November 21st, 2008
Posted in Love by Grace | 540 Comments »
So you like him. Call it a crush, butterflies in the stomach or love at first sight, bottom line – you like him. Now the question is how do you get HIM to like YOU enough to ask you out? There is no sure-fire formula. But do not despair!
Here are 10 easy suggestions for you to experiment with and Cupid will do the rest!
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September 20th, 2008
Posted in America's Next Top Blogger, Lifestyle by America's Next Top Blogger | 1 Comment »
By Tracy Statema
So after hanging around some good ol’ southern folks the past year or so, I have discovered that I have picked up one major habit. I called everyone darling or hun. It has invaded my everyday speech – I often answer my cell phone “hey darlin” (please note I have caller ID so this is not quite as random as it may appear). lol
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September 12th, 2008
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By April Williams
Last night one if my ten year old twins told me that he noticed a new number when he was going through my cell phone. I stood there in shock and dread hit me like a cannonball in the gut. I realized that I am raising my children to think that it’s normal for a mother not to have an “opposite sex relationship” outside of being a good mother. His tone and demeanor suggested that I was in trouble for having a male name in my phone. Where is the boundary between mothering and answering to that inner woman? Why is it that some of us feel like we are bad mothers for wanting to date sometimes? I asked a few parents and the response I got was encouraging and fair. There has to be an understanding with children that they are always first and will continue to be, but mom or dad will have to have time for other adults.
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September 10th, 2008
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By Angeli Kakade
What do you get when you combine the launch party for the Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 game, Tiger Woods himself, Michael Phelps, X-box, a NYC night club equipped with an all night open bar, plasma TVs featuring the game, and miniature gourmet cheese pizzas? A whole lotta testosterone! Men as I’ve never seen them before. Whether they were short, tall, handsome, unattractive, single, or attached… it didn’t seem to matter. They all carried this heightened energy of maleness that made me question if they might have actually thought they were an incarnation of King Leonidas going off to save the land of Sparta. Ok, so that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I can’t help but wonder what it is about sports that make men feel more… manlier? Unless you are an athlete by profession, shouldn’t watching sports be for the enjoyment itself and not a reason to feel like a man? Forgive my ignorance here and enlighten me. An entire club full of men all much more interested in a trophy named after a shipping company than the few girls that mingled in the crowd…
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