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The De-Ratchefication Process…
Many of us have great resolutions for 2012. Some people plan to loose weight, others plan to get new jobs, or save money while some make plans to leave the baggage of 2011 in the past. Well I’m here to provide 10 reasons why it’s good to get rid of those silly people on Facebook and other social media outlets. I call it “De-Ratchefication.” Urban Dictionary has defined the term ‘ratchet’. As an adjective, it describes a person or activity that is out of hand, out of control, or generally whack in some...
read moreFacebook’s Effect on Esteem and Relationships (Infographic)
Facebook and romantic relationships make for a potent — and potentially volatile — combination. While the network does offer opportunities for meaningful social interactions and self-esteem boosts, it also opens a Pandora’s box of options for spying, stalking and other insecurity- and jealousy-driven actions between lovers.
read moreThe Business of Relationships : Vol. 1
Most people have heard of the four stages Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing. I think these stages play into dating relationships as well. Let's examine each stage...
read moreSweet Home Chicago?
In an age where job, college, and just about every other application exists online eliminating a day of internet access adds another challenge in the process...
read moreThe Fourhorsemen of Technology From CNNMoney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — It’s 2012, the year that many believe will mark the end of the world. But if the four horsemen of the Apocalypse don’t show up, you might want to make some smart investments for the long haul with a different kind of four horsemen. In the 1990s, Intel (INTC, Fortune 500), Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500), Dell (DELL, Fortune 500) and Cisco (CSCO, Fortune 500) were the so-called “four horsemen of tech” — the high-profile public technology companies that were sure to return strong...
read moreFacebook A Top Cause Trouble
From www.thegaurdian.co When Facebook gets involved, relationships can quickly fall apart – as Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Gaddafi have discovered. But dictatorships are not the only ties being dissolved by social networkingsites: now Facebook is increasingly being blamed for undermining American marriages. Even though the rate of divorce in the US has remained largely stable in recent years, American divorce lawyers and academics have joined Middle East analysts in picking out Facebook as a leading cause of relationship trouble, with...
read more31 At 31… Memories of Loved Ones… Chip…
A lot of people don’t know this but the 1st person I met when I moved to Hazel Crest on August 2nd 1988 was Berkeley Baker. My parents got our bikes off the moving van first thing so my sister and I would have something to do and so while riding bikes I rode to the park around the corner and met this kid who would become one of my best friends. I really don’t have a favorite memory cause we have 1000s and I couldn’t pick anything else over standing up in your wedding but one of my favorites was playing basketball in your...
read more31 at 31 Memories of Loved Ones… My Big Cousin
I think the one thing I remember most about my cousin Corita was how the time when she came outside in my neighborhood when I was a shorty to find out who were messing with her little cousins… Even though I’m only a couple years younger I will always be her little cousin… She’s always had my back and I will always have hers. She was hilarious as a kid. She would make my sister and I do things to see which one us she would “like better” for that day. Although we are cousins she’s always treated me...
read more31 at 31 Memories Loved Ones… My Sister
I decided that over the next two days I would share 31 memories of close friends and loved ones. The greatest gift I’ve ever received is the friendship and love of those people around me. I love you all.. I couldn’t start of talking about anyone else 1st other than my absolute best friend in the world my sister.. Jennifer Beckham she knows more about me than anyone. My favorite memory was when we were little and we stayed in the same room in the 1 bedroom apartment my folks had as young parents. She and I would play games...
read moreNPO Spotlight : Swish Dreams.Org
By Matt Whitener.. This is a Repost From.. Cheap Seats Please March Madness may be the best cap to a season that any sport features. Despite what has gone on for the last six months, when the brackets are released, pitting the best of every conference in college basketball against one another, it seems that nearly everybody has a chance. The push to find the Cinderella, the underdog small school team that can pull the big upset, is one of the best stories in all of sports. That Cinderella aspect is not only limited to college basketball courts...
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