Written by Doc Wright | 13 May 2005
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The BBC reports on an interesting new study that found that 50 is the perfect age to write a novel.   Fifty is the perfect age to write a novel, a study of the bestselling authors of the past 50 years has shown.  The average age of writers who topped the hardback fiction section of the New York Times Bestseller List from 1955-2004 was 50.5 years.

"We wanted to discover the optimum age to write a best-seller," said, a friend of mine, Bob Young of Lulu, a website for writers and independent publishers. "Unlike scientists or musicians, say, writers tend to mature with age." Romantic novelist Judith Krantz and writer Joe Klein, who published political comedy Primary Colors anonymously, are among the novelists who topped the best-seller list in their 50th year.

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Written by Redryder | 31 March 2005
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How to get members of the opposite sex to smile at you in California ?  Smile at them. Their responses will be automatic.  Californians are the smilest people in the world !

HOW CALIFORNIANS FIND PARDNERS

The stoplight pickup ...

Probably the most popular and original of all the pickups in California. As you glide to a stop at the light, begin glancing to the right/left. Someone pulls up next to you. You make the tradional eye contact. A potential sex pardner?

First, let's analyze the facts you already know. You KNOW what she drives. A BMW? A Porche? A Yugo???

Next, observe her licence plate AND FRAME (crucial) - this can tell you where she's "from" ("Happiness is living in Barstow"), what sport she likes ("Happiness is Climbing rocks"), marital statis ("Happiness is Being single") and if she has a vanity plate ..... her name (Buffy?). With a little experience you can even learn to judge her height/leg length by the position of her body relitive to the steering wheel.

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