Jellen

@Jellen (1852)

United States • Age 67

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Live with eternity in mind.

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Jellen's Discussions

Decaf Green Tea...Does It lose anything in the process?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 9 Apr 09

I was wondering if the process of making decaf green tea--or white tea---causes it to lose anything in the process. Does it lose any of its antioxidants? Is the process harmful or is it beneficial? How healthy is the green tea...

decaf

green tea

white tea

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Home Garden...Are you planting one this year?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 16 Mar 09

Seems like the seed companies are having problems keeping up with seed orders. With the recession, more folks are planning to put in a garden or at least pot a few container plants for the back patio. Gardening does take some work...

gardening

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Niches and Links. Do you do this on your AC articles?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 14 Mar 09

At Associated Content, do you stick to a particular niche? Do you cover a topic from every which way, every angle? Or do you like to hit all the bases and write what appeals to you on any given day? I tend to write whatever I'm...

associated content

links

niches

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Do you always summarize the end of your article?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 11 Mar 09

Do you always retell what you told, or do you come up with a more creative way to end your articles or written pieces? Writers are told to conclude in such a way. But as a reader, I know I can usually anticipate a general...

closing

summary

writing

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What's the strangest thing you have decided to recycle?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 11 Mar 09

We are each trying to do our part to recycle and reuse natural resources. What's the strangest thing you have decided to recycle or put to new use. Or what thing in its original use wasn't so strange, but what you did with it, was...

recycle

strange

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Do you ever write in the middle of the night?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 8 Mar 09

Last night I had trouble sleeping. That's not good, because I like to get up early and write my article for the day. I couldn't do both--stay up "not sleeping" and get up early as well. So I did something that I could do. I wrote...

night

write

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Can "no response" discussions be recycled?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 8 Mar 09

I was wondering...can we recycle old discussion questions that have no response? I have some 3 year old discussion questions that I'd like to recycle, but didn't know if we could. Does anybody know for sure? And if we can recycle...

recycle no response

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Do you eat or avoid eating nuts?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 7 Mar 09

Nuts are very nutritious. Walnuts are high in omega-3 fatty acids. But many folks worry about nuts being too high in fat. They are calorie dense, but the health benefits are many. They are heart healthy, and the antioxidants...

nuts

walnuts

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Property Taxes...I signed a petition today.

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 5 Mar 09

I signed a petition at WalMart today to lower property taxes in my county. Recession - property values decreased my home by $30,000, but the county raised my taxes by $300 this year. It's not right! We must address it. What do...

property taxes

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Do you browse the archives before you write?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 5 Mar 09

I have to admit, I seldom browse the archives of Associated Content before I write. When I've done it, I always come away discouraged and I drop the topic idea altogether, because there seems to be plenty on the topic already. But...

archives

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What energy type should we be developing?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 4 Mar 09

Should we be more into coal, more into hydro-energy, more into necular energy, or more into wind or solar energies? I have a personal opinion. I would like see more wind and solar energy developments. I'd rather see a wind turbine...

energy

solar

wind

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Do you drink nutritional drinks?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 2 Mar 09

For Health? For taste? To lose weight? Do you drink nutritional drinks for any of these reasons? Maybe you drink nutritional drinks for some other reason? I just purchased a low-carb nutritional drink and plan to drink the...

health

nutritional drinks

weight loss

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Do you dash and hypen correctly?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 27 Feb 09

The dash and hyphen aren't the same, but many writers use them as if they were. Do you use a dash--if you use one--as the grammar books dictate? Or do you use a hyphen - like this one - to punctuate your sentence? Do you put your...

dash

hyphen

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Which way do you punctuate this phrase?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 26 Feb 09

Let's say you are writing a sentence and you come to place where you want to give an example. How do you do it? Which of these phrases do you use in your writing? And using American grammar, which way is correct? word word...

grammar

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Moving from 3's upward...

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 26 Feb 09

If you write for Associated Content, have you noticed how difficult it is becoming to receive payment for a human interest article that tops the $4 amount? I'm writing in the same way--if not better than I have in the past, my...

associated content

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Titles of MyLot Discussions...

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 26 Feb 09

When you write a title to your discussion here at MyLot, do you write a title in question form or statement? Is your title composed of punctuation or do you leave out all punctuation? Do you ... at the end of your title, use a...

discussion

mylot

titles

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Do you eat almond butter?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 26 Feb 09

With the peanut butter scare, I'm wondering if more people are turning to almond butter as an alternative to peanut butter. It certainly speads like peanut butter and has a nice taste of its own, comparable in consistency to...

almond butter

peanut butter

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Flu Shots...Did you get one?

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 23 Feb 09

Did you get a flu shot this year? How has it helped? Have you gotten the flu anyway or have you managed to avoid even getting sick? For the past several years, I've gotten the flu shot and been glad that I did. I had a horrible...

flu shot

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Praying Scripture....

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 23 Feb 09

When you pray, do you pray God's word? Do you pray scriptures that speak God's thoughts and His will? I have been learning about the power of praying scripture, and I'm convinced that my prayer life has been missing something,...

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When Schools Have No Money for Supplies...

Jellen @Jellen (1852) • United States 23 Feb 09

When schools have no money for textbooks, folks always feel pity for the students. And they should. But what about the teachers? Teachers need resources from which to teach. Where there are no resources, teachers must spend...

money

schools

supplies

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