Miscellaneous

You hate your job. You’re thinking of quitting. You are not happy and you find that you have to drag yourself out of bed every morning so you can go to work. If this is your situation then today’s message is for you.

The surest way you can improve your fuel cost problem is to change your motoring habits. Listed below under four categories are 30 effective methods of doing so… no need to buy expensive add-on equipment.

If you’re stuck in a cube 40 hours a week, you may need a few coping strategies to keep from going crazy. Jack Wallen offers some survival tips to help make your workdays more bearable – and maybe even enjoyable.

“Love is blind and lovers cannot see the petty follies that themselves commit,” thus has Shakespeare put in the mouth of Jessica, daughter of Shylock, in the play Merchant of Venice, words of timeless significance. Not much has changed since the 16th century and present Romeos continue to find it necessary, because of the blinding…

Adopting a sustainable lifestyle starts at home. From what habits we can change to what new habits we will develop.  Such changes will benefit our purse, our health and ultimately, the planet.

Although we seem to have a never-ending problem of unemployment and underemployment, the more pressing predicament in this crucial economic time we are in is unmotivated employees. They stay with you, but they are not there. They simply fulfill the minimum requirements of the job, they stay within the limits of your Code of Discipline…

Conclusion   Parents of homosexual and lesbian children have the choice to love or to reject them and the earlier they recognize what homosexuality is all about, the sooner they will be able to avoid much of the unnecessary pain that these young people have to bear as they grow into adulthood.

We often heard remarks like “He is so like his father” or “He is what he is today due to his family upbringing”. Are our behavior, thoughts, feelings, values shaped by our parents? Is the difference between each of us lies in our personality? What makes each of us unique from one another? Briefly, personality…

It is quite clear that, based on numerous studies, homosexuality is not a disease, nor is it a psychological disorder. It wasn’t always seen as such. Not so long ago, homosexuals were seen as sick people who needed to be cured. Not anymore. Sure, there are those who still see gay people as sick and…

During my more than 40 years as a counselor, I have dealt with a countless gays, lesbians and their parents. I have yet to meet even one couple that from the very start welcomed the idea that perhaps their son or daughter is gay. There is always resistance and a lot of denial that it…

Say Spanish archeologists  ATAPUERCA, Spain—The remains of the “first Europeans” discovered at an archaeological site in northern Spain have revealed that these prehistoric men were cannibals who particularly liked the flesh of children.

Have you ever noticed that looks and a good personality often don’t go hand in hand? Maybe it’s God’s way of compensating. More often than not, if you’re ugly, you’re gifted with a good personality; if you’re blessed with good looks, you’re either a bitch or a jerk; if you have so-so looks, you also…

One of the best e-mails I got in recent days asked: do you know how the Apostles died? The answers are verifiable historically or from church accounts:

Ethical road map for business leaders: Jon Huntsman’s new book Winners Never Cheat (Even in Difficult Times).

TONY Blair knows what he is talking about. As prime minister of the United Kingdom for 10 years (assuming the office at the young age of 43), Blair knew what it was to lead a nation. Now envoy of the Quartet (United Nations , European Union, the United States and Russia) to the Middle East,…

Dear Tanya, I’m a stay-at-home mom and I do a lot of household chores. How do I remove coffee and tea stains from cups and mugs? They’re ugly to look at. Also, how do I make the smell of fresheners on newly washed clothes stay longer? I have this problem, especially with denim pants. I…

A couple of feng shui experts said that overall, they feel optimistic about the Year of the Ox, which starts today, despite the global economic crisis gripping the world and other looming challenges.

“Di ba swerte yan sa Intsik?” Everyone wants to know what they should do to bring luck to their lives in the new year, which starts tomorrow.

Is your cubicle-strewn with piles of paperwork and littered with empty coffee cups, beverage cans and snack packs-often mistaken for a junk shop? Are you afraid to slip a hand inside your desk drawer because a family of rats has claimed it as their own cozy nest? Then it’s high time you spruced up your…

Buyers might not know a bad layout design when they first see it, but they will know if something doesn’t quite feel right about the house. Generally, that feeling is caused by a bad layout.

Herman Malonzo, his lovely wife Angie and their talented daughter Mariah are good friends of mine. They have a beautiful house and Herman’s got a very stable job. As he took me and my family along the Las Vegas strip during our annual family vacation he shook his head slowly and said, “My friends from…

What is the more frightful horror movie or story you recall?

Camp Crame hierarchy yesterday ordered a stop to the practice of using police vehicles to escort politicians, especially local government officials such as mayors and governors.

I must take a bow. In this corner’s Halu-halong hula-hula last year, my batting average was, hold your breath, 90 percent. Not bad, ‘no, considering that all I did, as usual, was consult my Crystal Bola-Bola and my wornout Tararat Cards. Didn’t I, as usual, put to shame such high-profile showbiz manghuhula as Madame Uling,…