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How To Get Rid of Bed Bugs

Susie254 — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:13:00 -0600

"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite." This common goodnight verse may be truer than you think. Bed bugs are worldwide travelers, notorious for latching on to luggage items and stowing away to a new destination. When you consider all of the travelers and the hotels and motels all over the world, it is easy to understand why bed bugs seem to be making a comeback.

How To Plan Party Games and Activities for Senior Citizens

Kathleen93 — Wed, 24 May 2006 04:32:00 -0500

It's a pleasure to plan party games and activities for seniors. The first thing you need to determine is the limitation of your party-goers. For instance, someone who suffers from arthritis in the fingers might be uncomfortable doing a craft activity. Once you know who will be attending the party, you can begin taking such things into consideration and planning the activities accordingly. Here are some suggestions.

Bingo. This is by far the most popular game among seniors. You can find inexpensive home bingo games at any toy store. For the prizes, go to your local dollar store and pick out some merchandise. Toiletries, kitchen items, personal care products and home decorations would all be good choices. You can either wrap each gift so that they are mystery prizes, or you can arrange them on a table so that the winner of each game can choose a prize.

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How To Pop a Pimple

Staff468 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:41:00 -0600

So you're preparing for _______ (prom night/wedding day/job interview/State of the Union address), and over the course of one night, it suddenly happens: your face cruelly decides to let Mt. Vesuvius sprout up.

Maybe you found yourself in this situation because your face is in need of better hygiene, hormones are running wild or you're stressed out, or maybe there is no obvious reason, but why now?! It won't help to get angry at your face, or to demand explanation from some higher power, or to question whether there's any dermatological justice in this world (there isn't). Now that you have a pimple, there may be only one thing on your mind - getting rid of it. Whatever you do, make sure you practice the proper pimple-popping precaution, please!