The Wild Side Of Valentine's Day - Yeah Baby! Because we are who we are, we tend to think of Valentine's Day as a day special only to us. But, it's not necessarily so. Who says we have the market on this special day? A day for showing appreciation to our mates and signific
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02/14/2010
Here Comes The IRS: 1099-C On Short Sales Are you counseling your short sale sellers to seek tax advice before moving forward with their short sales? Are you making them aware that a 1099-C could soon be in the mail from IRS? If the debt is cancelled or forgiven, the forgiven amount could st
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02/13/2010
A Joey Is Not A Bear Koalas, contrary to popular belief, are not bears. They are marsupials, as are kangaroos, wallabies, and possums. A baby koala is called a "joey", and although they look soft and cuddly, their fur actually feels more like the wool of a sheep. They are born naked, and don'
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02/12/2010
Butterflies Have Ears - Really! It was believed that butterflies were deaf until 1912, when butterfly ears were first discovered. (Hey! I'm NOT kidding!) In the past ten years or so, scientists started studying the tiny ears found at the base of the wings of several species of butterflies. (
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02/10/2010
Big Brother 62 years ago, a book was written that, even if you haven't read it, you've certainly heard of it, or at least you've heard the phrases that became common in our everyday language since the publishing of the book. Does 'Big Brother' ring any bells with you? Written in 1948, George
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02/09/2010
Do You Print Your Photos? Something You Should Know About Aspect Ratio Have you ever printed a digital photo to frame, only to find it didn't fit the frame properly? This is why. Traditional 35mm cameras have an aspect ratio of 3:2. This is the the ratio between the width and height of the ph
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02/07/2010
Don't Pick Your Nose In Public - Someone Is Probably Watching Like some fool with a camera.... This is a Western Lowland Gorilla and her baby that I photographed at the San Diego Zoo in December 2009. She was a bit preoccupied... The zoo's first two gorillas arrived in 1931. The first g
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02/05/2010
20th Annual International Snow Sculpture Competition - Breckenridge, ColoradoThe 20th Annual Snow Sculpture Competition was judged in Breckenridge, Colorado this weekend. Twelve teams from six countries came to Breckenridge to enter the competition, and the talent was phenomenal! The teams ha
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02/03/2010
'Moonset' Behind Breckenridge, Colorado A friend of mine has a townhouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, and on Friday, we went up there for another girl's weekend. It was the 20th Annual Ice Sculpture competition, and the town was packed with people. We left late afternoon, and headed out Hwy 2
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02/02/2010
The House With Nobody In It - The Inside Written by Joyce Kilmer, Published in 1914 Another excerpt: But a house that has done what a house should do, a house that has sheltered life, That has put its loving wooden arms around a man and his wife, A house that has echoed a baby's laugh and hel
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01/29/2010
