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I read about the word "eudaemonic" today in Victoria Moran's book Living a Charmed Life. Chapter 40 is called "Consider Yourself Lucky." If I could summarize Victoria's recommendations it's that if you look for the luck in your life, you pave the way for luck to find you. She suggests that one way of doing …

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My last post included a picture of the one lilac blossom blooming in my yard. Mindy of The Suburban Life blog commented that she loved lilacs but that they made her sneeze "like the dickens" followed by a question: Where does that saying come from? It clearly doesn't take much to entertain me because I …

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I'm vegan. So is my husband and my daughter. I realize this makes us a little different than the average person. I don't know what the exact numbers are, but I assume vegans make up a fairly small percentage of the overall population. Sometimes when you're part of a small demographic, you have a tendency to look …

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The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Scrabble Allows Proper Names www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes

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Robert Trebor has a face you know you've seen before. It makes sense because he's been a character actor in movies like "52 Pick-up", "Talk Radio", and "The Devil's Rejects." He also played the role of "Salmoneus" in the TV shows "Xena" and "Hercules." The thing is, I don't think I've seen those movies and …

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