201 Things That Make Me Happy

Source: BlogHer

rustic sourdough bread, toasted crisp and served hot spread with melting butter and blackberry jam surprise recurring characters sukiyaki with friends shower puffs and fragrant, foaming shower gel Japanese restaurant ...
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Crosbie weaves dreamspell

Source: Edmonton Journal

Life Is About Losing EverythingLynn Crosbie House of Anansi Like the best works of art, Life Is About Losing Everything, the new book from Toronto writer Lynn Crosbie, is difficult to discuss. Not only d ...
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Pour Some Sugar On Me

Source: The Rambling Taoist

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with ...
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Theme park time in Taiwan!

Source: The Star Malaysia

Everything from serene streams to terrified screams await visitors to Ilha Formosa (aka Taiwan). SINCE ancient times, the enchanting beauty of Ilha Formosa has captivated intrepid travellers. Strategically located near China, Korea, Japan and the ...
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Non-starters

Source: HutchNews.com

Published: 5/25/2012 4:33 PM | Last update: 5/25/2012 4:33 PM Breaking up is hard to do, Neil Sedaka sang in the 1980s. So is moving on. But the birther movement and the Jeremiah Wright haters do need to move on. They are tilling soil that was pl ...
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How are Hollywood blockbusters financed?

Source: How Stuff Works

Colossal explosions split the sky, tsunamis crash over major metropolises, meteorites plough through mountain ranges, life-size dinosaurs stomp around primordial forests -- and let's not even get into all the cre ...
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11 word games writers love

Source: PR Daily News

OK, I'll admit it: If you scrolled through the apps on my iPhone, you'd know I love a good word game. As someone who spends my days penning paragraphs, threading together words like pearls on a string, I've always been drawn to the Scrabbles and crosswor ...
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The Friday Game: Lexcavator

Source: Edge Magazine

I’m going to spend about 400 words telling you about Lexcavator, which I discovered today over at the ever wonderful freeindiegame.es blog. The concept, however, is actually summed up pretty neatly by the game’s designer in just one sentence: ...
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I Like To Play With Words

Source: Experience Project

Words are so versatile, so pliant. I am thrilled with all the possibilities! I came up with a few little games I have played with my daughter. One uses a selection of words cut from newspapers and magazines, the other uses comic ...
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