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Barack Hits Outspoken Bill: "I Can't Tell Who I'm Running Against Sometimes"

Hillary Clinton told Obama, "You talked about Ronald Reagan being a transformative political leader. I did not mention his name." Obama responded, "Your husband did." She shot back, "Well, I'm here. He's not. And..." But Obama interrupted, "Well, I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes."

The Eyes Are the Window To The Soul

Before the race : A dog's eyes are pictured in Morzine-Avoriaz southeastern France, before the start of his "Grande Odysee", an international dog sled race starting from 6th until 16th of January. (AFP/Jean-Pierre Clatot)

How beautiful.

Welcome To My Empty Shell

People can be held together for decades by lethargy, fear, mutual helplessness, or economic dependency, in marriages that are, to my mind, empty shells.

"David Olson of the University of Minnesota, who has studied over 15,000 married couples, recently said that 50% of married people will never be happy, unless they get unusually good therapy.

Other researchers agree ; about 30% of marriages are "empty shells"--little love, little talk, little joy. . . . if you married someone with a totally different view about life.

Only about 25% of couples have "really good marriages." The remaining 25% could achieve a good marriage if they got therapy and/or really worked on obtaining the necessary skills via training or marriage enrichment (or, you can add, self-help). . . . ."Olson believes the needed skills and characteristics are: communication skills, conflict resolution skills, compatible personality, agreement on values and religion, and good sex."