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HP Customer Service…Or Lack Thereof
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. ~Ernest Hemmingway 4:17pm I had to call Hewlett Packard twice today about a printer replacement. The second guy was such a moron. I began the conversation with: “I called this morning to request a return label to send back a broken printer. I received the replacement printer,...
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It’s All in the Planning
In April 2011, I made myself a promise to exercise at least 4 days a week. For the past 4 months, I have made a point of exercising nearly every day. Since February, I have also tracked my food using MyFitnessPal.com. This tool has helped me lose 15 pounds, since February 26, 2012, by tracking and planning my exercise and my meals. Every week, I set a new goal for myself by...
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Using Our Gifts
The particular manifestation of the Spirit granted to each one is to be used...
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Another Thing Obamacare Does Not Fix
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine. ~Lord Byron Yet another...
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It All Started With a Dance…
Love is like an earthquake: unpredictable, a little scary, but when...
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When Momma’s Happy, Everyone i...
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall...
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Bliss
This was written for a poetry class I took about 10 years ago. We had to...
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What’s In a Name?
For a project in my writing class, I had to go through my wallet, purse or...
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The One That Almost Got Away
For a recent writing project, I had to find a newspaper article and then use...
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Remember the Born Alive Infant Prote...
“President George W. Bush signed the federal version of the Born Alive...