FUN FACTS #18
Katie Price aka Jordan signed a major advance with Random House for a series of children's books: Katie Price's Perfect Ponies. The first 6 were released in 2007 with 3 more throughout 2008. One of the books, "My Pony Care Book", was nominated for the WH Smith's Children's Book of the Year.
Do you know you can recycle a defected coffin into a couch? Now six-feet under has gone green. There is a company which reconstructs 18 gauge steel coffin into a weird couch. According to this bizarre news, they collected those used coffins from local funeral homes primarily in Southern California. Since it is a health and safety law that funeral homes cannot resell used coffins to the general pub
He's an avid dreamer and practices lucid dreaming. He uses LaBerge’s MILD (Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreaming). When he wakes early in the morning from a dream, he gets out of bed, engages in some activity for a little while, ...
It's great, thanks for asking! It's huge. It's blue. It's a little bit staticy.Ok, a lot bit staticy.And it's fun to take all it's cushions off, pile them on the floor and jump onto them.
Koel Puri (born November 25, 1978, Delhi) is an Indian film actor, who made her debut with Rahul Bose's directorial venture Everybody Says I'm Fine!in 2001[1] and later featured in Road to Ladakh starring along side Irfan Khan in 2003. She also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Happy Holidays from Our Couch to Yours! It's time to eat, gift and be merry with the family so here's our own Top Ten list of new DVDs that are worth purchasing for your home library. Wrap and enjoy!For Younger Viewers (Rated UR, G and PG):August Rush - Sweet
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Chasing Vermeer, a chapter book heralded as "The Da Vinci Code for kids," had our children burning the midnight oil, avidly following clues and secret codes to solve an art caper -- who stole Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's A Lady Writing? As our kids met up with fictional art experts, librarians and teachers throughout the novel, they learned a lot about Vermeer, and to our great delight,
The Sun Will Come Out, Tomorrow... Won't It?Over Thanksgiving break families will have plenty of time together, and inevitably adult conversation will focus on the economy. We think it's a perfect time to sit down with your kids to calm whatever anxiety has been passed along (unwittingly) to them, and to set a solid path for the future. This week, we turn to KOTC Financial Guru Nathan Dunga
With the cold weather, and the Holidays upon us, I thought this would be an excellent topic to discuss!
There are two tools that I find particularly helpful when I'm searching
for properties. I have had many clients tell me that they use these
online features regularly to narrow down their home prospects, and as a
Real Estate Agent, I cannot tell you how nice it is to visit 4 homes
instead of 10
Many kids feel a burning curiosity about the days before they were born, which is why it's magical when an old object (discovered perhaps, in grandmother's closet) summons up a different world. Our kids learned how the pros look for treasures when they participated in a Family Dig at a local museum, an inventive program where families learn about ancient cultures by excavating pottery shards from
Secret Square - Secret SquareSecret Square was an early, now-defunct side project of The Apples in Stereo drummer and vocalist Hilarie Sidney and Lisa Janssen, who played bass on the Neutral Milk Hotel album On Avery Island. They had two 1995 releases, both self-titled, under the Elephant Six banner./?id=djdjc8
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In case you have been locked in a closet, Oprah Winfrey’s televised talk show has become the perfect vehicle for celebrities and other well-known figures to salvage their reputation or to fight a controversy.A quick review of the previous guests, we see that the Queen of Television has interviewed stars from Madonna to Jennifer Anistron, so why not Marion Jones?The point is that Oprah brings her
The first episode of MSN’s web series Fearless is all about rock climbing, and I have to say, I think I might be hooked on Fearless after seeing this episode. I love how open and circumspect some of the participants are in talking about conquering the fears that arise while on the rock. I have [...]
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Imagine what Halloween night would be like if you were a bat. No need for flashlights or glow in the dark stripes on your costume. You'd hear, through echolocation, the rustling wrapper of your favorite candy before you even knocked on the door. You might identify by smell what's in your trick-or-treat bag without even looking. The heroine of the award-winning picture book Stellaluna and her batty
The map probably looks familiar because I've posted it before. It's my memory of the kids that lived in my neighborhood, plotted out on each street. When I was in Fort Wayne in May, I stopped by the old neighborhood and snapped pictures of the houses where each one of my friend's lived. That one up there is the house where the Couch's lived.In 1971, I made a lot of great friends at Indiana Vill
How Dance Dance Revolution Is Getting Kids Off The Couch was written by Denise Nero from fitnessandkids.comAre you concerned about the lack of exercise your child is getting?Would you like to see them up and moving instead of sitting around so much?Dance Dance revolution is the lastest dance craze that is a fun and addictive way to help your child get get up and move without realizes they are even
Good Grief, It's Halloween!Our kids' faces lit up like Jack-o-Lanterns when we told them we were upping the pumpkin ante this year by letting them loose in a Corn Maze. After sampling the delicious produce, we set off into plants that reached high above our heads. We bonded together over a map, trying to figure our way out from beneath the stalks and laughed ourselves silly every time we got lost
In February, the television airwaves will be changing. The rabbit ears are moving on and connecting with DTV convertors to provide those who either cannot afford or decline having cable or Direct TV.
Those who dedicate a large portion of their life to staring into their HDTV with surround sound three-dimension stereo, game consoles, and an [...]
Instead of grumbling while you fill up your tank, why not rev up your engines by watching Pixar's family-friendly Cars? This animated tale about a race car named Lightning McQueen who pulls off the fast lane and learns to slow down in order to get where you need to be in life offers a full tank of humor, and nostalgia. Inspired by the adorable, personality-driven cars that race around for the sak
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Are your kids dino-obsessed? Do you remember when they read Danny the Dinosaur and dreamt of riding a dinosaur's back? Our kids slept with their dinosaur books, memorizing each name -- Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex -- and have always wondered what it would be like to meet a real life dinosaur. But wonder no more, because...they're back! Walking With Dinosaurs is a live, theatrical
Our Lives, Controlled From Some Guy’s CouchNew York Times Blogs, NY - 29 minutes agoAnd if owners of the computers were anything like the millions of people immersed in virtual worlds like Second Life, SimCity and World of Warcraft, …
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Kevin Costner finally got off the couch in order to keep acting. It can either ruin you or make you richer. Most actors develop a big head after a movie they make grosses $100 million so they ask for $20 million dollars.Martin Lawrence wanted $20 million for National Security after Big Momma's House did well. Well, that's not quite the case. He was offered $12 million for What's The Worst That Cou
Roc is just exhausted! It's been almost a week since the festivities ended in Beijing and still the little guy is just worn out. Two solid weeks of sports on tv - if it wasn't the Olympics, his Cubs are still in contention and his beloved Bears are about ready to start the season. That dog's idea of paradise is a wall of televisions with his favorite bed planted right in front of them.
Our fried hard drive is now safely in the hands of one of my IT coworkers, who is going to take it home and try to retrieve our pictures and videos.He said he'd do what he can, but if things got complicated, I'd need to send it off to a retrieval center where they would have to use some kind of vacuum in a lab to pull out the data.I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he works some magic, because he
I’m sorry I could not think of a better way to title this entry. My sickness from yesterday just got worse and worse. I’m feeling somewhere between the hell of strep and sinus infection. I’m really starting to get pissed at everyone around me as well. I feel like I have no help today with [...]
Our families truly enjoyed watching "A Bug's Life" and then off we ventured to the Insect Zoo at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. And don't forget to visit the Kids Off the Couch Website for the full adventure with even more tips and an article about our personal adventure. Film Title: A Bug's Life Directed By: John Lasseter 1998, Rated G, 96 mins.
You know you can liquidate assets, but did you know you can liquidate an annuity? People are getting annuity payments for a lot of reasons and the payments belong to their estate just like any other asset. You can sell your couch, your car, your home and your annuity. (...)
MacArthur Park has had a storied history in Los Angeles, and continues to rank as one of our city's landmarks. The Park, first built in the 1880s and named for General Douglas MacArthur, received worldwide fame when Donna Summer, in her 1978 hit, bemoaned in an ode to love that "someone left the cake out in the rain." For "bad girls" from the disco generation, Donna is making a two-night appeara
Olympic fever has struck our families and we are counting down the days (and studying our Tivo settings!) until the opening ceremonies this Friday 8/08/08.The Games are always captivating -- the athletes inspire us, the settings intrigue us. Wanting to enrich our kids' concept of China during this Olympic summer, we headed back to that nation's Imperial era by screening Disney classic Mulan, a bel
This tutorial will guide you through adding your DVDs to Windows Media Center (part of Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate), so you don’t have to get up off the couch and switch discs each time you want to watch a movie.
Using a few free programs, you can add your entire DVD [...]
NEW YORK - Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? Scientists reported Thursday that there is such a drug — if you happen to be a mouse. Sedentary mice that took the drug for four weeks burned more calories and had less fat than untreated mice. And when tested on a treadmill, they could run about 44 percent fa
URL: Name: The Couch PotatoCategories: Reviews, GeneralRating: PG/PG-13What is the main focus of your site (reviews, editorials, news, lists, etc.)?Movie and DVD Reviews, Television.What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?I am just trying to share my passion for everything related with entertainment wit
I just went to the store for a little while and ended up running into my girl friend for coffee, so I was out a little longer than expected... but it was only a couple of hours.Yet when I came home my really beautiful plants I’d replaced last month... they were just starting to bloom and look spectacular...
Hope you're ready to play casting director today,
because there's quite a line-up awaiting a moment
on the couch for your approval. This flick has
been developed in the hopes of getting you, the
viewer, to feel like part of the action. This is
POV the way it was meant to be, with some
occasional surprises and a twist unlike you...
What a long fucking week. We've managed to watch half of the first season of LOST. It's been our "family time" in the evenings. We sprawl out on the couch, watch at least four episodes, and grumble if the puppy or the three year old needs to pee or if one gets in the way of our line of vision. We ask each other things like "Why aren't they setting up flaming markers like Tom did on Cast Away?"
Image via WikipediaWhen you hear the term “working dogs”, what comes first into your mind? You may think of a canine that does more than just barking at strangers who stay close at your yard or those that do more than just stay and hang out at your house all day. What about [...]
Treasure The Good Times If you were too busy grilling hot dogs to talk with your family about why we celebrate the Fourth of July, why not let Nicholas Cage do the explaining? Our kids adore National Treasure, and we were happy to discover that the film offers a pop-culture tour of the icons of our nation's birth -- from the Liberty Bell to Independence Hall. Cage, whose name is Benjamin Franklin
Sofa Tables Theyre Making Their Way Out From Behind The CouchBy: Jesse AkreYou remember that table sitting behind your grandmas couch, you know the one that had all those family photos and knick-knacks sitting on them? If you do, youre remembering the good old days of sofa tables when they were just used as a nice way to fill up the dead space behind couches and other things.The thing is, sofa tab
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Polysics, the greatest band in the world, have done it again. Here's the single off of their new, as-of-yet-unreleased-in-the-states-but-my-copy-is-being-delivered-from-Japan-as-we-speak album, titled We Ate The Machine. The song is called 'Rocket.'To fully satisfy your Polysics fix, here are links to a handful of unreal videos and a couple of Polysics-themed CDP essays. Sound off in the comments
Clean out your couch!
(Reminiscent of the “Bring out your dead!”, Monte Python-style.)
I actually DO clean out the couch cushions at least on a monthly basis. So keep that in mind when you behold the following:
That’s right, we’ve got
one foam bath toy (the road sign)
one letter B
one crayon
one pencil
one headband
one Lego man
one Mommy Peoples (Olivia’s [...]
As the mercury steadily climbs and we find ourselves heading into another sweltering summer in the low country, I invite you to cool your engines for a moment with several minutes of quiet reflection. Find a peaceful spot to chill out, put your feet up, silence your cell phone and enjoy the moment.
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Yippee!!! We got our new couch delivered this week!!! It is so nice. It's looks so different in my living room. You have to understand, we've had the old couch as long as we've been married - actually longer (and we've been married 35 years!!) It was Sonny's couch when we were dating (yes, it probably saw a little action in it's day!!). So it is really great to have something new and totally diffe
When our daughter was small and we had unresolved night awakenings I would ask our local contact Mom for her magical solutions. Her first response was always “How’s your couch time?” BTW this is a common response from all GFI...
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It is sad that we are losing more and more freedoms as Americans everyday, and your couch? STROUDSBURG, Pa. a northeastern Pennsylvania borough is considering an ordinance that will ban couches from peoples porches and lawns. I looked up couch banning on google and found that there was an epidemic of towns across America wanting to ban couches. Lets face it Alabama would not be Alabama without
We're all up Sunday morning relatively early.I'm just resting on the sofa with a cup of coffee when Hazel says she's off to meet a friend for a walk. I nod 'okay' and she's off with the dog in tow. I flick through the channels and decide to watch a property make-over programme. Its in Canada. It has absolutely no connection with my life. But I sit through it. By that, I mean I lie full length on t
Well, at least that's what it felt like this morning. I went to a farewell party for a friend last night. Not having dinner and only picking at the finger food provided, meant my stomach was abused by the few wines I had over a very short period. I've only had two hangovers in my entire life. Virtuous, no? Combine those two hangovers and you have this morning's offering. What made it worse i
There are five key character traits of superior couch potatoes. You really do need to become aware of these critical success factors if you are to master the underground couch potato world.1. A total lack of interest in the outside world. Any self respecting couch potato has virtually no interest whatsoever in venturing out doors. There is no point since all your human needs can be satisfied in yo
Too bad My hubbie left town last weekend. He missed a FABULOUS FUCK FEST with Me & My much more-endowed Lover! After our date, I couldn’t WAIT to get home, LOL!!! Be a “fly on the wall” as I tell hubbie every detail in this 28-minute Love Story. Next time [...]
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Last week I stopped in at the fabric store and fell in love with some espresso colored taffeta. I fell even harder when I saw it was on sale for 50% off. Last week I was antsy and wanted to do 'something' but I wasn't sure what. I decided to cut a couple pieces of of the taffeta fabric out and make two throw pillows for the Family Room couch.
I'm never one to be precise or follow directions
Just a typical way to pass the time…tie a couch to your truck and give your friends rides on it by driving down an open stretch of highway so fast the couch starts smoking. Who needs helmets or padding? They better hope they don’t hit any pot holes!
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Why is it worth your time to read this book? Because people worldwide complain that there’s a discrepancy between what leaders say and what they do, and it’s rooted in the leaders’ own lack of awareness of their psychological drivers and mood states.
The Leader on the Couch will help you beat self-deception and reveal [...]
Hubby called me yesterday past 2 o'clock in the afternoon and told me to meet him outside the Naval Base. The traffic was horrible since it was rush hour and there was an accident going on to the West side of the island. After an hour and half I finally able to him and we headed out to Inspiration Furniture to check their Italian leather and microfiber sofa sets that were 50% off. It took us nearl
Staying connected to today's busy kids who are balancing school, sports and social schedules is a challenge most parents face. Two moms, Sarah Bowman and Diane Shakin, have launched a new website called Kids Off The Couch that gives parents great ideas for creating family time beyond soccer games and birthday parties. These two moms have spent years exploring kid-culture with their kids, from ch
Cristian Zuzunaga, si è laureato Royal College of Arts, in Inghilterra.
Zuzunaga ha progettato questo “Pixel Couch” su commissione del produttore danese Kvadrat, che entrerà in produzione e sarà messo in vendita da Moroso.
Ne voglio uno!
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Here’s the shiny bits for the week…
I guess it’s stating the obvious, but Dan Green uses pretty graphics to explain why The Oil-to-Mortgage-Rates Chain Reaction is bad. Oil go up is the bad.
Douglas Heddings states the obvious, but some people are so pig headed, that it bears endless repeating until it finally sinks in. Grossly Overpriced [...]
By: Joanne Dorin When you have a favorite couch or sofa, the last thing you want to do is lose your couch or sofa because one cushion gets damaged. There are options you can find or make couch replacement cushions for your home or office. This lets you keep your beloved couch or sofa with the simple purchase of a new cushion. This can also save hundreds of dollars over the purchase of a new sofa.G
The main area for concern is the cleaning and treatment of the leather. Leather should be cleaned with no more than mild detergent i.e. fairy liquid.
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The Zumiez couch tour is going to be roaring through towns across the nation this summer and it looks like they have finally launched their complete website. There are schedules, demos, and all sorts of information for you to take a look at. You can plan your day accordingly, and only show up for the demo, or at least show up for the bands. Check out the official Zumiez Couch Tour 2008 website and
Like The Simpsons? Get a load of this clip of every single couch gag ever. Ever. All 418 episodes. The best part is that you can pick out certain episodes by their gag.You can say the show's gone downhill. You can say it's no longer funny or relevant. You can say all of those things...but you'd be wrong.
America, The Ignorant by Boom2Bust - snip:Back on February 19, 2008, I wrote a post that talked about how Americans are in serious intellectual trouble. One finding by the National Science Foundation that I noted in that discussion and which really disturbed me was that one in five American adults think the sun revolves around the Earth. Now I know why we love “reality” shows so much. Well, it’s time to revisit the topics of intellectualism and knowledge among Americans. On April 22, op-ed columnist Bob Herbert of the New York Times talked about a recent survey of teenagers by the education advocacy group Common Core, which found:• One-quarter of teenagers could not identify Adolf Hitler• One-third did not know that the Bill of Rights guaranteed freedom of speech and religion•
Semblant n'avoir pas encore digéré un ancien contentieux avec la chanteuse et membre du jury de "La Nouvelle Star" Lio, Michelle
Torr balance quelques phrases moqueuses sur cette dernière, encouragée par les personnes environnantes.
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Nach dem ich im Forum “Rund um den Hund” so viel gutes über das Körbchen von Tchibo gelesen hatte haben wir den Beiden nun solch eine exclusive Hunde-Couch für das Wohnzimmer geschenkt
(anscheinend gibt es das große in schwarz nun nicht mehr)
Da wurde dann gleich mal Probe gelegen:
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Dear Mr. Tom Cruise,I wanted to sincerely Thank You for showing Suri's ladybug shoes to Oprah while she visited you in your beautiful Telluride home. You might not know this, but it was me who packed them with love for Suri with all the other gifts you received from your friend. See, I am a children's online boutique owner, and I live close by your Telluride home, in the beautiful South-West Colorado. As a fan of your work, I was extremely excited about the possibility to help your friend to give you and your family something truly unique. I am so happy to hear the Ladybug Shoes are Suri's favorites, you can not even imagine how happy that makes me. Thank you for letting everyone know about Suri's favorite shoes. As a mompreneur of a small business, those four words "ladybugs are Suri's fa
Tom Cruise On Oprah - Tom Cruise On Oprah Video - Tom Cruise On Oprah for First Time Since Tom Cruise Couch Incident - Tom Cruise Oprah Interview Video Cruise On Oprah - Tom Cruise was on Oprah Friday for the first time since the infamous Tom Cruise couch episode. Tom Cruise was rather laid back this time on Oprah and he discusses the now famous Tom Cruise couch incident.Tags: entertainment, video
Oprah Winfrey has yet to air the upcoming new interview with Tom Cruise.But now one website has the alleged scoup on what Oprah asked Tom about.
And she asks the good stuff, says E! News!!!
The site reports “that Ms. Winfrey’s upcoming interview with Cruise includes questions about Scientology, his verbal smackdown with Matt Lauer on the Today [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2008 7:52 amYes, Tom Cruise is coming back to The Oprah Winfrey Show. The episode, which will appear in two parts during May, will celebrate Cruise’s career since his breakout role 25 years ago in Risky Business. “Tom will be doing Oprah’s show,” Cruise’s rep, Julie Polkes, confirmed this week. “He is really looking forward to it.” One part will be shot in-studio before a live audience. In the other, Tom Cruise will show Winfrey around his Telluride mountain retreat. They will then conduct the second portion of the interview at his home.In 2005, the Scientology ring-leader memorably jumped up and down on Oprah’s sofa and proclaimed, “I’m in love!” with then-girlfriend Katie Holmes. They later married and had a cute baby named Suri Cruise, who
Tom Cruise is set to return to Oprah Winfrey’s sofa for the first time since his famous couch-jumping episode, in which he professed his love for then-fiancée Katie Holmes.
The two-part show will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the actor’s breakthrough role in the film “Risky Business.”
Friends and colleagues will surprise Tom with taped messages [...]
After a brief, but memorable stint as a professional jumping baffoon of an actor, Tom Cruise seeks to reclaim his role as the “Most famous couch hopping idiot on T.V.”…or will he?
Tom Cruise is scheduled to return to “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” nearly three years after a couch-jumping appearance.
This time, the show will be [...]
I have a place to live …
Surprisingly, my new apartment is in a decent neighborhood and the rent is under $500 a month. The apartment staff did not want to rent to an unemployed college student, but they made an exception.
The negatives …
The apartment does not have a washer/dryer, dishwasher or central air/heat. It is also located [...]
One of the things that has to go very soon is our couch. It is now torn here and there, it has weathered gracefully. We have loved it dearly and have enjoyed it, even as this came as a gift from the very couple who the hubby and I consider as mentors.
It is [...]
Everywhere I turn, I am seeing things about the couch to 5k. People are all over this. Including me. I don’t know what it is either. I hate running. I hated running for PE in school when they made us do it yet here I am. Planning to run a half marathon. It’s like I have been taken over by martians or something.
I also notice that many of our readers are using this program as part of their workout. I hope you all are taking advantage of the daily workouts that we have posted here. I have been doing them every single day for a week now. It’s not quite as good as Jillian but it’s a nice add to what I am already doing. In any case...back on track...Couch to 5K.
I started with the 7 month program. I didn’t think I could handle the more aggressive 4 month program. Didn’t THINK
