On the heels of the economic meltdown and the financial bailout comes Bernie Madoff, the former chairman of NASDAQ, with his 50 billion dollar Ponzi scheme which, according to the Wall Street Journal, has stunned "sophisticated investors". All because of greed. Be very careful who you do business with. Ask questions. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true. Or you
Mark Steyn puts into perspective Condoleeza Rice's denial of reality when she insisted to Cal Thomas at least 3 years ago that she thought the "palestinian people" want a better life. He says about this: I think she knows she doesn’t know it. But in the modern world there is no diplomatic vocabulary for the kind of cultural fault line represented by the Israeli/Palestinian dispute, so
By Kalena Jordan (c) 2008 Those of us who are daily Twitter users already grok the power of the application and it's potential. But there are still a lot of Twitter critics out there, as well as those people who just don't understand how to use it. I recently saw this comment on a blog: "I've been tweeting but... from what I've seen in the last couple of weeks, it's either a 'look at me'
That would produce an eventual price drop of 25% from the peak recorded in the summer of 2007 - the biggest ever.
The annual forecast from Rics suggests that property sales may have bottomed out and could rise by 10% during 2009.
But Rics says the government must take action to restore the flow of mortgage funds [...]
By Bud L. Ellis
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ATLANTA — On the final night of July, with the trade of Mark Teixeira and the realization that the Atlanta Braves would spend the next two months playing out the string, Clint Sammons gave us all reason to smile.
The former Parkview High quarterback and one-time University of Georgia standout blasted his first [...]
Hilary Duff leaving Bardot nightclub in Hollywood (12/6)
Hilary Duff claims she never told Elle magazine back in 2006 she was a virgin. So, ya know, if that’s been bugging you, now you can finally sleep at night. Duff told the January edition of Maxim:
You know what? I was quoted saying I was a virgin, but [...]
Um, can someone please tell me the name of this Cheerleading team? Inquiring minds would like to know. Thank you. Boy did that just make my day.
It looks like college basketball but this has to be Europe. If any teams do this in the USA then I’m buying the first airline ticket I can find. [...]
Gary Neville has been recalled to the first team for tonight’s home tie with Aalborg to make only his 11th start of the season and if you discount the Carling Cup, his first start since the 2 – 1 defeat to Arsenal on 8th November. In the defeat, Neville had a stinker and was [...]
In the never-ending quest to rid your computer of unnecessary bloat, Windows Vista has a lot less options than prior versions, but you can still get rid of some of the extra Windows components that you don't need.Open up Control Panel and go to the Programs and Features section. Find the link for "Turn Windows features on or off" (or you could just search for it) This dialog is quite self-explana
In New York City there are lots of busses. This NYC-based writer/activist is feeling increasingly fearful that his state's Democratic leadership is going to throw him under one. This from the NY Daily News: More details have emerged about what,...
1. Money is not evil. The way money is EARNED and SPENT is good or evil, depending on the ethics applied to it. (The same as FOOD is not evil, the way some food are processed IS EVil and its effects damaging.)
2. If money is earned in a way that supports, protects or enhances sustainable, [...]
I’ve been tagged again. This time by two of my favourite bloggers, FT over at Notes From The Frugal Trenches (pop over and take a look at the awesome photos she’s put up on her tag post - they‘re truly beautiful) and A Piece of Wood.
This time the idea is to list six things that most people probably don’t know about me.
I have very large feet. They’re a size 9 now but that’s because
Consumer Spending in U.S. Probably Dropped by Most in 7 Years
The U.S. sank into a deeper recession as consumer spending, the biggest part of the economy, dropped in October by the most since the 2001 contraction, economists said before a government report today.
By Shobhana Chandra
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. sank into a deeper [...]
The internet has been buzzing with rumors that Justice didn't play live at their recent gig at Manchester's Warehouse Project, based on a photo that showed Gaspard Augé working a MIDI controller that mysteriously hadn't been plugged in. While the levels of schadenfreude have reached epic proportions quite quickly, Justice has shot back with the claim that they indeed noticed soon after the pictur
United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday that workers will not make any more concessions and that getting the automakers back on their feet means figuring out a way to turn around the slumping economy. "Would you buy a car from a bankrupt automaker?" he asked. With an attitude like that, why should we the taxpayers bailout the Big
So let’s get the conversation going.
I’ve been so busy recently with moving offices that I haven’t had the opportunity to reply to many of the comments readers have left here or get involved in conversations through this blog. I thought I’d try to spark things by listing a few things I’ve done that you probably [...]
The term “brand” continues to have a good deal of misinterpretation and misinformation attached to it - even today as it’s become part of our common daily conversation. Many, if...
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I am not feeling quite worthy of passing on frugal tips when I had throw away 30% of my fridge food that I have somehow let go bad. Some seriously scary stuff in there. And I am feeling all bad cause of the whole starving kids in China thing. That sounds quite flippant, but seriously, [...]
by: Timothy Rudon
Defensive driving teaches safe driving techniques to drivers. At defensive driving classes students learn to overcome mistakes in driving techniques, learn to improve their driving skills; learn to make informed decisions and to anticipate situations while driving.
Defensive driving classes have been set up in every state by the government [...]
Not all national parks and monuments in the USA get the same amount of love from tourists. So while the Great Smokey Mountains will get more than 9 million visitors a year Aniakchak National Monument will get more like 60 visitors. That is not because Aniakchak is uninteresting, it is just very remote.
Given its remote [...]
If you are looking for a coffee in Shanghai you can go to one of the many international cafe chains, like Starbucks, or you could go to the Taiwanese cafe chain ecoffee.ecoffee storeI thought it was a starbucks when I first saw the shop from afar. Starbucks thinks so as well, and has filed a complaint over the matter. Here are the logos of ecoffee and Starbucks.Like any good knock off, the coffee
NFL Network’s Adam Schefter reports that Ryan Torain probably has a torn ACL and unless the MRI shows it to be more benign than that tomorrow, will be placed on Injured Reserve.
That would be four, count them, four running backs to go down for the count this season, leaving only Selvin Young who left the [...]
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EIB Loans For Small Businesses…
Alistair Darling proudly announced last week that £4bn has been earmarked for lending by the European Investment Bank to the UK’s small and medium sized business sectors over the next four years as part of a European initiative to support SME’s through the current credit crunch.
His performance reminded [...]
In my last two post, I tried identifying alternatives to well known serif and sans typefaces.
I barely scratched the surface, so I thought I’d provide a list of more independent, less known type foundries I like—ones I haven’t included in the past—along with a review of one notable font on her production table.
One of these [...]
British atheists have raised a pile of cash to tell Londoners there’s probably no God and to get on with life.
The nation’s first atheist advertising campaign has beaten its funding target in less than 24 hours, raising nearly nine times the amount it needed to posts its ads on public buses in London.
Organisers hope to [...]
Jeffrey Luppino-Esposito and Stelios Phili EDITORS5. In 1994 after many successful years of family-friendly television, the cast of "Full House" was devastated by the revelation that Bob Saget was in fact sleeping with Mary-Kate Olsen... I know, I know, it was absolutely shocking, everyone could have swore he was banging Ashley.4. In 2007, an optimistic zombie re-awoke from the dead, in hopes of r
Physicians evaluating erectile dysfunction typically order blood tests to measure testosterone levels. Supposedly, a low level of this male hormone indicates a low sex drive. But recent research suggests that testosterone level is not a good predictor of sex drive.Researchers at Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown, New York, examined the records of 108 men (average age 59) who had gone to an erectil
OMG! Guess who came into our Hollywood and Highland store on Tuesday?!!! Katherine "the Rainbow Killer" Heigl!!Oh wait......it was only to use the mirror before a premiere.Classy.
-A British atheist group plans to put ads in London buses that proclaim: “There’s probably no God”.-Next month, voters in San Francisco get to vote on a measure that would eliminate the power of local law enforcement officials to go after prostitutes.-The U.N. is urging governments to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic - do they know something that we don't?-President Bush has now ope
You’ve tried all the usual ways to get your child to bed on time: sticking to a nightly routine; stopping them from eating and drinking well before bedtime, etc. However, none of these seem to work well so you’re caving in to the idea of getting a children sleep aid. Here are some facts that would encourage you. Facts you probably don’t know about how children sleep aids are being prescribed
You mentioned in a recent column regarding 98% slot paybacks that “if you look closely at the casino advertisement, it will probably say, “on select machines.” Typically that means dollar machines, but the return usually it is not posted on the machine itself, and generally will be limited to a single carousel of machines, or [...]
Alan Shearer. Shotgun. That door. Right Now.Anyway, how does this keep happening? Overcomingbias seems to write about whatever I talked about the night before. Maybe I should start talking about how I can get super rich by reading about an easy method on the internet that noone else bothers to try... hint hint universe, hint hint.
Speaking on St. Louis radio, the candidate says Obama’s recent comments have “probably ensured” the former Weather Underground leader will come up in Wednesday’s debate.
Berlin-based Mashallah Design & Linda Kostowski have created items of clothing by scanning human bodies and using the data to create sewing patterns. The human form is turned into 3D patterns of polygons, which are then turned into 2D files and used to laser cut fabric. The project was on show at Create Berlin during the London Design Festival earlier this month...via Yatzer
Researchers at Durham University in the UK are working hard to ensure that the academic sector isn't left out of the multi-touch craze. The still-unnamed "interactive multi-touch desk" is a major...
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- This is what it's like living in the city, says the parents from Palo Alto to their 3 year old daughter as she sitting on one of the swings in Golden Gate Park, complaining that the noise from the building work close by is too loud.- Are you kiddin' me? shrieks the mother as they start the three second bursts of drilling. They could have waited until there were no children here!(Later, I hear th
An Angry John McCain, Should He Really Be Trusted With The Button? You Decide.
Vomiting My Anguish
This week in October, with less than a month to go in the presidential election, McCain and Palin had resorted to “paint Obama as a terrorist” tactics.
When asked by Palin, -Who Is Obama?,supporters at Sarah Palin’s rallies had been quoted [...]
So I was just listing a new property on Postlets again the other day…and thinking to myself,
“Man…how dang cool is this? I mean, what an incredible marketing resource for real estate investors to have access to?”...
From
MoveOn.org. It was really hard not to bold every single word below.
1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,” yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.
2. According to Bloomberg [...]
They’ve been doing bad things to me at work.
Not so much bad things. More like, “Do I REALLY have to?” things.
I’ve been working the the frame shop.
I must be doing an okay job because they’ve put me there 3 days in a row.
Its really not HORRIBLE work putting peoples pictures in frames, but I’m just [...]
Miley Cyrus is only 15-years-old but the Hannah Montana star is reportedly dating a 20-year-old man. You know what that means - the pregnancy rumors will begin again!Miley is apparently dating Justin Gaston, an underwear model and aspiring country singer.A source told OK!, "Miley and Justin were really playful with each other. And for being with her parents, they were extremely touchy-feely. Mil
{summary}I’ve been thinking about making a three hour road trip in search of the perfect country ham. For those of you who are uninitiated in the savory sensation, country ham is a super-salty cured, dry, salty, yummy, salty ham that has to be specially prepared by a real Southerner. It is best served cold or at room temperature in a little dinner roll or on sandwich bread with a sme
I was speaking to a mother in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, today whose daughter took the standardized college admission test the ACT rather than the SAT. The mother spoke about the strategy for whether to guess on questions.This is not my expertise, but it did remind me that it’s important to know the parameters of any standardized test you take for college admission or graduate school admission. In
If you’re looking into replacing your old pillows check out this cool and unusual pillows! Some of them are really weird and some are amazing!
You decide the best one for you. I reallly like the sheep pillow and the dead horse head.
Too bad that I only found the pictures and no links from [...]
Portland rocks. It has excellent food, coffee, people, techies, transportation, foliage, entertainment, and bloggers! But we have suffered a tragedy: we just lost OSCON to San Jose. What!? From Jul 17-19, 2009 Lets replace it with something equally tremendous. And we can.
How?
With this handy Google Spreadsheet Form.
Yep, that’s four lines of text you have [...]
H/t MoonBattery.comOn the other hand, if his kind actually represents the sort of person you are, then go right ahead and vote for him -- even annoying rotten bastards have a right to fair representation in Washington.
Bakaq penarik beca dah kena 2 hariRPK sedang meringkuk entah di manaSheih Kickdefella kena tangkap Blogging emerges as one of the most dangerous past time in Malaysia at the time being. Every word of yours will be surgically counted, I suppose. A Sabahan blogger spotted this (-seems-that-authorities-were-true-to.html), and we aren't surprise by his findings. BigMOUTH causes the red bars
Then I got to the last one which told me I'm I a "border dependent" (Cant stand state-lines though, (Also, did they forget type 10; "drinking because of impending credit crunch related doom" (thats all I do these days, drink whiskey from the bottle and polish my shotgun ready for that damn credit to come crunching through the front door, I'll show him/it/them(It's them right?))?)).
The apparent suicide of writer David Foster Wallace is a very sad loss for the literary world.
We excerpt a passage from a 1996 salon.com interview with the writer: "What's it like to be a ...
When I got home after my Karate class, it was round 9PM. Like any ordinary day, I flip open my laptop and read some emails…
CLICK! As I open the first email - guess what? Someone’s frustrated at me. Uhhh… Why? I didn’t answer his email. Let’s just say mister x did some of these things…
Hi Carlos! - Oh c’mon guys, do some homework before sending me an emai
There is something really funny about technology, especially for those who can afford anything under the sun. However, technology has not always given us everything we ever wanted. For instance, we still don’t have a car that turns into a helicopter when we need. And we also don’t have a cellphone that could be used [...]
Obama likes to pretend that McCain is 'all of the same, none of the change' after the Democratic Party has spent a considerable amount of time and money trying to convince the American people that President Bush 'lied', is corrupt, and only lives to serve his own interests.He also likes to paint each solution that McCain trots out as another sad attempt at bamboozling Americans into giving up cont
The Pet’s Observation Porthole - Probably one of the greatest pet innovations of all time.
imkevin:
Best of Skymall. The Pet’s Observation Porthole.
Easily the best thing I found in a Skymall today.
Long day yesterday. Short night last night. Got to the school at 6:45 yesterday morning. I didn't get home until just before 7:00 PM. Our school had it's first PTA meeting and Open House last night so I stayed at school and made sure my room was ready and current student work was posted;..............for one parent! That's right! One parent. I stayed until 6:30 PM for one parent. The same parent t
Scientists Friday published a report meant to put to rest fears that the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest particle accelerator, might cause disastrous, Earth-destroying events, such as the creation of black holes. “The LHC will enable us to study in detail what nature is doing all around us,” said the facility’s Director General, France’s Robert (“row bear”) Aymar. “The
“In no where could my story be possible, but in this country”, admits Obama. That speaks volumes about the U.S. as a country. A country where a - “nobody”, has the best shot in the world, to become a - “somebody”
But the shadow of doubt that looms over this country over the issue of race relations [...]
Imagine that the sun never played a role in determining our climate. Imagine that the clouds, the oceans and the wind are innocent bystanders of the climate change. Then the rational mind begins to question. What determines the climate? I guess with all the media coverage, the political darling, the “Global Warming” would be the logical choice to put its hand up and say, “I am the one who de
The hotel is dotted with willow trees, like the West Lake side
the West Lake
I’ve been to this hostel, so I am not bluffing here. Also, if it is a hotel that is intended for entertaining state leaders in China, that must be something. What I am talking about is the Hangzhou Xihu State Guesthouse (杭州西湖國賓館). [...]
The enormous increase of people suffering from obesity is not the result of a less active lifestyle as is often thought. This is the result of a research done at the University of Maastricht en the University of Aberdeen. Measurements show that in the last 25 years people haven’t been using any less energy. According [...]
I needed to laugh today.
And THIS?
Works every damn time.
(One of the funniest things on the planet. Send it to someone who works in a cubical. It will help ease the pain.)
Long-lasting, energy-saving CFLs are a great way to save money and energy while enhancing the look of your home. It’s time to get acquainted with CFLs.
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Every once in awhile a movie comes along where you bond with one of the characters in a completely heterosexual manner. Let me clarify by saying; this list correlates with the character played and not the actor.
Finally arrived back in Germany. I got very little sleep and am jet lagged. Got the below in an email thought I would share it. 1 . Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. 2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. 3. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a 'tittle'. 4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and do
I always have good memories of Reader's Digest magazine, which I would read with my dad (he still has his subscription, and I'm about to turn 42). I especially loved the Question and answer columns, the Laugh Out Loud column, and anything where readers shared their stories.Now on line, RD has a great article entitled, Are You Normal or Nuts? where they share people's quirks with answers from medi
small freckle
- “Freckle face,” It does not matter, the big star of foreign models are usually large freckle face, as long as the make-up master some skills on the beautiful!
The first step, with light-coloured liquid Zhexia Gao shadow and obscure flaw.
The second step will be repairing foundation of mixed white light beige foundation, [...]
1) Condom Tip HatsAny hat the looks like it needs to be rolled off as a definite NO in my book.Marni, Fall 20082) Crotch Flap SkirtsI'm waiting to see if something peeks out from behind one of them.Louise Goldin (left) & Akris (right), Fall 20083) Split PersonalitiesHalf dress, half pantsuit? Half lab coat, half cocktail dress? Oh, hell-to-the-no.Yohji Yamamoto (left) & Limi Feu (right),
This Tip will help you to remove Windows Vista Extra/Components, for that Open up Control Panel and go to the Programs and Features section. Find the link for "Turn Windows features on or off" (or you could just search for it)uncheck the things you don't want, and hit the OK button. Depending on the version of Vista you are running you might not see everything in the list.Guidelines, Not Set In St
{summary}(if they were weird enough to sort through it)
1 - Someone has sensitive skin.
2 - Someone is very picky about their soda and never buys any other brand.
3 - We have a kid (lots of milk cartons).
4 - Someone is cheap thrifty (expired coupon scraps go in the bin).
5 - We try to recycle things that are probably not even recyclable (don’t know about that detergent box - I’ll probabl
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Photo courtesy of smudge_cmlDespite the release of Microsoft Vista and the possible release of Windows 7 in the distant future, many computer users still stick to the tested and stable version of Windows XP. Just last month, Microsoft announced that it will extend its support of Windows XP to 2014, a good news for the Windows XP fans. Since we are still stuck around with Windows XP for another hal
Vanity BandGenre: Rock / PopFrom: Los Angeles, California United StatesThe profile of Vanity Band is much lower than such a name might suggest. They only have 137 myspace friends which makes them the myspace equivalent of the cat lady in the Simpsons and their profile has only been viewed 4,435 times. Google Vanity Band and very little comes up apart from the band's myspace site and a website for
If in doubt ask yourself this question;
Is it too good to be true?
When there is doubt in my mind about something then I ask this question.
As an example, we recently saw some offers of 1 year Yahoo listings for $50. The usual price is $299. Dozens of people paid their $50 and were listed on [...]
Stem cell research has been on for at least two decades now and has made tremendous headway in biological and other related medical studies.Generally, research utilizes two kinds of stem cells- embryonic and adult stem cells. While human embryonic stem cells (isolated from human embryos) are a largely controversial field, studies continue.Plastic surgery procedures like nose
Jocelyn Kirsch admits $116K fraud in Pa. ID theft, after admitting Monday that she and her boyfriend pulled off a brazen identity-theft scheme that funded trips, fancy dinners and expensive salon visits.Travel photos show Kirsch and ex-beau Edward Anderton, a onetime Ivy League swimmer, posing in matching red swimsuits by a luxury hotel pool and kissing near the Eiffel Tower. But in court Monday,
This is probably the truck I would use if I were to sell ice cream for a living. ”DO YOU WANT SOME EFFING ICE CREAM KID!?!?” (Joke credits go to Matt Gist)
-Sunny
1. To duplicate tabs press Ctrl (Cmd on Mac) while dragging a tab to create a duplicate of the dragged tab including its history.
2. To move tabs to another window just drag a tab and drop it on another window to move it. If the dragged tab is the [...]
Tragedy is part and parcel of the blues, of life and everything really. And I have said it many times, you have to live the blues to play the blues, consider one Hip Linkchain.Cancer took, the guitarist and song writer, Hip Linkchain's life before he got to be big on the blues scene, that is why I say "you probably don't know" him. His best album Airbusters was released before he passed away in 19
The Boston Globe reports on a theory that I'd heard about a while back that seems to be gaining traction, amassing evidence to support it, Head Fake: How Prozac Sent the Science of Depression in the Wrong Direction. The idea is that rather than depression being due to a shortage of some neurotransmitter or other, that it is actually due to neurons (brain cells) shrinking and dying in much the same
Ormai anche Lampard ammette la trattativa..Oggi il corriere dello sport ha riportato una mezza ammissione del centrocampista Franky Lampard, in merito alla trattativa che si sta avviando alla conclusione."Inter? Yes, probably", probabilmente sì. Un altra prova per confermare la trattativa che continua da quasi un mese.Una mezza ammissione, confessata a un amico ristoratore di Taormina
Did you notice my new blog feature? Look over there ----> It's called "the mundane details" because that's exactly what it is. I finally joined twitter and now I can bore you all to death with what I'm doing all. day. long. WOO.Anyway. I'm around 28 weeks pregnant now. This baby moves all the time when the boys are not around and is quiet and still when they are. I'm hoping this means they
