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How to Reserve Judgment and Abide in Ambiguity

By Michael Motta

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Sometimes it is said that it is natural for human beings to ask questions of the world: How did we get here? What are the origins of the universe? What is the nature of reality? Is there a God? What is good? What is right? What is wrong? Of what ... more »

How to Save Money Living in Los Angeles

By bruceleroy

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Ahh, Los Angeles: where $400,000 might buy you an 800-square-foot house. Maybe. But, with a little planning and some discipline, you can stretch your dollar and live like a star. Well, at least like Carrot Top... more »

How to Shake Hands with Great Results

By Shaweety

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Some people are very uncomfortable with a hand shake, others seem to think it's an extension of an arm wrestling contest! Lets' explore why you would even want to shake someone's hand. What's the purpose? What happens if you don't want to ... more »

How to Ship Citrus Fruit

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

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Citrus fruits are a great source of vitamin C, but sometimes it's difficult to know how to prepare acidic fruit for shipment. Mailing a few oranges from Florida may not seem too difficult a task and it isn't, as long as shipping guidelines and ... more »

How to Show Patriotism

By Hapworth

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In recent news, our presidential candidates' patriotism has been questioned. It brings to mind just how do we, as Americans, show our patriotism?.. more »

How to Sing a Round

By Christopher Miller

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Have you ever found yourself at the head of a bus wondering how to get everyone’s attention? Strike up a round! Even if you aren’t a Quaker, it is a good way to get a lot of people involved in something, even if they can’t sing. Just imagine ... more »

How to Sleep With a Teddy Bear

By bridgetidelaney

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Everybody likes to be comfortable when they sleep. One way to be comfortable while sleeping is to sleep with a teddy bear... more »

How to speak English in America (and be understood)

By meeks

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Although America claims to love the English, making oneself understood in the US can be a challenge when one first arrives from the UK, as I discovered when I emigrated from London to New York in the 1990's. Although only time can truly teach you ... more »

How to Speak Pig Latin

By Michael Motta

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It dawned on me recently that Pig Latin seems to be a lost art. When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s, while Pig Latin wasn't exactly in vogue, it was still fairly commonly known and used on occasion. Then I realized that real Latin, classical ... more »

How to Speak With a Pittsburgh Accent

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

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If you're planning to travel to Pittsburgh, or to Western Pennsylvania, you may want to touch up on your "Pittsburghese." Although thought to be incorrect speech or bad grammar in other areas of the country, Pittsburghese is Pittsburgh's own dialect... more »

How to SPOT A RUB

By BOB WILSON

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THIS IS A GUIDE TO SPOTTING A RUB ! FIRST OFF YOU WILL LEARN WHAT AND, WHO IS REAL... more »

How to Survive New Year's Day if You Hate Football

By Loqu

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Does it ever seem to you that the New Year starts wrong, with an insistent demand that you get excited about watching big football games? If you do, enjoy and read no further. If you don't, here are a few tips to help you make it through this ... more »

How to Take Pity on Literalist Interpretation as Developmental Disability

By Michael Motta

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"Literalists derive the meaning of a text from the superficial meaning of the words, without reference to the context or literary form." http://www.womenpriests.org/scriptur/literal.asp "Six in 10 in this ABCNEWS Primetime poll say the Biblical ... more »

How to Talk Like You are From the Country

By Christopher Miller

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Imagine with me that you have spent your whole life wiping cobwebs from between the posts in your attic. Imagine that there are no stoplights and that you brag to your friend that you just bought an old American truck that gets 5 ... more »

How to Talk With a Southern Accent

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

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It's no wonder we often imitate a southern accent. Many of the great speech makers in early America orated with a drawl. Just talking to a person with a southern accent can conjure up the scent of a homemade meal. Humor, political candidates and ... more »

How to Tell a Needy Neighbor "No!"

By airesflora

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At one time in our lives or another, we all have that neighbor who invades our lives with a flurry of requests for help. It may be an endless request for rides here and there. It may be a knock at the door each night asking for various food ... more »

How to Tolerate Society

By Ryn Gargulinski

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Sometimes being part of the human race can be a frustrating thing, especially when you have to put up with other people. They can make you want to kick, scream or even punch them in the face. But you need not let them get to you. You can tolerate ... more »

How to trick-or-treat safely without chaperones

By Banstaman

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Trick-or-treating is fun! That is a fact with no doubt. However, Is it always that you compromise safety for more fun without any chaperones? It really doesn't have to be that way at all... more »

How to Unmask Ratings Systems as Vulgarity and Violence Themselves

By Michael Motta

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American culture is obsessed with sex and violence, so much so that we often overlook the obvious when assessing films, television, music and even books! We tend to atomize cultural production and make a checklist of good versus evil instead of ... more »

How to Unveil the Conundrum of Conservatism

By Michael Motta

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One of the main structural differences I've found between being a liberal and being a conservative is that as a liberal you can basically transfer your political ideas from one place to the next and you're still a liberal - not so with ... more »

How to Use Fewer Paper Napkins

By vikki9

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There are Green ideas everywhere we look! My friend Audrey knows a family with a few children who have almost completely stopped using paper napkins. This is one of the sweetest Green ideas I’ve ever heard! You will love it... more »

How to Visit American Celebration on Parade Float Museum

By eHow Culture & Society Editor

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The parade doesn't go by you at American Celebration on Parade museum in Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia--you go by the parade. In a 40,000-square-foot facility, you can view floats from the Rose parade, Presidential Inaugurals and other famous ... more »

How to visit the Harley Davidson Museum

By MidniteWriter

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The Harley Davidson Museum makes its arrival in July 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Families, groups and individuals are welcome to experience the history of Harley Davidson motorcycles and the lifestyle of its riders. There is something here to ... more »

How to Appreciate the Bohemian

By Michael Motta

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Many of us who were born during the Viet Nam War error I mean era know of the term "bohemian" at the very least from the band Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, popular especially during the Late 80s. Then of course there's the song by ... more »

How to Appreciate the Work of Henry Darger

By jamesbankston

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Darger was an eccentric and reclusive janitor who has been hailed as one of America's greatest “outside artists.”.. more »

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