Diversions
Question of the Day - Cereal
By: kcarpenter
(Today's Question was a special request from dgenemore - she was very curious as to all of your answers.) My mom is one of the few people I know who enjoys soggy cere...
Daily Feng Shui Tips 11/4/09
Forget Steve Martin’s whimsical '70s salute to King Tut, this day celebrates the energies of that ‘Boy King’ without any special dance steps required. The tomb of t...
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Look! A NaNoWriMo Excerpt!
Today I looked up from my computer and thought, "Hey! Why keep my crappy first draft to myself when I can share it with all of you?" But I take no responsibility for typo...
Style
Soy joy!
Less calories than a pumpkin pie, these stylish handmade soy candles come in several "flavors," and I'm enjoying making the transition to fall in my place by using th...
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TO DIE!!!
All I can say is OMG!!!! ...
A&E
I'm a Writing Buddy, now what?
Like many PNN Community Members - I have engaged in the 'write a novel in 30 days' challenge. This has been good for me, positioning myself in my own mind as a Writer...
Criminal Minds
Diva Note : So I was thinking about the show Criminal Minds when this song popped into my head cuz i was wondering if it had ever been used in one of the shows episodes s...
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The Sweet Triumphs and Bitter Failures of NaNoWriMo
I have two items to discuss here, both on the subject on NaNoWriMo (although the second one is only tangentially related): 1. Dear NaNo writing buddies: STOP BEING SO AWE...
Food & wine
Scratch Cooking November 4th
Last night I went to the first night of the Second Annual Great Bliss festival featuring the Honorable Lama Marut. It was just what I needed to get some perspective a...
Quinoa The Magical Food
Hi myboobiesplace and thank you for your comment and question about quinoa - hopefully this little post will provide some information! Quinoa is fabulous and I’m glad y...
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Have yourself a merry jar of pie filling?
Oh joy of preholiday baking joys! The King Arthur Flour mail order drool fest came in my mailbox today. My mom and I spent some time paging through it together, playing "...
Living
The Link Between Lust And Love
In the beginning of Woody Allen’s Match Point, a tennis ball freezes in time over the edge of a net. With a bit of luck, the ball will fall forward and the player wil...
Recession Christmas Cards
The Perfect Way To Say You're Not Getting a Christmas Gift this Holiday Season. www.MerryRecession.com Times are tough. Unemployment is soaring, the stock market is dragg...
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The Sly Traveler
Where to begin? I travel, yet am glad to come home. I pine away for adventure in the quiet closeness of my office, yet catch myself longing for it when I'm squashed in th...
World
An Extra Hour
Even though I remembered about the Paris time change last night when coming home from a fun night of Indian food and a hipster cocktail bar on what might have otherwi...
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Working
I just have to say that I really hate that most any job I am qualified to get (honestly, that's mostly office work since that's the experience I have - and you can't get ...
Green
Your pet's carbon footprint is bigger than my S...
According to authors, Robert and Brenda Vale, your pet dog leaves a footprint bigger than an SUV. Their book, Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Livin...
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Recycle Coffee Grounds
Don’t toss out those used coffee grounds! Below are seven ways to recycle coffee grounds and protect the environment. 1. Refrigerator and freezer deodorizer: Place grou...
Relationships
If you were a household appliance ...
Are you familiar with the term 'head fake'? A 'head fake' teaches people things they don't realize they're learning until well into the process. If you're a head fake...
The Best Days of MY Life
Anyone who knows me or reads me knows I’m a very happy person. I have a wonderful life and I’m grateful every single day, even on the bad days. I have my insecurities...
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The Little Bottle of Nickels
The Man Who Puts Up With me left the world of over the road trucking, set down his several boxes and bags of "stuff" from his truck, and never looked back. Somehow they w...
Well-being
Tired of Hearing Insomnia Will Make Me Fat
Did you know that according to a recent health survey, West Virginia is the most sleep-deprived state in the US? It's up there at double the national rate - probably ...
I CANNOT BELIEVE MY EYES!
I cannot believe I just saw a man riding an electric scooter, toting an oxygen tank with the tube in his nose, SMOKING! ...
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Is it Brooklyn?
<!--StartFragment--> When will it began? Fuck when will it end. When will it begin? Is the question I shout these days. Feeling way too content, chilling indoors smoki...
Family
Skinny
By: kellyarmstrong
Although I don't personally recommend this to anyone -- go have your tonsils removed with red hot pliers, it'd be more fun -- one unintended benefit of a sick-for-nea...
Family Strife
The holidays are nearing and, with them, comes all the advertising depicting happy families gathered around Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas trees. The looks lovely. Bu...
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Savory Fall
In September, we in Minnesota had summer, a real feat since the traditional summer months were all cold. In October, we mostly had something that looked terrible except f...
Etc.
Epi 7: Carvin' Some 'Kins
Epi 7 is up, and this time K & E carve pumpkins! See what happens when the two unite on an artistic pumpkin endeavor! What K makes is great, but it's not art unti...
What to do when you find a mushroom in your belly-button.
· Dear Bloggess: Ok, here's my problem: I am dating a really great/sexy/awesome guy. He keeps in shape and is very handsome. The problem that he refuses to walk around n...
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NaNo-ventures
{{Deep breath}} Okay, my fellow NaNo-ers and lovely PNN friends, as this is my first time really writing fiction, I decided to follow JennyAppleseed's lead and let you se...
Politics
Please Note
By: anewphilosophy
I just want to clarify that the advertisement at the top of this page (the one that claims that the shadowy gay agenda wants to "teach homosexual marriage" in Maine's...
A wedding ring should be about love
Diva Note:This gave me the shudders....coincidence I think not! Zimbabwean soldiers have seized diamond fields and murdered and tortured miners. This week, international ...
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THIS is an ABOMINATION
So my cousin and I were talking on facebook and he sent me a link to check out...it is going on the ballot for 2010 in maine. It is horrible!!!!! http://www.maine.gov/sos...
Money
Crossed Fingers...
By: anewphilosophy
So...I applied for another job. And this job really is my dream job— because it's right here at the seminary! I was surfing Idealist.org, just looking for volunteer s...
Women's Blogger
Sorry, I don't have time to look into this further, but I'm rushed today. This looks like a legit blogger position. Here's a link: http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/wri/1...
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Welcome to Misterautocheap's PNN!
Hiya fellow net chums, my name is Leon Jackson from a small town called Sydney from down under Australia. I am here to chat with friends on the net, I'm online working a ...
Gossip
Jessica Simpson trash talks Melrose Place
Jessica Simpson is taking up for her sister after she was canned from "Melrose Place". Like a good sister, Jessica plainly called the show "crap" after they gave Ashl...
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Celebrity Crush Confession:
I have a confession to make: I'm in love with.....(drum roll please) Ryan Reynolds. Did any of you see him on Saturday Night Live last Saturday? Oh, I had to watch it. I ...
