What the Halo 3 Mythbusters Forgot - Episode 1

WOW ! 20K views!! Nice!!! The first episode of the series. It covers some of the myths that the H3MB didn't confirm or bust. BTW: All the credit for the concept goes to the H3MB. Please don't assassinate me.

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Dogs, Children and Responsibility!

Dogs and children seem to go together like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a perfect match for the most part. For many of us, growing up included at least one dog and maybe a cat or two.

Not too much attention was paid to spaying or neutering, kittens or puppies were considered part of the game when you had a pet. Trips to the vet were only for dire emergencies and it took a lot to determine what was a dire emergency.

Not too much attention was paid to what we fed our pets, the dogs usually got table scraps and the cats were supposed to catch their food and usually fed some milk and whatever else they would eat.

Life was fairly simple during those childhood days; Mom and Dad assigned simple chores and the family as a group kept watch on each other including the pets.

Where did those times go and why is life suddenly so much more complex?

As I look back on a time when our family had nine dogs. We did not go out and acquire nine dogs the dogs acquired us. With the exception of the three we did choose to be our dogs, the other six seemed to drop out of the sky and onto our driveway to become members of our household.

And this is where our story begins. Where does responsibility fit in when you first set out to get a pet for yourself or your child?

Many parents think that getting their child a dog will teach the child responsibility. The child will learn to be responsible for the care of something. The child will learn empathy and love for another living being. And if all else fails, there will just be so many opportunities to get some really cute pictures of their child and dog to show off to family.

These are all great reasons for getting a dog, but there is one very important point missing. If you want to teach your child to be a responsible dog owner you have to be one, too. You cannot teach your child anything, if you are not setting the example with your own behavior.

Having a dog as a pet in the family means just that, the dog is part of the family and what do family members do? They watch out for each other. If Mom or Dad is not a good role model when it comes to taking care of the dog, how is the child to learn?

Certainly, you can assign all the chores to the child you want, but if you are not willing to step in when necessary and show the child where it is being neglectful and take over the duty, nothing is gained.

Threatening to get rid of the dog if the child does not tend to its responsibilities does not teach responsibility, it teaches the child that the dog is a disposable item and is as meaningless as a broken toy. The dog is really not a loved member of the family, but something that can be tossed away (like in our driveway) or taken to a shelter. And should the child in a fit of anger say, "fine take the dog away," even if he/she does not mean it. How can we measure the emotional trauma the child may face in the future, when the guilt of giving up the dog sinks in?

Giving up a dog or cat may not seem like an emotional problem to a busy non-pet caring parent, but as the reality sets in to a child it may damage that child's future ability to fulfill responsibilities or to commit to relationships, canine or otherwise. Our animal shelters are filled with these broken bonds as are many homes where animals have been dropped along the roadway and caring people have picked them up to give them forever homes.

I guess the point I am trying to make is, if you are a parent and you want to teach your child some responsibility, along with bringing more love and joy into your home by getting a dog. Do it only if you the parent are going to commit yourself to helping care for the pet. Do not even think of it if you are going to use the pet as a threat over the child's head or as a means of punishment for a wrongdoing. Unless you are willing to accept the dog as part of your growing family, as a responsibility for yourself and your child, get a fish.

If your child does not fulfill his/her responsibility, neglects their chores take away a privilege do not use the dog as a threat, you would not threaten to take away a younger brother or sister if the older child did not fulfill a babysitting responsibility, would you? If your dog is not part of the "real" family it has no business being there in the first place.

The only way a child can learn to be a responsible human is by following in the footsteps of their parents. If you are a loving, humane and caring individual, who shows love and compassion to not only people, but to the family pet, guess what your child will learn to do! Yep, follow in Mom or Dad's footsteps!

Having to raise a puppy along with a child is not an easy task. If you are not familiar with the problems that lie ahead, attend some training classes many classes will allow children over the age of seven. Use the same positive training methods on the puppy as you would use on your child. Do not hit or beat the puppy for wrongdoing.

Read a dog training book or two in order to get a handle on what to expect before you venture out to get a dog. Do some research on what breeds are better with children, some are, some are not.

Never and I cannot say this strongly enough leave a child under eight alone with a dog, puppy or not. Too many dogs have bitten children when they have been left unsupervised.

Teach your child how to play gently with your dog. When walking your dog and you have a young child, put two leashes on the dog and let your child walk with the longer leash and you keep control with the shorter one.

You can teach your child and your dog basic commands like sit, stay and come. Teach your child that those commands are not to be used as "toys" to drive the dog crazy as some children will keep at the dog until it get stressed out and may bite. If your child understands that you treat your dog as you would a close friend with kindness and by being polite the relationship should last a lifetime.

I hope these few ideas and thoughts will help you and your family build a long and loving relationship with your family pet.

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Gable Hall`s reply to jay, peanut butter chaz time ( charley kew )

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Peanut butter jelly time soldier

Just a random vid I found of some Army guy dancing. Yeah, I don't know why he's dancing either. Woot. Thanks for the positive reception!

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FMA Madness

Yay! My second video! I would greatly appreciate comments. I hope you all like it. Disclaimer: I do not own "Full Metal Alchemist" or the songs on here... I also do not own "Peanut Butter Jelly Time," though I have peanut butter...and no jelly.

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How to Get Perfect Pitch

Perfect pitch is often termed the holy grail of any musician's dream. Imagine being able to name any notes or any musical chords right off the bat after hearing it. You would be playing music and improving in leaps and bounds. Not only will have the perfect ear help in you music playing, absolute pitch will also enable the musician to appreciate music better. The question that remains to be answered is: How to get perfect pitch?

Absolute pitch has often been labeled as a talent that certain people are born with. There had been arguments that people with this skill are born with a certain gene or DNA. This enables the person to "dissect" music to its simplest form of the individual notes and connecting the sounds of music into the name of the corresponding notes.

Decades before, absolute pitch has often been perceived as an innate talent. Music teachers have often told their students that people are born with a perfect ear to hear pitches and this is not a skill that can be nurtured. There are 2 camps of people on the: Nature versus Nurture. Researchers have also taken an interest on this issue that whether people were really born with the skill or whether this could be picked up in one's life.

In recent years, there have been a throng of music courses that focuses on training the ear to hear pitch. The Perfect Pitch Supercourse by David Lucas Burge is one of the courses that enable a musician to learn absolute pitch. Studies had also been performed on people who took this course really attained absolute pitch. The results were revolutionary. The ear training skill could actually be learn by applying the correct techniques to listen to music.

You can discover how to learn the holy grail of music with the Perfect Pitch Supercourse. Try it out for yourself and be amazed as a musical world of wonders unfolds before you.

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Peanut Butter Jelly Time

Having fun w/ sum PB and J

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SRMTHFG Dance with the Devil

a test run for some monkey clips i obtained from the awesome fizzucker! :) go check him out damnit! the clips are from Super Robot Monkey Team HyperForce Go! with "Skeleton King" and "I, Chiro" the songs used were "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" by the Yin Yang Twins and "Dance With the Devil" by Breaking Benjamin if you see something I should improve on, please say so :)

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9 ways to use recipes for language learning

"What to do?" "What to do?"

English and foreign language teachers are often in a quandary for simple but effective class room activities. You and your language learners have to eat don't you? Well, to help get you started, briefly here are some useful ways to use recipes for foreign language learning you might want to consider and a brief look at each:

o Making a recipe preparation video

If there was ever a great way to incorporate multiple intelligences and application of multi-media into foreign language learning, then this is it. You guide your language learners in preparing a short step-by-step video of preparing a simple recipe.

o Creating a recipe poster with images

For a much more low-tech approach, why not consider having your language learners make a poster showing how a simple recipe is prepared. They can include pictures of the preparation process and the finished recipe too.

o Narrating a recipe preparation

This is yet other method very easy to use for the recipes of contact for the acquisition of language. Students tell only the process into a microphone, recording the process of production requirement as an audio file into a tape recorder, PC or laptop.

Or write a new recipe in different ways

The foreign language teacher can dictate a simple recipe for students to write. Production can then correct the class or version are available online. Dictation addressesthe foreign language learners' writing ability as well as their listening comprehension skills.

o Shooting digital images of a recipe in preparation

To get a good series of images for preparing a recipe, foreign language learners absolutely must understand the preparation steps and how ingredients are combined. Photographing the recipe preparation process will help organize the steps and process in their minds as well as provide them with picture image "manipulatives" or realia they can physically handle or manipulate during the organization process.

o Focusing on the use of a particular ingredient in the preparation of different recipes

Take a commonly used ingredient like onions or tomatoes and ask your language learners about other recipes which use that particular ingredient. Can you make juice, pastries or desserts with it? How about soup or salad?

o Preparation of simple, basic recipes in class

Language learners just love this one. You have them select and prepare a very simple, basic recipe in class while explaining the process aloud. The recipe need not be anything fancy or special - just edible.

o Having English language learners bring prepared dishes to class and explain their ingredients and preparation

This is yet another variation on simple recipe preparation. Language learners being basic ingredients to class, then prepare their offering for all to sample. A peanut butter and jelly Sandwich, Hot Dogs or a cookie sandwich hors d'oeuvres will do the trick well.

or posting videos, writing stories and recipes online

Another concept that needs to be able to include or language student recipes online. This could be the blog of the school, student newspaper or as an article online posting one of hundreds of free article banks online. You choose, but choose wisely, grasshopper.

Ways of recipes for the languageLearning

So there you have it, nine ways to use the recipes and ingredients for their learning English or other foreign languages. Why not choose one or two and put it on a possible use in your classroom learning early?

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Best Time Management Tips - Part 4

"Walk and Talk" - I have been famous for this technique at virtually every place of business I've ever worked at. People think they have to stop moving to talk - these are the same people who can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Now that may sound funny, but notice how many people have to sit down to have a conversation or totally stop in their tracks when someone starts to talk to them. You will see this all the time.

I love this technique because it costs me no extra time to have the conversation and the conversation is kept brief because I have a ready excuse at my place of destination to cut the conversation short. People also understand intuitively that if they are "walking and talking" they had better get to the point quick because very likely it's a short walk. This technique has saved me gobs of time and has taught my staff to take my time very seriously, to be brief and succinct, and to think through what they're going to say thoroughly before approaching me.

Education - Education is a great time-saver! If you research a good field and get through college in a timely fashion - you can do very well - Particularly in the Business fields. Expertise in specialized areas can be highly valued. On average a college grade (with masters) will earn almost double the income of a High School grad in his/her lifetime!

Education is a great time-saver ... If done right! Remember, some degrees and forms of education create greater income and save you major time! Others degrees and forms of education can waste time and money! Watch out! A college education doesn't always pay for itself based on the alternative ... It typically does ... But there are "holes" in the system. Getting a doctoral degree in English Literature so you can be a Manager at Blockbusters - and make ½ of what the 19 year old "Hooters" Girl who serves you your beer after work is making - is not the best use of your time ... and not a good financial plan. In each industry you can get paid more to do some things with the same degree than others. I switched from Counseling clients to teaching psychology at local Universities and more than tippled my income! Nurses and bartenders/waitresses make great incomes (well above average) with 0-2 years of training. Most government jobs give full pensions ... Freeing you form many extra years of saving to retire with the same amount. Check career guides to see who earns what, how much education is required (and other requirements, i.e., licensure, etc.), current and future demand, and opportunities for advancement.

Also see if you can boost your income, or get a promotion, by doing some additional training in your field. Remember, some training only takes a few days, not years. It only took me a couple of weeks to become fairly expert in real estate and real estate financing. I then bought and sold multiple properties. Many people have similar tales. Minimally, this extra training will put you in a good light with your boss, for starters.

And, as always, keep doing your own personal development training going on the side. This kind of continuous self-improvement reaps huge benefits over time that can snowball and make a huge difference.

15 minute lunches - Eating lunch only takes 5-10 minutes - what takes an hour or so is driving or walking back and forth to the restaurant, waiting for the waiter/waitress (*notice that the root word of their name is - "wait!" Coincidence? I think not!), placing your order, waiting on your order, waiting for the check and deciding on how much you should tip for all this waiting! If each meal (with tip) costs $9.00, you spend $2,250.00 per year on this habit (enough for the average individual to retire on nicely over the course of their career) and lose over 185 hours per year or 1 months work per year! Wow!

Personally, I have always brought my lunch bucket to work filled with wonderful treats my loving wife makes me (and prior to that I used to make one heck of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!). I still go out for lunch occasionally, but as a treat or to do some business ... this comes up often enough to keep me happy (and well fed).

I also found that if I went to lunch with co-workers, they would spend the whole time complaining, worrying or talking about junk I didn't want or need to hear about. And I hang out with pretty positive people ... what is it about lunch that brings this out in people (they are much more optimistic over dinner!)?

Networking - Few people fully realize that a good network of contacts can take years off meeting your financial/career goals and can bring benefits you haven't even thought of yet, but will be glad you have when the time comes. There is a huge population of people out there who have made their fortunes from networking effectively.

Examine your own life, I'll bet you owe the bulk of everything you have, and everything you are, to a small number of influential people that you can easily count on one hand. Although everyone likes to think they can do it on their own - we can't. The reality is that we are not Independent - we are Interdependent. It is our interdependence that makes us strong, and good people help us to grow and build our strengths. I would not want to be independent if I could. Why would I want to cut that many good people out of my life?

In actuality, most people are successful in direct one to one proportion to how many people know them, and like them. Likeability is huge!. We like to do business with people we like, we help people we like, we hire people we like, promote people we like and give breaks to people we like. Get the idea? The list goes on and on.

Networking helps us to realize what opportunities are out there and gives us the opportunity to help people and advance in ways we would never have thought of. Being good isn't enough when your network is limited. Think of a limited network, as limited options. Get good at networking, or get good at going through life trying to live off the scraps instead of living in abundance.

Nobody teaches us how to network - but it is a key life skill. This is a case where others are not excluding you - you are! Get in their and just be yourself, draw on what is best in you, come to serve, and you will do great!

Look, you could write an entire book on how to network, but my goal is simply to give you a sense of how important this area is and point you in the right direction. Get out there and get some books on networking and the time spent studying them will come back to you a thousand fold.

That's it for now ... but look for more soon!

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New Diet Program Works Even If You Don't Follow It

Yesterday, I became aware of a hot new diet program called "AFD." Now, I don't need it, because I've already lost 60 pounds the old fashioned way, by putting less food in my mouth than I used to, getting some daily exercise, and taking some of my own brand of supplements.

But you need not worry about these things yourself, because the new AFD Diet works, even if you don't follow it. And what could be easier than that? (Hefting Jello shooters might come to mind.) This new diet is simply too good to be true.

In Week 1, you get to drench all your food in butter...or pork fat.It doesn't matter what it is...it could be Cheeto's dunked in pork fat...or an Elvis sandwich dunked in butter.

Now y'all remember the Elvis. It was a whole loaf of pullman bread, filled with peanut butter and jelly and then stuffed with a pound of bacon, which was then fried on the grill, on all sides, in butter. Elvis once flew his entire entourage to Denver, picked up 50 of the sandwiches and then flew back to Graceland.

In Week 2, you get giant pancakes and sausage biscuits, with any kind of hash you like, and they serve it on huge platters, with donuts to mop up everything. You can drink Cokes till the cows come home and there are candy bars to keep your energy levels up all the time.

In Week 3, you get Pizza any time you like and it's none of that thin style Cali-Forn-Ya stuff. No sirreebob, it's all Chicago style, deep dish extravaganza and there are at least 100 toppings, including foie gras and caviar. Beer is the beverage of the week and it comes in Oktoberfest mugs, which hold about a gallon.

In Week 4, it's fried everything. You name it...if you can fry it...you can eat it. The highlight of the week is burgers from a joint in Memphis, where they deep fry your burgers in grease that hasn't been changed in 80 some years. You just haven't lived, until you've had one of these. The dessert highlight is fried Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. Any cheesecake they make can be fried in beer batter.

From Week 5 on, it's just rinse and repeat. The extra weight you've been carrying will just fall off as you gorge yourself and sleep off each meal. By the end of Week 7 or 8, you should be down 30 pounds or so.

Some wiseacre just had to ask what AFD stood for.

April Fool's Day.

Because we all know that no diet can be successful if you just keep doing what you've always done.

Losing weight...and getting fit and healthy, requires that you make some new lifestyle changes. I've always recommended you take one step at a time and gradually phase out the bad choices, in favor of good ones.

Then...before you know it...you have started losing unwanted poundage. And believe me, nobody really wants to carry around that extra flubber, in spite of protestations to the contrary.

Start by getting my Powerhouse Omega Formula. Then start taking it. It will help you start moving the sludge in your bloodstream out the door. Then stop drinking soda, or eating snack food. Do one thing to help yourself every week and in three months, you'll have dropped some weight, without a lot of effort.

Then keep going. And every once in a while, treat yourself to one of your old favorites. (Once in a month.) You're going to get a surprise sometimes...some of that stuff just doesn't taste that good, after you give it up.

Just don't let me catch you eating an Elvis sandwich.

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Camping Kitchens - How to Put it All Together

Putting together your camping cookware is not hard at all. It simply depends, first of all, on what you are planning for a menu. Most of the time you will include a couple of pots, a skillet, a bowl for mixing and general cooking utensils like spoons, spatulas, knives and forks. You'll also want to bring a wooden spoon, a whisk, a can opener and a set of hot pads or leather gloves to handle hot items off the stove or near the fire.

A good sharp knife is a must as well as something to use as a cutting board. If you are planning to grill, you should have a grate to put over the fire. Some campgrounds or tent camping areas have fire pits with grills, but you can't count on it. Cast iron cookware has been one of the choices for cooking over an open fire for centuries, and it is practically indestructible. As far as any other cookware to use on your cook stove, use whatever you are comfortable using at home. Food prepared in a campsite always tastes better than at home, so be creative and enjoy the open air and robust appetites that camping provides.

Don't forget to bring the usual spices, as well as things like peanut butter, jelly, honey and cheese spreads. Zip lock bags work well for storing almost anything and are perfect for keeping small items sealed and clean, as well as protecting the inside of your backpack. Use a separate sack for you utensils and your cookware. After you have used the pots on you stove or over the fire, they have a tendency to get covered with soot, so the sacks keep them from soiling your backpack as well as anything they touch.

Plates, drinking cups and eating utensils should be as light and multi-functional as possible. Spoons can take the place of forks so leave the forks at home and everyone should carry a pocketknife so there's no need to pack knives for eating. If each person has a drinking cup and a deep-sided plastic plate that doubles as a bowl, you've got everything you need.

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Naruto - Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!!

(This video was originally on my Inusha01 account but it got suspended so now it's on my sakurainfinity account) This is a Naruto AMV I made with the song "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" by The Buckwheat Boys. Disclaimer: I do not own the show or the song.

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3 reasons, the nut almond butter is better than Peanut Butter

almond butter, butter can not be anywhere near the popularity of regular peanuts, but there is a reason why the almonds is distributed more popular in many consumers. There are more than one type of this spicy spread, like raw almond butter and butter in a slightly different way than normal tonsils, as the regular order is roasted and were quickly Blanch.

Traditional distribution based motherboard in the UKStates and many parts of the world today is the peanut butter, but the classic PB is a good choice compared to spread almond? There are many reasons to consider choosing organic almond butter, natural peanut butter too.

Reason 1: There are far fewer cases of allergies almond. Almost everyone knows someone who has a severe reaction to peanuts, and for some people, the allergy can also cause death. Very few people are allergic to almonds and almond oilAllergies, in most of the time Far are extremely mild.

Reason 2: The almond butter is healthier than peanut butter - even the organic labels. There's less sugar, less unhealthy fats, and equally important, protein and fiber ... and some vitamins that are not so much in the DB.

Reason 3: Many people make the switch, the butter will have moved to the end of the almond nut. The flavor is excellent, and works equally wellwith gelatin as the original.

These are three reasons for peanut butter consumers need to know how to support the alternative almond perhaps healthier.

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Tutorial: How to make an Ultimate PB&J Sandwich (Dusty Style)

#37 - Top Favorited (Today) - Howto & Style "How to make an Ultimate PB & J sandwich (Dusty Style)" This is my first ever tutorial on youtube so listen up. In this video I will show you how to make a delicious ultimate peanut butter and jelly sandvich. Yes this may or may not be your average sandvich. Just follow these 4 simple steps and be careful. By the way, be sure you have enough time in your hands to actually do this. I however, is the master of wasting time. Things you'll need: 1. Peanut Butter and Jelly 2. A Plate 3. A Knife 4. A Butter Knife 5. A Spoon 6. Butter 7. A Cup 8. Bread 9. A Pan 10 .A Stove 11. A Toaster 12. Milk 13. Nail Clippers Step 1: Follow the steps in this video Can you top this?

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Robot Rage Hack - Cheatengine 5.4

Just me hacking Robot rage. Songs were peanut butter jelly time and southpark intro on the guitar. I never really harmed any robots. I'm not like the other hackers who hacked the highscore list.

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Digital Photography is to Scrapbooking as Peanut Butter is to Jelly

If ever two hobbies were made for each other, its digital photography and scrapbooking.

In case you haven't discovered this wonderful hobby yet, scrapbooking has no similarity to the scrapbooks you made in school .. how many years ago?

Today's scrapbookers, often called scrapartists, create beautiful memory albums using photographs and other memorabilia, card stock, paper, journaling and special embellishments. Digital scrapbooking, an exciting new trend in the scrapbooking world, involves creating the entire layout digitally and printing onto appropriate paper.

Whether you do traditional scrapbooking or you're trying your hand at digital scrapbooking, you'll find so many fun things to do with your digital photographs.

Let's start with the pictures themselves. First of all, since you're not paying for film or development, you can take tons of digital photographs. You can experiment with different camera settings and get different effects. You'll have so many picture choices when you start to plan your layouts. No more trying to make a less than thrilling photograph work with your beautiful layout design.

Even more exciting, because you're working with digital files, you work with copies and never risk damaging the originals.

Secondly, with digital photography and good digital photo editing software, you can resize, crop, improve the color, create special effects, combine photos together to form a collage, remove blemishes from your subject's skin, tidy up stray strands of hair, make subjects appear slimmer and so much more.

You can convert color photographs to elegant black and white, or you can convert your digital photography to any number of monochrome color tones. You can convert your images to match any color paper, card stock or embellishments you plan on using.

You can resize your pictures so they fit any size layout you have in mind. You can reshape them to print into any number of shapes, including stars, circles, ovals, rectangles, squares, or even freeform shapes. You can even make giant alphabets and insert your pictures into the letters, arranging so the key components are visible within the letter.

You can add digital frames and blocks, using the exact colors that appear in the picture. If you wish, you can fill your frames with a repeating portion of the image. For example, highlight your garden picture with a frame containing a pattern created from the golden sunflowers growing in the flower bed.

If you want to take artistic license, you can duplicate any portion of an image. For example, suppose your seacape shows a sailboat in the foreground. With digital image editing software, you can make a second, third, fourth (or unlimited number) of identical sailboats elsewhere in the water.

When you blend digital photography with scrapbooking, you can manipulate your images to work with any scrapbook style you're using -- shabby chic, distressed, modern, heritage - anything you want.

As I said earlier, digital scrapbooking and digital photography make a natural fit.

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The Peanut Butter and Jelly Selling Strategy

Every business should follow a proven selling process, consistently. It could be as simple as following my award winning triple decker peanut butter and jelly sandwich recipe.

Bread = Three slices of important customer's issues, concerns and pain points.

Peanut Butter = Unique solution blend that resolves the customer's problems.

Jelly = The sweet benefits that come from investing in the complete solution.

When working with customers and prospects, we should seek out the three highest priorities and challenges our customers have. This is the bread we want to add our special blend of solutions and resolve these challenges. Once we have this understanding, we can apply our sweet nectar of benefits. This will entice clients to enjoy our creation.

Success Comes In Three's

You will notice that my recipe calls for three slices. Why three, because two just doesn't do it. We must find three issues customers have challenges with. The stronger the challenges or pain points, the greater our solution will stick like peanut butter. Customers and prospects are more likely to make a change and adopt our solution when you have three reasons for them.

You will notice the recipe calls for a unique solution blend. Customizing and personalizing your solution to match the customer's needs is critical. We should also package our solution so it is ideally suited to the customer's challenges. Unique, means special and only available from you. If it isn't unique, it can be acquired at another source. When you are spreading your solution, make it stick and put it on the three slices.

Follow the Right Sequence

When you make this delicacy, find the pain points and problems first. This is the foundation you will build on. Next, apply your solution and finish with the benefits.

If you're really making a sandwich, use the back side of a soup spoon to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It is faster and easier than a kitchen knife. I prefer to put the peanut butter on first and then boysenberry jelly with all the seeds. If I do this in reverse, the peanut butter won't stick to the bread and creates a mess. When the peanut butter attaches itself to the bread, it sticks and creates a solid foundation for sweet jelly.

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Peanut Butter & Jelly Time

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Cookie Recipe

The peanut butter and jelly sandwich cookie recipe is a dressed-up way to enjoy a children's classic!

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 teaspoon baking soda.

1 egg

2 tablespoons milk

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

Peanut butter

Grape jelly

Hardware

Large bowl

Rolling pin

2-inch scalloped round cookie cutter

Cookie sheets

Mixer

Step 1: In a large bowl, beat shortening and peanut butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.

Step 2: Add sugars and baking soda. Beat until combined.

Step 3: Beat in egg and milk until combined.

Step 4: Beat in as much flour as you can. Stir in remaining flour with spoon.

Step 5: Divide dough in half. Cover and chill for 1-2 hours.

Step 6: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Step 7: On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the dough at a time until 1/8-inch thick. Using a 2-inch floured round scalloped cookie cutter, cut out dough. Place rounds 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Step 8: Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer to cooling surface.

Step 9: Just before serving spread one cookie half with peanut butter and jelly, then top with cookie to form a sandwich.

Makes 45 sandwiches.

For more information on baking procedures and hardware used in this recipe see our Baking Tips section.

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Favorite Christmas Cookies 1 - Peanut Butter Thumbprint Kiss Cookies

Some of the best Christmas cookies are those that we have from our memories. Our family always had an assortment of cookies and candies but a few stood out as my favorites. Now that I am an adult with my own family, I notice that both my brother's family and mine still enjoy the cookies that we had as children. One of everybody's favorites is the Peanut Butter Thumbprint Kiss Cookies. This recipe can be made using jelly in the thumbprint but my family always enjoys the kiss.

Peanut Butter Thumbprint Kiss Cookies

Heat oven to 375* and assemble ingredients. You will need: ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup packed brown sugar, ½ cup shortening (or margarine), ½ cup peanut butter, 1 egg, 1& ¼ cup all-purpose flour, ¾ teaspoon baking soda, 1/ teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon salt and a bag of Hershey kisses.

\First, mix sugars, shortening (butter or margarine), peanut butter and egg. Once it is creamy, start to slowly add the dry mixture of flour baking soda, baking powder and salt, until it is mixed. Then shape dough into 1 inch balls and put them 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Make the thumbprint (press the middle of each cookie with your thumb) and put a Hershey's kiss on each cookie, in the thumbprint.

Bake, 10-12 minutes, until the cookies are slightly browned and set, but not too hard. You may need to adjust your baking time as ovens differ. Cool the cookies, on the cookie sheet, for a few minutes then remove them to a cooling rack. I have found that I have less wasted time if I have a duplicate set of cookie sheets so I do not have to wait for the one from the last batch to cool. This will make about 3& ½ dozen cookies that your family will love.

This recipe can be doubled if you are part of a Christmas cookie exchange group. To double it, you would need: 1cup granulated sugar; 1cup packed brown sugar, 1cup butter or margarine, 2 eggs, 2 & ½ cup flour, 1 & ½ t. baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt. Doubling the recipe will give you about 7 dozen cookies.

Because many people have favorites of their own, it is fun to see if someone in your family or a close friend wants to share their favorite cookies with you by becoming part of a Christmas Cookie Exchange. It is easy to do when you double your recipes. You will be able to share ½ of your baked goods and receive ½ of theirs so you will have different kinds of Christmas cookies. They get to enjoy a bigger variety that way. Many different varieties of chocolate chip cookies can be seen the article, "Favorite Christmas Cookies 2. You can also see other recipes in the article entitled "Cookie Exchange Will Save at Time at Christmas".

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Recipes

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/3 cup strawberry jam
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 tablespoon butter, melted

Mix together 1 cup of the flour and the yeast in a large bowl. In a small saucepan, put the milk, sugar, 3 tablespoons butter and salt. Stir together over low heat until the mixture is warm, making sure the butter is melted. Add this mixture to the flour and yeast mixture. Add in the egg. With an electric mixer, beat the mixture at low speed for 30 seconds. Then turn the speed on the mixer up to high and beat for 3 minutes. Add in the remaining flour and mix well. Cover the mixture and let it set for 30 minutes. Roll out the dough until it makes a 16 x 10 inch rectangle. Put the peanut butter mixture over half of the dough lengthwise to within 1/4 inch of the edge. Then put the jam on top of the peanut butter. Fold the dough in half so it makes a 16 x 5 inch rectangle. Press the edges of the dough together to seal it. Cut into 1 inch strips and twist each strip. Put onto a greased baking sheet and brush the twists with the melted butter. Cover them and let them rise until they have doubled in size. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes. If desired, dust with powdered sugar or powdered sugar icing.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup shortening
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup applesauce
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup oats
3 tablespoons strawberry jelly

Add all of the above baking ingredients above together except 1 cup of the flour, the oats and jelly into a large bowl. Mix well. Add in the 1 cup flour and oats. Roll into 1 inch balls and put them onto a baking sheet. With a fork that has been dipped in sugar, flatten the balls in a criss-cross pattern. Put 1/8 teaspoon of the jelly into the center of each cookie. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 12 to 14 minutes.

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Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Cookie Recipe

The peanut butter and jelly sandwich cookie recipe is a dressed-up way to enjoy a children's classic!

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 teaspoon baking soda.

1 egg

2 tablespoons milk

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

Peanut butter

Grape jelly

Hardware

Large bowl

Rolling pin

2-inch scalloped round cookie cutter

Cookie sheets

Mixer

Step 1: In a large bowl, beat shortening and peanut butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds.

Step 2: Add sugars and baking soda. Beat until combined.

Step 3: Beat in egg and milk until combined.

Step 4: Beat in as much flour as you can. Stir in remaining flour with spoon.

Step 5: Divide dough in half. Cover and chill for 1-2 hours.

Step 6: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Step 7: On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the dough at a time until 1/8-inch thick. Using a 2-inch floured round scalloped cookie cutter, cut out dough. Place rounds 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Step 8: Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer to cooling surface.

Step 9: Just before serving spread one cookie half with peanut butter and jelly, then top with cookie to form a sandwich.

Makes 45 sandwiches.

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The Peanut Butter and Jelly Paradox (PB&JP)

I started keeping a fishing calendar this past year. My thinking was that I would somehow get to fish more. I was applying the business proverb of "that which gets measured gets done". Apparently this doesn't work as well on the home front. Actually, MOST of the leadership tactics I bring home from work become useless when they pass between my lot lines. Kind of a Bermuda Triangle of management principles I'd say. I'll share more on this once I fully understand the phenomenon. In the meantime, I've learned it's best to just go with the flow most of the time and try not to get underfoot of the wonderful women in my life.

Sometimes the vehicle we call life can drive pretty fast and we're not necessarily at the wheel. Although I love that my daughters stay busy, it does make me ponder what the heck empty nesters do with their time. The endless stream of sleepovers, homework projects, ball games, and the like - easily displace the time that "coulda" been spent on a stream of a different sort. It's "all good" though. I am happy they are busy well-adjusted kids that basically stay out of trouble. However, it sure is nice to have some "alone time" once in awhile to slow the pace.

Friday Evening

Every once in a while though, I get a gift of time. Yesterday I found out that the softball tournament this weekend was somehow going to go on without the Stampede, my youngest daughter's team. As if they didn't spend enough time together every previous weekend, they decided to do a movie day with the whole team. Great! Have at it. Just give me my free kitchen pass and I'm outa here. It's the middle of July. Darn hot in my part of the country, but I bet I can find a coldwater tailrace with a few leftover stockers in it even in these dog days. Maybe four hours drive, at best, but it'd be worth it.

I mentioned it to the boss. When she said, "just go", she sort of looked at me funny. So, apparently the vote (or veto) is still out on this one. I am smart enough to know actions-speak-louder-than-words and did not confuse her yes with a Yes - more negotiations to resume in the morning. Hmm, it'd probably be good to leverage some other activity that she is interested in. I may have to get out the massage table again. Worked for my last fishing trip - though my hands were too tired to cast. Oh, the sacrifices I whilst make for ye li'l trout. Hmm, maybe if she comes up with independent plans of her own for Saturday night, then I could throw the tent in the jeep and head for the mountains.

Sounds like a beer commercial doesn't it. Well, shoot, I'm just hopeless enough of a romantic to believe there SHOULD be moments that are beer-commercial-ish. Maybe not with the athletes and bikini girls, but at the very least something more noble than the day-to-day grind of improving the widget making processes at work. I guess I'm searching for some adventure, something that forces one to say, "It don't get no better'n this."

Saturday Morning

Didn't quite get up as early as I'd thought. As soon as was reasonably appropriate (which is frankly a stab in the dark), I introduced the topic of fishing again but was quickly reminded of the current state of my yard. She was right. The lawn was turning into a jungle - a product of our busy schedules and the same distractions that keep me from trout fishing. Mowing, edging, weeding, pruning, weed-wacking, pool cleaning, dog doo-doo shoveling, and a bunch of sweating later, I was ready to go fishing. Too late in the afternoon though for a reasonable trip to the mountains - but when life gives you lemons... make Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches. Oh yeah, I'll explain this later.

I threw the tent, bedroll, sleeping bag, cotton sheet, cooler, and a couple of fly rods in the back seat. I grabbed the necessary paper products as well as a lighter. A few trips to the back of the jeep with armloads of logs completed the preparation. I was getting away. Not far away, but Away. Oops, almost forgot some flies, my vest, some sports sandals, and the little neoprene booties I wear for wet wading; oh yeah, bug dope and polarized glasses. I guess it wasn't as simple as I had thought. I hope that is everything. I can't help the sinking sensation I get every time I go camping - that I am leaving the key ingredient behind. Mental checklist time - yep, got everything. Okay, Away.

This trip I was trying to keep as simple as absolutely possible. Often though camping can be about the food. In fact, my wife is an incredible camp chef who works marvels with aluminum foil packets and hobo pie makers. She puts the George Foreman grill to shame or even the fancy Fire-and-Ice contraption that cools and cooks that my buddy Bruce (the James Bond of camping) uses. Camping with my wife Dawn is truly a culinary experience. Admittedly, I like to dabble in campfire cuisine as well. But, again, this trip was not about the food. I just need to stop to get soda, ice, beef jerky, shelled peanuts, and a couple of cigars and I will be whole. You see, there exists a phenomenon I call the Peanut Butter and Jelly Paradox. Henceforth described as PB&JP. According the PB&JP, EVERYTHING tastes incredible after a day in the outdoors, particularly if it is made AND consumed in the outdoors. If you were out wranglin' doggies for a long day - shoe leather would taste like steak. If you were out in the woods hunting from daylight to early afternoon - crackers and cheese would make your mouth water like crème bruele.

My family discovered the PB&JP a few years ago while on Spring Break. We were spending a day at a Gulf beach frolicking in the surf and catching some rays. Being so engaged in our outdoor activities, we were not cognizant of our growing hunger until late in the afternoon. All we had in the little gutbucket was a few peanut butter & jelly sandwiches; it was the only food within a mile. You can't possibly imagine the delectable balance of sweet and nutty, squooshy and crunchy? Try to visualize: moist bread with tender crusts that melt in your mouth, peanut butter that sticks to the roof of your mouth, and slippery jelly that glides over your tongue and past your tonsils. PB&J is a gourmand's dream in the outdoors! PB&J is as good in the great outdoors as prime rib is in the artificial indoors. There you have it - the PB&J Paradox.

So, back to my trip - aligned with this paradox I knew I couldn't go wrong with the simplicity of shelled peanuts and beef-jerky. Could I? I smiled as I rolled out of the drive. I'm "off like a herd of turtles" - a phrase an old friend repeated ad nauseam. My intended destination was a local lake probably only twenty minutes away. There were primitive sites there with not much more than a fire ring and a table. No electrical or fancy slabs with hookups - perfect for a rustic camper from the old school like me. On the way through the hilly country, I noticed many of the tributary creeks were high. It had been a wet summer in North Texas.

My plan included fishing Bear Creek once I had set up camp. But as I drove to the campground I crossed the bridge over Bear Creak and discovered that the normally sparse clear water - filled to the rim with bream - was actually too deep to wade. Flooded. Shoot, I thought; I'll have to find a new place to fish. First I better set up camp.

I found the perfect camping spot high on a point overlooking Lake Benbrook in two different directions. A nice breeze came steadily off the water; I figured this would be good to keep the bugs at bay. Great spot to pitch a tent also. It was perfect except the previous campers had left quite a mess. Trash was all over the site and partially burned logs had spilled over the edge of the fire ring. It looked like whomever just left needed a double dose of the golden rule. I began to clean it up. I do touch a lot of critters and things in the great outdoors that some people might find disturbing, but for me, nothing was as disgusting as touching the leftover food trash of strangers. Well, I guess it's not in the cards for me to ever bus tables - good. I threw all their anthropological remnants into the fire pit. I planned to burn it all with my campfire late that evening.

There must have been some embers still aglow in the pit. The trash burst into flames. Well, I guess I'll roll with this. I threw a couple of logs on the fire and they promptly started with the help of the wind. I can fish tomorrow; I've got a fire to watch now. As I set up my tent, I chalked up another lesson the hard way. Okay, somewhere in the little dome tent manual I'm sure that it says to pound in the stakes first before erecting. Right, I'm not big on directions. Just after getting the poles into the bottom pins, the tent did a convincing impression of tumbleweed. I caught it after the fourth full rotation as it was headed in the general direction of the boat launch. Talking to it nicely, I coaxed it back to its intended resting-place.

Although I wasn't fishing as I intended, it was a good night at camp. In a pavilion nearby, there was quite a family picnic going on. Somebody's talented uncle brought along a guitar and a healthy desire to teach children and teens how to sing along with fifties songs and old country favorites. I must say it was heavenly to listen as I watched the fire dance. Interrupted more than occasionally by noisy boat launchings and the personal watercrafts horse-playing in the cove, this music was simply refreshing. I can stare endlessly into a fire with nothing but the night sounds of the woods; so this welcomed accompaniment was, well, music to my ears. Peanut shells glowed as I shucked and chucked them in the fire. The jerky tasted like... well, suffice it to say - the PB&JP was at work.

I sat and read a U.S. history book. I was taking an on-line class so there was a practical reason for cracking the book. However, it really was cool to read it THERE. I was studying about the nasty things the new Americans were doing to the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears, and the thousands killed en route to Oklahoma (Indian Territory back then.). Somehow this all seemed more meaningful sitting fireside looking over water and some semblance of nature. Yes, I'm a geek like that.

When the fire settled down enough to kick apart and then perish, I headed into the tent. I read a bit more history by flashlight. This reminded me of sneaky reading after "lights out" when I was a kid. Funny how we never actually grow-up. It didn't take long to start to nodding-off. I threw my glasses in my baseball cap, turned off the flashlight, and rested my head on the makeshift pillow - a sweatshirt. See I knew I forgot something.

Sunday Morning

I woke to church bells echoing across the lake. At first I thought it was a cell phone. It seems that in everyday life no matter what you are doing - incessant cell phones ringing and chiming are inescapable. I reminded myself that I was not within a hundred yards of another human, then the church bell theory proved more plausible. I better get going. I always wake up with a pep-to-my-step when I'm camping. Betrayed often by my stiff back, I like to have an action bias. After all, there are fish to be caught and adventures to be had. Left over beef jerky for breakfast, a diet coke from the cold water in the cooler - though the ice was long gone - added to my building energy. I had all the fishing gear aligned in the front seat ready to assemble on arrival. Then rallying a quick tent tear down and chucking everything else in the back seat, I took off down the road.

Headed to the Trinity River below the dam of Lake Benbrook, I still didn't know if it would be fishable. The tributaries were high, but maybe they weren't releasing much below the dam. After all, the dams were for flood control, right? As luck would have it, the Trinity was perfect. Sunlight cast through the mammoth old-growth oaks leaving shadows on the edges for bream to hide. The water was only slightly more stained from the rain and barely above normal level. The fish were looking up. The poppers drifted well. Fish were aggressive and often visible for the take. Experimenting with woolly buggers also brought attacks by fish near beds and grassy islands. In the shadow of logs, hid the big'uns. If I could get perpendicular to them and cast just upstream, I could strip it about six inches in front of their nose for an exciting strike and fight. My three-weight labored against these saucer-sized brutes. I caught fish until I was too hungry to stand in the river any longer. Maybe fifty fish or more came to my hand and were released unharmed in the extended morning.

Wonderful time standing in the water - being a part of something wild. Maybe the Peanut Butter and Jelly Paradox doesn't just apply to food. Not only does Peanut Butter and Jelly sometimes taste like Prime Rib. But sometimes rolling hills are as good as rocky mountains, local run-off creeks are as pretty as alpine streams, and biting bluegills are as exciting as finicky trout. There you have it - the Peanut Butter and Jelly Paradox in action. And since my girls are going to be grown up before I know it - I'll take the little time I get, and enjoy the peanut butter and jelly.

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Peanut Butter - A Snack For Any Occasion

There are various things you and the kids can make with peanut butter. Peanut butter is a food staple for raising kids. Kids love the taste, and peanut butter is very versatile. It is inexpensive, which is great for parents. It can also make a healthy snack. Kids love it because it tastes great and they love to try it on different kinds of foods.

Kid's Snacks You Can Make With Peanut Butter -

There are so many snacks you can make with peanut butter that the kids will just adore. They might not even realize it is a healthy snack! We all know about the good old-fashioned peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but that is more of a lunch time thing than a snack. Let's explore the various snacks you can make for your kids with peanut butter. If your kids can use utensils on their own take a break and let them make their own snacks!

Peanut Butter And Bread -

Peanut butter with toast is a great snack. Toast some slices of bread and spread the peanut butter on when they are toasted. The peanut butter will melt on the warm toast to make a sweet treat.

Try peanut butter and banana sandwiches for a nice and healthy alternative to the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Peanut butter muffins can make a great snack for everyone. The kids will love them and can take them along to school in a good plastic container.

Try peanut butter with banana bread and/or banana muffins for a quick and delightful snack.

Peanut Butter And Vegetables And Fruit -

Peanut butter goes great with vegetables and fruit. Cut some celery sticks into about two inch lengths and add peanut butter in the celery. Add raisins for some extra vitamins and fun.

Try using peanut butter as a dip with apple slices. The kids will enjoy having something to go along with their apple slices and peanut butter tastes great with them.

Peanut Butter And Crackers -

Make peanut butter sandwiches with Ritz crackers. Or, for a fancier snack make peanut butter sandwiches with Ritz crackers dipped in chocolate. There are many variations for this snack. Try peanut butter with a variety of things for sandwiches, such as honey, banana slices, and more.

Menu planning can help you and your family a great deal when it comes to saving time. As parents you really need good time management in your daily lives to take advantage of every hour of every day in order to complete the tasks that need to be done, and to do so with reduced stress and the feelings of overwhelm that go along with families. Time management can be used for every part of your life including work, play, household tasks, and meals. Just by planning your meals ahead of time and having them all laid out for you and your family can save you a lot of time and frustration.

For a great menu planning service try out http://www.menuplanningcentral.com, which is a menu planning service, but they also have several resources for snacks, lunch idea, and more for kids along with 3 menu planners (healthy, family friendly and vegetarian). The main page offers a free menu planning report that can help you a lot in your meal planning for all meals including snacks.

They not only have this service to help you in planning your meals, but you can also find a variety of resources, tips, and more. Try meal planning today and see how much time you can save during mealtime. The kids will also love knowing what to expect when breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack times come around.

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Is My Poem Bad or Good?

My six-year-old adores peanut butter, jelly and cheese sandwiches. However, her siblings want her to eat outside so they don't lose their appetites. Every time she adds that cheese they want to convince her to keep it out of her sandwich.

You'll find a lot of advice on how to perfect your poetry. You'll also find advice on how to review, critique and edit your own work - as well as the poetry of others.

What we sometimes fail to do is realize that these levels are less a ranking of bad, good and great and more an indication of the poet's motivation and maturity - that's literary skills learned and used, not behavior or physical age. All poetry has its purpose, its benefits and its audience.

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Cathartic Poetry

This type of verse has the lowest literary level and the highest stress release level. The audience is usually small: the poet and perhaps some family and close friends. Others outside this circle may enjoy this work because of its raw, uncut emotion but many others are turned off because it is self-indulgent (which is actually part of its purpose - "this is me and this is how I am feeling right now").

Simple or Greeting Card Verse

This poetry has a lower literary level - simple rhyme and not much depth or imagery. While this is not mature poetry it has a large audience. There is a paying market for some of this poetry, but it is competitive - like all poetry markets.

Maturing Poetry

This type of verse has a higher literary level than the two above. Whether the poet chooses to rhyme or not, the words are chosen to add depth and imagery. It has a fairly large audience with a paying market.

Mature Verse

This poetry has the highest literary level. Every word is chosen with the purpose to create art on paper. It has a small audience with a paying market.

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Is Your Poem Bad or Good?

Does this make cathartic poetry bad? No. If we're honest, we'll all admit that we've written it. I consider myself a maturing poet and I still write it. Does that make mature verse great? Not necessarily. My mother, a highly intelligent and highly educated woman, once told me after reading one of my poems, "I don't really understand it, so it must be good." I felt like the poem had failed to serve its purpose. While I hope to create at least one poetic masterpiece in my lifetime, I am happy to stay at this level because I will touch more readers with my words. That is what motivates me.

Decide who your audience is and write with them in mind. If they like your poem consider it a success.

In the End

With each poem you write, find your motivational level and embrace it. It's your poem. Just because you don't like peanut butter, jelly and cheese sandwiches doesn't make it bad or need any help to make it better - but peanut butter, jelly and cheese sandwich chefs should also realize that there are other tastes in the world (or even in their own house) and not everyone will enjoy a bite - or even want to have a bite - of that sandwich.

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