Country singer Martina McBride’s “Waking Up Laughing” concert tour included a visit to Dallas’ Superpages.com Center on July 18th along with opening acts by country music singers Chris Young and Jack Ingram, and what an amazing show it was. For someone so small and petite, standing only 5′4″ in height without heels, the Kansas native […]

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Ever since the First Edition of The Expectant Father was published in 1995, and now the Second Edition has been released, this book has become the indisputable leader in its field with millions of copies sold. Offering many practical hints of advice about what childbirth classes don’t tell you, financial issues, and all the other […]

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Ever since the spray-on condom was featured on the popular forensics television show CSI, spray-on condoms have become the subject of a lot of interest online. But, Jan Vinzenz Krause’ one-size-fits-all contraceptives may never hit the store shelves after the German inventor behind them admitted his team had been unable to overcome technical problems.
The spray-on-condom, […]

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Believe it or not, expectant fathers have just as many questions, concerns, worries and doubts about pregnancy and parenthood as expectant mothers do. Unfortunately, there aren’t nearly as many resources and helpful literature available for the father-to-be to get advice and helpful tips about pregnancy as there are for the mother-to-be. Most pregnancy books tell […]

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I continue to be amazed that in 2008, marketers and car dealership salesman remain clueless about how to sell a car to a woman, or at least how to sell cars to women like me. My recent experiences in searching for a car I want and intend to buy, one that fits the description of […]

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I recently had the opportunity to interview M. Gigi Durham regarding her book, The Lolita Effect, and I hope you have had a chance to read the interview and have given serious thought to the issues involved with the sexualization of children, as the problems are only getting worse.
Well, Professor Durham has been kind enough […]

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Playing dress-up is a normal part of growing up for little girls, and has been for a very long time. But, “A lot of very sexual products are being marketed to very young kids,” said Gigi Durham, a professor at the University of Iowa, discussing how she became quite disturbed last Halloween when a 5-year-old […]

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If you are one of many who thought my rant about Miley Cyrus’ photo shoot was over the top, let’s see what you think of Beyonce’s new children’s clothing line, and see if you don’t agree this time that the sexualization of children is a serious problem. Shame on you Beyonce.

I’m not a prude, but […]

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I recently had the opportunity to interview Allison Bottke about her book, Setting Boundaries With Your Adult Children, and I have one extra book that I’m going to give away! It is my hope that this book will really help an enabling parent, one that is struggling with the stress of getting an adult child […]

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It’s been an extremely busy week around here and I haven’t had much time to prepare new articles, so I wanted to point you towards some articles I’ve read that I believe you’ll find very interesting. I’ve been dealing with an odd little bump that suddenly appeared on my hand two weeks ago, and have […]

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I’ve been busy catching up on reading posts on blogs I’m subscribed to, as well as discovering some phenomenal blogs I hadn’t known about before now. I wanted to share some posts I believe you will find very interesting and informative on a variety of topics.
Dealing With Postpartum Depression (by Penelope Trunk) offers personal insight […]

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If you haven’t yet discovered the benefits of using Twitter, I highly recommend you take a leap of faith and begin using it right away, as Twitter is an extremely effective tool to help you build personal relationships with other bloggers. Bloggers are constantly being reminded about using social media networks to get to […]

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TAG, You’re It! Telling It Like It Is got double-tagged by Entrecard users Bruce Hopkins with his “Best Value By Widget” meme, as well as Andrew Boyd with his “Entrecard-Above The Fold” meme. I’ve been happily surprised by the outpouring of linky love from Entrecard users, and have found the chain-dropping activities to be very […]

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I must have been living under a rock between 1993-2000 to have somehow missed hearing about the Irish boy band called Boyzone, featuring Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately as lead vocalists. It was only a few months ago that I had an opportunity to hear one of their songs on the radio, “No Matter What”, […]

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Since joining Entrecard, I have paid very close attention to whether the traffic brought to my site would bring more subscribers and comments or just a flood of useless card dropping with rarely a return visit, and I must say I have been somewhat surprised by the response. Not only have my subscription numbers increased, […]

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If you haven’t yet heard about the book “Don’t Be That Girl”, authored by Travis L. Stark, M.D., you’re in for a real treat. You may remember the handsome and charismatic Travis, from his appearance on the hit reality show The Bachelor: Paris, where he dated 25 beautiful and intelligent women in hopes of finding […]

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The time has finally come to flush BlogRush down the toilet, adding it to the long and growing list of social networking sites further contaminating the sewer system. I was too quick to jump on the BlogRush bandwagon, hoping it would bring quality web traffic to my blog, but I’ve been sorely mistaken. Bye-Bye BlogRush!
Take […]

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Have I got your attention Ladies and Gents? I’ve just learned about a 1 Carat Diamond Stud Earring Giveaway! These Diamond Earrings are valued at $1518.00 and are 14 karat gold. And the best part is, the contest is only for Bloggers! How cool is that?! Not only are these earrings stunning, but you […]

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In case you haven’t heard, Dane Morgan is running a contest, where some lucky person will win a FREE Custom Wordpress Theme! Hey Dane!, I want one! I’ve got some secret plans going on right now, so I’m on the mad-dash for a wickedly cool custom Wordpress theme! Pick me! Pick me!
Serious though, […]

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I really don’t understand the appeal of Digg, and why it’s talked about so much as being an enormous help to build web traffic to blog sites. Of all the social networking sites I participate in, I have to say that I’m just not diggin’ Digg at all.
Case in point: Just a little while ago, […]

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Have you heard the Buzz about cre8buzz.com? It’s a social networking/community site launched on October 6, 2007 and is quickly establishing itself as the place to make new friends, socialize and network. I initially thought that cre8buzz.com was just for bloggers seeking to promote their blogs, but there are musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, moms and […]

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Now that you’ve filled yourself up with all the various Thanksgiving fixings and desserts, it’s time to have some extreme Holiday silliness and Go Elf Yourself! Get your very own Holiday Makeover with Elf Yourself, by Office Max! Simply upload a picture of yourself, your spouse, children, boss, or even someone you loathe, and […]

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While the internet is buzzing with the upcoming “Bloggers Unite in Acts of Kindness”, scheduled for 12-17-07, I’ve made the personal decision not to participate. Discussions began amongst BlogCatalog bloggers, trying to make a decision about what bloggers should unite and blog about this time, in regards to a specific social cause. Ideas and […]

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Quite by chance I stumbled upon Courtney Tuttle’s blog, where he and his buddy Vic Frangui have just launched the social networking site Blogging Zoom. As I read the details of what this new social site is about, I became very impressed. Some reviewers are comparing it to Digg and Reddit, but that remains […]

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Being a brand new member of Blogrush, I’ve been curious to see how it will work to help bloggers increase traffic and subscribers to their blogs. In an update email I just received from Blogrush, there have been mixed reviews from users.
The #1 user complaint has been “My Click-Through Rates Are Really Low”. As I […]

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