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The Difference Between Hacking and Spoofing on Facebook and Dealing with Both

Karin Kallmaker 11/27/2018 LIFE + STYLE 12 Comments

Hacking means your Facebook security is at risk. Spoofing means someone is pretending to be you – your friends are at risk. Here’s how to deal with both. Ad free site.

#facebook#hacking#security#TheseModernTimes
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That One Thanksgiving with the Whipped Cream Thing

Karin Kallmaker 11/18/2018 LIFE + STYLE 5 Comments

A family story about my grandmother’s mad baking skills, why my father married my mother, Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie, and a can of pressurized whipped cream.

#FoodisRomantic#PumpkinPieCelebrations
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The Gay Agenda – Three-Day Weekend Edition

Karin Kallmaker 02/25/2018 LIFE + STYLE 10 Comments

You know The Gay Agenda, right? Where our lives are nothing but glitter unicorns and cupcake sprinkles?

#LesbianDIY#mylesbianfreespeech#TheGayAgenda
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Sommelier of Chocolate – Ask the Right Questions

Karin Kallmaker 01/30/2018 Chocolate and Inspirations, LIFE + STYLE 4 Comments

Not sure what chocolate your sweetie likes? Here’s a conversation starting checklist so you can please her on Valentine’s Day.

#budget#chocolate#GiftsforHer#ValentineChocolate Advice
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Cheery Cherry Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Karin Kallmaker 12/14/2017 Chocolate and Inspirations, LIFE + STYLE 4 Comments

All the good things in life: Oats, brown sugar and butter, with bright pops of cherry and melting not-quite-bitter dark chocolate. Plus a short treatise on vanillin. Ad free site.

#vanillinC is for CookieCelebrationsRecipe
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Infomercials, Fraud and Your Credit Card – Be Cautious!

Karin Kallmaker 05/22/2017 Above Temptation, LIFE + STYLE 1 Comment

Before you give up your credit card number for an infomercials deal, make sure you know who will process the payment.

Credit Card Fraud PreventionInternet Safety
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Art Doing What Art Does – Fearless Girl Makes Us Reflect, Evolve

Karin Kallmaker 04/18/2017 LIFE + STYLE 6 Comments

Fearless Girl is awesome staring down Charging Bull. Fearless Girl is completely awesome on her own. Our feelings about art evolve; that is what art is.

#ArtHasAPoint#Fearless-Girl#mylesbianfreespeech
New York at Night by Kevin Hosseini

Same Thing Just Different People – When “Fix It” Means “Kill It”

Karin Kallmaker 04/04/2017 LIFE + STYLE 2 Comments

When another group comes along and says, “your way of being should be eradicated” everyone’s alarm bells should go off. Isn’t that what conversation therapy is all about?

#AprilAutismAwareness#Austism$peaks#mylesbianfreespeech
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    Admiration for strong women in history was one of the reasons Faith Fitzgerald in Wild Things is a history prof and biography writer. Plus that's what she explained were her studies, so it's not like Karin had a real choice in the matter.

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    Wine buffs, as well as lovers of a good romance, will enjoy this excellent read.
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    ...Tous ces ingrédients mis ensemble en font un livre qui se lit facilement, et qui, encore une fois, fait rêver.

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