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How To Pick Lottery Numbers

Brian197 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:45:00 -0500

Picking lottery numbers can seem like a complicated and stressful affair if you think of the millions of dollars at stake. Nothing seems quite so stunning as cashing in your one dollar lottery ticket for a multimillion-dollar check. But considering that the lottery itself is random and that no strategy can be informed by any observable pattern or data, you shouldn't worry too much! The only strategy that increases your chances of winning is increase the number of tickets you buy. How you pick your lottery numbers is strictly a matter of personal preference.

How To Be a Pirate Wench

Angel — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:14:48 -0500

While your pirate heaves ho, you’ll be heaving your bosom. Here are a few tips on how to let your inner wench seize the day:

How To Create a Family Tree

Carrie122 — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:46:00 -0500

Making a family tree can be a terrific learning experience, and is always a good way to find out more about your ancestry and family history. Family trees can be simple or very involved, depending on how much time you want to spend on it and how readily available the information is. Digging around for missing links in your family tree will uncover all kinds of neat and interesting facts about your ancestors.

While there are quite a few online tools that will allow you to create a family tree, creating one by hand is by far the most fun and satisfying method. Here are some tips to get started.

Start your family tree with a large piece of paper or cardboard. Draw a line for the "trunk" of the tree at the bottom and write your name vertically above the line. This is where you'll begin. You can also create your tree from left to right if that makes things easier for you to plot out.

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