Eccentricity :: Margaret Schaut

First a Citizen Squid, now a SquidAngel! 

Margaret Schaut Squid Angel

Squidoo is a UNIQUE place. I've spent a LOT of time here. I've helped out as Citizen Squid twice, and will probably do that again in the future. I've had LOTD. I've had lenses up for awards. Because of my Squidoo pages I've been contacted by journali...

Squidooing it ALL 

Here's a little help

Squidoo It All: Lensrank- How Important Is It?

Lensrank is one of the hottest discussions at Squidoo. It is talked about continually, watched on dashboards daily, complained about, twiddled with, and freaked out over. So let's talk turkey about Squidoo's lensrank. I want to tease out the ways a...

Squidoo It All:: Why Should YOU Squidoo?

LOTS of folks have asked me, would Squidooing help me? Why should I Squidoo when I can blog, start a wiki, build a website, join facebook? I have a FABULOUS group called Squidoo-It-All, and it is because I believe anything and everything can and SHO...

Squidoo It All: Maintaining Your Squidoo Lens

Squidoo is a VERY dynamic place! Once you've built a squido lens, what's next? Can you just build a lens and forget it? What pages need the most maintaining? What is the best way to handle the changes at Squidoo?

Wow, Somebody Likes Me! 

New Superhero lenses

Margaret Schaut - Superhero!

Stan Lee, the legendary creator of Spider Man, describes the genuine qualities of a superhero - integrity, courage, self-sacrifice, and honesty. Using this expert list of human virtues and additional observations about my mentor and friend as my guid...

Margaret Schaut

Margaret is one of the first lensmaster on Squidoo that came to my assistance and supported my lens. She is a good friend and well respected in the Squidoo community. She is hard working and have created many top lens. She has won awards and have bee...

Pride & Joy:: My Best Friend: Thor 

He can read my mind...

The Thor-acle

I'm Thor and I'm Completely Perfect.  You don't  know me, but you will!  You don't like bulldogs, but you will! You think I'm ferocious, you think I'm too big? You'll be stuck  on me before its over!    Thor on Wikifido Cr...

Pride :: My Best Lens: Michelangelo's David 

LOTD & Top Contender for LOTY Twice!

Michelangelo's David

The stature and prominence, the importance and influence of Michelangelo's David statue may surprise you! The David statue tells a story, yes, and that story is here.  But the statue has his OWN story to tell, one that not many people know. Here i...

Issues Lenses! 

Ten Quick Steps to Destroy America

Is it possible that fascism has actually been responsible for the economic problems America is now grappling with? Is it possible to hide fascistic actions in our very powerful, very intrusive government? How would you describe Fascism? Should be be...

Is Global War Inevitable?

The Peace Movement, the AntiWar Movement, has a huge number of adherents in America and all over the world. It seems, though, no matter what we do, the antiwar people are on the losing side. What do I mean? Afghanistan... Iraq... Iran??? What are...

Squidoo's Back 40 

Secret Frankenstein Testing & Experiment Laboratory

This is my scientific squidoo test lens, the one where I test out all kinds of stuff to  improve squidoo, the world and the human race. Since government funding has decreased, and Bill Gates is unconvinced of the ongoing value of my experiments;...

Hero! 

Lawyer, Philanthropist, Rescuer, Defender

Andrew Vachss

Andrew Vachss is not especially well known, in the celebrity sense. Yet he is an important, influential and even heroic man in the best sense of the word. Some know him as a top-notch crime writer, others as a lawyer, others as someone who works with...

My Lenses about Squidoo 

There are more of these in the works!

How to Make Your First (or Second) Squidoo Lens

Step-by-step, here's how to get started, answers to clear up some confusion, and all the basics to help you be a GREAT lensmaster right off the bat! There are FAQs, instructions, tips and techniques, common mistakes, some strategies and some technic...

The Text/Write Module for Anything!

I love the Write module. It's really one of my very favorites... you can do anything with it. It is one of the easiest ways to make your lens stand out. It is the primary carrier of your best content, originally written information or stories, and it...

Make your Group's Headquarters Interesting and Beautiful!

You've created a group, and it's sure to be the next big thing. Now, what do you do with it? We all want our group pages to be a favorite landing spot of many visitors. THE place they'll want to visit again and again.  I've studied the best groups...

All About Groups at Squidoo!

I have about 40 groups, some more successful and useful than others, but working with all of them I have learned a LOT about Squidoo, my fellow lensmasters, and the wide range of possibilities and potential for groups. This concerns Group Masters (G...

Squidoo's Peculiar Lensranking System!

How would you feel if your creator hadn't bothered to give you a name? (S)He (It's) our All Important Squidoo mascot, and a very busy boy (girl) (thing)!  It's just... outrageous! Help right the wrongs done to this poor little squid. Help us Sec...

Lenses About my Groups 

Some groups have their own pages

SquiZoo:: The Zoo on Squidoo

Squid City will be a METROPOLIS, and it NEEDS a SquiZoo! Looking for your animal lenses to make SquiZoo the best Zoo in the world! All animals: fantasy, animated, cartoon, stuffed, breaded, fried, mythical, furry, fuzzy, wild, exotic, painted, sewn,&n...

About The Mall on Squidoo

The Mall on Squidoo Group is my group.  You have already gone to the Mall group page and added your lens.  What is the theme and focus of the Mall?  What am I doing? What would you like me to do?  Have you had a success story too?...

Food & Kitchen Pages 

Still building these: I LOVE food!

French Alps Travel & Cooking: La Bérarde

About 20 km outside of Grenoble,  deep into the French Alps near the Italian border, is  a beautiful hidden little hamlet called La Bérarde.  I spent some time there, exploring  the life and food of  the French, ...

Chocolate :: The Incredible & Extensive Gourmet Guide

From the moment the aroma rises to your nose, to the sensual bliss of the feel and taste, fine chocolate is a gastronomic experience like no other. The focus of this lens is on the finest chocolates available. Understanding the differences between th...

ustensiles de cuisine

We all LOVE to eat, and love to cook.  We LOVE great things in our kitchen! Our personal shopping assistants have shared all the things they love the most in their kitchens, in their recipes, in their homes.

Salt :: The Gourmet Guide

The BEST barbecuing secret around, natural sea salts with incredible flavor, high potency minerals naturally!  Prepare your meats, vegetables and marinades with flavorful earth salts- no one will know how you do it! "Until recently salt was...

sengWare: Bright and Beautiful

...I knew it was right. It feels so smooth and dense in your hands. It's high-quality, high-temperature fired porcelain has such a solid feel, and the colors are beautiful! I'm in love...

6 About Food Network Chefs 

More on the way... who can get enough?

Alton Brown :: Food Network Celebrity Chef

Alton Brown (born on July 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is the creator and host of the television show Good Eats, as well as the main commentator on Iron Chef America, both airing on Food Network. Brown is also an author of several cooking how...

Bobby Flay :: Casting Call for Food Network Celebrity Chef

Bobby Flay (born October 9, 1964) is an American celebrity chef and restaurateur. He is the owner and executive chef of five restaurants: Mesa Grill, Bolo and Bar Americain in New York City, Mesa Grill Las Vegas, and Bobby Flay Steak (Atlantic City,...

Paula Deen :: Food Network Celebrity Chef

"You know it's a good recipe if it starts with a stick of butter." -from the Paula's Home Cooking episode titled Cajun Cooking.   Paula Ann Groover, better known as Paula Deen (born Paula Ann Hiers on January 19, 1947), is a cook, resta...

Rachael Ray

Welcome to all things Rachael Ray. You'll find links to the latest and greatest content from Rachael Ray. Ray teaches simple recipes that she says can be prepared in thirty minutes or less. Like many cooks, she uses garlic and chicken stock as simple...

Giada DeLaurentiis :: Food Network Celebrity Chef

Having grown up around everyday Italians with everyday Italian food, when it is gone, or not readily available anymore, you miss it!  Giada De Laurentiis (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef, currently host of the Food Network prog...

My New MonkeyBrains Lenses! 

Evolution or Creation?

Hopi Elders, when shown pictures of apes that humans 'descended' from told the 'scientists' "Those may be YOUR ancestors, but they're NOT OURS!

Greatest Rock Band : Beatles or Rolling Stones?

Beatles or Rolling Stones or Stones or Beatles.... We LOVE them both! Here is YOUR chance to speak your piece in this age-old debate: Who is the GREATEST ROCK BAND EVER? The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?

Some of my Amish Lenses 

RFID Chips & The Amish- The Canaries in the Coal Mines

RFID Chips, (radio frequency identification) are a very controversial subject for any reason.  For the Amish, however, this technological development is extremely alarming.  In  the normal course  of living, they avoid technologie...

Organic Heritage Amish Popcorn! Yummy Fabulous!

Once you've had Amish popcorn, made with Amish popcorn oil and drizzled with Amish butter, well, there is  just NO GOING BACK! In comparison, all other popcorns just taste stale and flat, in the same way that after you've had homemade noodles, bo...

Amish Recipes

There is a lot made of certain Amish recipes, and it seems that every Amish recipe book and site has the same ones. That list is so short that it is a miracle the Amish can survive on such a limited diet! The truth is that the Amish have far more rec...

Amish Christmas

The Amish celebrate Christmas in the time honored Christian manner, with a clear focus on the birth of Christ. Like everything else, though, they bring a simplicity that was completely overwhelmed in the greater world. This lense gathers information...

Amish School Shooting

The horrible tragedy of the Amish school shooting is surely a defining event for that community in the modern age.  It has also raised the question, "What kind of country has America become?" The massacre has sent shockwaves throughout...

My Top Groups 

Squid City Headquarters

Squid City- Virtually Virtual! Squidoo is a real virtual city with even its own superheros, traffic circles and characters of all sorts! We have malls, we have entertainment, we have our own celebrities! Put your lenses & groups here and help...

Wanderers: The travel group Headquarters

Wanderers :: The Travel GroupDo you love to travel? Destinations Tips Inspiration Transportation options Road Trips and more!

SquiZoo: The Animals Group! Headquarters

SquiZoo :: The Main Zoo on Squidoo!At Squid City!!!!!  

The Chocolate Group Headquarters

Chocolate :: One of the Primary Food Groups From pure pleasure, to healthful dietary addition, chocolate truly fulfills the myth of being the "food of the gods," a myth probably generated just to give an excuse to have lots of it! We are...

The Mall Headquarters

The Mall on Squidoo is for everyone who wants a special, assisted and central shopping experience and resource on the internet! Bring your friends, and a cup of coffee, and have the best time shopping on the internet EVER...

More Top Groups 

Toddlers and Preschoolers Headquarters

Toddlers and Preschoolers Some of the coolest people around are only 3 feet tall

Squidoo-It-All Headquarters

Squidoo-It-All :: Join the Fun! Anything and everything can be squidoo'd! Sign In and Tell Us About Yourself, Your Squidoodlin's! BIG NEWS: Headquarters is cooking up something to make groups BETTER THAN EVER! LET'S SHOW THE WORLD YOUR BEST SQUIDO...

We are Geek! Headquarters

We are Geek Intelligent, creative, and fun. That's what makes us geeks, and that's what makes these lenses some of the most interesting you'll find anywhere!

Dogster Pups Headquarters

For Squidpets Who Have a Page on Dogster, Catster or Petster!  

Popular Lenses 

Modern Catholic Prophecies, Miracles and Apparitions

In recent history, apparitions by the Blessed Virgin Mary have been reported  in unprecedented numbers, forms,  and  places.  Many people mock them.  Others disregard them as anti-intellectual.  Still others  explai...

Salt :: The Gourmet Guide

The BEST barbecuing secret around, natural sea salts with incredible flavor, high potency minerals naturally!  Prepare your meats, vegetables and marinades with flavorful earth salts- no one will know how you do it! "Until recently salt was...

Fabulous Chili Recipes

As we chili lovers know, there a many different type of chili. There are also millions of different way to use this hot and no so hot veggie. My goal with this lense is to collect as many chili recipes as possible from as many places in the world as...

Is Global War Inevitable?

The Peace Movement, the AntiWar Movement, has a huge number of adherents in America and all over the world. It seems, though, no matter what we do, the antiwar people are on the losing side. What do I mean? Afghanistan... Iraq... Iran??? What are...

1963 Corvette Grand Sport

Breaking news- the #002 of the two original ROADSTERS is going on the auction block in January- take a look if you want to see Corvette history being made! This Corvette was stashed away, never finished, never assembled, until recently when my broth...

Lens of the Day Winners 

Michelangelo's David

The stature and prominence, the importance and influence of Michelangelo's David statue may surprise you! The David statue tells a story, yes, and that story is here.  But the statue has his OWN story to tell, one that not many people know. Here i...

Chocolate :: The Incredible & Extensive Gourmet Guide

From the moment the aroma rises to your nose, to the sensual bliss of the feel and taste, fine chocolate is a gastronomic experience like no other. The focus of this lens is on the finest chocolates available. Understanding the differences between th...

Is Global War Inevitable?

The Peace Movement, the AntiWar Movement, has a huge number of adherents in America and all over the world. It seems, though, no matter what we do, the antiwar people are on the losing side. What do I mean? Afghanistan... Iraq... Iran??? What are...

Texas Wildflowers :: Lady Bird Johnson

I'm not a Texas girl. Yet one of the things that I like best about Texas are the wildflowers. With 268,000 square miles - most of it undeveloped - there is plenty of room for a riot of wildflowers! Bluebonnets, paintbrushes, phlox and salvia are...

Humor 

Secret Frankenstein Testing & Experiment Laboratory

This is my scientific squidoo test lens, the one where I test out all kinds of stuff to  improve squidoo, the world and the human race. Since government funding has decreased, and Bill Gates is unconvinced of the ongoing value of my experiments;...

The Thor-acle

I'm Thor and I'm Completely Perfect.  You don't  know me, but you will!  You don't like bulldogs, but you will! You think I'm ferocious, you think I'm too big? You'll be stuck  on me before its over!    Thor on Wikifido Cr...

Amish Cultural Collisions

Even, or especially, in America, cultural collisions happen every day. Who knew Americans could be SO different, one from another.  The  Amish aren't exempt from modern living,  they even have their own computer virus... the ONLY ...

Squidoo's Peculiar Lensranking System!

How would you feel if your creator hadn't bothered to give you a name? (S)He (It's) our All Important Squidoo mascot, and a very busy boy (girl) (thing)!  It's just... outrageous! Help right the wrongs done to this poor little squid. Help us Sec...

People 

DeLorean

John Z. Delorean, long admired for his great work in the automobile industry and his vision and designs of fabulous cars, excited everyone with his new venture: Delorean  Motor  Cars.  The industry desperately needed his vision, though...

21st Century People Who are Changing the World

But I want to highlight some folks who are really making a difference with an issue or two right now. And I want you to help! Take a look at the people listed, and let folks know who you think is doing the best job at changing the world. Is someone l...

John Lithgow: Actor, Author, Activist

Oooooh! Brains and good looks! He attended Harvard University on a scholarship, and graduated magna cum laude. Then he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. But those are only credentials. Where...

More Lenses 

Spring Season Crocus

Hope Springs Eternal, and crocuses are a big  part of the reason!  In spite of repeated snows and frost, crocuses survive brightly, poking delicate heads over their icy blanket.  Everyone seeks out the crocus as the first sign of sprin...

Fundraising for Social Change

We are all affected by the society around us.  Many of us are concerned about the rapid downward spiral in the society and world.  Social change can be  good or bad, helpful or harmful.  Either way, the effects are felt by everyon...

Wow! Not Your Grandma's Gingerbread Men!!!

Gingerbread men have moved out of the Christmas season into fun celebrations and events all year long! Create gingerbread men to make a statement, dress up your special events, or even to send a special person a message! The spicier, the better!

Little Bear, the very best toddler show!

Little Bear: He lives in the woods with Mother Bear and Father Bear, and goes on adventures nearly every day with his friends from the forest. Little Bear is a sweet, low-key show with lots of wonderful relationships. Little Bear and Mother Bear sew...

Amish Quilt Racks, Quilts, Quilt Shelves & Quilt Clamps

The Amish are justly famous for their quilts, but not so much for their quilt racks, stands and clamps.  They have several styles of quilt racks which are shown here.  But for  display, they also have quilt shelves and quilt clamps whi...

A Few Other Lenses 

What's Wrong with Barney

I love you, you love me, we're a happy family. Lots of people find Barney annoying, but they figure he's ok for little kids, who like that sort of thing. I'm here to tell you differently. It's no joke. Barney really is insidiously evil. 

Food Network :: Celebrity chef round-up

Okay, it's addictive. From Mario Batali to Bobby Flay, if it's in the kitchen, it's on Food Network. It's my guilty pleasure–and I'm not alone. The network is seen in 100 million households. In addition to New York, it has offices in Atlanta, L...

Real World Learning

Real World Learning * Already homeschooling? This page will give you resources for making your family's experience richer. * Considering homeschooling? I hope the resources here will help you make the decision. * Know someone who is planning to homesc...