For Time Management?
I question the concept of time management. I can't stop time. I can't even slow it down. So how am I meant to manage it?... |
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99. Have You Developed Personally?
If you compare the personal development of a couple that has children with a couple that doesn't, you'll see that the parents'development is much less personal.... |
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100. Here's To Your Health?
If talking about improving our health were exercise, we'd all be healthier.... |
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101. Do You Know The Reason?
A parking ticket, a missed plane, a job layoff - if there's a reason for everything, what's the reason we don't always know the reason?... |
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102. Do The Young Make Us Feel Old?
When I see a bride and groom posing for pictures in front of a church, I'm tempted to tell them that there will be days when those pictures look out of focus. Then I tell myself to focus on my own marriage.... |
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103. Is Eating Out Healthier For Mothers?
The busier we get, the more we eat out. The more we eat out, the more we have to make healthy choices.... |
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104. Were There Candles On The Table?
If you are going to an upscale restaurant, you should have reservations. If you are taking small children to an upscale restaurant, you should have personal reservations.... |
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105. Do You Walk The Walk?
Walk-in closets, walk-on roles in television shows, walk off a sports injury - you can hide; but you can't get away from walking.... |
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106. Are Happy Hours Bar-Gains?
There are two differences between bargain hunters and big game hunters. One, bargain hunters don't wear pith helmets. Two, it's the bargain hunters who charge - not the wild animals.... |
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107. Do You Get Lost Following Recipes?
The dictionary defines recipes as directions. When it comes to following recipes, I'd like to have a GPS.... |
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108. Is Late Always Better Than Never?
Better late than never is what we say when something we've been waiting for finally happens. However, when it come to Father time, it's already later than we think; and I'd just as soon he never came.... |
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109. Are Some Of Your Friends Dog-Eared?
Friends come in all shapes and sizes. Books are friends you can drop, but their feelings won't be hurt.... |
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110. Can You Lose Yourself Winning?
The only thing better than a weekend at a spa is winning a weekend at a spa. Basically, all we paid were compliments.... |
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111. Do Detours Test Our Sense Of Direction?
Sometimes I think if I saw a road map of my life, I'd get lost trying to get where I am.... |
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112. Who Should Save For A Rainy Day?
I grew up hearing my grandmother say I should save for a rainy day, but I didn't understand why. We didn't need money when it rained. We stayed home.... |
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113. Have They Got Your Number?
Because we live in the computer age, we've become numbers. I hope when I get to the Pearly Gates, there's not a sign that says take a number.... |
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114. Do Relations Spoil Relationships?
Relationships make the world go around. The difference between a good relationship and a bad one is night and day.... |
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115. Who Decides What Qualifies As Trivia?
If you're a researcher for the Guinness World Records book, is your work life a Trivial Pursuit?... |
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116. Are Compliments Paid Because They're Earned?
If a compliment is sincere, shouldn't it be spelled complimeant?... |
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117. Is Grocery Shopping Food For Thought?
In spite of the specials and the coupons, the coffee and the pop music, grocery shopping is like dusting.It's never done.... |
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118. What's Good About Good Nutrition?
I don't think an apple a day keeps the doctor away. However, I'd eat an apple every day if I didn't have to wait to see the doctor.... |
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119. Is It Written In The Stars?
I thought "What zodiac sign are you?" was just a pick-up line used in bars until I read that Geminis are witty, intellectual, youthful and lively. As a Gemini, I agree.... |
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120. Do You Take Personal Development Personally?
For personal development you have to be goal-oriented. Being a soccer mom, however, didn't qualify me as goal-oriented... |
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121. Is Chocolate Milk A Compromise In A Glass?
Politics is one of the many things that requires compromise. Is that why some of our politicians have been caught in compromising positions?... |
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122. Is Your Lifestyle Stylish?
From childhood to adulthood, from marriage to career to family - my lifestyle keeps changing styles.... |
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123. No Saving Grace?
According to a recent report, Americans have saved less than they have in seventy-two years. For many Americans save is one of THOSE four-letter words.... |
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124. Is It A Hobby Or Therapy?
Hobbies are meant to turn free time into productive pastimes. Some people collect coins. Others collect stamps. I'm going to collect time for a new hobby.... |
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125. Presents Or Presence Of Mind?
It doesn't surprise me it only takes Santa one year to make presents for all the children in the world. It doesn't surprise me he can deliver all the presents in one night. What surprises me is he asks children what they want. Santa never had any children, did he?... |
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126. Language Is Confusing - Why Aren't Green Grocers Green?
If English wasn't my native language, I think it would be too hard to learn. The words too and to are two of the reasons.... |
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127. Why Can't We Have Lots Of Best Friends?
If you compare three friends, one of them is good, one is better and one is best. It doesn't sound fair, but it's grammatically correct.... |
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128. Is Saying Please Inspirational Motivation?
During different times in my life I've experienced different inspirational motivations. Now I'm wondering if my alarm clock qualifies as inspirational motivation.... |
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129. Can Words Pollute The Air?
What do pesticides, smog, candy and rumors have in common? They all cause pollution.... |
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130. Do You Talk To Talk Radio?
Wouldn't it be nice if teenagers listened to talk radio. Then I could say, "Turn that damn thing up so I can hear myself think".... |
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131. Is It Coincidence Marriage Contains The Words I Age?
The secret to a happy marriage is to realize the for better part usually is and the for worse part is when you should be thinking about the for better part.... |
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132. Who Knew Toothsome Meant Tasty?
My grandmother used to say if you take your teeth for granted, you won't be taking them with you.... |
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133. How Many Bad Habits Can A Good Person Have?
I'm trying to increase my good habits. How am I doing? Not bad.... |
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134. Is The Lesson In Patience Ever Over?
Life is a lesson in patience. It's not a coincidence that doctors' waiting rooms are for "patients".... |
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135. Why Do Alarm Clocks Have To Be Alarming?
You often hear people say there's something they couldn't do without. Actually, there's a lot of things I'd like to do without.... |
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136. What Happened To The Lazy Days Of Summer?
Is it my imagination or are we too busy to be lazy?... |
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137. Does Re-Gifting Make You Gifted?
I don't understand why some people are against re-gifting. It's recycling merchandise without recycling money.... |
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138. Was The Hula Hoop An Original Idea?
A hula hoop is a combination of the hula movement and a hoop. Is that an original idea? Maybe God had the only original idea.... |
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139. Will Reading This Make You Lucky?
When you're out of luck, how did you run out and where do you go to get more?... |
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140. Still Have Growing Pains?
"Act your age". How many times did you hear that when you were growing up? If you act your age, does that mean you're grown up?... |
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141. Who Put "U" In Restaurants?
I go out to eat when I'm too busy to cook. What do people who run restaurants do?... |
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142. Why Do People Behave Like That?
Why do people act silly when a video camera is pointing at them. Do they know why?... |
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143. Is It Spelled Vacation Or Vaca-Shun?
I don't care how vacation is spelled, I just want one. I don't know if I want to get away from my house, my life or myself - the one I've seen in the mirror lately. I just want to get sway!... |
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144. Who Invented Traffic?
Traffic provides a place for people with no place to go an excuse for not going anywhere.... |
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145. How Can You Be Too Old For Birthdays?
If I didn't celebrate my birthday, wouldn't my parents be insulted? They celebrated when I was born. Aren't I expected to carry on the tradition?... |
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146. Who Carries The Beach Umbrella?
The beach is a sandbox for adults. We bring toys and take home sand in our clothes.... |
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147. Sick Of Eating Healthy?
Coffee's good for you, then it isn't. Eggs are good for you, then they're not. Eating their words can't be good for nutritionists.... |
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148. Tempted To Cruise Through Life? I l |