Polar Love: Green hugs and kisses, U heart nature, & it hearts U!

Now hear this! I want the air on planet earth to be polluted, filthy and completely non-breathable. I pray ceaselessly for the day all available water becomes putrid and undrinkable. I hate trees, and hope they...

Michelle Obama: Hugger-in-chief Grabs the Glory

  While most eyes were on the leaders at the G20 Summit this past week, mine were on First Lady Michelle Obama, wondering how she would hold up to all the pressure of this  important first visit to...

Hugs not Threats, What People Want at Work in A Recession

With all the stress people are already feeling in times of recession the last thing people need at work is being lined in front of a firing squad.Some managers do not show much grace under pressure and turn into nervous Nellies, call them demotivators.I was not that...

Aussie 'free hugs guy' to donate kidney to stranger

In this self centred world at the time when we are witnessing so much of violence, hatred and being carpet-bombed daily with messages of fear and disconnection.Everyone is running for their own life but Juan...

Give your Laptop or I Phone a Hug...A Carsonified Limited Edition

There are many different ways to let your creative juices flow and/or renew them.  My friends at Carsonified decided to Unplug for 4 days.  They did not record an acoustic set for MTV. Instead they came up with Hugs.

Hugging Banned in the Hallways of an Illinois Middle School

Didn’t know hugging was such a rage for middle schoolers these days…apparently a big problem at an Oak Park, Illinois, middle school.  It is amazing how stupid some policies can be…wouldn’t an announcement over the PA been sufficient? Something like, “Please...

I Live in the Kind of Place Where if I Hear Someone Say "Hello" I Know it's f...

by Maureen Quinlan   AUVERGNE, FR- English is not really very popular with the people here.It's not that they didn’t study it.They did. It's not that they couldn't read the Los Angeles Times if they...

Tough Biker Bar is an Easy Sell

"Tough biker bar is an easy sell 01:13 PM CST on Thursday, February 15, 2007 LESLEY TÉLLEZ UP ALL NIGHT Reno's Chop Shop is a biker bar, but it's not the kind of place where the wrong look earns you a knife in the gut. [Click image for a larger version] JASON JANIK/Special...

Catch me if you can ...

Pets are very loving although they require a lot of attention.Eventually they become a part of your family.To watch them grow and communicate with you with ther gestures.. Some breeds are known for their heroic...

USS Intrepid freed from thick NYC mud

"NEW YORK - A month after a failed attempt to move the USS Intrepid, the historic aircraft carrier was finally freed Tuesday from the Hudson River anchorage where it had sat for nearly a quarter of a century as a...

Really cool commentary inspired by news that hugs help prevent infections in ...

The story comes from a fab blog by the editor of a British parenting site called gomamatoday. Lovely link in it to a fab story on how one mum adopted for the second time - she had to wait a while for her first hug with her little one

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