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Silver Moon Drive-In Theater Review

Welcome to the Silver Moon Drive-In Theater!! This wonderful little gem is located in Lakeland Florida and boasts the claim to be the last drive-in theater in all of Polk county. Open since April 14, 1948, Mr. Spears can still …

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DIY Holiday Gifts for the Environmentalist in Your Life

The holidays are quickly approaching and our gift lists are no doubt growing, here are a few easy tutorials to help you scratch a few names off your list in an environmentally-friendly way that is as likely to please your …

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Top Ten Abandoned Cities

Beautiful. Creepy. Abandoned. Locations around the world with gritty histories to inspire your nightmares and dreams. Stroll down their decrepit halls, peruse their forgotten homes and remember to watch your step as your mind wanders…

10) Pripyat, Ukraine – 100km

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Jack of the Lantern: A history and fable

Every October, carved pumpkins appear on porches and doorsteps around the world, and especially here in the United States. The practice of decorating gourd-like fruits with ghoulish faces (and sometimes jolly faces for the little ones) has been a long …

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Get Creatie: Breaking the Roadblock

Ever hit a roadblock while working or trying to solve a problem in a creative way? So have I, and I thought this week I would share some of my favorite ways to get around that roadblock.

1. Shake it …

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Familiar Therapy: The benefits of animal interaction

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. -Mahatma Gandhi.

Animals have long been wonderful in their role as protectors of people, and not just from direct physical harm. Alongside seeing-eye dogs, dogs …

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Retrospective on Things I Wish People Told Me When I Entered My 20’s

I read this article just last summer; it was forwarded to me over the long string of chain mail emails, posts to Facebook and so on. Normally, I do not tend to place too much stock into chain mails, I …

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Films to Movies: The Rebirth of the Remake

On September 21, 2012, the movie Dredd was released to theatres for crowds of excited and expectant audiences. As has become tradition, a group of my friends gathered and went to see the movie remake of the original film we …

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Whats your web presense?

These days you can’t do anything online without making an account. Making an account on a site requires having an email address, giving away information such as your birthday, location and any number of other details. I started thinking not …

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The Centric in Our Music

Cen·Tric  (sntrk) also cen·tri·cal (-tr-kl)adj.

1. Situated at or near the center; central.

A person can be referred to as being self-centric. As the urban dictionary states, being self-centric is not the same as …

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