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KK: Remember when The Ancient One said, “Let's move my couch three inches to the left?" Boy, was SHE naive! Doesn’t she know what we’re capable of? She’s the one who gave us the design gene, the placement DNA and the control issues!SalGal: Also, our love of vodka, compulsion for making Hollandaise Sauce, and inability to leave the house without painting our toenails red. But be that...

The other day, our cat, Odessa said to me, “If you ‘accidentally’ step on my tail ONE MORE TIME, you’ll be sorry every day for the rest of your life.” I said, “That’s a skosh extreme Odessa, and may I remind you that it’s really a moot point, because I hold the power in this dynamic. I feed you, and I can starve you to death at any given opportunity, so BACK OFF!” She...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation from office worker to ocean rower, described with humor and soul-baring honesty in her blogs, captivated a worldwide audience. Roz is now...

As I continue to research the issue of protecting kids from pedophiles and sexual predators I had a very uncomfortable epiphany. As I reviewed a study done to determine the tactics that sex offenders use in seducing their target victims, it dawned on me that they say and do things that parents should be doing already. In fact, they often target kids who have a void in their hearts and lives in...

There are three things in life that I've been pondering since I was old enough to think for myself. My beliefs about these ideas are in part what shapes the way I lead my life today. Although they are very different concepts to most people, I see them as three ideals that complement each other quite well in my life. I was raised in the Jewish faith. I learned about God at a very young age when I...