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By Annie Tucker Morgan | Divine Caroline If you’ve gone shopping for a baby outfit anytime in the past sixty years, you know it’s virtually impossible to enter a children’s-clothing store without getting lost in a divided sea of pinks and blues. For girls, there are flowing pink dresses, fluffy pink sweaters, and floppy pink hats, all adorned with flowers, butterflies, ...

Selling a used car on your own is about as much fun as a burned-out transmission. The typical strategy: Slap a sign in the car's window, run a few classifieds and cross your fingers. No wonder so many folks trade in their cars at dealerships. Doing so is high on the convenience scale, although it can come at a steep cost. ...

1) What's Said: "Maybe you're not trying hard enough." What's Heard: "This can come off sounding like you're passing judgment on effort," says Anderson. "It's better to encourage a single person to explore new relationships to the extent they are comfortable and to extend themselves in ways that feel natural and not forced." Next Page: Wear more makeup → [page] ...

Now that I’m underemployed and juggling multiple jobs (herein referred to as “freelancing”), a whole new set of rules are in play. This week, for example, I learned that the interview process for freelancers is not what I’m used to; this is not your grandma’s office interview. For starters, they’re not called interviews – they're called meetings. Second, they don't take ...

Someone you know just lost their job. Yikes. You want to be supportive. You want to help them see the positive side of their misfortune. You want to buy them a drink. And you should! But please, tread carefully. The time directly following a layoff is a delicate one. Your friend will want your help, but they may not be ...

One of the most common complaints I hear from women is that men don’t listen. Be it at work where their good ideas are ignored or at home when their spouse totally forgets what she told him. Why can’t men listen? They can, if you follow these five steps. So the next time you want to talk to your male ...

If you’re a lucky owner of a furry four-legged companion (or a few of them!), you probably understand the heart-wrenching guilt of having to leave them at home all day while you’re working. Oh, how they suffer. No one to toss a toy around for them. No one to take them outside … or to let them back in. No laps ...

by Wendy Atterberry of TheFrisky Recently, the good people at AskMen.com revealed their list of the “Top Ten Things Men Shouldn’t Do In Public,” which included definite no-no’s like picking their noses and peeing conspicuously, and debatable no-no’s like crying (Come on, what if his dog just died? What if he just watched The Notebook for the first time?). Interestingly, they ...

Photo courtesy of amctv.com By Danoosh Kapadia Mad Men and the boys of Sterling Cooper sure brought the cool back to the cocktail. Sometimes I wish I lived in the 1960s when your day started with a stiff screwdriver, followed by a three-martini lunch, and closed with an Old Fashioned—or six! First Drink: Tom Collins → [photo:67120] Featured Author: DivineCaroline ...

Writing research papers is an easy process provided sufficient data are available. This is easier said than done given the different challenges a writer faces. Before writers start concentrating on their writing chore and produce the much-needed research papers, it is important to have the following attributes:  1.       Optimism A writer with a winning attitude is sure to find his ...

Pretty self-explanatory! January 21st is National Hugging Day -- show those who you care about some love!

At a reported $3 million per 30 seconds, advertising for the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII is the most expensive ever for the big game.  So why is this advertising time considered to be a bargain?

There may be no place like home, but when your love life turns into a Hollywood affair, home may be the last place you want to be—especially for the holidays. With Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa quickly approaching, many SingleEdition readers, like newly divorced Sabrina, confess to feeling outright panic. “I am already starting to hear detailed rumors about my split ...

With the holidays upon us, it seems that the urge to entertain becomes progressively stronger. Personally, I love to entertain and I take a lot of pleasure and pride in the effort that I put in to make an event enjoyable. I love creating an experience; setting an ambiance, putting a music playlist together, and decorating when appropriate. When it comes ...

Recently, I was taking in a rare sunny day on my lunch break, when I ran into an acquaintance. The first thing she said to me wasn’t “Hi” or “How are you?” but “Wow, you look so tired!” I don’t even remember my immediate response because I was too focused on my depleting self-esteem levels. I wanted to say, “Gee, thanks. ...

Of all the peoples of the world, the Chinese are probably the most at home with their excrement. They know its value. For 4,000 years they have used raw human feces to fertilize fields.

Warning: Contains graphic content. Some videos you just have to see to believe. On Thursday, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared in Wasilla in order to pardon a local turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving. This proved to be a slightly absurd

We're so addicted to text and email we're losing the delicate art of conversation. So do we need to learn to talk again? 'We must have a natter.' Only a few years ago, if any of my friends uttered those five urgent little words, I'd have scurried for my diary to fix a date so that whatever was so important could ...

Here's a list of awesome things you can do if you happen to fall victim to downsizing that will lift your spirits and make the time pass until you find a temp job which will last you until the economy takes an upswing.