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Monthly Archives: April 28, 2017
What are Sobakawa pillows?
A Sobakawa pillow is a buckwheat filled pillow made for head, neck and shoulder support, used in Asia for over 2,000 years. The pillows have also become very popular for their therapeutic properties and their durability. Doctors recommend switching conventional bed pillows every year as these pillows lose their “support” i.e. elasticity. Sobakawa pillows are […]
Colonialism and the Victims: East and West
Throughout the years, students are taught of the conquest of lands and of the conversions of savage people into “improved” religions and civilized mannerisms. Everyone knows “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” and how civilization has been formed into the masterpiece that it is today. It is not until higher, adult education and life […]
Looking at Established Classical Romantic Poets
Thomas Hardy, Samual Coleridge and John Keats can all be considered Romantic poets. Hardy may be referred to as a “disillusioned romantic,” but he still writes about romantic subject and delves into the deeper levels of the human psyche – similar to the ways that Coleridge and Keats do. These men ask questions that are […]
Literary Analysis: Seeing the World Through the Same Eyes of Two Different Women
The similarities between Virginia Woolf‘s Mrs. Dalloway and Kate Chopin‘s The Awakening are surprising. Without a doubt, Chopin influenced Woolf’s novel, but The Awakening has not quite received the same attention despite the fact that it too is riddled with suicide, depression, objectification and (especially) the solitude of the main character. Edna’s solitude and capacity […]
The Gift (I Asked God – My Version)
I asked God to give me prosperity so I could be happy with my riches. God gave me poverty that brought wisdom saying, “Instead, I will reward you with the fruits of your labor.” I asked God to take my pain away so with good health I could carry out great things. God allowed me […]
The Difference Between Annuals, Biennials and Perennials
Do to various factors like climate and landscape; it becomes difficult to tell annual, perennial and biennial flowers from one another. Moreover, some of the flowers belong to each class. To eliminate confusion, use the explanations below for guidance and remember than removing a plant from its native habitat will often change the behavior of […]
Confession: I love when people make mistakes
One great thing about working with the public – the mistakes they make: A customer once called me asking if this 9 foot skeleton could sit in a chair… Odd that it would need to sit in a chair but the man said his ceilings were only 9ft tall. Naturally, he was calling a Christian […]
Confessions: Bald Children Look Like Peanuts
When children have shaved heads or buzz cuts, I honestly can’t help but think how cute they are. They look like peanuts with eyelashes and I just want to rub their little heads.
Copywriting Interview and Test from CBD 4 Years Ago
What’s one of your favorite books right now, and why? Crash test dummies are life savers. To me, the For Dummies books are exactly that. The best-selling series is my generation’s “Peyton Place-” Everybody’s heard of the books, not a single body reads them…except for all those invisible people buying the books! I thought “Quantum […]