Squid Angel Blessings by Chef Keem

One of my fondest food memories growing up is watching my grandmother make Stuffed Cabbage ... and then, of course, eating it!  She had a "secret ingredient" that made her stuffed cabbage rolls the best I've ever had!  I'll let yo...

This is my story as a foster child. I hope it helps someone understand us, especially the foster parent. I hope it makes the case workers really listen to us. I hope it changes the system, but I'm afraid it won't.

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...

Shih Huang Ti (or Qin Shi Huang Ti) was heir to the throne of Chin, a powerful feudal state in northwest China. On his accession he set about uniting China, annexing the other feudal states with ruthless efficiency, aided by espionage, brib...

kaput, washed up, seen better days, belly-up, burned out, cooked, dead, demolished, done for, down the drain, down the tubes, finished, had it, sunk, totaled, wiped out...you get the picture.      Unlike the Pez dispenser or...

Oktoberfest 2008 in Munich may be over, but there's no time like the present to start planning for Oktoberfest 2009. Having lived many years in Munich myself, I found that the Oktoberfest is an inescapable reality you can either love or hate. It cel...

Before we go any further, I just want to say I am from Arkansas! So I have the experience to back this page up!! Whats the first thing that comes to your mind when someone says Arkansas? Most people will say hillbillies. Some might say Clinton or Raz...

It is no fun being a cantankerous hell-on-wheels! Especially if you aren't used to it! Well I knew something was wrong when my usual charming self found it okay to flip the bird to someone that ticked me off on the highway (thank goodness I don't liv...

Do you fancy a City Break in New York? Have you wanted to go to New York but need to know about what to do when you are there? Apart from the major tourist attractions in Manhattan like the Statue Of Liberty, The Empire State Building, Central Park a...

The Church of Chortle is dedicated to the worship of wit, wonk and whimsy. Anyone amused at the thought of sharing a pew with a Goddess of Giggles and a Grin-And-Bear-It Guru is most welcome to join in the fun and frivolity. NOTE:&...

Making a Squidoo lens is easy. Making a good Squidoo lens, well, that's another story. A lot of Squidoo newbies ask veterans to critique their lenses, and most of these lenses are not nearly as good as they could be. (There are exceptions!) Hopefull...

Squidoo is a website hosting hundreds of thousands of handbuilt webpages (just to be difficult, we call them "lenses"). Each lens is one person's look at something online. Your take on football or business or the best thai food in town. Lenses are f...

This lens presents my archive of Squidoo resources: tips for beginners, how-to lenses, articles about Squidoo.com, Squidoo books, Squidoo tricks, insights, trials and errors to learn from, Squidoo tools, Squidoo help, outstanding lenses by top Squido...

This step-by-step primer gives you plenty of how-to information on how to get started building your Squidoo lens. Get some useful tips about how to build that lens with plenty of helpful pictures of the various templates you can use. You'll see plent...

The introduction module in squidoo has an inbuilt table of content. Do use it! And do upload a picture as an intro image - not having one will stop people from featuring your lens on theirs. And no - just using HTML to put a picture in there does NO...

Being a Squid Angel is a responsibility I take very seriously. I'm currently serving my second term as a Squid Angel, and am thrilled to have an opportunity to recognize and reward Squidoo lenses worthy of a boost. It's exciting to meet new lensmaste...

SquidAngel Blessing | If you have found your way here you have probably been 'Blessed By A Squid Angel!' What just happened? Read on to find out more about Squid Blessings and more about SemperFidelis. Perhaps some randomness, as well!

Have you been blessed by a Squid Angel? Or are you wishing for an angel blessing? Are you wondering what the blessing actually DOES? This is the right place to be! I'll try to unveil the mystery of the Angels program.

Have you been Blessed by a Squid Angel? Did you even know that there is a group of lensmasters on Squidoo who are Squid Angels? You may never even have heard of the Squid Angels. Or perhaps you know that they exist but know little about them. Well I...

This is the first instance on Squidoo that I've actually written about my Catholic upbringing in Cleveland, Ohio, and what an impact it had on my spiritual being. You see, it was the nuns and priests that I encountered in elementary and grade school...

About 10 days ago, a new feature called SquidAngel was instituted on Squidoo. It is a brilliant concept. Here are my top 5 reasons: 1. It will improve the quality of lens. 2. It will drive more traffic to the lens. 3. It will create renew excitement am...

First off, it is an honor to be one of the first Squid Angels on Squidoo and I take this responsibility very seriously. There are a great many lens makers here on Squidoo that are keen on improving their lenses; to increase traffic, lens rank and pos...

Get to know the SquidAngels! We are a small group of dedicated lensmasters with special powers to bless remarkable lenses for a little LensRank (and ego) boost. We also help to keep Squidoo safe from spam and other bad apples. Did you know?: Eve...

It's time to fly! Yes, it's true....the founding class of Squid Angel's has flown away home to hang up our Squid Angel wings. The baton has been passed to the next class of Angels who will be seeking to discover the best lenses in every category at S...

"Culinary Arts" is a big word - but does it taste good? I share my very best recipes and personal culinary tips with you in this page. Find detailed cooking instructions with step-by-step pictures of the perfect ribeye steak, wild duck and salmon rec...

I joined Squidoo on January 29, 2008. Many generous lensmasters taught me how to squidoo - how to make lenses that attract interest (and traffic). I became a Giant Squid in July and joined the ranks of our Squid Angels in September. It's been an extr...

General Chuck Yeager and George Eckrich, Jim Hightower and Maria Corbalan, Barack Obama and my wife, Margaret Schaut and Chip Taylor, my parents and certain whistleblowers - what do these people have in common? I know them personally or I admire them...

My world looks different through my squid eyes: clearer, more thought-out, better researched, better understood. Make no bones about it - I love Squidoo, and it was love at first sight. On January 29th, 2008 I discovered a completely new opportunity...