At one point in an earlier lifetime, I conceived the idea of forming a freelance registry to assist writers and artists to find available jobs. At the time, it was a novel concept and was quite successful. As a writer, I knew most of us were hard up for cash, and never charged for signing up. I took a small commission when I booked assignments for them, and that was it.

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I have long had a theory that there are two kinds of people: those who lose keys and those who find them. I am a key loser. I have actually dropped a set of car keys in the parking lot, bent over to pick them up and discovered they had disappeared. This did not surprise me, since I have been unable to stay in possession of a single key since my parents gave me my first one to our front door.

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LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIA
Reviewed by Tristin Knapp, Book Editor, "Carson City Courier"

If you’re old enough, you will remember this author from her early work, most notably the notorious bestseller "Married Men Make the Best Lovers". After a thirty-year hiatus, she has come roaring back, at age 80, with the delightfully dishy "Life, Death and Other Trivia".

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Elly, I am sorry for snapping your head off. This problem has been so frustrating, and I have tried so many avenues to find a solution, I just couldn't stand another "I can't help you" response. I try not to be the stereotypical grumpy old lady, but there are days.....

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I went to open my book manuscript on MSword, and discovered it had suddenly encoded itself. It's just a babble of nonsense now, and I have no idea how it got that way or what to do about it. Can somebody tell me how to get it back into readable form? I've tried the 'help' areas, but they're even more confusing than the problem itself.

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I'm totally confused.. how about you?

Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's Daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.

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Although loath to affix labels, I do admit to certain prejudices, arrived at through observation and experience. I've learned that some groups of people have certain customs and ethical standards which I find offensive and to which I react with negative judgement. One of these groups is that segment which insists on early sexual activity without the use of birth control, producing hundreds of thousands of ignorant, uneducated, single parents, raising unending generations of ignorant, uneducted chidren for which the rest of us pay, in both money and lowered common standards.

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I've been trying for years to be politically correct about certain things, but the dam has finally burst. What sent me over the edge was that abomination of a "song" that won this year's Oscar. After cringing at both the presentation and the inarticulate acceptance speech that followed, I realized that I can no longer maintain silence on the subject. It's half-past high time to admit that I have totally had it, up to here, with that segment of our population that seems bent on destroying all semblance of intelligence, civility and propriety in our society. And I'm tired of holding my tongue to avoid accusations of racism.

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I had been without a pulmonologist for a year or so, ever since my original guy decided to switch his specialty to some other body part. I hadn't planned to replace him, since I was still more or less breathing and had enough doctors attending to my various other organs to keep my calendar filled. But when my primary sweetie-pie, Dr. Groucho, insisted, I made an appointment with the lungologist he recommended.

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