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Kids’ parties have come a long way from the cake, party hats and noisemakers of the last generation. Magicians, costumed characters, moonwalk contraptions and professional DJs are often part of a child’s birthday party festivities. The parties get more elaborate, the gifts more expensive, and th..
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Healthy Eating as an OrdealI remember my mother emptying a slimy mass of spinach out of a can and heating it up in a saucepan. I knew I was in for an ordeal at dinner. Since I couldn’t leave the table until the plate was empty, I anticipated sitting for an hour eating micr..
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Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery. A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. A hangover is the wrath of grapes. Corduroy pillow..
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Pizza Party! Don’t we all have the same memories of childhood birthday parties? Plates of birthday cake and melted icecream, hotdogs, tummy aches and the chaos of grown-ups trying to keep sticky little hands occupied and off the clean walls! Now, with kids of our own, birthday par..
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Recently, I joined a familial celebration to recognize my niece’s 18th birthday. It was a joyous yet saddening time. My niece was in high spirits to order her first alcoholic spirits with dinner out (and even more pleased to proudly display her newly-acquired photo identification to our WAI..
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