eclecticeducation

@eclecticeducation (112)

United States • Age 53

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Made A Sale On My Squidoo Lens

WebMann @WebMann (4731) • Canada 6 Nov 09

I use to use Squidoo a fair bit but never really made much money. Money wasn't the goal though. The main goal was to get indexed quickly and to link to my money making pages. For me it's all about generating quality clicks...

updating squidoo lenses

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eclecticeducation I love Squidoo!!! I have over a 100 lenses there. I use it mainly for my homeschool stuff, but I am starting to branch out in other areas. Congratulations on your sale. My sales were starting to pick up there, but now they have leveled off. Hopefully they will...

15 Nov 09

Do you buy used books?

kdhartford @kdhartford (1151) • United States 14 Nov 09

Do you buy used books? If you do, where do you usually buy them? Would you buy a used book online? Are these books generally educational or for pleasure? I generally buy used books in local used book stores. I find them to be...

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eclecticeducation We have a store in our area called Half Price Books and I absolutely love it!!! It is helpful to buy used when possible because books get expensive. I do not like buying them online though, because it's really impossible to tell what kind of condition they are...

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How does squidoo work?

Hanan_x3 @Hanan_x3 (294) • United States 14 Nov 09

Whats the rating process? Earning? What do you have to do? Whats the min cashout? Do they pay by paypal? Please give me more info!

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eclecticeducation I absolutely LOVE Squidoo! I have been writing there for a year now and I am a Giant Squid there. The minimum payout is $1.00 and in my opinion that is extremely easy to get. The way you earn is to make lenses. You can monetize the lenses with Amazon products...

14 Nov 09

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2012! whats you opinion?

matiskater193 @matiskater193 (27) • Uruguay 14 Nov 09

my opinion is that its not true

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eclecticeducation Nah, I think it is a bunch of bunk. But it does look like an interesting movie!!! I may not believe the world is going to end, but I am definitely not going to miss the movie that is for sure. Btw... I read an article that even the Mayan descendants are saying...

14 Nov 09

Whats the latest movie?

schatzilizzie @schatzilizzie (42) 14 Nov 09

what are the latest movies today guys?? all i know is "Legion".. How about you.. do you know any??

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eclecticeducation 2012!!!! I totally can not wait to see it. It looks like it will be a hot movie for the holiday season. I hope so! I just hope it is as good as the previews or I'm going to be really bummed.

14 Nov 09

Should people be banned from bringing in foods and drinks to the cinema???

lingli_78 @lingli_78 (12822) • Australia 6 Jan 09

i just read the newspaper today and there is a comment written by one of the reader in the your comment section saying that people shouldn't be allowed to bring foods inside the cinema... the reason is because they create too much...

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eclecticeducation Wow! I've never hear of this before!!! No, I don't think it should be banned. For one thing, even though I absolutely hate the horrible prices that cinemas charge for their concessions, the concession sales are vital to the cinema making money and I have heard...

7 Jan 09

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Ice Cream with Root Beer!

iliconum @iliconum (31) • United States 5 Jan 09

Have you ever tested Ice Cream with Root Beer?

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eclecticeducation I love vanilla ice cream and Root Beer. It tastes refreshing. I also like Coca Cola and red cream soda over vanilla ice cream. If given a choice, I'm not sure what I would choose since they all take wonderful.

5 Jan 09

Toy dolls and toy guns, positive or negative influences ?

ronnyb @ronnyb (6113) • Jamaica 5 Jan 09

I have often heard the argument that toy dolls and toy guns can have profound influences on a child’s life .Many argue that dolls given to a young girl may influence them to get pregnant at an early age as they seek to take care...

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eclecticeducation I think it is normal for children to seek out these types of toys. In fact, I read about a psychologist once who tried to raise his children in a gender neutral environment without toys like toy guns and dolls and he noticed when his children went to their...

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Do you maintain your personal journal?

blackeyedpeas @blackeyedpeas (445) • India 5 Jan 09

I would love to write about myself, to write all my secrets in my personal diary. But i am too lazy to do all this. lol.. Many of my friends maintain their journals to express their feelings, they write everything they didn't...

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eclecticeducation No, I don't write in a personal journal. The closest I get to this, is my blog. I do post things to my blog sometimes that I really want to remember like a fun time I had with my kids or something cute that they said.

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Shouod Some Classic Movies Just NOT Be Remade?

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 5 Jan 09

I got my idea for this discussion from a response to another discussion I posted recently about a classic sci-fi film. The poster said it would be great if the movie in question were to be remade with today's technology, that the...

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eclecticeducation I don't know, sometimes I like the remake better than the original. I guess I kinda like that "up to date" feel to a movie, but there are some movies out there that I can't imagine as an update. Can you see a modern version of "Attack of the Killer...

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trying to find parents

bigeovist @bigeovist (9) • United States 5 Jan 09

i have set my self up on a journey to find long lost parents. i have recieved contact with my brother. i am just worried about what my mother and father are like. i have heard that my parents were drug addicts and drinkers. what...

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eclecticeducation Oh, wow... that would be a hard decision. I'm sorry to hear you are going through this. It must be really difficult. I can not say whether you should or shouldn't look for your parents, but you need to consider the real possibility that they may not be good...

5 Jan 09

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The Day The Earth Stood Still

SpikeTheLobster @SpikeTheLobster (6403) 5 Jan 09

So I finally got around to watching the 2008 remake of this sci-fi classic and all I can say is: "What a pile of utter rubbish." The story's pathetic. There's absolutely no clear message, just a bunch of namby-pamby "we can...

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eclecticeducation I was wondering about the movie. The previews looked ok, but not something my husband and I wanted to rush out and see (and spend $50.00 for between tickets and concessions!!!). I'm glad I'm getting a chance to read some reviews first. We'll probably save our...

5 Jan 09

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A Bad Experience In A PTC Site

iskolokoy @iskolokoy (68) • Philippines 3 Jan 09

My Wife and I joined a PTC site last month. We have reached $3.00 up in that site. We have different accounts. Different emails and account info like credit cards. The site stated in their terms that We can have different accounts...

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eclecticeducation I am sorry you had a bad experience with this place, but thank you for spreading the word about them. With times being so hard for many people, a lot of us are looking for extra work online and it hard sometime to tell what is a scam and what isn't. There are...

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Your Favorite Movies Of 2008

xtian04 @xtian04 (282) • Philippines 27 Dec 08

It was a pretty good year for the year 2008. We've seen a lot of quality films that we really enjoyed watching. I think it was the year of Super heroes for te silver screen. We have the Dark Knight, Iron Man, Incredible Hulk &...

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eclecticeducation My absolute favorite was probably Prince Caspian, I have a real soft spot for the Narnia series, but it was closely followed by Indiana Jones. Another favorite was Nim's Island. I also really enjoyed The Spiderwick Chronicles so much so, that I read the books...

27 Dec 08

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OMG! I cannot believe this one..

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12588) • United States 27 Dec 08

Man shoots talker at movies. Man threw popcorn at son, then shot father after argument, Philadelphia police say. Victim was treated for gunshot wound to left arm, police say. James Joseph Cialella was carrying a .380-caliber...

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eclecticeducation Good grief!!! That is so stupid. No movie is worth shooting someone over. My husband and I still like to go to the theaters sometimes for the really big blockbuster type movies, but most movies we watch at home. I just can't wait for the day when we can afford...

27 Dec 08

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Christmas Traditions

Bytemi @Bytemi (1553) • United States 22 Dec 08

My husband has added a new tradition to my daughters Christmas Eve activities, he reads her Santa Mouse and then they make cookies (I was thinking we should do Rice Crispy Treats this year) and prepare a plate with Cookies, Cheese...

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eclecticeducation Yes, my husband has added to our traditions. I think with marriage, traditions kinda just blend together. We have also added traditions that are uniquely ours, that neither of us did as a child. A few of our traditions are making cookies with the children for...

22 Dec 08

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I am looking for a romantic movie that is not corny ?

ronnyb @ronnyb (6113) • Jamaica 20 Dec 08

Now I have watched quite a few romantic movies and most of them are predictable and corny - guy meets girl, girl pretends not to like girl and they hook up story end with very little in between. I know that its a romantic movie...

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eclecticeducation I can only think of Titanic.

20 Dec 08

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Making your own blog

CRSunrise @CRSunrise (2981) • United States 19 Dec 08

Does anyone know how to make a blog? I'm interested in making more money, and I've seen people talk about blogs in their profile. Can anyone help me with this? I would preferably like to start with a free blog if there's a such...

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eclecticeducation I agree with the others, I would start with Blogger. It's very simple to use. It's funny, I just wrote an E-how article about this subject and some tips on getting people to come to your blog. If you want the URL, please just private message me and I will be...

19 Dec 08

What are you watching on tv right now?

halynn @halynn (1809) • United States 18 Dec 08

Whats on your tv right now? I am watchin according to jim. what are you watching?

according to jim

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eclecticeducation Hubby and I just got done watching our recording of Heroes from Monday night. It was pretty good this week. Unfortunately, it won't be on again until February. That's the stinky thing about December, all the shows coming to a close for the year.

18 Dec 08

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