So, you married a slob. The man who once whispered sweet nothings in the shell of your ear now leaves stinky whizzes on the seat of your toilet. Leisurely Sunday morning brunches have turned into post-Saturday belch-fests. And you -- much to your horror -- have discovered what "skidmarks" are all about.

Murder is messy. D

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Would you like to earn money with your blog(s)? Five years ago when I started my first one that's what I told my husband I'd be doing. He didn't believe me. These days, I'm the one laughing (okay, giggling) all the way to the bank.

I'm making $3950 and more doing exactly the same thing blogging that I was doing for free

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Boys identify with their fathers so if dad has a beard it could very well be that son will want a beard too. The problem is that schools today especially private schools have dress codes which rule out beards and mandate shaving. This whole process starting with the first shave can be funny, tedious or downright annoying. In s

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Every blogger loves getting comments. Then why do so many of us sabotage our own comment sections and reader good will?

There's an art to running a blog that has a lively conversation going in the comment section. One of the most important tricks: leave comments on your own blog! Unfortunately, new bloggers often think that

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I almost wondered if Aaron Brazell of Technosailor was going to miss posting on the upcoming changes to the 2.5 release of Wordpress, due out later this month, but he did in fact post about it.

I've got my thoughts on the whole thing on BloggingNotes, and I break it down to the things that I'll find most useful with the

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You probably already know that affiliate programs are a powerful way to earn money online. Like all business ventures, however, there are pitfalls. With some common sense and patience, though, those hurdles don’t have to get in your way.

This article contains the three most common mistakes people make when working with affil

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The seventh article of Alan Johnson's "From Zero to Hero" series will have helping you understand how you should deal with that inevitable reality check you are always facing as its main focus. A must-read which will definitely help you develop the right attitude and not be taken by surprise once the inevitable occurs. Can y

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Make sure you follow blogging tips to achieve your goals. When you start blogging, don't go right at it and shoot for the sky. It takes time and commitment to actually reach 1/4 of the way. Following blogging tips that bloggers provide is a must because each blogger provides different perspectives. What you do with that is

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I have only recently taken the plunge into the often-murky waters of niche blogging. It was even more recently that I actually started to clue in with regards to what is involved in getting that all important 'organic traffic' that one needs for any hope of success. So I started learning about the challenges of SEO as well

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The Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History in Washington DC has opened their much anticipated permanent exhibit - Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution. This exhibit features a Live Butterfly Pavillion (which houses 400 butterflies) and an Exhibition Hall.

This exhibit looks at how the relationships betw

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One year ago this month, Lindsay Lohan bought Marilyn Monroe's old apartment which she's since taken to furnishing with all sorts of Monroe memorabilia.

Now LaLo is trying to convince the rest of us that she has something more in common with Marilyn besides generating tabloid fodder, making bad romantic choices and chasing

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Coffee giant Starbucks has announced all of its 7,100 stores nationwide will close later this month for a few hours as the company tries to boost sagging sales.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says all stores will close Tuesday, February 26th at 5:30 p.m. for three hours to retrain baristas on skills like making the perfect sh

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I know Vic is always looking for something funny to read so when I came across this little story I figured I'd post it on BZ for the whole gang to enjoy - you will of course notice that I am not telling you anything about the post as it is a joke and how do you describe a joke without kinda telling the joke!

So have I used

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This is another article I wrote in response to a comment request. This time it's on keyword stuffing. I took it a little further and added slugs, titles and content.

Since I'm not a search engine optimization expert, the best I can do is point you to relevant articles written by the people and entities that are.

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There is so much attention paid to RSS feed subscriber numbers. People think that if you have tens of thousands of feed subscribers then you must have a large following. However, you miss the boat completely if you only focus on increasing your RSS subscriber count. Think about it, how many feeds have you subscribed to and how

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