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Is "Bitch" an Offensive Word?

I found this site kind of by accident a couple of weeks ago and I've been lurking, reading ever since. This woman could be my long-lost sister. Or clone. This week, she beat me to the punch by asking
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WAHMs, you COULD work in P.J.s all day. But SHOULD you?

You've seen the caricature--a frazzled, saggy-bosomed woman in sweat pants, sitting at a table littered with paper, ink pens and overturned coffee cups. Throw in a floor full of toys and a laptop and
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Dealing with Burnout

It's been a tough spring in my neck of the woods. Someone I loved very much passed away on Easter after a stroke and the physical demands of driving several hundred miles every weekend for 6 weeks coupled
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It Ain't All That Flattering, Folks

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If you write on the web long enough you're going to become the victim of plagiarism. And I can almost guarantee that if you discuss it with enough people, at least one of them is going to say something
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Is The Internet Still A Useful Tool? Or Is It Too Full Of Junk?

I'm only half-joking when I say, "I've been writing for the web since there was a web." Today, writing for the web is more than 90% of what I do for a living. But I find myself becoming increasingly
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Hey, Gen Xers, Do You Feel "Sandwiched"?

There was a very interesting blog post on BNET last week titled Gen X is Unhappy at Work, based on a piece by Tammy Erickson. Basically it discussed the challenges faced by Generation X and the fact that