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Five Christmas Specials on YouTube

December 21, 2009

Take a break this Holiday season and head-on over to YouTube to watch these five great Christmas specials.

28 Glorious Christmas Traditions

November 30, 2009

It’s almost Christmas, my favorite time of the year! Here are 28 glorious Christmas traditions to get your Holidays off to a great start. 1. Listen to “The Christmas Song” sung by Nat King Cole. 2. Pile into the car at night and drive around looking at all of the Holiday lights and decorations. 3. [...]

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Up – The Adventure of A Lifetime

May 17, 2009

“All his life Carl Fredricksen dreamed of adventure. Today, his adventure is finally taking off.” By tying thousands of helium-filled balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he’s not alone: Russell, an eight-year-old “Wilderness [...]

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Four Pixar Short Films

May 5, 2009

I’m working on a post on creativity lessons from Pixar–yes, the people who brought you Nemo, Toy Story, The Incredibles, and most recently WallE–and I came across these four fabulous short films they created (one’s actually a commercial). Watch these during your next creativity break, you’ll thank me For the Birds Pixar’s “For the Birds” [...]

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Another Year Has Gone By

May 2, 2009

“Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” – Jack Benny Today, May 2nd, I turn thirty-eight years old. At the same time, “Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online” turns one; (even though I published a few posts in April of last year, I consider my blog post [...]

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Eradicating Poverty Through Human Ingenuity – Blog Action Day 2008

October 14, 2008

Today, October 15th, is Blog Action Day 2008, and the issue being tackled this year is poverty. Thousands of bloggers are writing about poverty today to raise awareness about this issue and hopefully incite others–as well as themselves–to take whatever steps they can to help eradicate the malaise of poverty which affects more than a [...]

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Creativity Break: Tilt Your Chair Back, Put Your Feet Up

September 30, 2008

Take a break from watching the news and reading about the $700 billion bailout; sometimes you just have to tilt back your chair, put your feet up, and simply take a “creativity break”. The debate on whether the “Community Reinvestment Act” caused the current subprime lending crisis will still be going on when you’re ready [...]

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30 Things to Do in the 100 Days Left in 2008

September 15, 2008

As of September 15th there’s actually 107 days left of 2008, but that’s close enough to one hundred. Here are 30 small things you can do to end 2008 with a bang and hit the ground running in 2009: 1. Create a “100 Days to Conquer Clutter Calendar” by penciling in one group of items [...]

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