Water me please

May 15 2008

This is wise living. I keep picturing this scene from Music and Lyrics where Hugh Grant (playing an 80's singer Alex Fletcher) hires Drew Barimore (as Sophie Fisher, who plays as plant caretaker) to water his apartment plants. Obviously, Alex doesn't care less what time his plants are fed and just keeps it for the "girls" so to say. Well, for the Alex Fletcher's out there, here's a terrrific idea to consider. While I myself would take on any Sophie Fisher over this gadget, chances may be too slim to find one... even by accident. Your ...

Gossip and Slander: Verbal Cannibalism

Apr 08 2008

Posted by Lorie Therese as Lifestyle Features

I used to have strong notions against women from my country marrying men from another country. I would always second-guess their motives, and I had such a bigoted notion about interracial marriage. Today, I came across this article, and I was struck about a couple of things about my culture that had been disappointing me lately, and I am struggling to overcome.

The Search for Significance: Can Great Relationships Be Less Than the Best Life Has for Us?

Apr 02 2008

Posted by Lorie Therese as Lifestyle Features

Sometimes, we derive our significance from something good.. But not the best that God, the Author of Life, Life Himself, wants to offer us. Our sources of significance may be a relationship, family, or even career. While these are good sources of significance, they are not supposed to be THE main source of one’s significance.

Your Body is a Wonderland

Mar 31 2008

Posted by Jim as Lifestyle Features, Health Features

You've worked hard, lived hard, played hard, loved hard & ran the marathon in bright successful colors. By the time you pause and wonder what you have through the years, you'd see an old old buddy needing, IF NOT, wanting your attention. That's your body! By this time, your body is about to put you ON HOLD. And chances are you may not enjoy the victory of a long life. Spas tend to be classed in two extreme ways - either cheap and cheerful (and you can think of the eerie hole-in-the-wall outlets in malls or as an ...

The Search for Significance: An Intro

Mar 28 2008

Posted by Lorie Therese as Lifestyle Features

My own journey for my search for significance started in high school, when I would challenge my teachers about the purpose of needing to study Algebra, or Calculus, or some other such subject that didn’t seem to be important to real life, the one that people live after college.

It’s getting hotter and hotter and even Antarctica is melting

Mar 26 2008

Posted by Jay as Featured Articles, Lifestyle Features, News

Oops, there goes a huge chunk of ice splattering on the shores of Antarctica, the world’s frozen butt. Don’t worry, don’t worry – the huge ice continent is not about to melt completely to raise sea levels around the world to “Waterworld” heights. So, you can safely get down from your roof now. And, no, there’s no need to consider living in a “Yellow Submarine” even if you’re a Beatles fan. On Tuesday, March 25, 2008, British scientists revealed that chunk of Antarctic ice about the size of Scotland suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk. The ...

Resting Ain’t Bad For Ya

Mar 14 2008

Posted by Lorie Therese as Lifestyle Features, Business Enhancements

It is not good for man to be overworked. I had made the mistake of overworking myself for one whole week monthly then be depressed and exhausted for three weeks a month, in the past. Then just right now, after having my mid-work Quiet Time (after finishing my February BlogSearchEngine.com posts), I read from 1 Kings 19:7: "Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you." The context is 1 Kings 19:1-18, where Elijah fled from Jezebel’s* wrath. Elijah was given food twice. After he was given food the first time, he ...

Flower power: Getting to know their meanings

Mar 09 2008

Posted by Jay as Featured Articles, Lifestyle Features

Oops, did you give your sweetheart striped carnations this Valentine’s Day? Argh, I hope she didn’t know the message conveyed by that particular flower; otherwise you would be sporting a bump in your head by now. It’s because striped carnations mean “Sorry, I can’t be with you.” This article should have been written before Feb. 14, but anyway, in case you’re still in the mood to give flowers to your sweetie, you should know that different flowers convey different messages. Here’s what flower experts say about the meanings of some blooms: Roses - Love Orchids - A belle Iris - My compliments Daisies - ...

De-Clutter Your Room

Feb 26 2008

Posted by Jen as Lifestyle and Leisure, Lifestyle Features

Yesterday, I spent most of the day re-arranging my bedroom. I moved cabinets and drawers. I got rid of a few tables, big and small. This is nothing new of course. In the family, I am known for trying to make something new out of my room. However, one major difference this time around is the fact that I moved my bed. It's amazing what a difference moving one piece of furniture can do to a room. Instantly, I have this huge space in the middle. I'm thinking of putting a carpet there, actually. I have also gotten rid of ...

Obese body: For cancer cells, what a feast!

Feb 16 2008

Posted by Jay as Featured Articles, Lifestyle Features

To all the fatties out there: If the curious stares don’t bother you, if you really don’t give a damn about cracking the concrete floor you step on or breaking the bed you sleep on, if finding a satisfying partner is not really much of a problem, if your limited mobility is fine with you, then go ahead, put more of them stuffs into your mouth. But wait! Here’s the latest medical bulletin from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachussetts. Researchers said obesity is threatening to outrun smoking as the number one cause of cancer. Being obese ...

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