Best Deals
Always ask the desk clerk if she can offer a better price than the original quote. Most hotels have a number of rates for the same room, including weekend, seasonal, corporate and weekday rates. Unless the hotel is almost full, a lower rate is virtually guaranteed.

The best seats in a movie theater are in the center about two-thirds of the way back. According to industry insiders, sitting two-thirds of the way back is optimal because you won’t notice much of the grittiness that you would up close and you are at just the right spot to see the whole screen.

  —TipSource: Vacation-tips.com

"The person who knows 'how' will always have a job. The person who knows 'why' will always be his boss."

        —Diane Ravitch

Things it takes most of us 50 years to learn:

1.  You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight-saving time.

2.  The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.

3.  People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours   with them.

4.  If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and ever will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."

Mommy's Boy
One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't, dear," she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room." A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: "The big sissy." 

Sizzle Sites
www.safekids.com
A complete safe-surfing kit and collection of information for parents. This site lays out the rules, the risks, the products and the issues to make your family's online experience fun, safe and productive. It even includes a Family Contract for Online Safety that you can print and post.

www.guru.com
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www.heartwarmers.com
Free inspirational and informative email publications that enrich your life. Start your day with an uplifting short story emailed to you every weekday about strength, hope, courage and the triumph of the human spirit over adversity.

"Humble people don't think less of themselves . . . they just think about themselves less."

—Don Falletti

How to Become Popular
A hostess once invited a certain man to all her parties. Everyone would tell her later how much they enjoyed being in his company. The hostess was mystified. The man was no life of the party. He was in fact quiet and subdued. What quality did he have that she missed? At the next party she introduced him to a guest and then hovered nearby to hear his technique. It was very simple. After being introduced to a stranger, he would say, "Tell me something about yourself." And then he just listened.