Lisa Leonard

If you're reading this at work right now, it might be because it's lunch time and you're allowing yourself 5 minutes of web-browsing time before you get back to that long list of items on your to-do list. 

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It used to be a closely guarded secret, but now People Magazine is giving a preview of the upcoming "Most Beautiful People" issue.  Who will we see on the cover on Friday when the magazine hits newsstands?   Gwyneth Paltrow

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You know all those silly cat videos that we're usually too busy to watch during the course of our busy days?   Today's a day when such escapism might be good for our mental health.  I'm not a doctor, but I believe we need some "light" to counter all this trauma and darkness that surrounds us after a tragedy like the one in Boston yesterday

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The tax deadline is fast approaching and many of us still haven't prepared our tax returns.  Why do we procrastinate and what can we do to get motivated and reduce our stress levels?   I did some research and want to share with you some of what I read

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You probably heard the news story about the man who got stuck inside Disneyland's "It’s a Small World" ride.   He won $8000 in damages   This blog post is NOT a comment on that lawsuit.  I don’t know all the details about his disability, suffering, or the way the situation was or wasn’t handled by people on the scene

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If the folks at Pantone, who predict "the color of the year," are correct, we're going to be seeing a lot of emerald green this year.  Not just on St. Patrick's Day, but througout the rest of 2013

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On this gloomy, stormy winter day, I want to let you know that visions of spring are just about an hour away at the Philadelphia Flower Show.  If you go, anytime between now and Sunday, here's what you'll find:  Flowers and trees of almost every size, shape, and color

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My favorite actor made history last night.  Daniel Day-Lewis is now the first man to ever win 3 Academy Awards for "Best Actor."  If you were impressed by his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln and would like to see more of this amazing artist, please read on.  I

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Remember hearing that tag line on the early iPhone commercials?  I'll admit, those spots confused me.  I asked myself, "What's an app?"  "How is this new gadget going to improve peoples' lives?"   Well, here it is 2013 and I can finally say, "I get it!"   After years of flip phones, then Blackberries, I just got my first iPhone and I'm loving it

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I'm envious of Canadians right now.  Why?  Because they're doing away with the penny coin.  I've long thought that pennies were a waste of time and wallet/pocket space.  Why don't we follow our neighbors to the north and stop using pennies?  I've heard that it can cost more than $

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