Wil Wheaton and John Scalzi are holding a fan-fiction contest to benefit the Lupus Alliance of America.

Wil Wheaton and John Scalzi are holding a fan-fiction contest to benefit the Lupus Alliance of America.

 This contest is super easy and proceeds will go to a great cause! Simply explain the picture, win the contest, get paid, and help people! I must say the picture is pretty crazy! INFO: For the benefit of the Lupus Alliance of America, John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton and Subterranean Press are runnin

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FREE Shipping on ANY size order from my Avon shop! (coupon just for “Spoonies”)

FREE shipping on ANY size order (even orders as low as $1) from my Avon shop! Just enter coupon code "FSANY". Why leave the house? You can order your basics like shampoo, conditioner, chapstick and sunblock. You can order a little something to cheer you up, or give as a gift. Order Easter or Spring

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Get Well Gifts from The ButYouDontLookSick.com Store

Looking for a unique get well gift? Have you made a rule to not let Lupus get you down? How about a Tee shirt that reads ‘I am Stronger than Lupus!’? Looking for the right thing to say to those who tell you that you are always tired? We think a T-shirt that says ‘I am Too Tired To Argue With Y

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National US Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 25 – 31)

Hurricane Hazards The Atlantic Hurricane Season begins on June 1 and ends on November 30. Hurricanes threaten health and safety in several ways -- storm surges, high winds, tornadoes, and flooding. Knowing your risks before, during and after a storm, and what actions you should take, you reduce th

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Yoga “Off the Mat”

I started doing yoga eight years ago as a way of staying strong and limber while coping with a chronic pain condition. Doing "yoga off the mat" is an expression I have heard frequently since then. It means carrying the lessons of your yoga practice into your daily life. Until recently, the only me

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Grand Rounds Vol. 4 No. 18 – The All Too Common Cold

Grand Rounds is the weekly rotating carnival of the best of the medical blogosphere. Each week, a doctor, nurse, patient or healthcare professional hosts Grand Rounds and compiles links to noteworthy posts about medicine. I learned allot this week, while stuck in bed with a yucky, exhausting cold. I

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I am hosting Grand Rounds this week!

Nicholas from Grand Rounds just wrote me a friendly reminder email about my hosting this week and I was happy to receive the reminder, but overwhelmed to have received the email from my laptop under my sheets. I am bogged down with a horrible, never ending cold...and for those of you who know A col

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Lupus Walk 2007 Update Team Miserandino (with pics)

14th Annual Walk-Along for Lupus was on Sunday October 21, 2007. It was a sunny and breezy beautiful day. As of November 2, 2007, The Lupus Alliance has received over $246,000.00!!!! Every day there is more money coming in! (You can still donate to our team) I was happy to hear that our team - Th

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DOMINOES: It’s Not Just For Kids Anymore, It’s a Game For Us!

One evening a month ten women friends take time out of our complicated lives to gather together - not to discuss the latest Toni Morrison novel or to pick an eco-friendly company in which to invest or to discuss how to make our streets safer – but to play the game of our childhood, dominoes. Many

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SPONSOR POST: Nonforprofitshoppingmall.com

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Rene Syler is a proud Susan G. Komen for the Cure Ambassador. Good Enough Mother author, noted journalist, former anchor of CBS News’ The Early Show, Ms. Syler’s monumental decision to a get a preventative double mastectomy was inspired by her famil

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