Not that everybody has the same goals for their offspring, but here are a few tips on how to motivate them, from an “expert” father. For instance, you may want to encourage your child to find work so they can learn life skills, pay their way, and get out of the house sometimes. One way …
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A Tomato Is A Vegetable
Recently, I heard someone claim ketchup is really only tomato jam. If you think that sounds reasonable, then maybe you’d like to chow down on a peanut butter and tomato jam sandwich. Personally, I’d rather have strawberry, grape, tangerine, any jam other than “tomato jam”. You see, this whole insane debate started with some unnamed …
Headphones
Headphones were invented in 1910 by a man named Nathaniel Baldwin. The reason he invented them was because he couldn’t hear the talks in a General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Like any inventor, he made a number of varieties before he started to develop a durable, working product. …
Mysteries of Suburban Life
No matter when or where you have lived in the suburbs, if you have lived in the suburbs, you will have experienced the strange happenings, seen the odd houses, or been concerned about some of the other people who live there. Listed are the top ten mysteries of suburban life: As a quick rubric, suburb …
Rainy Day Love
It isn’t the petrichor alone which gives rainy days their charm. It isn’t only the smell and the change of smells which help us all to love the downpour. Some of us love to get wet. Others of us love to try not to get wet. It is the fun of watching things wash down …
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