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Mel Gets Married: I'm Engaged!

From the time that most women are little girls, they start planning (well, more like dreaming) for their wedding days. As cliché and stereotypical as this sounds, we women all know in the cockles of our hearts that this statement is true....read more...

My Health Guru Calley,

Ok we all have our vices, so please help. I need to clean up my body. If you could recommend quitting smoking or drinking, which do you think would be most beneficial to me?

Help Me! Luscious Lush

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My Health Guru Calley,

Hello, I always seem so down and have no energy. It’s hard to get out of bed in the morning. I have no time (and extra funds), for a gym. Can you recommend a few stretches or exercises that can give me a boost in the morning? Hitting the snooze button just isn’t cutting it.

Get me out of my slump, Frozen and Broke in Buffalo

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Conquering Fuji-san

 Mountain climbing is often used as a metaphor in popular culture for overcoming some sort of challenge.  Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye in the song “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” sang about how not even a peak of 2,000 or more feet could keep them apart. However, it’s doubtful that these two ever climbed anything [...]

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Asian Adventures

In 10 days, I’m heading to Asia for a 3 week tour of Japan, Thailand, and Cambodia. In Japan, we’re staying with my aunt who works at Nissan. In Thailand and Cambodia, we are “roughing it.” Although I’ve done lots of travel before (i.e. lived in France for 8 mos. and spent a month in [...]

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Living with others: How to keep the peace

Most adults have lived with roommates at least once in their lifetime. At the very least, you’ve probably shared a dorm room or a house when you were in college. 
I’ve had lots of roommates—I’ve lived with more than 20 people in the past 10 years. I’m not exaggerating either. I’ve lived with 16 different people [...]

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NCAA Tourney: Why Aren’t We More Excited About the Girls?

These past couple of weeks, I’ve been following men’s basketball in the NCAA tournament. My alma mater, Michigan State, is going to the Final Four (Go green! Go white!). The MSU women did pretty well in the tournament as well, making it to the Sweet Sixteen. However, I only knew this because my uncle commented [...]

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Blackberry Storm vs. iPhone: Secrets to the Smartphones

Smart phones are all the rage, but which one should you choose? A few months ago, my phone was swiped along with my purse. Although an unfortunate event, I decided to use it as an excuse to upgrade my phone. I am a current customer of Verizon and was a customer of AT&T (formerly Cingular) [...]