I am fortunate to be located in a Toastmasters district in Central California. We have the highly competitive clubs of Las Vegas to keep us on our toes for tall tales and international speech contests. Just four hours to the south is the headquarters of Toastmasters International. And midway between here and there is Lancaster, California, home to one of […]
The Book of Excellence: 104 Principles for Living and Working by Dana LaMon
Improve Your Test Scores With These Test Prep Tips
Here are some key tips for test preparation, whether you’re taking the SAT, ACT, or other standardized tests like the LSAT, GMAT, GRE, or MCAT. Preparing for exams can be difficult, but with the right plan you can be successful. (1) practice sections: Always take practice sections and exams under “test conditions”. Testing conditions refer to taking an exam at […]
Beyond Volunteering: Community Service Ideas for College Students
As a college student dedicated to getting the most out of your education, the last thing you want to do over the summer break is get more educated. After a semester of studying more and going to fewer parties than you expected, spending May through August playing with friends, vacationing, and visiting nightspots makes sense. But what if you could […]
Pallbearers at the funeral of higher education
Accreditation versus education is an issue/situation that continues to germinate in our country today. Our future posterity is based solely on the whims and needs of corporate America, or so it seems. Let’s take a look at the demise of our education system as seen by several Philadelphia college professors, shall we? There is a lot of hope. “Something is […]
Park Hyatt Chicago is a luxury hotel in Chicago
I have used this hotel twice before on previous business trips to Chicago. The mere fact that I have been there twice already indicates that I am satisfied with the service and the facilities. I must admit that the rates are high, but the location is excellent and the service impeccable. As far as location, there is little room for […]
Stuffed Toys: Protection of Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents
If you have ideas for unique plush toys, the right thing to do is to do everything you can to protect them. Stuffed toys are very profitable and if you don’t cover all the bases to protect your ideas, “enterprising” people will take advantage of it. They will do it “legally” because you didn’t do things to legally protect them. […]
Critical analysis of On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac is one of the pioneering founders of the beatnik movement along with Allen Ginsberg. The beatnik movement is confusing as it involved a combination of Paschal mysticism, drugs and free sex. It may be that it grew out of the depression of American involvement in Vietnam and the Cold War. I read Kerouac’s On the Road, but I […]
Memory Boosting Games: Find Out How To Boost Your Memory Power With Scientific Brain Games
Forgetting, finding hard-to-remember names, phone numbers, any recent events? Wake up! Your memory is deteriorating and you need to check your brain as soon as possible to prevent the occurrence of any memory-related disorders. Start taking immediate action to combat memory aging. The best way to deal with memory decline is to play some memory games that will help the […]
Penis Projectiles – Tips to Shoot Farther
Penile projectiles, more commonly known as ejaculation projectiles, are something every man thinks about and many men actively pursue. In a nutshell, it’s about shooting semen on a massive scale: finding a way to make semen shoot out of the penis and fly as far and as hard as possible. While some men enjoy measuring and “scoring” their performance in […]
Recognize marketing deception (fraud?) before becoming a victim
Lately, I’ve been listening to a certain radio ad bombing the New York subway news station that I enjoy listening to. The reason I like this station is simple: It’s smart, it’s interesting, and it carries John Sterling/Susan Waldman Yankee commentary during the games of the season. However, this particular radio ad strikes me as so full of misleading marketing […]