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"It Is What It Is" - Just a Cliche?

Recently my sister and I were planning my mother's memorial service. She died at the age of 95, and even though it had been expected for some time, there was still the process of grieving and planning to lay her to rest next to my father.

I was obs...

10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Squidoo

It is a long time since I was a Squidoo Newbie but I can still remember how it felt. Exciting and scary. Exciting because Squidoo gives you such a brilliant platform to create wonderful things. Scary because I really had no clue what I was doing.

No...

A Guide to Yahoo Pipes

Yahoo Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web. Simple commands can be combined together to create output that meets your needs.

For example, you can combine many RSS feeds into one, then...

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was a Warsaw-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians of the 20th century. One of his most important writings was the classic "God in Search of Man : A Philosophy of Judaism." The book challenge...

Advanced CSS: Layout Tricks and Lab Experiments

Columns! Images! Colored boxes! This lens is my CSS sandbox, where I'm testing fancy layout tricks to make Squidoo lenses look great. As I figure out new CSS techniques, I'll share them with you, so you can use them on your lenses!

This lens assumes...

Advanced HTML for Squidoo

The techniques shown here aren't much more advanced then what's in the Basic HTML tutorial. The code being used isn't any more special. But the results and presentation can appear to be more sophisticated. Hence it being the Advanced HTML tutorial. F...

Alteredkat's Bucket List

Have you seen The Bucket List?

It's a wonderful movie about two terminally ill men (Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman) who escape from a cancer ward and start a trip of life experiences and adventures with a wish list of things to do before they "kick...

Appreciate Your Way to Happiness

A happy life is simply a string of happy moments" - Abraham Hicks.

We are always looking for happiness. Everything we desire is a reflection of our search for joy. Every relationship we yearn for, every new book, new toy, new dress... we think...

Are You a Squidoo Nobody? How to Become a Squidoo Somebody in 6 Easy Lessons

Who is this little orange guy? That's what everyone wants to know! So, why are you leaving us in the dark?

"This is my bio. I can edit it later." Well, little orange guy, later has arrived. The time is now! Come out from behind your orange anonymity...

Are you a Stay at Home Mom (or Dad) Interested in Earning a Monthly Income?

Okay, I am sure you are all thinking, "What's the catch?" Don't worry, there isn't one. I promise. I am a stay at home mom and I will show you how Squidoo is helping me earn a monthly income while still being home to take care of my children.

What i...

bdkz's Best Squidoo Tips

Welcome! I'm Bonnie, lensmaster bdkz. I'm a Giant Squid & RocketMoms Organizer here on Squidoo. I have created over 400 lenses, been "Lens of the Day" twice and have had 15 of my lens in the Top 100. I have been with Squidoo fo...

Book Repair

Hopefully, my lens will help you decide if you need to recycle your book, repair it yourself (I include DIY instructions), or pay someone to fix it.

This article is my contribution to the environment - I do not like to see books thrown away.

Plus,...

Buy Nothing Day

Now in its 18th year, Buy Nothing Day is celebrated every November by environmentalists, social activists and concerned citizens in over 65 countries around the world. Over the years, Buy Nothing Day (followed by Buy Nothing Christmas) has exploded i...

Cigar Box Guitar

The cigar box guitar is a primitive chordophone whose resonator is a discarded cigar box. Because the instrument is homemade, there is no standard for dimensions, string types or construction techniques.

Many of the early cigar box guitars consisted...

Color Eggs Ukrainian Style

For thousands of years women have been decorating eggs, called Pysanky. The tradition was passed down from mother to daughter. Each family and village had their own special ritual for decorating the Pysanky. They were created in the middle of the nig...

Create Stunning CSS Backgrounds with Images

Have you heard of CSS Backgrounds? Do you have a Squidoo lens or two? How about a website? A MySpace profile? Are you bored by all those plain old white backgrounds? Here I'm going to show you how to spice up your lenses and pages and create bea...

Diary of a Squid Angel (2009)

Dozens of hard-working Squid Angels are looking for the best of the best on Squidoo. The program has evolved a bit since I last took part, and Squid Angels are now entrusted with three Squidoo categories. Here are the ones I'm assigned to: H...

DIY Photography solutions!

So you done gone and blew all you money on a spiffy new camera, and maybe even a flash! Yeeeeeaaaahhhh!!!!!.... But wait, what about the other things you need to help you take a better picture! Well here you are folks, a cheap, easy DIY guide to many...

Don't Teach That Child to Read!

Well, stress no more

Many of us homeschoolers, who are just beginning the exciting and often scary adventure of teaching our children, understandably become anxious at the prospect of teaching our babies to read, let alone solve simultaneous equatio...

EK's Lensography For Writers

This is a list of all of my lenses for writers.

Oh, and for those wondering: What's with all the waterfalls? I do a lot of my writing outside in my garden or in the forest behind my yard, and there is a brook going through my yard. Now whenever I s...

Family jokes and photos in the blujay lounge

Laughter is an audible expression or appearance of merriment or happiness or an inward feeling of joy and pleasure (laughing on the inside).

These are the clean jokes I have gathered from other sites and posted in the blujay lounge.

Now at Squidoo...

Finding Digital Sheet Music Online

Does the idea of going to the music store to find yet another needed piece of music bring pleasant images? Does getting cut off in traffic, spending valuable time and/or gas money appeal to you? Are you tired of finally making it to the store only to...

First Home Mishaps

I've recently purchased a new home and I'm in the process of sprucing up the place. Some things work out just fine and others, well, not so much. If you too just bought that "fixer upper", you might want to continue on and learn from some of the mish...

Funny Indian Videos Showcase

There is a whole genre of funny movies that most of us will never have seen: Indian music video's turned into humor. Some of these were made by and for Indians. Others are simply an attempt at reading English into Hindi.

I'm not quite sure all of th...

Get That Closet Organized!

I'll give you step-by-step instructions and tips on organizing your closet and keeping it organized.

It'll be so beautiful, guests will ask to see it!

So fill your cleaning bucket with Pine-Sol, and let's get started!

How To Add Amazon Widgets To Your Lens

Have you wished you could add one of those cool carousel widgets on your lens? Or a contextual product cloud? How about a big preview of your Amazon aStore?

Well, now you can. With a little (actually BIG!) help of Clearspring, the widget network, an...

How To Create A Quality Lens

The word "quality" has come up a lot lately on Squidoo, particularly when it comes to the Giant Squid Program. In order to be accepted you need 50 quality lenses, but what constitutes a "quality" lens? Here's what I think defines quality and how you...

How to Find Your Inner Artist as an Adult

How many of us create all kinds of art as children, then stop developing our artistic right brain muscles as we mature into adults? Children are taught how to do many art projects because art projects are considered appropriate activities for childr...

How to Have a Great Wedding For Under $100.00

Okay...I admit that my hubby and I got married almost 14 years ago, and that our wedding might actually cost about $150.00 if we did the same thing today.

Still we had a wonderful wedding and reception in 1995 for just under $100.00 total cost. Now...

How We Engineered Squidoo

Founded in mid 2005, Squidoo launched in early 2006 and quickly gained traction as a platform for sharing ideas online. On Squidoo, everyday experts (yes, that means you) can handcraft individual web pages (just to be difficult, we call them lenses)...

HTML Borders Backgrounds

Have you seen sharp looking lenses formatted with HTML borders and backgrounds and wished you could do the same? There are already plenty of EXCELLENT how-to-HTML lenses available, so I thought I'd do something a little different.

There are two main...

HTML Squidoo Tricks How To Lens with sample codes step-by-step

HTML Squidoo Tricks How To Lens with sample codes & step-by-step instructions to change fonts, background colors, table of contents, modules & images.

Humorous Posters, Tin Signs, Magnets and More

Find great deals here on some funny stuff! And, hopefully, you won't get gas!

I Hate Housework

I've never been any good at housework. You'd think I would be ace after all the years I've had to practice, but no, I'm still rubbish. If I am ever good at housework its because I'm using it to avoid doing something else. Like a writing task or accou...

iMacros for Squidoo Lensmasters

Does this sound familiar? Bring up browser, bring up Squidoo, log in, bring up SquidU, log in, bring up Squoogle, log in....user name incorrect, remember right user name, log in again...

If so, read on. I hope this tool will save you some time. (Tim...

Image Transfer

A collection of image transfer methods.  Check out the "Featured Image Transfer" module!  Image transfer techniques have become a popular among artists, artisans and crafters, especially for collages and many types of altered art,...

Indian Music Videos - bollywood fun

The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, and classical music. On this lens you will find modern video's with India's classical music tradition, including Carnatic and Hindustani music, has a history spanning mille...

Irish Dance Showcase

For many centuries, Irish culture was systematically suppressed and outlawed.

During that time much was lost and, for those of us scattered in lands distant from Ireland, our music, songs and dance are the portals we use to return and embrace our he...

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Aloha, Israel "Iz" Kaanoi Kamakawiwoole remains my favorite Hawaiian musician. On one trip to Oahu, I learned more about this influential Hawaiian musician. One of his most memorable songs for which he is known is the medley "Over the Rainbow/What a...

JensGallery

I'm not a brave soul by any means, I'm hesitant and insecure when it comes to sticking my neck out (a fact that generally annoys me about myself) especially when it comes to my art. It took me months of nail biting indecision to actually post prints...

Judaism, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Culture Headquarters

Judaism, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Culture

This group is about being Jewish--the religion, the culture, and all the things that make up Jewish life. As long as your lens had to do with Judaism in a positive light, it is welcome.

Julian Beever

Julian Beever is an English artist that creates surreal chalk drawings on pavement surfaces. His art is sometimes so convincing that people avoid potholes he has drawn on a pavement. His nickname is "the pavement picasso". His chalk art can take days...

Lens Workshop Addon for Firefox

This addon for Firefox incorporates extra features into the Lens Workshop and a few other pages on Squidoo. The most significant improvements are: Lensrank updates, colored tags, detailed stats, integrated ping and improved support for Groups. See t...

LensArt by SixB

Welcome!

I hope you find my art pleasing and my tutorials helpful.

This lens is part of my 'Lensart' Series of Module Templates.
Templates are blocks of html code you can copy and paste into your modules. You can find hundreds of templates on these...

Life is Good!

This is one of my favorite photos of my husband Scott. It was taken on our wedding day, and yes, that is the judges actual seat and gavel in the actual courtroom where we were married.

Those are also Scott's actual fingers holding that gavel, the fi...

Low-Risk Interventions for Attention Deficit Disorder

Our family has way too much experience with attention problems. Several of us have trouble regulating our attention: We focus too much or too little on things, depending on how engaging they are, and have trouble finding that happy medium that makes...

Make Me Laugh - Funny Christmas Gifts Items

Here you will find light hearted gifts for the Christmas season. The funny Christmas gift ideas below are intended to bring a smile to your face. They were selected because they made me laugh, and I want to make you laugh. I have included funny novel...

Manarola, Italy: A Beautiful Village On The Mediterranean

Manarola, Italy is one of five tiny towns in a section of the Italian Riviera known as Cinque Terre. Although Cinque Terre translates to "five lands," it actually refers to five villages that are all connected by a walking path: Monterosso...

Mentoring Children through ePal Program

Are you looking for a volunteer program where you can make a difference in the life of a child?

In2Books has a wonderful program that matches up an adult with a child to be reading pen pals.

I became involved in this program last year when I was se...

Mexican Sopapillas Recipe

Mexican Sopapillas Recipe
I spent 13 years cooking in a Mexican restaurant. I must have cooked a million sopapillas in those years. So I am proud to share with you the recipe we used to make our Mexican Sopapillas. These Sopapillas come out of the oi...

Microwave Magic

The extended Melted Family have a history of experimenting with microwaves. I've outlined a few of my favourite experiments below.

This lens is dedicated to Katherine, long time sufferer of a scolded tongue.

Remember folks: Do NOT try this at home....

Mosquito Protection Society

I know you are probably asking yourself who on earth would harm such tiny, fairy-like creatures, but sadly, millions of mosquitoes are injured or killed every year by humans.

Our goal at the Mosquito Protection Society is to educate people about how...

My Pet Peeves - Those Things That Annoy Me

MY PET PEEVES is a lens about those little things in life that really annoy or frustrate you. It can be things that aren't designed or made correctly, or things that people do that just frustrate the heck out of you. So what drives you crazy?

I adde...

My Portraits

Technically, a portrait is how one person views another, and no two people see the same person in the same way. The portraits shown here are but a few I have published, finished, sold, or given away.

Primarily my portraits range from an ACEO collecti...

Online auctions, selling and me

This is a discussion of auction sites I have tried and will be trying in the future with as much detail as I can give to help guide others to sales outlets and other appropriate groups which can help to promote your online sales.

I also hope this...

Optical illusions the Visual Photo Phenomena

Prepare to be amazed. Weird illusions to challenge your mind, an optical illusion also called a visual illusion is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality.

The information gathered by the eye is processed in th...

Orthorexia: When Your Healthy Diet Threatens Your Health

Orthorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by an obsession with "healthy" eating. The word is taken from the Greek roots "ortho" (correct) and "orexia" (appetite). Sufferers of orthorexia are driven to consume only those foods which they...

Pastiche's Lensography

This lensography features the most popular lenses on Squidoo by Pastiche - that's me. My newest lenses always appear at the beginning of this lens. Join my fan club - you'll get a Squidcast heads-up when I update one of your favorites.

I&#39...

Photoshop drawing for beginners

This lens is aimed to people interested in digital drawing and doesn't have a clue about how to start. I explained the very basics, from the tools to a step by step of how to go about using them, in an easy and simple way.

 

I learnt using...

Polyvore.com - Expressing Your Style

Polyvore.com is an amazing and social site that helps you make interactive fashion collages of with product photos and other pictures. I am hard to please in terms of websites. For me to spend more than an hour there, a site has to be absolutely AMAZ...

Recipe for Aging Happily and Creatively

My sister, Betty, sent a quote today. The quote was on the front of a memories book presented to Jane Douglas on her 80th birthday.

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." -- Proverb

In my 65th year, I really...

Sell Your Spouse, Siblings or Children Here!

Have you ever wanted to sell your spouse, sibling, children or in-laws? How about the family pet? Here's the place to post FREE "for sale" listings for your family members! Get those pesky relatives and chlidren taken off your hands at...

SEO traffic stats: ranking report for squidoo lenses

Someone asked me to make a lens about my traffic statistics, because they're so very impressive. I've been made the SEO mentor on squidoo, and these stats may have something to do with that. Though I don't think there were many other cand...

Shades Of Black And White

This lens is written based on events in my life that led me to the place I am today. The journey was often times painful and collected its fair share of baggage along the way. The end result was worth every painful step.

Please be my guest and read...

Singing the Old, Old, Songs...

When I was still in elementary school, a long time ago when the Beatles were making all the girls pass out, I stayed unfainted and fully awake, listening to Judy Collins, Joan Baez, and The Seekers sing the traditional songs of the 60's folk era.

I...

Squid Etiquette

Squid Etiquette is all about what to do and what NOT to do on Squidoo! It is a very different How To Squidoo than you have probably seen before.

In our enthusiasm to not only publish our first few Squidoo lenses but also get traffic, we may forget...

SquidKiva - A Kiva Community for Squidoo Lensmasters

SquidKiva is a Kiva Community of members from the Squidoo community. Kiva facilitates micro-loans to individuals worldwide that would otherwise not be afforded the opportunity to open or expand their small business.

All squidoo lensmasters are welco...

Squidoo Lenses That Don't Sell A Thing

Okay, so maybe they get a share of Squidoo's Google ad revenue, but here I'm talking about lenses without sales modules or product pitches. I'm talking about lenses that exist primarily to make us laugh, to inform and entertain us, to inspire or just...

Squidoo Modules List

This lens is the gateway to my Squidoo Modules Tour, demonstrating each Squidoo module so you can see how it looks and how to use it. There are four ways to use my Squidoo Modules List:

• Print out the no-frills Squidoo Modules List
  
• Download the list a...

Squidoo Therapy | How To Create Vital Lenses

For the "get-to-the-point" folks, this lens is about how to create great lenses by mining your past creative "failures." In the process, you'll not only make a great lens, but will have freed up your creativity and energy for success, now and in the...

Squidoo Tips For Artists

No matter what type of art you create, Squidoo is a great way to get your artwork seen by lots of people on the internet. You can easily make a lens to show off your art and link that lens back to your online store, so people can buy it.

Squidoo has...

Squidoo Widget Showcase

Clearspring allows you to add widgets to your Squidoo lenses. I have used all of these widgets on my lenses, several of which have made the Squidoo top 100 and one even the Squidoo top 10.  This lens includes samples of all the widgets I am usin...

The Best Art Lenses On Squidoo

Squidoo has a great many lenses reviewing and explaining different aspects of art - but the trick is often finding them. So welcome to my still-in-progress lens - always in progress - collecting some of the many wonderful tutorials and reviews of art...

The Coolest Blogs Featuring Squidoo Ever

Blogging is good...and the some of the best Lensmaters on Squidoo have started one! I have complied the a Directory of The Coolest Blogs Featuring Squidoo Ever. Lensmasters really know how to promote a good thing, check out these super cool blogs!

I...

The Hitchhikers Guide to The Squidoo Lens Creation Universe!

Hi Folks as a volunteer forum moderator of the Squidoo Forum, and Squidoo Angel, over time I have collected a vast knowledge base of lenses and articles pertaining to building great Squidoo lenses. I use this extensive collection of resources to hel...

The Ominous Noodle of the Rive Gauche

Or, as they say in French, "Prenez garde à la nouille menaçante!".

What is this nouille menancante, you ask?  Well you might!  It is a strange tale of art and artists, of Paris and pasta.  It is a tale of travel...

The paintings of Mark Chandler

My friend Jane helped me set up this lens and has encouraged a painting sanctuary every weekend. We work on the prompt given out by the "Illustration Friday" project. Sometimes some other idea needs work on canvas.

Occasionally Jane slacks off and d...

The Roma - The Gypsy

The Romani (also Romany, Romanies, Romanis, Roma or Gypsies; Romani: Rromane) are an ethnic group with origins in South Asia. The Romani are widely dispersed with their largest concentrated populations in Europe, but also in the Americas and, to a le...

The Sensible Bride or Anti-Bride

Listening to John Tesh on the Radio, I discovered that I was an Antibride before my time, by deciding to opt out of the American wedding industry or as we began to refer to it, the Wedding Mafia.

We started looking at the traditional wedding and qui...

The Squidoo Choice Awards!

Welcome to the ballot box of The Squidoo Choice Awards!

There are so many wonderful lensmasters on Squidoo. There are several who take time out of their day to extend a hand of friendship towards newbies. Some are active in the chat forums and some...

This group was awarded the Great Group Award

This lens was started because I just got tired of all the groups out there that just aren't great. So this is dedicated to groups that ARE great.



These groups are ALL great - but within the collection I would advise anybody to join especially t...

Those Who Can, Do, and Those Who Can't, Teach?!

Those Who Can, Do, and Those Who Can't, Teach?!

I don't have the slightest idea who came up with this idea, but somehow it turned into one of those cliches you hear on daily basis. And one of those which devalues teaching as a profession.&nbs...

Tips for songwriting

WRITE GREAT SONGS QUICKLY AND EASILY. HERE'S HOW I TURNED 20 IDEAS INTO 20 SONGS IN JUST 2 WEEKS.

Do you love songwriting? If like me, you've been been blessed (or cursed) with a creative mind you've probably stumbled upon this page out...

Too Much Stuff

Most people in America have too much stuff. In our consumer-driven society we are constantly being enticed us to want more. Before long it's all just too much, it is disorganized. In a survey conducted by the National Association of Professional Orga...

Top 10 1/2 Jewish Comedians

"Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So, for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters. By the time I was five I knew I was that one." - Mel Brooks

Top 10 Internet Memes

An internet phenomenon or a meme is an image, video, phrase or simply an idea that spreads from one person to another seemingly for no logical reason at all. When people see a meme, no matter how silly it usually is, they find it amusing for one reas...

Top songs in Hip-hop, Pop and more!!

I enjoy listening to different types of music everyday. I believe that every song has a meaning of its own. I am going to share with you guys different songs that i enjoy listening to.

Top Ten Tips to Beat the Hot Flash

It can certainly be embarrassing and mostly unpleasant. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, your temperature soars, you break out in a sweat all over, your face will drip, your glasses steam up and your smart outfit will transform into a crumpled, limp...

Traditional Irish Uilleann Pipes--Best Celtic Music On YouTube

The traditional Irish Uilleann (or Elbow) Pipes differ from the more familiar Scottish (Great Highland) bagpipes in a number of ways. The skirl of the Scottish Pipes, has been used for centuries to inspire troops and intimidate enemies. The sweet lil...

Turn your garden in a local wildlife habitat

Sustainable architecture is all about integrating your home with your natural environment in order to preserve your habitat and our planet. A novel and important ingredient in transforming your home into an integrated eco-system. It doesn't matter wh...

Using a Lens as an Image Store

The best lenses use lots of images. Newbies just upload images to Text Modules; experienced lensmasters add images using an HTML tag, but where on the Web can images be stored?

Easy - store your images in a special Squidoo lens you create for the p...

Web Site Apps & Graphics

Find the best free web publishing templates, comment codes, fonts, blog widgets and free graphic images for use on your lens, blog, web site, personal page, MySpace site, eBay store or any other online community page.

Check out the tips for designin...

Wedding Caricature - Step by Step Drawing and Painting of a Caricature for Wedding

My best friend, Ying, is getting married at the end of the month. Yours truly is honored to be the designer for her caricature wedding invitation cards. One day, I received the following message from her:

"... must show me your process some...

Wedding Music - Videos and Lyrics

Choosing your wedding music is one of your most important tasks as a bride. Do find music that is meaningful for you and your groom. In this lens, I am using music from our daughter's wedding last summer. She spent a great deal of time choosing exact...

Wedding Songs - Musical Ideas for your Special Day!

Whether you are out selecting a DJ for your wedding, or you have Uncle Buck bouncing up and down on the stage with headphones on, you want to have music that your friends and family will all enjoy.

Your wedding and reception is going to be the night...

Welcome To My Home

I'm not certain that any parent can prepare themselves to hear that there is something wrong with their child; that they are disabled in some way. It has implications for the entire family.

When you have a disabled child, your life revolves aro...

What if we'd forget about Making Money Online for One Week and Focused on Writing from our Hearts?

"Make Money Online In One Week!" "Get Rich Overnight!" "Start Earning Cash Tomorrow!" Statements like these are huge distractions to our natural yearning for creativity - especially during financially difficult times. Everything we do becomes influen...

What the heck is dyscalculia?

Dyscalculia is the Jermaine Jackson of the dyslexia family...



Most people have heard of dyslexia, but dyscalculia is much less well-known. Dysclaculia is a learning disability similar to dyslexia, but where dyslexics have trouble with words, dyscal...

Woodblock prints and printing

Woodblock, or woodcut, is a method of printing in which an image is carved into a block of wood, which is then inked, and the image is pressed onto a sheet of paper. The print is a mirror image of the woodblock, and the areas to show as white are...

Wordpress Not Found Error Fix

Are you getting a "Not found" error when visiting pages on your Wordpress site? If so, it's a simple thing to fix...don't worry! This brief guide shows you how easy it is:

Your Life Sentence ~~ Six-Word Memoirs or Quotations

In the book Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, famous and not-so-famous writers were asked to provide their life stories in six word sentences. They responded with funny, sad and often poignant quotes that...

Yurt Homes

A Yurt is a portable structure much like those used by nomadic tribes in Mongolia over 2000 years ago. The domed, tent-like structure sits on top of a portable wooden frame to create an efficient shelter that is environmentally friendly.

Despite the...