About Me

Welcome to my lenses!  Please visit my blog about improving your writing and finding freelance jobs.  Many of the articles on these lenses are from my work published at Associated Content and at Helium.

I've got lenses about music and lyrics, keeping your body healthy - homemade skin and body products plus healthy cooking recipes - helping your family stay healthy, and about keeping the planet healthy.  Please feel free to explore.  Drop me a note here or in one of my guestbooks if you have comments or suggestions (or if you just want to say, "Hi.")

Sweet Potatoes: Healthy, Tasty, and Versatile

Yes, sweet potatoes come in a can, in gelatinous chunks destined to be covered with marshmallows.  If that's your idea of sweet potato perfection, stop reading this lens.  If you'd like something different - and much healthier - on your tab...

How to Make Healthy Pumpkin Bread

Quickbreads like pumpkin bread have long been staples for bakers. They are tasty, easy to make, and freeze well: you simply double the recipe and make a loaf for later. On this lens, you'll find a recipe for lightly-spiced pumpkin bread and substitu...

Homemade Body and Hair Care Products

Avoid the harsh chemicals, the artificial fragrances, and the dyes found in store-bought hair and body care products.  Make your own at home with some basic ingredients and a little creativity.  You can customize the sce...

Find and Enjoy More Music

This lens is a collection of monthly music recommendations and articles about music. The articles cover everything from naming your band to discovering new artists and genres to love. The sections named after months highlight a band or music resource...

Tips, Tricks, And Explanations For Complicated Grammar Rules

English grammar has a million confusing and contradictory rules. The language has so many words in so many forms that it can be bewildering to figure out which one to use and why. This page will help. Look below for specific tips and links on commonly...

Healthy Cooking: Healthy Pizza

Include pizza as a part of your healthy diet by changing a few key ingredients.  You can find newer versions of traditional toppings with less fat and more flavor than their "healthy" cardboard counterparts of 20 years ago.&n...

Danny Elfman

For those who don't remember Dead Man's Party or Weird Science, Danny Elfman will be a surprise and a treat.  Not only did he head an iconic 80's New Wave group, Oingo Boingo, but he composes music for some of the best - and the strangest - that...

Martin Sexton: Diggin' Me Lyrics

How's about a cup Not coffee okay tea That's fine with me Meet at 8:15 All right 6:30's fine Just be with me Anytime of day Anyplace you say Just look like you do Oh it's my lucky day I am here to stay with you I'm diggin' me diggin' you Diggin' me...

Tuna Hot Dish: Easy Comfort Food

Tuna hot dish has long been a staple in American kitchens. The creamy, noodly goodness warms your body and your heart. You don't need to invest the time of pre-heating and baking tuna casserole to enjoy the rich flavor. This lens contains my family'...

Southern Culture On The Skids

If you've ever laughed at one of those lists of redneck, hillbilly, or trailer trash traits, Southern Culture on the Skids is right up your alley. Explore their raucous style and humor, from their 50s-inspired surf instrumentals to their biting redne...

about legbamel

This lens is to help you (and me) navigate my other lenses and group.  I have no idea when I got hooked here, but the results follow. Some are essentially finished and some projects require regular updates, like my Music-of-the-Month sectio...

Urban Sprawl and the Environment

As people spread out and destory natural habitats, they hurt the environment in dozens of ways, large and small.  Read these articles about the many ways that the spread of the human race hurts the environment, wildlife, business, and the people...

Oingo Boingo: Weird Science Lyrics

(She's alive...Alive!) Weird science Weird....ooo! Weird science Plastic tubes and pots and pans Bits and pieces and Magic from the hand We're makin' Weird science Things I've never seen before Behind bolted doors Talent and imagination Weird scienc...

Southern Culture on the Skids: Camel Walk Lyrics

Baby, Would you eat that there snack cracker In your special outfit for me? Please? Ow-wee! Yo, ye pharaohs, let us walk Through this barren desert In search of truth And some pointy boots And maybe a few snack crackers. Ow-wee! Baby, you make me wa...

The Many Uses of Seaweed Extract

Taken together, the many types of seaweed are used for everything from wrinkle cream to compost creation.  Seaweed makes good food for plants, animals, and people.  This lens will explain some of the many uses to which seaweed extract - the...

Kirsty MacColl: Humor, Tragedy, and Song

From her witty satires to her songs of longing, Kirsty MacColl was a consummate singer and songwriter.  Her voice, creativity, and sense of fun allowed her to cross genre lines and build a strong following.  Unfortunately, the careless pilo...

Oingo Boingo: Stay Lyrics

This is not the first time you tried to get away This is not a party where people know your name This is not a classroom with teacher at the board This is not a cat show with prizes at the door Go, don't you go Wont you stay with me one more day If...

Random Home and Family

Nothing is more important than your family.  There are times when you don't know what to do or how to do it.  You want to do what's best for them and for yourself.  This lens contains articles about parenting, discipline, and family fin...

WookieFoot: Falling Down Trying Lyrics

Are you falling down drunk, are you falling down trying? Do you walk with the sheep, do you roar like a lion? Are you singing your war cry or are you just crying? If I'm not falling down drunk I'll be falling down trying. My old friend Mick McQuire...

Oingo Boingo: No Spill Blood Lyrics

Note: No Spill Blood uses call-and-answer sections for the chorus. The portions in parentheses are spoken either by the band members or by Danny Elfman. (What is the law?) (What is the law?) Animals came from miles around So tired of walking so clo...

Two Man Gentlemen Band: William Howard Taft Lyrics

Oh, William Howard Taft Had a great big smile and a great big laugh Great big belly, great big thighs that Slapped together when he walked by Measured in clean at a quarter ton Made the oval office just fit for one Oh, you can't squeeze nothin' past...

Oingo Boingo: We Close Our Eyes Lyrics

We close our eyes We close our eyes and dream And the world has turned around again When everybody is running in the big race And having a good time Who am I to cast a shadow? Who am I? I looked death in the face last night I saw him in a mirror And...

The Pierces: Sticks and Stones Lyrics

Hey, domino, I am stopping you from falling One, two, three Don't you dare go down Hey, waterfall, Oh, can you hear me calling? Three, two, one Don't you dare touch the ground I'm the one you want(x4) Sticks and stones will break your bones And le...

Kirsty MacColl: In These Shoes Lyrics

I once met a man with a sense of adventure. He was dressed to thrill wherever he went. He said, "Let's make love on a mountain top Under the stars on a big hard rock." I said "In these shoes? I don't think so." I said "Honey, let's do it here." So I...

Building Safety Week

Each year, municipal building departments celebrate Building Safety Week starting the first Monday in May. They attempt to get the word out to people about building, maintaining, and living in their homes safely. Find out about the International Cod...