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When Lin MiaoKe sang Ode to the Motherland during the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony, everyone thought she was simply perfect...she looks flawless and "can" really sing. The 9 years-old MioKe donning a red dress and white shoes singing a patriotic ballad before approximately 1 billion viewers had really swept all the audiences off the floor. Everyone thought that she is a superstar in the

Oh, how I love this commercial. An old school gem from the early 80’s, this is the type of M&M’s commercial that carried the brand through the decade: happy jingles, close up shots of the (now retro!) bag of Plain M&M’s being poured into someone’s hand, and the happy M&M’s themselves, [...]

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the '70s were full of some serious crafts... macrame, lanyards, pet rocks, rainbow sand bottles. pair all that with disco, & all i can say is wow! what an era. i definitely missed out. bring a little bit of the '70s back into your life with a little string art, remember that one? the basically, using a fabric covered board (a cork floor tile covered with black felt work well), you pound in so

IN THE NEWS: "A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed." read more HEREWell, it's that kind of Friday again. I felt like a flashback. (And I thought these were kinda cool too)**MTV is in 17.5 million homes and top videos include "Beat It" - Mich

With training camp now underway, Chargers expert Michael Lombardo concludes his Playbook Profile series by detailing a trick play the Bolts used during training camp two years ago. Although this play has yet to rear its head in the regular season, it stays in the playbook for a rainy day or sleepy defense.

Whenever I hear "I Need A Lover" by John Cougar Mellencamp, I always have fond memories of it. To me, it was the first tune we jammed with the Pacman in Status Unknown. He brought that song in that day he came in to audition. At least in my mind it was one of the 1st songs we played together. We never learned it completely but I remember jamming it that day in the car wash. From what I remember, t

MENTAL STATUS: "Anxious". Trying to figure out my lesson plan for Vacation Bible School at my church. It starts Monday and I will be teaching the Kindergarten class. Eeep.My cough is much better. I think I may have passed the breaking point of whether I was going to call the doctor or not. So I won't now. Yay!Since I'm feelin' better and my blue toenails are making me feel "peppy", I thought we'd

This week's Tuesday with Dorie, hosted by South in Your Mouth, is a beautiful blueberry pie.Neither of my photos look particularly blue or berry-y, so let me explain. I'm still traumatized from my last blueberry pie experience. I just couldn't brave it. I know, I'm a sissy. Instead, I went into the TwD archives and found these rocking Snickery Bars, previously hosted by Dinner & Dessert.I gene

Flashback (Hardcover)By Nevada Barr 311 used and new from $0.01 Customer Rating: First tagged “thriller” by Yindee “Yindee” Customer tags: mystery(2), nevada barr(2), murder, police, adventure and mystery, investigation, thriller Technorati [...]

Summer, 2004: Oh the woes of the pre-digital camera days when I couldn't crop out a sun-burnt bubba holding a beer koozie and doing a howdy-doody wave in the background of the summer vacation family portrait. I ended up sending this pic out with our annual Christmas letter that same year. And if you are able to identify Mr. Bubba, you might want to tell him to switch to SPF 50...Have a great weeke

Veeeery busy, as you might have guessed, but the three beers I've just enjoyed with some friends were more than deserved. But of course I blame the hot weather for the slight dizziness I'm experiencing right now! :)I just wanted to let you join me on my trip to the past; I've opened my drawer where I keep all my old mixtape cassettes and blindly picked one. And Bang! It's 1985 again! Life was good

Once upon a time, there was a mother who cared far too much about image. Every day, she was diligent to lay out a perfectly matching outfit for her first two children. She took great care to wipe their little noses, comb their hair and put their shoes on the right feet. But then, a third child came along and the mother was tired. Very tired. So that child dressed himself each day. He rarely wore s

While on MISSION ISTAANBUL, its lead actor has turned a new leaf. “I made a lot of mistakes, I rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, I got carried away. I went through hell, personally and professionally. The media turned its back on me. Some of the projects I was associated with, evaporated into thin air. Everything I did, backfired,” Vivek reminisces as we get into the flashback mode.“But,

Want to find candy from your childhood that’s still in production? Aside from Candy Addict links, try the very bottom shelf in the candy aisle at your supermarket. The bottom shelf usually has the less popular comestibles, or maybe it’s for the customers who know what they want and where to get it. [...]

Despite coming to age in the 80’s, I just do not like 80’s music. It’s OK to hear a single now and then, and the early part of the decade (before my time) produced some good stuff. But what I think of as 80’s music is that horrible synthetic post-new-wave-dance pop. I mean, some of [...]

Another Flashback Friday with the Pet Shop Boys. Here's the next single:Left To My Own Devices was the second single from the boys' third studio-album Introspective, and did better chart-wise than the first one, Domino Dancing. But it was also the first single that missed out on the Top 40 in the USA (highest position was No. 84). It climbed up the the No. 4 spot in the UK though, and settled arou

Image details: MTV TRL Presents Hilarie Burton, Akon & Colby O’Donis served by picapp.com I somehow missed this photo from Leighton Meester and Penn Badgley’s appearance on MTV’s Total Request Live. Both Leighton and Penn look great - I’m loving Leighton’s shirt. I didn’t catch the episode (am furiously researching now). Did anyone see it? Tags: Gossip Girl

  Woaaahhhhhh, this joint came back to me about a week ago when i was working out. The remix randomly popped up & i remember when it first came out almost 7 years ago. This trio is comedy… i always love me some Luda.   addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.streetanthem.com%2F%3Fp%3D862'; addthis_title = 'Flashback+of+the+Moment'; [...]

Barack Obama frequently talked about his racist church throughout his career.“Jeremiah Wright was his pastor and for over two decades a sort of intellectual father figure.” -CBS2The Obama’s very very much tied to this hateful faith community. He still will not denounce the church. Barack Obama on Faith and Politics, June 28th, 2006, via Chicago Sun-Times: I speak [...]

Last night, was my daughter's much-anticipated high school graduation. I can't believe it's been 14 years since she she was handed her pre-school diploma (pic above). Since I couldn't zoom in enough to get the actual picture of her getting her high school diploma, I had her reenact the moment with her younger brother!Here's a cool clip and a few pics of our evening: My dad, aka: Gra-GraKeith's p

Once again, I haven't had much time to prepare something for today's Flashback Friday. So I decided to crawl through archive.org and bring you some live performances from artists I discovered during the last few years. If you enjoy what you here, check this list for complete concerts!Angie Aparo - The American(still one of the best male voices around!)Ben Gibbard - I Will Follow You Into The Dark(

Acabo de verme la cuarta temporada de Lost (Perdidos) hasta el final, a pesar de que muchos seguramente la seguisteis hace una semana. Da lo mismo, porque también me he lanzado a la red de cabeza para buscar toda la información posible de la serie, ahora que sé con certeza que no me voy a [...]

Image: AP, via Guardian UK Today’s rumors that Steve Jobs may introduce an incremental update to OS X called Snow Leopard at his Worldwide Developers Conference keynote provide a powerful reminder of just how effective the project to replace the Classic Mac OS has been. Buzz on the wires has it that Snow Leopard would be [...]

While researching DreamNut blog posts, we stumbled across this April Fools’ Day gem from 2006 in the DreamHost Wiki. Los Angeles, CA - Web hosting provider DreamHost Web Hosting (dreamhost.com), announced on Friday it has decided to merge with Go Daddy corporation. The new company will be named Go Dream Daddy Host (GoDream-DaddyHost.com). A related Go Daddy [...]

You could hear the hushed whispers rippling amongst Non-Believers of the Guitar Nation: “Dude, Eddie Van Halen is playing keyboards!” Sacrilege maybe, but the first time you heard the guitar legend pounding out those Oberheim chords on a song called “Jump” from a new album titled 1984, it was instant conversion. The sound was new and different, but it was still definitely all Van Halen. Th

Jack Black is rumored as up for the role of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, but it wouldn't be his first venture into Middle-Earth. Watch this video from the 2002 MTV Movie Awards of Black in the Fellowship of the Ring; also, see Black in the first Spider-Man movie.

This past Sunday was Senior Recognition Sunday at our church. So far, I've managed to do a pretty good job of staying calm and composed over the fast-approaching D-Day (college drop-off day). Until Sunday, that is. I did just fine until they started showing the power point montage of pictures of our seniors, which included pictures from birth to their most recent senior picture. The tears began to

Let’s start this 80s journey with jelly shoes. You had them, don’t lie. Every girl who was anyone had a pair and even if yours were falling apart and the plastic was coming apart from the bottom of the shoe you wore them. Ultimately, jelly shoes were a flat shoe and some [...]

As media gush over Scott McClellan's latest tell-all book about the Bush admin, a 1999 article depicted a much less-pleased press corps when George Stephanopoulos's "All Too Human: A Political Education" cast an unfavorable light on then President Bill Clinton. People in the media referred to Stephanopoulos as a "turncoat" and "backstabber".

When the first screenshots of Codemasters’ Racedriver GRID surfaced, everybody was wondering if Codemasters was finally going a reasonably realistic route. After the release of the demo, many people were disappointed, the arcady-feel of the game felt like a big let down. As we´re closing in on the March 30th release, it seems to be getting [...]

Too funny: My 15 year old saw there was a free "Turbo Racer" in the box of Cheerios. Was uber excited. Has played with it for over 15 minutes now. Getting a laugh at making the cat chase it. I don't think he's played with a little car in about 10 years. I love it.

Crie vídeos de todas as atividades realizadas em seu PC. O programa permite fazer por exemplo, um curso passo a passo sobre determinado assunto. O som também é gravado e você pode passar para o formato flash para colocar na Web e mostrar seus tutoriais,aulas on-line etc...Sistemas:Vista, Windows XP, 2000, 98, NT4, METamanho:5.97MB

Today marks my 21st wedding anniversary. Keith and I have this silly competition where we try to be the first one to say, "happy anniversary" each year. I won this year. I woke him up at 12:20 (the dogs were barking) and whispered, "Hey, happy anniversary." He grumbled. Then I said, "Do you wish we could go back to that day and do it all over again?" His response (fully alert, now): "Not even for

Another part of the Pet Shop Boys singles discography. Let's do some serious dancing!Domino Dancing was released in 1988 as the first single from the Boys' third album Introspective. Although expectations were high for the song to become another chart-breaker, the song failed to make a real impact. Highest chart position in the UK was No. 7, and in the U.S., it even failed to break the Top-10 with

On the note of femme diva, there is no other that goes way back from the 80s to the very millennium. Madonna, the girl with many faces. But mostly known as the Material girl/Vogue.Remember the 80's? Madonna the Boy Toy, Material GirlYoung, fresh and invigorating. The ambassador of the tattered fashion and the icon of the 80s.Pop-trash style harlot Madonna - Wedding gown with Boy Toy belt1990, earl

My 25th High School Reunion is coming up. I am feeling nostalgic. I thought I'd post a photo of me on my high school graduation:I also am posting a photo of me as a bridesmaid to my friend's wedding just because I like how I look on this photo:For more memory flashbacks, visit WE ARE THAT FAMILY's Sincerely Fro Me To You Carnival :)

~Robert~I was going through my files and came across this speech that was given by RJ Del Vecchio of the 'Vets to Washington Project' at the 'Operation America Rising' rally on 7/7/07 here in North Carolina. It was a very moving speech to hear in person. There were many speeches given that day but this one was by far the best. We had someone at the event filming the entire rally but unfortunately

In the spirit of last week's Flashback Friday post where I compared mother/daughter senior pictures, today I offer this sassy pair of mother/daughter recital pics for your viewing pleasure. Apparently, there is a standard tap recital pose that has been handed down from generation to generation. Do you have a dance recital picture? I double-dog-dare you to post it and comment below with the link!

This past week, Paige and I were addressing her graduation invitations and getting them ready to send out to friends and family. While stuffing her senior picture into each invitation, I thought it might be fun to dig out my old senior picture and show her. Let's hear it for the Class of '82! Woot, woot! When I showed Paige the picture, she responded by falling to the floor in a fit of side-busting, tears-streaming-down-your-face, uncontrollable laughter. In between hyper-ventilating breaths, she said, "Mom, please don't tell me you sent this out. This picture needs to be burned at once." (Which begs the question as to why I am posting it to the World Wide Web)I responded to her laughing fit with and edge of defense: "Paige, I have you know that I was in the oh-so-cool group in high schoo

Must. Be. Having. Bad. Drug. Flashback. From. My. Wild. And. Crazy. Teen. Years. NooooooooooooooooooooooooooooCan We Gong This Whole Idea??Comedy Central has ordered up a new incarnation of "The Gong Show," to be hosted by Dave Attell.The updated "The Gong Show With Dave Attell" will premiere on the cable network on July 17.The series will retain the basic premise of the classic NBC variety show, which was hosted by Chuck Barris and premiered in the summer of 1976. Every episode will feature eight-to-10 off-beat acts performing for a revolving panel of three celebrity judges. Good acts will receive high scores from the judges. Dismal acts will receive the gong.The Gong Show was meant only to be watched while under the influence of mass quantities of adult beverages or hallucinogenic chemic

If yall even had any idea how much I used to LOVE Shazam!!!! WHEW!!!!!! I ganked this from Fresh and flashed back to my 7th grade year in high school when my best friend and I went to see H-Town at the Ohio State Fair. Let's just say they pulled 3 girls on stage and simulated performing "oral" on them while singing "Come on and let me lick you up" (yall remember that song?)!!! This was at THE FAIR and H-Town was BANNED from Columbus from that point on, and I don't think they have ever been back since. What's funny is I remember telling my friend "eewwww, I would never let a guy put his head between my legs!!!" MY MY HOW I'VE GROWN!!!!!!! :-) Anyway, REST IN PEACE Dino and can someone PLEASE tell me why GI thought it was okay to rock a Calvin Klein shirt?!?!? He must've wanted to take it a

... calateadas Vuelve con fuerza. La actriz y modelo peruana Andrea Montenegro finalizó hace un par de semanas el rodaje de la película "Flashback", en donde se mostrará completamente desnuda para beneplácito de sus miles de ciber-arrechos seguidores. En la producción colombiana, Andreita Montenegro encarna a la sexy Camila, una chica libertina que despierta al lado de un hombre desconocido luego de una intensa noche de sexo, drogas y alcohol, pero inesperadamente, apenas empieza a recuperar la consciencia, muere asesinada por su flamante amante de ocasión. Este es solo el inicio de la historia. Al mejor estilo de "El Día de la Marmota" protagonizada por Bill Murray, Camila regresa en el tiempo justo al momento en que despierta y los hechos se repiten en loop muriendo inevitablement

We built the house we're living in now, fourteen years ago and moved in when the kids were 6, 4, and 1. It was a standard two story floor plan that amounted to a downstairs living space with a kitchen, living area, half bath, and a formal room next to the foyer. Of course, when you have young children, the word "formal" is absent from your vocabulary, so the front room in the house was quickly converted to a playroom. Over the years, we jokingly referred to it as the "formal playroom." Sometimes it bothered me that the first thing our visitors saw upon entering our home was a room filled with brightly colored Little Tykes toys, shelves filled with books, beanbag chairs, and Hotwheels, doll clothes, blocks, and legos littering the floor. Over the years, the room morphed to accommodate my c

'Access Hollywood' has an in-depth look at the relationship between Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray Cyrus over the years, featuring footage of a 4-year-old Miley taking a guided tour of a zoo on a train with her dad. Watch the segment below the

Big luscious lips have been the must have fashion accessory for well over a decade now. Achieved by make up or lip augmentation, an Angelina Jolie-style pout is the envy of most women around the world. But this wasn’t always the case. Back in the 1940s, regular-sized lips were attractive, when coated in rich red lipstick. [...]

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In my day, I was an avid trick-or-treater. Straight through high school, pillowcases served as bags; loot was measured in pounds; and Snickers, Milky Ways, and Starbursts were blissfully consumed for months. Until that inevitable dark day, that is, when I would go to my closet after school, reach deep into my dwindling [...]

Luís Fernando Bohórquez acaba de terminar el rodaje de la película Flashback, escrita y dirigida por Miguel Urrutia. La cinta cuenta la lucha de una mujer, Andrea Montenegro, por salvar su vida cuando, después de una noche de tragos, sexo y de un poco de conversación, el desconocido al lado del que amaneció, la asesina. La mujer [...]

After Flashback Part #1 Continued ......... Flashback Transaction Query Flashback transaction query can be used to get extra information about the transactions listed by flashback version queries. The VERSIONS_XID column values from a flashback version query can be used to query the FLASHBACK_TRANSACTION_QUERY view like: SELECT xid, operation, start_scn,commit_scn, logon_user, undo_sql

After Flashback Part #1 Continued ......... Flashback Transaction Query Flashback transaction query can be used to get extra information about the transactions listed by flashback version queries. The VERSIONS_XID column values from a flashback version query can be used to query the FLASHBACK_TRANSACTION_QUERY view like: SELECT xid, operation, start_scn,commit_scn, logon_user, undo_sql

(New Features and Enhancements in Oracle Database 10g) Oracle9i introduced the DBMS_FLASHBACK package to allow queries to reference older versions of the database. Oracle 10g has taken this technology a step further making it simpler to use and much more flexible. Note: Internally Oracle uses SCNs (System Change Number) to track changes so any flashback operation that uses a timestamp must be

(New Features and Enhancements in Oracle Database 10g) Oracle9i introduced the DBMS_FLASHBACK package to allow queries to reference older versions of the database. Oracle 10g has taken this technology a step further making it simpler to use and much more flexible. Note: Internally Oracle uses SCNs (System Change Number) to track changes so any flashback operation that uses a timestamp must be

Vintage 1990: My college boy is headed home on May 8th and I can hardly wait to see him. We talk at least every other day, but nothing beats knowing all your children are sleeping soundly in their rooms down the hall. It's hard to believe that he's almost half way done with college--unless of course, he follows in his mom's footsteps and opts for the five-year plan. Dad has made it clear that he's only paying for four years, so I'm thinking we're half way done. :) Many of you know that I write predominantly on issues pertaining to raising girls, but I absolutely LOVE being a mom to two boys. Who knows, maybe there is a "5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Son" in the future. If you have a boy, I hope you enjoy this excerpt from my Your Boy book!In the early years, I experienced firstha

Flashback [Flashback] One year ago, you watched TV online with Joost, learned some great networking tips for your home, converted an old hard drive into an external drive, and built an internet jukebox with Jinzora. Link - Tamar Weinberg - Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:45:00 GMT - Feed (44 subs) Flashback in brief Visit here to subscribe to these comments Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Lifehacker. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe DealMeRSS.com - Great Deals Delivered Every Day

Flashback [Flashback] Two years ago, you automatically emailed yourself file backups, saved and annotated the web with the Scrapbook Firefox extension, and got things done with the ultimate home office. Link - Tamar Weinberg - Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMT - Feed (44 subs) Flashback in brief Visit here to subscribe to these comments Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Lifehacker. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: Race in America

Vintage 1993: I would say that hubby looks rather calm given that this was by far, one of the toughest seasons in our parenting journey. The kids were ages 4, 2, and one month. Need I say more? Something about seeing my now, almost 20 year-old college boy holding a pink hair dryer just makes me laugh. I think I'll send him a link to this post to get his reaction. And get a load of hubby's big wire-frame glasses and short shorts. Hands off, ladies--he's all mine. Honestly, there's nothing more attractive than a daddy who loves his kids. Especially one who'll wear a pink plastic smock. :)I'm off to Virginia for the first You and Your Girl event of 2008! Please say a prayer for everyone in attendance and that God will be glorified. I'll plan to post an update coming on Monday and let you know

Motley Crüe has announced their establishment of Crüe Fest, a heavy metal festival created after the 12-years-running Ozzfest. The 41-date festival will run from July 1 to August 31, boasting the blood-hungry likes of Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Trapt, Nikki Sixx’s side-project Sixx:A.M. and, of course, the four original members of the Crüe itself. Bands have dubbed it “the loudest show on Earth"

  Typical Democrats! “The reason (George H. W. Bush’s tactic) works so well now is that you have all these economically insecure white people who are scared to death,” Clinton was quoted saying by the Los Angeles Times in September 1991. A couple months later, Joe Klein, writing for the Sunday Times, reported that Clinton made the following [...]

Sunday april 24, 2005 St. Peter’s Square. Mass for the beginning of the pontificate of Benedict XVI. The Pope said: «Be not afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and gives all. Whoever gives himself to Him, receives the hundredfold. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ - and you will find real life. Amen».

Me acabo de enterar, que la actriz Andrea Montenegro, quien el año pasado alborotó la blogósfera al posar semi desnuda para la Revista Interviu de España, país donde se hizo famosa por el éxito de su rol de monjita en la telenovela El Zorro, se encuentra actualmente rodando la película colombiana "Flashback", en donde se mostrará sin ropa en varias escenas.En la producción colombiana Andrea encarnará el papel de Camila quien debe descubrir detalles en retrospectiva que le ayudarán a salvar su vida. El film es del género terror psicológico y espera apelar a las emociones más primarias de sus espectadores, según declaró el director Miguel Urrutia para el diario "El Tiempo" de Colombia."La película de bajo presupuesto no representa mala calidad ni pérdidas. Todo tiene que ve

La sensual actriz peruana, Andrea Montenegro, se encuentra en tierras colombianas grabando la película "Flashback", una película de género de terror psicológico dirigida por Miguel Urrutia, en la que encarna a ´Camila´, una mujer que despierta desnuda sin daber en dónde está, sabe además que morirá pero no comprende por qué ni cómo, pero la escena de su asesinato se repite a lo largo de la película y en cada una descubre algún detalle que podría salvarla de la muerte.

Flashback [Flashback] Two years ago on Lifehacker, you developed your digital photographic memory, easily installed Firefox extension packs, and built your own DVR. Link - Tamar Weinberg - Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:45:00 GMT - Feed (46 subs) Flashback in brief Visit here to subscribe to these comments Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Lifehacker. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe MSNBC.com: NASCAR / Motors

Before bronzed skin, it was pale skin that was considered attractive - so much so that women in Europe used to smear a creamy concotion of vinegar and powdered white lead on their faces to achieve the fashionable pallor. The fad began in the mid 1550s by Queen Elizabeth I. Fortunately, we all know about lead [...]

Having a newborn kitten is amazing. In the end I am so glad Chica was coming to us already pregnant and we didn't decide for abortion otherwise we would have never had such wonderful days with her and little Pumuckl.The first day of Pumuckl I was spending all my time with them. They were both sitting in their wardrobe. From beginning Chica accepted us to stay with them and to touch Pumuckl. No hissing, no meowing, I guess she was just happy that we sit beside her. Maybe she was also happy that we fall in love with Pumuckl and decided directly to keep him. I believe cats feel this.She was warming Pumuckl well and always took care when she moved to not hurt him in any way. She didn't eat much as for this she would have had to leave Pumuckl alone, so sometimes I brought her some food and she

(Image courtesy of The Imaginary World) When I was about 8, our family moved to a remote part of Connecticut that was easily five miles from any main commercial shopping areas. The only place we could get candy was the neighborhood gas station, complete with a grungy, grumpy old mechanic guy who, though a bit [...]

Work Hard.. Live Right... Love Life. Simple Life Lessons which could have been uttered by America's hardscrabble Nineteenth Century pioneers. Some of these hard-living pioneers are depicted inside the album cover of Delta Spirit's masterful "Ode to Sunshine" album (RSL Album of The Year - 2007). DELTA SPIRIT'S latest record is an homage, of sorts, for the blue-collar souls and pioneers: the hard livin', hard drinkin, and people dyin' young on life's edge with not much to show for it. The album cover depicts a vintage photo of a monster tornado attacking a grey landscape.The storm depicted here in the cover is the oldest known tornado photograph. This bleak image was taken in South Dakota in August 1884. By personal accounts the storm captured was a dark, powerful monster. It's selection f

This is where the love relationship between Tasha and I began to bloom--One Day 2000 in Memphis, TN. One Day was the first gathering of its kind under the vision of Louie Giglio and his Passion Collegiate Conferences. On May 20, 2000, at least 40,000 college students gathered from all around the US with their tents, sleeping bags and Bibles, all for one purpose--to worship the living God of the universe. It was at this conference that Tasha and I realized just how much we had in common. That it wasn't just the music, but we realized that we both wanted to live lives completely sold-out to Jesus Christ. We both wanted to live our lives on purpose for the glory of God. To make our lives count for eternity. And that's exactly what we're trying to do. To raise kids who love Jesus. To

Vintage 1992: The little girl in this picture is approaching her 18th birthday next month and will walk across the stage at graduation in the weeks that follow. Sigh. I tried to get her to replicate the same stunt for the purpose of a great "then and now" blog post, but all I got was a roll of the eyes.Even though sixteen years has come and gone since this picture was taken, I can actually still remember the circumstances behind it. She wanted another box drink and I told her "no" because they were for her lunch box when she went to Mother's Day Out. And yeah, this was her response to my "no." It didn't go over real well. I know some of you are in this season right now, and let me just say that staging a sit-in (or technically in this case, a "hang-on") for an extra box drink is the least

Time for another part of the Pet Shop Boys singles history. It's cover-time today!Always On My Mind was originally recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972, but it was Elvis Presley that took the song to chart success in the same year. He reached number 16 on the US Billboard's Hot Country singles charts, while Brenda Lee only made it to number 45. Ten years later, Willie Nelson re-recorded the song, and his version climbed up to the number 1 spot in the Hot Country charts. It also became Billboards number one country song of 1982 (and remains my favourite version of the song until this day, btw.).The Pet Shop Boys first performed their version of Always On My Mind in 1987, when various popular contemporary acts performed Elvis Presley covers on a special TV show to commemorate the tenth anniversary

Although I don’t consider myself to be a picky eater, I’ve been told that I tend to dissect my food. This is particularly true when said food was once alive and has the ability to surprise me with an unexpected texture or color. I hate to admit that this attention to food detail has in [...]

BellaSugar recently rented a cute Smart Fortwo car — be sure to check out her adventures. Hearing about the car’s tiny size made me think of the scene in that old Mentos commercial. You know, the one where the girl’s teeny tiny car gets wedged into a parking spot and she needs four burly [...] Related Entries: Foodie Flashback Brad Pitt Has the FeverI was trolling around YouTube looking for a fun foodie flashback, when I struck gold. In a before he was ...Foodie Flashback: Space Food SticksFor some reason I assumed energy bars were an invention of the 90s. However, I just discovered that back in ...Foodie Flashback: Kirsten Dunst Loved Her PillsburyThe other day, when I was looking for vintage Pillsbury Doughboy commercials, I came across one for Pillsbury Mi

(image from Retrojunk) As a kid, there are no two things more enticing in the world than candy and toys. So when the two combine together in some way it can have quite an irresistible impact. While PEZ dispensers might be the undisputed king in this novelty treat category, another contender from my youth [...]

Funny dating flashback. I was thinking about when my husband and I were DATING!!!! There was nearly no sign of normalcy in this man whatsoever. Why then did I want to date him? That’s a very insightful question. See, I was quite normal. In fact, I was the girl at the office that guys wanted [...]

Betseyville's "Cirque de la Betsey" tote is a fabulous blast from the past. Its decorative chain with multi-color charms looks just like the charm necklaces I used to collect as a child (that's them in the top photo - aren't they amazing?!). Quintessential '80s style all the way. If you're feeling nostalgic like me, or want to give this trend a try for the very first time, get the purse for $85.00 at Karmaloop.com.

Yesterday, my friend saw the post about my husband’s hanger trick, and suddenly it hit me that I never told her about it. When she mentioned the hanger, I had a flashback to the time period when she and I met. At that time, life was much too serious to ever talk or think about [...]

Over at Whoorl’s blog she asks her readers to write about their favorite childhood item. What was my favorite childhood item? My Batgirl Underoos. I got them for Christmas when I was 4 and I was jumping up and down with excitement. I wanted them for the longest, longest time and begged and begged to get a [...]

"A girl's best friend is a Betty Crocker mix!""For girls who know boys who like to eat: A good date idea...""A Chef Boy-Ar-Dee pizza convinces boys there's no place like home"Vintage 1960, Seventeen Magazine: The ads bring to mind the old saying, "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." Fast forward to Seventeen Magazines of today and the message appears to be, "The way to a man's heart is by showing your stomach...and then some." My, my, we've come along way, haven't we? I have a sudden urge to go bake something...