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Bad Things Happen to Good People

From the time I was little I always believed in the notion that if you lived right, good things would happen. As I got older it became apparent to me that this was not the case. Even though I had done everything that I could to be a good wife and mother I still ended up divorced. Sometimes life happens that way. It isn’t fair, but it’s just the way it is. The important thing is that you don’t spend your life beating yourself up about it. Just because bad things have happened to you doesn’t mean you are a … Continue reading →

Cat People vs. Dog People

I’ve already debunked the whole cats and dogs can never get along theory. What about whether you’re a cat person or a dog person, and what that says about your personality? I recently caught part of a NOVA documentary exploring that very thing, and I wish I’d seen more of it. The opening was full of cat people and dog people talking about the respective attributes of their favorite mammals, before examining what life is like at home for each of them. Although the concept was fascinating, I felt a little put out. What about me? I love dogs and … Continue reading →

Another Good Reason to Get Renters Insurance

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An apartment building went up in flames, and everything inside it got destroyed. Fortunately, no one died in this particular fire. Some of the tenants were new graduates, who lost all their possessions in the fire. This is exactly the type of situation that renters insurance is designed for. There are a lot of things to think about immediately after a person graduates from college. Typically, young adults who just earned their degree are saddled with a big student loan debt. It can be hard to come up with enough money to pay rent, and buy groceries, when a person … Continue reading →

Special Needs Blog Week in Review – Week of February 12 – 18, 2012

The Special Needs Blog Week in Review is a great way to quickly catch up on everything that appeared in the Special Needs Blog in the past week. It is a good way to make sure that you haven’t missed anything. You can scan through this list to search for blogs about whatever particular special needs your child happens to have. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup for the week went up on February 13, 2012. I would like to point out an episode done by The Coffee Klatch that is titled “NY Times Op Ed Gone Wrong – Ritalin Gone … Continue reading →

Oops, Our Bad – The Tragedy of the Salem Witch Trials

It’s October, and people are thinking about all things Halloween. Since I am from Massachusetts, I think that it is a good time to talk about a place that I visited a long time ago when I was a Girl Scout – Salem. People from all over the world come to Salem, Massachusetts to learn more about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The Witch Trials undoubtedly played a large part of the lives of all that were living in New England during that time. My ancestors were still in other countries at that time, but other people are able … Continue reading →

Things to Know About Wedding Insurance

Are you planning a big wedding? There are a lot of people who spend more than a year figuring out every little detail about exactly how they want their wedding to be. Making this happen can cost thousands of dollars. Wedding insurance can give you some protection in case something goes wrong. Later on this week, I will be flying halfway across the country to attend my sister’s wedding. This will be my first experience being a bridesmaid. So far, I am amazed by how many little tiny details bridesmaids have to deal with. I purchased the dress, and found … Continue reading →

The Good and the Bad of Social Networking

As with almost anything in life, social networking can have its good sides but it can also have its bad sides. Sometimes the decision to allow your teen to engage in social networking will depend on whether or not you think the bad outweighs the good or vice versa. We have to first acknowledge that social media is likely here to stay. It is not a fad that will die out anytime soon. Keeping up with the world is sometimes the only direction to go. In fact in my career as a writer, you usually need to have knowledge of … Continue reading →

Insurance Executive Loses Job Over Bad Words

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Be careful with what you say about your boss, or about the company you work for. This piece of common sense seems to be true for everyone, including insurance executives. People are learning that the things they say in social media, online, can come back to harm them. It seems that some people have forgotten that saying things in person has implications as well. I think that most people understand that it is not generally a good idea to say things that could get you fired. Despite this, there are a lot of people who think that expressing themselves through … Continue reading →

Insurance Coverage For Bad Tweets?

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One of the interesting things about social media is that it is a means that can provide a person with moments of hope, as well as moments of discouragement. Insurance brokers in Canada are considering creating insurance coverage that would protect a person, or a company, from fallout due to nasty posts and tweets. Perhaps it is time for this kind of insurance to exist. It can be incredibly tempting to use Facebook or Twitter to say exactly what you are feeling about a specific person or a particular corporation. There are a lot of people who use Twitter to … Continue reading →

Things I never would have considered – Part I

I’m off to a bad start in 2011… at least as far as blogging goes. I had some technical difficulties at the start of this month, and it took me some time to get back up and running. Unfortunately, “back up and running” meant buying a new computer while we tried to fix the old one! The old one, as it turns out, is now nothing more than a rather large paperweight. During the first couple weeks of this month, while I was dealing with the computer problems, I spent some time thinking of what I have been writing here, … Continue reading →