We are all affected by humour. The Webster?s Dictionary definition of humour is "a normal functioning bodily semi fluid or fluid (as the blood or nymph)." I have no clue what this means, but to me humour is something funny. I kind of liked the part about the nymph, but the rest of that definition i...

Chopin used them extensively. So did Beethoven and Mozart. Arpeggios are beautiful and are perfect for the New Age piano style too! You can hear them in George Winston`s music. David Lanz uses them in many of his compositions, and of course, I use them as well. Why? Because the piano is well suited ...

When I went online in 1998, my experience with PCs was limited to basic word processing, and the most technical term I knew was, "Load game." Today, I maintain my own website and I roam the Internet with confidence. But during those first months online, I gained more worry lines and lost more sleep ...

Cheerleading, once a rather tame activity composed mostly of pompoms and megaphones, has taken an about face in America over the last few decades.

Today, cheerleaders use gymnastic moves and athletic ability to flip, somersault and even catapult one another into the air, with stunts that can...

Is there a best way to practice on your guitar? Of course you have to make your practice sessions effective but could there be a way to practice that is more effective than other ways? There are many principles involved in an effective practice session and I think some of these are: 1. A motivation ...

This article is continued from ?3 Tips That Will Help You Score More Goals in Ice Hockey ? Part One?. Assuming that you have set your hockey goals for the season, here are three easy tips you can implement to score more frequently: 1. Shoot the puck every time you get a chance. Just look at the stat...

Don?t you just love it when people make resolutions for the new year? How many people that you know give up on a resolution once they break it? Really, whoever said that if you fail [or fall] once that you must quit altogether? Well, the good news for article writers is that the measur...

Hiking and backpacking have long been two of my greatest passions in life. As a student in Baltimore, a buddy of mine and I made a ritual of spending our entire spring break hiking the Appalachian Trail, which runs the entire length of the east coast. Our spring break was a week and, in that time, w...

Paintball manufacturers are popping up around just about every corner these days. They are all over the web and in paintball magazines. They?ve always got something better for your collection. Don?t get it wrong, the new stuff is really cool and advanced, with new options and upgrades to make eve...

Directional Thrusters can increase the maneuverability of just about any modern jet fighter. http://www.f-16.net/modules.php?op=modload...artid=56&page=1 . Directional thrusters and thrust vectoring can be used to control flight at slow speeds, Orbitor and Space Shuttle Re-entry and vertical take of...

Whoever said, ?the pen is mightier than the sword? was using what?s known as a metaphor. Metaphors are one of my most favorite tools in writing because it involves using a comparison of things out of context of the way things are generally viewed. Don?t worry though, I won?t attempt to use a ...

Poker is all about winning, but losing as well. And when he loses, a player gets decepted. Bluffing is a typical poker method. The reason you bluff is obvious: you want to trick the others, making them think you have a better hand than the one you do, and even a better hand than they do. If you want...

Most of us like to use what we learn right away. So why is it that most piano teachers tell you you can`t really play music until you learn 2 years of theory or more? What hogwash! If I had to wait that long before I could launch into my own creations I would go nuts. Even art schools encourage crea...

Tuesday`s NBA six-game card is highlighted by Detroit visiting New Jersey at 7:35 ET. The Pistons are off to the 4th-best 42-game start in NBA history at 37-5> and will take an 11-game winning streak (a league season-high) into the contest. The Nets own a eight-game home winning streak but that`s a ...

Online golf tips are on the increase. This is hardly surprising because we are in the information age and virtually every kind of information you can think of has increased tremendously in quantity over the internet and continues to do so at a rapid rate. The information age has had the effect of pu...

I admit it. Many, many years ago I purchased a ticket from a ticket scalper outside Texas Stadium. If memory serves correct, I paid $70 for a ticket with a face value around $15. Like I said it was many, many years ago, and I was young and naive. At the time I felt relieved to have a ticket. The gam...

What`s so cool about interactive TV? It puts you in (almost) total control of your viewing experience. You can the change camera angles on sports events, games and order food. In its broadest sense - promoted by the interactive industry - interactive TV is anything that allows consumers to have more...

Mystery of the Cemetery
(Augsburg, Germany, 1970: dedicated to Sarah) ?Our mouths met, in a long, loving kiss. It was sunrise?, the time I figured she?d tell me about the mystery of why she walked through the Cemetery all the time. Her name was Sarah McCarthy, or so she said her name was. She h...

Part One of Nineteen [See notes for overview] Planet SSARG?Planet of Grass [Part of the: Cadaverous Planets] Outside of the Milky Way, beyond Moiromma, and Ice Cap, is a planet the size of earth, with a large moon that seems to guard, and protect its inhabitants from invading forces like comets and ...

Years ago, Rush Limbaugh coined the term "adult beverages" to refer to alcoholic drinks. Yet millions of dittoheads across the Fruited Plain lacked a guide for making the best adult beverages. So one fan created The Dittohead?s Guide to Adult Beverages, a collection of humorous dittohead reci...

Betting is a very widespread and regular phenomenon especially in United States. In the world of sports betting has not left any game untouched. Be it cricket, horse racing, football, basketball? betting has laid its hands over all of them. Though almost half of the country?s population is conscious...

As an amateur songwriter, who struggles with a computer far from powerful enough to run the necessary software to record vocals of good quality, I have looked for good solutions. And I`ve found a few. In a short while you will hear songs that are totally computer made ? including the vocals. Yamaha ...

Kiteboarding - also known as kitesurfing or flysurfing is a relatively new sport that first gained popularity in the late 90`s. Kiteboarding is a mixture between windsurfing, surfing and wakeboarding. Different size kites allows you to kiteboard in various wind strengths. The bigger the kite, the li...

You are to me my lifeline
my security.
That scares me.
I never wanted to trust again that much
I got hurt too badly the last time.
I swore I`d never do it again,
never let the trust out of my hands
into someone elses.

And yet I`ve done it
and now I`m afraid
of what you will do with i...

How do you describe a scene without slowing down the pace of your novel? What do you include? What do you leave out? Here`s a neat trick: use your own experiences as a guide. When we encounter a new setting or new experience, all our senses are on the alert. While we may not be conscious of i...

When shopping for discount softball bats, follow the coaches? rules. They know what?s best for their players. We?re talking world-class softball players here, not the weekend warriors on the diamond with a cooler of beer and sandwiches. So we?re talking world-class coaches. The first step is to head...

Who knew back then in the 1920?s that the National Football League would take the path to become what it has? In the 1920?s, a group of businessman and sports enthusiasts from the middle of America gathered in Canton, Ohio in a car showroom to discuss and strategize how they would take pro-football ...

If you`re a writer, you`re in business. It doesn`t matter whether you`re writing picture books, or a self-help book for underachievers, or promotional material and flyers for anyone who wants it... YOU`RE IN BUSINESS. Therefore, it makes sense to go where the business contacts are. I know, I know - ...

Golf club swing weight. Have you heard that term before? A rather effective method of improving the golf swing is by adding extra weight to the club and then going through the motions of swinging. This sort of exercise has many advantages apart from the fact that it is very golf specific and works ...

Singles Cruises are a great way to fulfill your single adventures, and with Valentines Day just around the corner, cupid may have a few cruising tips up his/her sleeve! We know that many singles get frustrated this time of year when passion and love hits the air with a fury, and they find it difficu...

In 1994 Daniel Johns and his group Silverchair were catapulted into the mainstream by winning a demo competition in Australia. Their single ?Tomorrow? is still widely regarded as one of the defining songs of the early 90s. Now, before you rush out to buy The Dissociatives you?re going to want to sit...

If you have ever taken many riding lessons I`m sure you have heard the word "relaxation". It seems to be a staple in every instructors vocabulary. Have you ever wondered why so many teachers, trainers, and top riders place so much importance on it? Sometimes they are refering to relaxation on the pa...

Poetry is very much an art. That means that writing poetry entails exploration and practice. More than that, though, the exploriation involved in writing poetry can be very enlightening. There are words that come easily to us, then there are those that take finesse, thought, and persistence to fi...

Neck lanyards are often made from lengths of rope, wire, or cloth and are worn around the neck to secure an important object. Frequently worn by business employees, students, or trade show attendees, they are often custom printed with logos, slogans, or symbols. In this manner, the neck lanyard ca...

I received this great quote from a member of www.Writing.Com/ who gave me permission to post it. I love it! What we as writers really want is usually a combination of what we say ("I want honest comments, ("tell me what I am doing wrong, I want to learn") and what we feel ("This is a great stor...