Giant Squid Challenge Dec. 2009
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Contest: Add Your About Me, SquidWho, And Lensographies
****2009 Giant Squid Contest" is a legacy page****
Giant Squid and Club 100 Hopefuls!
Welcome!
Add your lensographies, your SquidWho lenses, and your About Me lenses to the challenge plexos below.
During the Giant Squid Challenge December 2009, the lenses you add to the plexos here could win you a write up at the Giant Squid Showcase blog!
There is one plexo for Potential Giant Squids and one for Potential Giant Squid 100s.
Remember to add only About Me, lensography, and SquidWho lenses.
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Going For Giant Squid!
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My Journey to Giant Squid
HorseAndPony - I began my journey to Giant Squid on October 1, 2009. I am going to use this lens to document my growth to giant. Why would I want to do this? Well, I have a degree in Electrical Engineering, and have great math and science skills but my spelling, grammar and writing leave a lot to be desired.Until...6 points
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Survival as a Straight Spouse
Knicholls - Remember your wedding? The words "till death do us part." At our wedding we are all a bit starry-eyed and I don't believe anyone gets married with the idea that some day it just won't work or something catastrophic will happen. And yet the words "honey, I'm gay", while words no spouse wants to hear, are heard by an estimated 2 million spouses.6 points
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Wyoming's Devils Tower
bethd821 - Devils Tower in Wyoming is an awesome site. Drive through the Black Hills area of Wyoming and suddenly this fantastic rock structure juts out of the landscape. Surrounded by the Ponderosa Pine Forest, Devils Tower is a true enigma of rock formation. Bear Lodge is one of the American Indian names for...5 points
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A WordCustard Lensography
WordCustard - What brings people to Squidoo? Maybe there's no single answer, but my guess is for many it is the glint of gold dust... Like tales of old, there is talk of money to be made. Some have even seen those virtual nuggets of gold in the payday figures posted on blogs of the more successful le...5 points
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My Adoption Reunion Story
amy1980 - The media portrays adoption reunification as a positive experience. For instance, the movie 'August Rush' shows a mother who searches for her biological son, an adoption story where she was tricked into giving up the child, and a happily ever after ending. But, in my case, that was far from how it h...4 points
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My Dream Vacation: Spiritual Tour Around the World
LeanneChesser - I think I love spirituality more than any of my passions.From as far back as I can remember, I was a 'spiritual' person. I always loved to learn about different religions and spiritual beliefs. I soaked it all up. I read. I wrote. I participated. I became part of religious groups. I asked questions....4 points
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Alisa Murray
bethd821 - Alisa opened her studio in 1998 after having one of her portraits receive cover status under the direct influence of her uncle, also a photographer of 30 years. She has trained under the well known portrait artist, Tomas Ramos and came into her own artistically in 2000. Her work has been featured in...4 points
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Lensography of bethd821
bethd821 - Hello! Welcome to my Lensography. I'm not sure if I have enough lenses to make a lensography, but here goes. I'll give you an overview of who I am and what I enjoy doing. I'll discuss nursing, crocheting, gardening, and canning. I like to think of myself as an 'old-fashioned' kind of woman. I think...3 points
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Amy1980's Lensography
Amy1980 - I am a 30 year old, mother of 2. I grew up in Fort Worth, TX and was homeschooled in middle and high school.I attended college at the University of Minnesota, majoring in International Politics, but did not finish my degree. To help support myself during college, I wrote freelance articles on video...3 points
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Lensography - Philip R Holland
hollandnumerics - In the grand tradition of Squidoo, this is my Lensography: my collection of lenses. I have now created more than 50 lenses and am hoping for Giant Squid status at the end of December 2009.3 points
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Weaning A-Z: introducing solids to your baby | Weaning guidelines, advice and tips
Irbit - This lens is on introducing solids to your baby. It contains facts, advice, guidelines on weaning as well as my personal experience.3 points
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Joyful Songs Lensography
JoyfulPamela - Hello world ~ I'm very glad to meet you! Writing lenses here on Squidoo has been so much fun for me. I truly am becoming addicted to writing and reading the wide range of lens topics throughout Squidoo. I am a performing musician and teacher who feels very passionate about music education. I wor...3 points
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My Spirituality
skiesgreen - The idea that one can be born again after one dies is not generally accepted and this made me cautious and shy about sharing this. In fact, knowing the things that are remembered from my last death, what happened between lives, and my return in my current body presented me with a huge puzzle. It mea...3 points
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Quiz: Who is "JoyfulPamela"
JoyfulPamela - I love meeting new people and learning about them! So, what do you know about me? During the few months that I've been on Squidoo I've been having fun. (Way too much fun!!) I've been blessed to meet some tremendously creative, intelligent, nice people and I look forward to meeting more a...3 points
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A Lensography
skiesgreen - This is a look at my spirituality and how it has affected my life. People are searching for answers and we are heading into very troubled waters as politicians bicker over climate change and global warming, Meanwhile millionaires and greedy mongrels continue to take everything.We have no control ove...3 points
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Pilates and Fitness
hollandnumerics - I've been attending classes in pilates since 2007. I'm tall (around 185 cm), so I wanted to improve my posture and balance. However, it was only recently when I strained my back that I really appreciated how pilates could help me, as 'zipping and hollowing', like my pilates teacher instructed to protect the lower back, allowed me to stand up and move around without discomfort!2 points
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Iron Butterfly, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
bethd821 - Iron Butterfly was the first rock concert I ever attended. It was at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio during the 'summer of '69' to quote John Mellenkamp.The Los Angeles music climate of the late sixties and seventies was characterized by the heavy sounds and sentiments that ref...2 points
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Bela Fleck
bethd821 - I was first introduced to Bela Fleck in 1992. My Humanities professor was involved with the Clearwater Jazz Festival in Clearwater, FL. We could learn extra credit for the course if we attended the festival. My grade was borderline so I decided to take him up on his offer. Little did I know I would...2 points
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Hot Mentors on Squidoo Giant Squid Challenge
bethd821 - Whether you are entered in the Giant Squid Challenge or the Giant 100 challenge this group of Greeters/Mentors/Friends are there to help you all the way. Each of them is in charge a group/forum where you can post any question. Their answers are consise and always extremely helpful. I am making this...2 points
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Religion and Man's Imagination
skiesgreen - This lens will be a challenge to many and there are duel modules for you to speak out. The challenge is to think through it before responding. Everything noted here is explained in detail in my book "How 666 Stole Jesus" amd is based on irrefutable evidence uncovered during 20 plus years o...2 points
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Lensography for thesuccess
thesuccess - I've been designing websites for over 10 years but was absolutely astounded by Squidoo. I can now create a lens in less than twenty minutes, no Domain or FTP hassles. Squidoo frees me from the Technical and Liberates my Creativity.2 points
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A Mission Trip
Jewelsofawe - This lens is about my daughter and her mission trip she wants to go on. It will be on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.She goes to a Christian school and she is trying to get enough money to go to this mission with some of the students at her school. The trip will be in March. She is doing a number of...2 points
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Celebrating Quality Heroes
bethd821 - Today we were Celebrating Quality Heroes at UNC Hospitals' 2009 Commitment to Caring Quality Expo. Each year employees of UNC Hospitals are encouraged to present posters describing Quality Improvement Processes used on their units to improve patient care and patient outcomes. I have participated...2 points
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A Short Story About an Edelweiss
ImolaK - Edelweiss flowers are very beautiful and rare plants and many poems and songs were written about these little flowers. Have you heard about the movie'The Sound of Music' ?2 points
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Women in Past and Present
ImolaK - Last night I searched some data on net ,and on one of the opened sites I found a story. Maybe you already know this story which is about a woman's tears. I read this short story .It touched my heart and I considered it true .2 points
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SquidAngels Have Blessed Me
bethd821 - SquidAngel Blessings are a coveted occurence by many lensmasters. I have had 11 lenses blessed by the Angels. Their blessings make me feel like I've really written a great lens. The last blessing was just as sweet as the first. I have always felt blessed in my life and now I have another reason...2 points
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Do You Zazzle?
bethd821 - Zazzle is a great way to make some extra money. Make and add your own designs to your products. Add your products to your lenses. They have made setting up an account so easy, even the most novice novice can do it. You can add images and text to t-shirts, mugs, keychains, bumper stickers, greeting c...2 points
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A Lensography on Parenting by Norma Budden
Norma_Budden - I thought I'd do something a little differently. Knowing I will be creating a lot of lenses in the future, I thought I'd create separate lensographies, especially in niche areas, so my current lensography wouldn't become overwhelmingly long for visitors trying to get through it all. Of c...2 points
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Lensography on Relationships by Norma Budden
Norma_Budden - When we think of relationships, most times we think of couples; there's so much focus on people who are dating, engaged, married or planning to divorce that many of the other relationships tend to go unnoticed.However, parents have relationships with their children. Siblings have their own relations...2 points
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Norma Budden's Lenses on Healthy Living
Norma_Budden - Most of us would like to live forever and even longer than that, if it was possible; in fact, many people are afraid of dying...period.However, the surprising thing about human-beings is that we have a fatal flaw: we often become addicted to behaviours and habits which greatly detract from our quali...2 points
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Travel Lenses by Norma Budden
Norma_Budden - Books and documentaries are great teaching tools, often inspiring people to learn more about the world around them. They provide knowledge and statistics, enabling people to learn more about subjects of interest. However, there is a limit to what books can do and provide.When looking at a photo of L...2 points
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Norma Budden: The Collection
Norma_Budden - I created a lensography-biography and thought that would be the end of lens creations pertaining directly to myself. After all, with one lens dedicated to showcasing the lenses I create and another lens telling a little about my personal life, I thought two pages would wrap it up nicely. Was I ever...2 points
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Cross Creations
crosscreations - My name is crosscreations and I am squiddicted, a squidoo-oholic. There, I said it. As my Squidoo addiction grows, a better index was needed to keep my lenses or web pages organized...and here is Squidoo-land we call that a lensography. Knew I'd eventually be building one of these lensography gi...2 points
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Quiz: Do you really know me?
Norma_Budden - I've been in contact with a lot of people throughout my life; I've had numerous conversations, too.Of course, I've posted many articles and poems throughout the years which have generated lots of interested readers.However, at the end of the day, how well do you retain the knowledge I...2 points
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Holiday Shopping Lenses
bethd821- With the Holiday Season upon us I felt I needed to organize all my shopping lenses for your convenience. I have written lenses about all kinds of gifts. Many of these lenses contain gifts that are not just for Christmas. You can purchase a wide variety of items including, but not limited to Christma...2 points
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My Second Life Learning Experience
WordCustard - The virtual world Second Life might not be something you would associate with education, but for the past 2 years it was a place of learning for me. This is the story of how I got my Second Life education.2 points
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Cynthia's Lensography: My Life in Lenses
arncyn - I've been putting off making an about me lensography for a while now because I wanted to build more lenses that, well, didn't talk so much about me. But after much tinkering here on Squidoo, I figured that I finally have enough lenses to fill this page and so without further ado, here it is....2 points
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Vanidiana's Holiday Gifts Lensography
vanidiana - Collections of the finest Holiday Gifts! Welcome to my Holiday Gifts Lensography! Below, you can find links to unique, adorable, and nifty stuffs that you can wrap as holiday gifts. Give these lovely gifts to your family, your loved one, your kids, your colleagues, or even your teacher!...2 points
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Quiz: Do You Know Beth Day?
bethd821 - Test your knowledge, your mettle, your trivia (not trivial) pursuit, your multiple choice skills. See if you cut the mustard, are up to snuff, ace in the hole, all that good stuff. Take my quiz is what I'm saying! (Do you dare?) Good luck, and have fun. All of the answers to this quiz can be fou...2 points
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Paybacks Are A . . . Kindness
bethd821 - Jessica Barnhart challenged Squidoo to Pay It Forward. She wanted us to honor three lensmasters we admire or have helped us in some way by showing kindness. Kindness seems to be a key word at Squidoo. I have never been involved with such caring and sharing people. I personally feel I could include e...2 points
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Cross Creations Lensography
crosscreations - My name is crosscreations and I am squiddicted, a squidoo-oholic. There, I said it. As my Squidoo addiction grows, a better index was needed to keep my lenses or web pages organized...and here is Squidoo-land we call that a lensography. Knew I'd eventually be building one of these lensography gi...2 points
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kevinw1 Lensography
kevinw1 - There comes a time in the life of a squid when you have enough lenses that they need to be organised into some kind of structure, instead of one big amorphous mess. So, I'm imposing some structure on this 'ere mess.2 points
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Beth's RocketMoms Lensography - Session 4
bethd821 - RocketMoms Rock!Several times a year Bonnie D., aka bdkz, challenges the RocketMoms to help each other create greate lenses on a different topic each week. These sessions are usually eight weeks long. Session 4 began October 26th and runs until December 4th. This particular session is only 6 weeks d...2 points
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Who is ImolaK ?
ImolaK - My real name is Imola Kato and I was born in a town situated in the Northern part of Romania. I have a brother which is 5 years older; he is married and he lives in our native town. During school years I played handball. I was the team's goalkeeper and we participated at many competitions which...2 points
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Quiz: How Much Do You Really Know About Leanne Chesser?
LeanneChesser - OK. Let's see what you know about me - - Leanne Chesser! That's me in the picture. I love this picture because I'm having a complete blast in the jumping castle! I love to laugh and have fun. Anyway, I've created this quiz to test your knowledge about the oh-so-deep-and-amazing facts...2 points
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Quiz: How Well Do You Know Vanidiana?
vanidiana - Test your knowledge, your mettle, your trivia (not trivial) pursuit, your multiple choice skills. See if you cut the mustard, are up to snuff, ace in the hole, all that good stuff. Take my quiz is what I'm saying! (Do you dare?)Good luck, and have fun. 2 points
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Eliza's Lensography
LotusPetalYoga - Welcome to my Lensography and thanks for stopping by! I first started on Squidoo in order to promote my on-line business and soon discovered an amazing on-line community, with some of the most interesting people. I got hooked and inspired pretty fast by all of the diverse stories and wealth of infor...2 points
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Giant Squid Lensography
StaciJansma - If you are wondering why I am trying to shoot for 50 Lenses.. Here is WHY! The Giant Squid Challenge is designed to help you reach your goal of becoming either a Giant Squid lensmaster or a new 100 Club member. Our goal this time around is December 31, 2009 but please don't feel pressured if you need more time. The challenge is set up to be ongoing so that lensmasters can join us whenever they are ready and so that you can stay on as long as you need. My goal: Become a Giant Squid....2 points
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Quiz: What does Staci absolutely LOVE about this time of the year?
StaciJansma - Test your knowledge, your mettle, your trivia (not trivial) pursuit, your multiple choice skills. See if you cut the mustard, are up to snuff, ace in the hole, all that good stuff. Take my quiz is what I'm saying! (Do you dare?) Good luck, and have fun. 2 points
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Who is Staci Jansma?
StaciJansma - How much can you tell about a person from their picture? You may (or may not) know the following, so let me tell you 'Who is Staci Jansma!'A wife.A mom.A aunt.A niece.A granddaughter.A friend.A scrapbooker.A crafter.A work at home mom.A virtual administrative assistant.A leader.A thinker.A purple lo...2 points
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RocketMoms Session 4 Lensography
StaciJansma - Rocket Moms has been a wonderful experience for me. I first joined in August 2009 during their Session 3. I was honored to complete each lens that was required and graduated. Again, I am honored to have completed each lens that was required and become a part of the graduation class for Rocket Moms S...2 points
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Janiece's Newest Lenses
Janiece - I'm a Squidoo lensmaster. A Squidoo lensmaster is someone who writes mini websites (called lenses) on Squidoo.Below is a collection of my 10 most recent lenses. I hope you enjoy them!1 point
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Why I Love Bobby Jack
KNicholls - I first heard about Bobby Jack about two years ago when my niece asked for 'Bobby things' for her birthday. I had no idea who Bobby was, but she quickly educated me. Megan is perhaps the biggest Bobby fan I know, is never without her 'Bobby of the Day' and loves him. Bobby is a monkey who started, a...1 point
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My Christmas Collection
prosperity66 - Christmas time is that time of the year that is so special because of the joy and the magic the holiday season brings into our lives. Christmas is a time for home decorating activities, family and friends gathering, sharing the joy and happiness we get from giving and receiving.Depending on traditio...1 point
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Quiz: How well do you know Cross Creations???
crosscreations - Cross Creations actually joined Squidoo about 5 years ago, built a few lenses and then was abducted by martians into outer space. She enjoyed creating crop circles, intricate designs under the cover of night in her stealth UFO and then one day she landed on this planet named Squidoo and was taken ho...1 point
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Herman Van Rompuy: First European President
Prosperity66 - Hello and welcome to Herman Van Rompuy, the First European President. The European Union enters a new phase: it's getting its first permanent President. I am a proud Belgian Citizen and such a nomination makes me proud. Still, I don't love the European Union, so this nomination feels like a...1 point
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Council of Nicaea
skiesgreen - Nicaea was the ancient name for Iznik in Turkey. Here Constantine set up a council of men called into his presence from around his empire in 325AD. They consisted of literate and illiterate delegates and those of such variance in religious idealism that it was almost impossible to draw a conclusion...1 point
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Lensography Of Jennifer Akers
JenniferAkers - The Squidoo community encourages 'lensographies', which take as many creative forms as there are lensmasters. Basically, a lensography is a categorized list of your Squidoo lenses, or webpages. In January 2007, I started writing on Squidoo, after recommendations from members of my writers' group. I...1 point
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Lensography of Norma Holt
Skiesgreen - This is a look at my spirituality and how it has affected my life. People are searching for answers and we are heading into very troubled waters as politicians bicker over climate change and global warming, Meanwhile millionaires and greedy mongrels continue to take everything.We have no control ove...1 point
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Lensography on Religious Origins
Skiesgreen - When telling a story as detailed as the origin and progress of religious behavior the lenses constructed for this purpose are like chapters in a book. So they deserve to be listed as in a volume where one can go from section to section to follow the story. That's what this lensography hopes to achie...1 point
Plexo For 100 Club Hopefuls
To help us identify your lenses as being eligible for the contests please add your *lensmaster name* before the description when submitting them below:
Going For Giant Squid 100!
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My Dream Vacation to Hawaii
Sylvestermouse - When I was a senior in high school, my senior class went to Hawaii. I did not go. I always regretted missing the trip to Hawaii and occasionally would comment how ridiculous it was that I did not go when I had the chance.Twenty years later my husband took me on the vacation of my dreams and I have t...7 points
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Loving An Alcoholic
j_barnhart4 - Alcoholism is a disease. It is envious...relentless...and it hurts everyone that gets in it's way. It can't be cured and it doesn't go away. Even when an alcoholic becomes sober, the alcoholism is still there. It lies dormant until the most trying times of our life occur; then it comes o...6 points
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The Story of A Vietnam Veteran
Jewelsofawe - This is a story I hesitate to tell but feel inspired to do so. It is the story of my father. He was born in Pennsylvania in March of 1942. This put him at the right age to be drafted during the Vietnam War. So, in 1968 he had to put college on hold and went off to fight in a war Americans did not be...6 points
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Why I Love Tea
Jptanabe - I love tea! Probably because I'm British I can't imagine life without tea. Coffee is important, but somehow life without tea is not something I want to imagine. So here I'm going to reveal many of the reasons I love tea; the ways that I think the world is a better place because of it!When we talk ab...5 points
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My Journey To Become A Giant Squid
msSnow4a - In late February or early march of 2009, I was looking for ways to make money online. Since I don't work outside of my home, I thought it would be great to make more money with the things I love to do.I like to write and I love videos. Well I looked around and found a web page listing a number of si...5 points
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My Travel Bucket List
Heather426 - 'The Bucket List' was a movie that inspired millions of people to make a list of all the things they want to do before they 'kick the bucket', or die, and it got me to thinking too.I have been extremely lucky in my life to travel extensively, and if I never got to travel again, I would consider myse...5 points
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Living With Charcot Marie Tooth
Macs - When I was given the diagnosis of Charcot Marie Tooth, it came with such a sense of relief that I didn't give a lot of thought to the possible implications. However; it wouldn't be long until they would become clear to me.In my logical mind, life was presenting me with a challenge. My job was to fac...4 points
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Being Afraid: The Things That Scare Me
Ramkitten - To be honest, I don't know why I'm writing this, publicly announcing things that scare me. What's the point, really? Writing about my fears won't make them go away, and neither has the fact that I've faced them all on many occasions.But most of us tend to express our fears with...4 points
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The Thorn Tree: A Christmas Story
sandralynnsparks - My mother was sicker than she had ever been, and would be no better again. The hospital bills were terrible, the diagnosis worse. My father gave up.'We can't afford Christmas this year. I won't be getting anything. There'll be no tree. That's it.' He turned his back and went back to work on supper....4 points
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The Ultimate Road Trip
Brookelorren - Our summer 2009 vacation. Over 5 weeks long!3 points
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Trip to Scotland
Jptanabe - I was born and raised in Scotland and still have family there. In the summer of 2008 we took a trip "across the pond" to visit them in Montrose. Despite a lot of the usual Scottish "summer" weather, a good time was had by all. And, after my husband returned to the States, I was a...3 points
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Going Green Ideas
AJ2008 - Would you like some tips for going green? Do you want to live a more environmentally friendly life but you don't know where to start? Are you overwhelmed by all the eco-friendlyinformation that appears in the press, on the TV and on the internet?Then join the club!3 points
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Weight Loss
AJ2008 - THE Best Weight Loss Tips on Squidoo? This is a collection of a variety of lenses about losing weight. GENUINE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE is being shared and the collection is full of personal recommendations OR just plain common sense weight loss tips.There's dieting tips, dieting plans, recipe books....3 points
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My Olympic Lensography
Brookelorren - I made this to keep track of my Olympic lenses.2 points
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Comedian Tim Hawkins
Pukeko - If you are looking for some family friendly laughs - your search is over. Tim Hawkins is one of America's funniest family comedians.So get ready to laugh, as here you will find my favorite Tim Hawkins video clips.I never knew clean humor could be so much fun!2 points
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Macs RocketMoms Lensography
Macs - Session 3 for the RocketMoms offically came to an end with graduation on October 12th. Whew! It has been a challenging 8 weeks, but I was one of the 42 to graduate this session. I figured with the next session gearing up to start, this was the perfect time to reflect on the assignments we were given...2 points
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Humorous Hospital Misadventures
strayspay - When things have gone pretty good for a period of time then something unexpected happens, usually not something I'm thrilled about, one of my favorite radio personalities, Steve Brown, says the Owl winked. The story goes that two gentlemen were following their wives through a small store and they we...2 points
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Good Attitude - A Miracle nonDrug
strayspay - In 1990, when Pat and I had been married 4 years, he was found to have advanced colon cancer with spread into the liver and lymph nodes. There was no warning of this except he thought he had a bug. The doctor pulled no punches with me, he told me Pat had a slim chance of long term recovery. My initi...2 points
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Marty Becker, D.V.M.
Strayspay - My first awareness of Marty Becker was when I read the story in Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul With These Hands. Dr. Becker writes about delivering a little Miniature Schnauzer, the runt of the litter and the dog he chose to present to his dad as a gift. Dr. Becker tells how his dad had a...2 points
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Strayspay rescue lensography
Strayspay - Strayspay, hmmm, why that name - maybe she makes cakes! No, that's not quite right...oh I know, she collects watches from around the world. Somehow that just doesn't fit but I know I'll get it. OK, I've got it now, she takes in strays and feels that these unwanted animals somehow &qu...2 points
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sandralynnsparks - A New Stage For Me
sandralynnsparks - How's this for a face? Determined? You bet! Ready to get things done? Always! Ready to face anything?Well, the lines tell you I'm tired of facing some things, but I will.I had to leave my life and home in Atlanta behind in September 2009. My job disappeared; I couldn't keep the home I ha...2 points
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How to Sell Books on Alibris
strayspay - Selling books was fun and profitable so I decided to check out other online booksellers for whom I could become a independent seller. I was told that Amazon was the Big Seller and all others were a distant second. I found that not to be true! Alibris has kept pace with Amazon in sales, at least for...2 points
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Best Little Zoo in Texas
strayspay - Frank Buck Zoo visit - what a trip! First time we'd visited the zoo since we moved her 6 years ago but it would be our last. For a small zoo, it has a large number of really cool animals plus a petting zoo where a large goat named Rocky gave Pat, my husband, a smooch. The zoo is about 40 miles f...2 points
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Philosophy of Selling: Profit Margin
strayspay -There are as many philosophies of selling books as there are books. My philosophy is make at least a $5 profit on each book I sell. Many booksellers will say I am wasting my time by not aiming for more profit per item sold. I recently watched a bookseller on YouTube say that all books should be scan...2 points
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Cataract Surgery: My Miracle Eyes
Srayspay - My eyes are my most prized possession! Of all my senses, my eyes would be the sense I would most hate to lose. My husband and I have an online bookstore which requires daily searching through shelves and rows of books to find ones that have sold. When cataracts developed, finding these books became...2 points
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A Positive Attitude for a Month!
Strayspay - Positive attitudes make us feel better, generally makes people like us and want to be our friends. It also helps our overall health. Negative attitudes have the opposite effect. I believe I am better than I once was and am trying to consciously think before I speak. Did I just say I was better? Some...2 points
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My Journal
Jewelsofawe - This lens is about my blog My Journal. It is a blog about whatever might inspire me and I may feel like sharing which may relate to squidoo or not. For instance the other day my daughter cut her hair so I put a picture of it on my blog.2 points
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*Purple Star Lenses
WindyWinters - In honor of my 75th Lens, on Squidoo, I thought I would make a Purple Star List of Lenses to showcase my work. This is a List of my Lenses that have been awarded a Purple Star by the Giant Squid Community. I have highlighted my Purple Star Lenses with my favorite Purple Lenses by Lensmasters and Pur...2 points
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Rednecks Love to Cook But Not Gourmet
strayspay - Food can be a problem during holidays and family get-togethers! I'm a female who has never loved to cook and I stand out like a sore thumb in the midst of relatives and friends who are gourmet cooks! Their most fond memories are of the recipe they made that took two days to complete. My favorite...2 points
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Quiz: Do you know Mary Beth-mbgphoto?
mbgphoto - I joined Squidoo just two short years ago. It has been so great getting to know the Squidoo community these past two years. This quiz will give you a little insight into Mary Beth aka mbgphoto. If you didn't know me well, I hope you will visit some of my lenses to get to know me and leave me a c...2 points
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Quiz: How Well Do you Know JPTanabe?
JPTanabe - I joined Squidoo in May 2009 and became a Giant in October, due to the great support of MiMi Growwear's Team One.If you've read my lenses you'll know some of the answers to these questions! If you haven't, you can cheat and read the ones I've put below the quiz. Whatever you choo...2 points
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Children and Parenting Headquarters
AJ2008 - Here you will find help for parents on a variety of difficult children and parenting issues. You may have to confront bullying; your child may be autistic or have Asperger's Syndrome; they may have learning difficulties caused by dyslexia, Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) or a variety of probl...2 points
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Love is all you need
AJ2008 - All you need is love? Love, love, love! Love is all you need!A collection all about love.I love you Mum, I love you Dad, Love Letters of Great Men, Valentines Day, Love Horoscopes, Love Never Dies, Love Letters of Great Men. All you need is love. They are all here!Module photo © Ana-Belle2 points
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Quiz: If You Really Knew Ecolicious Would You Like Her?
Ecolicious - So, you've skimmed through all my lenses and now you know I garden and I talk a lot about recycling and reusing. What else do you know about me? Would you like me if you knew me in person? Test your Ecolcious knowledge below. Good luck, and have fun. '2 points
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RocketMoms Session 4 Lensography - JPTanabe
Jptanabe - The RocketMoms Session 4 ran from October 26 until December 4 2009, shorter than the usual 8 weeks due to the holidays. Those same holidays were also the theme of this session - Holiday Shopping! As moms, we're quite good at shopping, and even if shopping isn't our most favorite activity we have to...2 points
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Macs Latest Lenses
Macs - Trying to figure out which lenses are my newest additions? This page should make it easy for you to determine just that. Why? Because the only thing you will find here you are lenses that were recently published!The plan is to update this on a monthly basis, so be sure to check back from time to tim...1 point
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AndyPo: A Lensography
AndyPo - This lens is all about me, just in case you are interested; My life from South West England to Oxford University, London, then the rest of the world: lots of photos and a few links to some of my other favourite lenses...And some of travel and wildlife photography and travel tips and advice from all...1 point
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Lensography Retire Young and Travel The World...
AndyPo - I am a semi-professional travel photographer (i.e. I once sold a few photos) and semi-retired consultant physicist (i.e. unemployed boffin) but with a keen interest in finance (i.e. how to get rich quick)I live in Richmond-upon-Thames in West London, England, next to the beautiful Richmond Park, whe...1 point
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Ecolicious Wannabe: Making a Sustainable Effort
Ecolicious - This is me, not looking like a nut. I still feel like a nut though. Sometimes.So who am I? I'm a mom, a wife, a daughter and a person trying to live a healthy, people-friendly and earth-friendly life. I love trees. Occasionally I do hug trees. I'm not ashamed of this at all. I think trees are absolu...1 point
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My Hindered Creativity: Finally Unhindered
Ecolicious - I like to think of myself as a creative person. I have often been told I am very creative and when I hear welcoming compliments like this I fill up with pride and joy each time. Unfortunately, about once or more a year I become creatively frustrated. My creativity, for one reason or other, is hinder...1 point
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End of Marriage: Hope for a Better Life
Strayspay - Married at 15 and surviving 25 years of marriage, life had become unbearable for me but I had a plan. Over a period of approximately one year, ending the month our youngest child would graduate from high school, I would put a portion of my paycheck into a savings account each month, apply for cred...1 point
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End of a Marriage: How it Began
Strayspay - Two days after my 15th birthday I was married. It was not my mother's fault that I married at that age and I wasn't pregnant. There were some perceived problems in my home and a lens about that is featured. But, believe it or not, the small high school I attended had a fad in 1954 and many young co...1 point
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Ten Newest Lenses by Pukeko
Pukeko - Here you will find links to my 10 newest Squidoo lenses (a lens is a Squidoo webpage). I have written this for those who may want to know what I have been up to, and for my Dad who always takes the time to ask what I have written lately. Please bookmark or favorite this page, and check back often, a...1 point
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Sarah Albom
Pukeko - Skiing fascinates me. I am amazed at how graceful athletes can appear when zipping down the slopes, or flying through the air. I watched my 9 year old daughter Sarah in silent wonderment. Over the past few years we have become a snowsports family. We follow the winter. This was Sarah's year. She...1 point
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Quiz: How Well Do You Know Rhonda (Pukeko)?
Pukeko - That's me, Rhonda holding my skis last winter in Wanaka. How well do you really know me? Take this little quiz and let's find out if my life really is an open book. All the answers can be found on my variuos Squidoo lenses (a lens is Squidoo's fancy word for a page). I included links on...1 point
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Angel Blessing from Pukeko
Pukeko - Being a Squidoo angel is both an honor and a responsibility. Thank you to the Squidoo team for selecting me to serve along side a group of such outstanding lensmasters as those you have chosen to be the current angels. Many of my feelings are captured by this beautiful Cherub as I feel young (to the...1 point
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Melissa Albom - Snowboarder
Pukeko - Bigger, higher, faster - 11 year old Melissa Albom loves snowboarding! Strap a board to her feet and Melissa is happy. Her happiness resonates in her riding. She is a two times New Zealand jr. national snowboard champion and was the youngest person on the National Development Snowboard squad w...1 point
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My Fitness Adventure at the Kennedy Fitness Paso Robles Adventure
BarbRad - For about fifteen years, I've deluded myself into thinking my daily activities as a bookseller kept me fit enough. After all, I carried heavy boxes on a daily basis and got intensive workouts whenever we had to set up and tear down exhibits. For a few years after we moved to Templeton, I had walking...1 point
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Jewelsofawe
Dec 30, 2009 @ 9:37 pm | delete
- I have over 100!
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prosperity66
Dec 6, 2009 @ 8:11 am | delete
- I'm at 60 lenses now. I can't believe I built as many lenses! Thanks to all the Giant Squid orgarnizers, mentors and others otherwise I wouldn't have made so many lenses!
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aj2008
Dec 3, 2009 @ 3:28 am | delete
- I am doing well, because I decided when I became Giant in July not to "break my neck" to make the 100 club by either September or December. I set myself what for me was the more realistic target of March 2010. As a result, with 70 lenses publisj=hed I am almost on target to get to 75 by New Year. So I am a very happy (and relaxed) bunny!
Thank you for everything you do as a Squidoo Volunteer MiMi - you are much appreciated :)
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GrowWear
Dec 3, 2009 @ 10:28 am | delete
- AJ, we are sharing the same journey :) I have 70 now and don't know how soon I'll get to the 100 club, but it's a great journey. Thank you for your kind words, and know that you are appreciated, too!
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skiesgreen
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- I have now finished 45 with some more in the pipe line. Trouble is I have some that have not yet got any ratings or comments. What happens with those? Others are well up there.
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