© by Jennifer McLeod writing as jenjen0703, all rights reserved. Do You Know a Narcissist? Have you ever had the misfortune of being around a narcissist? You can usually pick them out because they are the one who cannot stop talking about themselves. I am not referring to the basic human need of being proud […]
Inflation: A continual increase in the price of goods and services. Cited: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inflation The Topic, A Hard Question to Crack There’s been a lot of speculation around the question: “Would increasing minimum wage cause inflation and a reduction in hours for employees?” The truth is hard to come across in the recesses of the internet […]
“The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered” is an old Japanese saying, and is one of the most famous Japanese proverbs. I personally liked this quote a lot as it is a pretty sensible and logical one. But I have a conflict with this saying as well; and that is what I will try to […]
Is Bigfoot Real? Does the best evidence Sasquatch researchers have uncovered to date give us proof that Bigfoot is real? Can there be any true facts when it comes to a cryptid? When we get down to it, is Bigfoot more about myth and legend than tangible evidence? These are tough questions for Sasquatch researchers, […]
Are you struggling to keep your creative writing classes new and interesting? Maybe your students are getting bored with learning terminology, or maybe you ’re getting bored reading the same, stock writing over and over again! If you ’re looking for a way to jazz up your class time, sometimes throwing the rulebook away is […]
Definitions of Self Esteem and Self Confidence Definitions of the words self esteem and self confidence are frequently seen as interchangeable, but in reality they describe two related, but quite different human characteristics. They can run neatly alongside each other as in someone who has high self esteem can also have high confidence, though this […]
How to find out about your old painting If you are reading this article, there’s a good chance that you may have an old painting at home which is a treasured possession that you’ve owned for years. Alternatively you might be curious about something you have either inherited, or found in a thrift store, charity […]
2012 Top 10 Korean Universities Korea is The Land of the Morning Calm, but a much more fitting nickname would be Land of 10,000 Universities. Actually, that may be an underestimate. Even the smallest cities have at least one, and large cities have dozens. Seoul alone has just over three dozen “full” universities. As Korea’s […]
Josephine Baker, Famous Spy of World War II The Second World War, which happened between 1942 and 1945, nearly destroyed the world, as we know it. “The Pacific Ocean Theater” was one of the most significant areas in which fighting occurred. This area covered most of the Pacific Ocean and the islands within the ocean. […]
Overview Sweet clover, also known as Melilot, originally came from Europe and Asia. It is a leguminous plant with a sweet smell due to its high coumarin content. Actually, there are various plants that belong to the Melilot genus and there are about 19 species in the Melilotus genus. However, in this article, I will […]
On this Day in History… Today marks a momentous anniversary in the history of space travel. In the past 45 years, the human race has made leaps and bounds in its progress of discovering the nature and contents of the space that lies beyond our own planet. However, on this day, we look back to […]
Resolving the Question: Which is correct “bad rap” or “bad wrap?” Or even “bad rep?” In light of recent reading, I’ve noticed the phrases “bad wrap” and “bad rap” being used interchangeably–not to mention a growing trend for “bad rep” too. As a writer and one possessed of an English degree or two, I like […]