http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Karen+Peralta Humor Karen Peralta Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67354&ca=Humor Now that I’m really settled down for bad or good, I can’t help but reflect on my lengthy past as a happy-go-lucky single. How can I forget the many bizarre, crazy, and benighted times I’ve misled myself into a man’s twin loving arms, and how very much I miss loving every minute of it? How? Why, I sq... Leadership Karen Peralta Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67355&ca=Leadership This was written for an academic journal about people with disabilities and what that means concerning their parent-child relationships. As far back as I can remember, I have been hearing voices. It started when I was just three months old. I remember lying on my back in a cold sweat, undergoing nic... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Karen Peralta Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67357&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet So you're overweight, "fat"--to be honest--and you want to start exercising. Before you take off like an overlarge airplane and start preparing for the Olympics trials, stop right there. You may have it all figured out by now, after checking with your friends, the media and finally that fickle fiend... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Karen Peralta Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67358&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet What is Food Poisoning? Food poisoning results when you eat food contaminated with bacteria or other pathogens such as parasites or viruses. Your symptoms may range from upset stomach to diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps and dehydration. Most such infections go undiagnosed and unreported.... Self Help Karen Peralta Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67359&ca=Self+Help What is Stress? Stress may be defined as the three-way relationship between demands on people, our feelings about those demands and our ability to cope with them. Stress is most likely to occur in situations where: 1. Demands are high. 2. The amount of control we have is low. 3. There is limited sup... Writing Karen Peralta Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67051&ca=Writing You might think that selling yourself short is a sure way to not be a success in the ghost writing field. And your eyes are probably dancing with the large sums of money that you’ve heard ghost writers pull down, in yearly figures such as $60,000 to $100,000, or amounts such as $15,000 to $60,000 pe... Computers and Technology Karen Peralta Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67054&ca=Computers+and+Technology If I asked you this, would you believe me? Try doing so, because it’s the truth. And also, in this strange and perverse world, young people are busy killing each other at an alarming rate. Do we really need something like a pseudo Mafia causing the same sorts of problems? Gangsterism, in other words... Food and Drinks Karen Peralta Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67057&ca=Food+and+Drinks If you drink soda pop, especially the caffeinated kind, it could kill you. But most especially, it can go right after your kid’s health. Pop gives the average teenager approximately 12.5 teaspoons of refined sugar a day. It works out to that much more than what our US government has determined peopl... Writing Karen Peralta Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=65695&ca=Writing Every day, I have to contemplate my lengthening career as a writer. I used to also be an artist, back before I became physically disabled in 1998, and regularly drew pictures in pen and ink. I was thinking of transferring over to some computer pad-style drawing technology so I could create graphics... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Karen Peralta Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=65697&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Have you been following a plan for your own personal hygiene, or do you get up in the morning, take a bath, brush and blow dry your hair, use the bathroom through the day, and go to bed at night? If you only do the latter, you need to put more planning and preparation into your personal care and gro...