Worth Partying For

Thursday’s MAD question: Why do we throw parties? We celebrate the wonderful events in our lives by giving gifts. It is a celebration of having. We celebrate birthdays (having life), weddings (having love), graduations (having education), but what about those who have nothing to celebrate? Can you take the challenge to Make A Difference?

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Diamonds in the Hourglass

Over the last week, a theme has developed, which by last Friday was destined to become a series. We looked into the vortex into which time slips when we are busy doing everything and nothing. We also looked at the emergencies of others which eat away not only our time, but also our (money, energy, faith in humanity). Lastly, we looked at the the tolerance we show to those who have only their own best interests at heart and the ways we circumvent our own (goals, lives, needs) to deliver.

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Writers Spotlight: H.E. Ellis

Judging from the crop of young people clustered around the M3 Coffee Shoppe table, Red was right in guessing H.E. Ellis was talking about the new book, The Gods of Asphalt. Like them, Red had questions which brought out some amazing answers from the YA author.

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Capture the Beast!

Snapshots of children are the touchstone of lifelong memories. Making them good photos, and not just blackmail fodder for the teenage years, is easier than you may think. It does not take over-advanced photography skills or ridiculously expensive equipment to capture your little beast for posterity.

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Muse for Monday

MantraTonight is Mantra’s night. What she has on the menu is a philosophical look into the drama with which we are inevitably surrounded. Even those who operate merely in the virtual world, eventually find themselves pulled into some sort of scam. The lengths to which some will go are simply mind-boggling.

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