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Do you read the obituaries? Do they make you think?

Now is your chance. Put it to rest, write your obituary. Bury that relationship! And these obituaries are FREE!

It's said that hundreds of advance obits for notable people have been written up at top media newspapers and media institutions. Just how artfully-written they are is only a matter of conjecture until we actually see them...

We lose track of those who cross our paths throughout life. Seldom hearing much about where life has taken them. Until the end, when we find out there number came up before ours.

Creator of Aquaman...Star Trek scrip supervisor...Hercules...Flash Gordon actress...Spaceballs propmaker

Even if your character is young and isn't going to die within the pages of your book, I've found this technique useful to achieve balance and perspective when creating characters.

Who do you trust to write your obituary?

Mama Carlson...George Grizzard...The Jetson Film Editor...The Great Escape Fence-Jumper...

Alice Ghostley...the star of Bride of the Monster...the author of The Wheel of Time series....Percy Rodriguez...Miss Moneypenny...

A comical, but truthful look at why we should all read the obituaries from our hometown daily.

Passings of noted science fiction and horror figures.

Noted passings of science fiction and horror figures.

A list of little-noted science fiction and horror movie-makers who died recently.

Obituaries are never easy to write because they usually bring up memories that sharpen your sadness. However, someone has to do it, and you might be the best person for the job.

As I sipped on my morning cup of coffee I proceeded to read the Saturday morning paper. Now, I never read the obituaries. But today for some reason they were staring me right in the face! And there...was my friend's name!

Obituaries can include a number of things, such as the person's life story, family, and service information. This article goes into a detailed and comprehensive explanation of everything that can go into an obituary.

Preplanning your obituary should be as commonplace as making other pre-arrangements. How many times have you read your loved ones obituaries in the paper and noticed mistakes and ommisions?

We have all had a special person that we wish we could talk to one more time. This is a story about such a person.

For the amateur genealogist. Advice and information for those wishing to record their family's history.

Did you know that the Nobel Peace Prize was created as the result of a mistaken obituary? Take a look.

Ten significant deaths in the world of film in 2006.

Did you know that identity theft can be a problem even after you die? Postmortem identity theft has been a problem in the U.S. for decades, but it continues to happen.

Do you have a product to sell and want to market it outside the internet? This is bread and butter, smear and swallow; simplicity in the making. This will show you how to get it to the greatest number of appropriate people and in the shortest time.

They have to look good if they want to get married

This is a book review of "The Echoing Green" by joshua Prager; the story of the home run hit by Bobby Thomson off Ralph Branca in October of 1951 to win the pennant for the New York Giants over Brooklyn, maybe the most famous homer ever.

Who's using your identity? Who's using your child's?

People join health clubs for various reasons. To get fit, lose weight, for recovery after an injury or all of the above. Helena has some good choices for any purpose you may have. Crossroads Sports & Fitness is my pick.

Parents can not rely solely on professional educators to teach their children. Parents can easily add to the success of their child's education helping them to thrive in the classroom.

In eight rousing tracks Uplift makes a statement

While the tragedy of 9-11 affected current workerss, rescuers, and their families, it also changed the lives of dozens of others who had planned to be in the building that morning but weren't.

From Guerin to Gotti: The Evolving Media and Organized Crime. How does the media choose what to cover? Who is the real hero, Veronica Guerin or John Gotti?

Since his creation in the 1930's, Superman has appeared in every major form of media known to man. From comic books to movies, radio shows to the Broadway stage, Superman has been featured in them all.

Today's world is so media driven and media saturated that there are many jobs available for grads with a degree in journalism. Not all journalism opportunities are in located in newspapers.

Genealogy is a fun and rewarding hobby, and can be a wonderful way to get to know the stories of your past. This is a primer on getting started.

Once you have conquered the dating scene, how do you inspire the person who has sparked your interest in a relationship to want the same? That can be the hardest stepping stone for those who always seem to date, but never find a partner.

In my experience working with the funeral homes at the obituary desk, and then using Rose Family when a loved one passed away, I can confidently say that Rose Family is an excellent mortuary!

Answers to the inevitable question, "So, you want to be a teacher?"

Thus, the question is not so much the semblance of the fictional world of White Noise to the reader's experience of reality, but the mimetic function of Jack Gladney's narrative.

The Korean War ended in 1953. Those servicemen who paid the ultimate sacrifice in Korea should not be forgotten. This article relates how you can keep their memory and spirit alive.

Genealogy research has grown in the past twenty years. To know "one's roots" is a natural desire. Without a guide one can lose valuable time and expend unnecessary funds. This guide should simplify the process.

Thousands of birth parents, adult adoptees or foster children decide to search for their children, birth parents and siblings each year; here are tips to make your journey easier.

In the 'Letter to Middleton', the satirist Swift wrote that 'the common motives of writers...are profit, favor, and reputation.' The statement proves to be more of a self-effacing apology for himself.

If you or an ancestor have roots in the San Francisco Bay Area, your genealogy search just got easier, thanks to local organizations, who have many resources now online.

Records available from church and cemeteries are: marriage, baptism, christening, and burial records. Some contain membership information for entire families. Some cemeteries have burial plots of families for generations.

Resources for tracing your family history. Some of the more important resources are vital records which include birth, death, and marriage records, and baptismal records, divorce records, and inscriptions from tombstones, deeds, and wills.

How to gather information to help in your quest to discover your roots.

A look at the various ways seniors are scammed out of their money, who's doing it, why it is so easy, advice for caretakers and some ways to prevent it.

Researching your families' genealogy can be fun, exciting, and frustrating at the same time. This article summarizes practical advice for genealogical research (in the context of my Hawaiian genealogy experience).

So you have writer's block. It's okay... almost every writer has been there, whether they write fiction or nonfiction. They're in the mood to write, they have the need to write... but they have no idea what to write about. Brainstorm all you want, sometim