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By parrots April 25, 2004
OBITUARY FOR A LOST BIRD BY STEVE PANZENHAGEN If you are feeling a little sensitive right now, then don't read this article now. I am really pissed off at someone and I don't know who ...
By lisingles April 24, 2004
So I was talking to a friend the other day who read my most recent column and was disappointed in me apparently. Not so much at the idea of "F.W.B' that got to her, it ...
By fatherfrank April 23, 2004
JD is twenty-five years old. He was recently found lying in the street all scraped and bloody. He had just finished binging on crack cocaine. For the past four years, JD has been using crack ...
By lisingles April 21, 2004
So there's this tradition that has seem to come about in the whole 'embrace your sexuality and own it' generation we are living in. People who don't either have the time or the want for ...
By seasons April 20, 2004
By Lauralyn Harter For some girls, their wedding day is something they always dreamed about. The thick, shiny white satin, the glittering tiara perched high on their heads like Cinderella or some imaginary princess. The ...
By fatherfrank April 15, 2004
Most Americans are deeply troubled by the escalating conflict in Iraq and Israel. The growing list of American casualties is deeply disturbing. Young Americans who volunteer for military service know that there is a risk ...
By careers April 14, 2004
By Linda Matias, CareerStrides Email: linda@careerstrides.com Website: www.careerstrides.com "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt m
By publicrelations April 12, 2004
Picture this scenario: You have written a press release, proofread it, re-written it and re-written it again. You've poured through Bacon's Publicity Outlets (the publicist's bible) to find exactly the right targets. You've emailed, snail-mailed ...
By babyplanning April 08, 2004
When planning the birth of a new child every parent wants to create the perfect nursery setting and no one ever knows where to begin besides picking out the furniture. Which, is okay in my ...
By babyboomers April 07, 2004
The 1920 American Census reported the average life expectancy was 54 years old. Today, in 2004, the picture has changed completely as the "Age Wave" of baby boomers born between 1946 and l964 make up ...
By organizing April 03, 2004
When we lose someone close to us, the last thing we want to think about is what we are going to do with their belongings. However, at some point it is something we need to ...
By lisingles April 02, 2004
So here it is, my first official 'Singles Expert' column. Funny thing is I've written on this topic many a times as the Nightlife Expert. Only this time, I get the cool Officialness of being ...
By fatherfrank April 02, 2004
When we adopt and/or give birth to children, they don't come with a manual. Most of us learn about parenting through trial and error. Depending on our generation, our basic parenting skills might be shaped ...
By careers April 01, 2004
By Linda Matias, CareerStrides Email: linda@careerstrides.com Website: www.careerstrides.com The cornerstone of a company's success relies on the caliber of
By fatherfrank April 01, 2004
Every child's nightmare is facing the reality of divorce. A growing number of divorce families are experiencing tremendous turmoil. When a couple decides to separate after a number of years and a few kids, more ...
By funstuff March 31, 2004
One Long Islander's search for real friends in the virtual world By Patricia Proven Last October during a party in Salem, Massachusetts, I was the only person without a costume. As it turns out, I ...
By emarketing March 30, 2004
The CAN-SPAM Act is a federal law that went into effect on January 1, 2004. It is preemptive of all the state laws (currently, 36 states have their own anti-spam laws). I'll do my best ...
By security March 25, 2004
BY JIM CORBETT In my first article for LongIsland.com I would like to focus on a topic that many of my clients have raised lately and is extremely relevant to all businesses and organizations. The ...
By fatherfrank March 24, 2004
Social promotion has been in the news recently. As an educator, I am concerned that a growing number of students are graduating from high school and beginning college as functional illiterates. Although they have high ...
By fatherfrank March 19, 2004
Methamphetamines are synthetic amphetamines or stimulants that are produced and illegally sold in pill form, capsules, powder and chunks. An amphetamine is a chemical that has stimulant properties akin to adrenaline. Like adrenaline, methamphetamin
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