This morning I lay awake in bed, my mind reeling with everything that's been going on in the past month and most recently my husbands car blowing up last night and how much it's going to cost to have it towed to the mechanics and how much it will cost to fix and whether we can actually afford to buy a new (crucially needed) vehicle... we can't. And I hear crunching outside the window.I swear it so
On Monday morning, the sudden news of George on leave wrecked my entire plan. I wanted to spend my time concentrating on the design work for Faris and his website but I ended up spending the time on catching up with the assignments instead.It was the first time I took over from George to stand in front of the kids even though I was given quite a number of times earlier on. The old disappointment s
I'm ashamed of the little effort I have been able to put in my triathlon training. I was planning to swim once a week, run 3 times a week and cycle during the weekends in combination with 3 strength-training sessions.
I'm publicly admitting that this has absolutely failed. I'm using the same excuse as I have seen so many times before and I thought I was immune for this: time and lots of work. E
Well, like most Americans right now I am in a position financially where I have to start looking for better work. My old job is fading and fading fast. The problem is that there are not many jobs out there right now. I did an IT job search and didn't find near the amount of results that I would have found if I searched a year ago. It is sad that the economy is in the state it is. Too many people a
Monogodo tagged me with the six random things meme
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3. Write six random things about yourself.
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5. Let each person know they have been tagged.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
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I write this post mainly to talk about new bloggers worldwide, but the statement applies in any act of business - both online or offline. Weekly, I get dozens of bloggers telling me how they’re going to make it online - talking about making money online with a blog. Now, unless you undergo in activities like Pay Per Post and Smorty (which will only see you Google slapped and suffer in the long r
The ministers are all over the media in TV and press saying that our economy is okay and we won't be affected by the huge international economic crisis despite our economy isn't okay without any huge international economic crisis and we are already affected by it. In 48 hours the Egyptian Stock exchange has lost L.E 150 Billion "Yes with B not M". The government thinks we are children wh
Because the President said a word in his campaign that no journalist is going to jail in his era and because he is man of his word, he won’t let Ibrahim Eissa go to jail despite the later continual vicious attack on the president and his son.
On the day of the victory President Mubarak pardoned Ibrahim Eissa and issued his order to both the ministers of Justice and interior to activate the order
Last year one of my good friends wrote me to say she had an eye doctor appointment that afternoon and later wrote me to say she was now going to be a card carrying member of the 'glasses' wearing scene.Now, I admit I love wearing glasses for 'fun' and even have a fake pair bought at Claire's to wear when I want to channel the inner 'GEEK' in me... I'm not sure I'd want to wear them full time. T
Green and Blue vs. Red, as in the Democratic Party realizing too late that clinging to the religion of mankind-engendered Global Warming has made them overconfident that they were swaying the masses into being ready to pay more and give up more self-determination to save our planet from impending doom -- truth be told, the hard economics of real life are more important to most Americans than savin
Business As UsualThe calvary coming to the rescue as stated by a congressman yesterday must have been riding lame horses.I woke up to a picture of Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd saying to the TV cameras that there is no deal because the Democrats will not move forward without bipartisan support. His point is that they will not move forward with this bailout proposal as "a three legged stool." Th
The city is full of stories of Soha Ali Khan’s on-off relationship with Tamil star Siddharth but the actress laughs it all off. Her life seems to have done a turnaround. "I’m so amused by all these articles. I’m not admitting or denying anything. But most of what is being written is completely untrue. If [...]
Wise Up -- Aimee Mann
A reader sent me today's featured song. It is one of the best advice songs for the housing bubble. "It's not what you thought when you first began it. You got what you want. Now you can hardly stand it though, by now you know it's not going to stop. Prepare a list of what you need, before you sign away the deed. 'Cause it's not going to stop. So j
In a recent study, researchers forecast that by 2030, 86.3% of American adults will be overweight or obese.
By 2048, all American adults would become overweight or obese.
Total health-care costs attributable to obesity would rise to 860.7–956.9 billion US dollars by 2030, accounting for 16–18% of total US health-care costs.
By 2048, that number would swell to 3.8276 trillion US dollars.
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Friends,I want to give you one more reminder about the candlelight service tonight at First Presbyterian in Elizabethton, 119 West F Street. Here is a map. The service will be at 7 p.m. It is called A Service to Honor the Knoxville Shooting Victims and toShine a Light for Hope, Human Dignity, and Peace A friend told me today that she didn't know how much this incident affected her until she t
Well it looks like Tiggs has changed her mind. The Hellgate forums are not coming down tonight. No word why. No word on anything else either. The Mythos servers won’t be coming down for another two hours, however. Let us know if anyone else would like to change their mind about anything else regarding Flagship [...]
I guess it's probably official... I'm not going to attend my 20th High School Reunion that is coming up next month. I got the paperwork about 2 months ago and wavered sending it in so I tucked it away and promptly forgot about it. Right before I had received the invitation and request for information for the booklet they put out I had 'someone' contact me from out of the blue to see if I had hea
Seriously, ease up. Joel Madden's in no hurry to shove a ring on Nicole Richie's finger. Of course he isn't. She's a gila monster. Yeah, I know she had a kid, but that doesn't make her less of a gila monster.Madden did the guest DJ thing at the Suzuki/Oakley Celebrity Ride on Wednesday, and spoke about his reluctance to tie the knot with his babylady. "We don't have any plans for that right now,"
It's not that I wouldn't love to get out on there (I'm pretty sure I'd be way too scared though)...its that I know I'd fall, and that wouldn't be cool.
"yeah the rock gave way under him..."
"what rock?"
"the one in Norway...lodged between those two cliff faces, about 1000 meteres above ground."
"What the hell was doing stood on a rock lodged between two cliff faces?"
"Meh."
Found this via wherethe
While posing for photographs at the Paris premiere for Hancock, Will Smith tried his hardest to not look down the dress of his co-star, Charlize Theron. Smith felt that it was one of his more difficult challenges he had faced in his professional career. Smith said, “Professionalism seems to be lacking in today’s world and [...]
You can make up your own mind.
Here are the facts:
Today, I received an official looking letter from the “Indemnification/Disbursement Division” of “The Offices of Government Insured Loans.” This is not a federal agency - despite the fact that the company is trying very hard to look like it with their kraft brown envelopes and [...]
NOT GOING OUT “Kid” - 8:40pm BBC America
30 DAYS “ANIMAL RIGHTS” - 10pm FX
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NOT GOING OUT “Stress” - 8:40pm BBC America
30 DAYS “Living In A Wheelchair” - 10pm FX
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On TV Tonight, Tuesday 6/10: NOT GOING OUT and 30 DAYS
A few months ago, I made a command decision: if I don’t know someone (i.e., if I ran into them, I’d feel weird going over and saying hi), I don’t have to go to their weddings/baby showers/graduation parties. It’s the time of year for that sort of thing, and, especially when you travel in my [...]
At the La Mer and Oceana Party for World Ocean Day 2008 on Wednesday night in New York City, Ted Danson decided to bring the whole “going green” movement down to the level of childish name calling. Danson saw that the movement had been making some headway, but was beginning to stall. Danson said, “It’s [...]
Oh, Rumer… when will you ever learn?
Thankfully, Rumer Willis was joined by gorgeous gals like Kristin Cavallari and Christina Milian at the launch party for Ocean Pacific in LA yesterday....
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Although I love the Apprentice like Vin Diesel loves being in crappy action films, I won't be watching it this week. I'm applying for jobs at the moment and the last thing I want to watch is other people being interviewed. I'm sure this week's episode is god though.Here's some news about former Apprentice candidate Nicholas De Lacy- Brown. A wall fell on him and his leg was crushed.According to tr
I have had several comments over the past few months from managers at naseba as well as old friends from my previous employer asking me to do an entry on “the blow out.”
Up until yesterday, I declined to discuss this subject in my blog because for people not in sales it is very difficult to [...]
NOT GOING OUT “Aussie” - 8:40pm BBC America
30 DAYS “Working In a Coal Mine” - 10pm FX
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On TV Tonight, Tuesday 6/3: NOT GOING OUT and 30 DAYS
We often get ask this question: When will the market bottom? Are interest rates going to get any lower? When should I buy a house? Well, here’s an interesting article from CNBC: Don’t Wait: Mortgage Rates Unlikely To Go Any Lower
Here’s an optimistic look at Home Sale in 2008: Home Sales and Prices to pick [...]
Yes my dear reader. High oil prices are here to stay. You ask why but the price of oil has run up so much lately? Well, there are two reasons for that, one is speculative and second is fundamental. I will go through both the reasons so you may have a better understanding of what [...]
Chak De girl Vidya Malvade is not going to South Africa to shoot for Fear Factor. Few days before her father had a heart attack and was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital which led Vidya to take the decision.Confirms the actress, “Yes I’m not going to be in Fear Factor due to the on-going family crisis. I was supposed to go to SA by the end of this month but in my present state of mind I re
Chak De girl Vidya Malvade is not going to South Africa to shoot for Fear Factor. Few days before her father had a heart attack and was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital which led Vidya to take the decision.
Confirms the actress, “Yes I’m not going to be in Fear Factor due to the on-going family [...]
From: The Neural Buddhists Over the past several years, the momentum has shifted away from hard-core materialism. The brain seems less like a cold machine. It does not operate like a computer. Instead, meaning, belief and consciousness seem to emerge mysteriously from idiosyncratic networks of neural firings. Those squishy things called emotions play a gigantic role in all forms of thinking.
In this April 14, 2008 file photo, "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul arrives at the 2008 CMT Awards, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file) LOS ANGELES -- For starters, Paula Abdul isn't going anywhere. "Why would we get rid of Paula?" wonders Cecile Frot-Coutaz matter-of-factly, when questioned about possibly nixing the wacky "American Idol" judge now infamous for -- among other things -- critiquing both of Jason Castro's songs after he'd sung only one. All the chatter about Abdul's slip-up during Tuesday's "Idol" performance show doesn't faze the FremantleMedia North America CEO and "Idol" executive producer. Nor did the subsequent speculation about the singing competition'
BBC America just sent us the first three episodes of a new sitcom coming NOT GOING OUT.
Here is the premise of the show:
While Lee, unburdened by ambition or drive, drifts from one ill-advised job to another, he’s quite happy to live off Kate’s goodwill and generosity — even if that means occasionally having [...]
I can tell you now, that I will not make the kind of mess you see here on the floor of a local store, here in Tallahassee, Florida. My work is clean, professional, customer oriented, reviewed, and thought out with detail, and scrutiny.
When I look at messes made by other professionals, I am annoyed since [...]
A decision to start a diet is a very serous one. You must be aware of the fact that your body is not a toy with which you can play and do whatever you wish - make it slimmer, then make it fatter, after that make it slimmer again. Your organism is a serious mechanism [...]
The search for Paris Hilton’s new best friend is not going as well as the heiress would have hoped. The first kink in the plan? The turnout at the New York City casting call for “hot bitches and fierce guys” turned out a paltry 40 to 50 people, according to most reports from insiders. In [...]
The search for Paris Hilton’s new best friend is not going as well as the heiress would have hoped. The first kink in the plan? The turnout at the New York City casting call for “hot bitches and fierce guys” turned out a paltry 40 to 50 people, according to most reports from insiders. In [...]
Many personal-finance sites and authors talk about the need to cut your day-to-day expenses so that you can boost your savings. Good simple advice, but some who propose concepts like the obligatory measure of eliminating your daily cup (or two or three) of coffee and investing what you would have spent on it - are going too far. Yes, if you save $3 a day, for $720 a year, you will have some number like $10,000 in 20 years saved. A lot of money no doubt. However, in life you got to live a bit, for which you need to spend a bit. In my view, life's daily little pleasures like my morning cup of coffee have an intangible value to me which far exceed the $3 or so I spend on it. Maybe it's the caffeine or the simple experience of taking the time out to get the coffee and the 5-10 minutes to catch
Contrary to the earlier reports claiming that she will have a nude scene in an upcoming film "Florence", Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan won't bare all her skin in front of camera. Article Tools Submit to Digg Bookmark to del.icio.us Give it to Reddit
Auditions were held in New York City for Paris Hilton's new MTV reality show where contestants will compete to be the Wonk's new best friend. Turns out not many people give a shit. Believe me when I say words cannot express the levels of shock I'm experiencing right now. OK! Magazine reports:
But the scene outside Nikki Midtown earlier this week didn't exactly resemble the thousands of
Auditions were held in New royalty City for town Hilton’s new MTV actuality show where contestants module contend to be the Wonk’s newborn prizewinning friend. Turns discover not some grouping provide a shit. Believe me when I feature text cannot impart the levels of damper I’m experiencing correct now. OK! Magazine reports:
But the environs correct [...]
Warfare By Other MeansTurkey has sharpened its anti-PKK political offensive, to include increased "information focus" on the sources of PKK finances. Fundraising by Kurdish "front organizations" in Europe is a major source of PKK cash; the Turkish government has been pressing central and western European countries to shutdown the "fronts" operating in their territory. Turkey has especially put pressure on its NATO allies. The other big source of PKK money is the drug business. Yes, the PKK is involved in drug smuggling. This is old news but the kind of news that often gets little media coverage. Turkey has started pointing out that the PKK began smuggling opium in 1982, moving some of its "product" through PKK-controlled camps in Lebanon. The PKK has also provided a "conne
We lost power yesterday at 7 AM. I didn’t think it was any big deal at first, but after what seemed like hours, I started to panic. In all actuality, it had only been maybe two minutes, but still.
I’ve been meaning all week to stop being SO LAME and get out this house that, by Friday, felt like [...]
There is still 4 days 3 hours 15 mins and 52 seconds left to get entered for some great free stuff at Hanks Holiday Handout #2 giving away $200+ of prizes!
Have you ever noticed how many “get a free credit report” commercials are on tv anymore? How do you know which ones are legit and [...]
Meet the “Defendius”! The innovative, and downright cool, 100% titanium alloy door lock….you would have thought opening a door could be so much fun!
For extra fun, place it on the outside of a toilet door, provide drink and watch the resulting panic.
This innovative lock is designed by Art Lebedev Studio… responsible for the amazing Optimus [...]
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According to a report by Vince Grippi of the Spokesman Review, Washington State head coach had preliminary talks with Indiana and has decided not to take it any further. In other words, he’s not coming to IU.
Indiana University called. Tony Bennett answered. He listened. Then he decided to stay put.
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Lindsay_007 did a Spixie motivation video. Actually, her first video ever.She's known for that incredible Spixie fan fic (THE LUCKIEST) which gets more hits than just about anything there. Now she's vidding:
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Florida democrats have been talking about a “do over” in Florida ever since the primary early this year. The problem is that Florida’s primary came to early for the democrat schedule.
The DNC banned the Florida delegates from being seated at the convention since they had their primary too early. Then Hillary won the primary. She [...]
As you know, we’re nearing the two year birthday mark, which can only mean two things: only a handful of my friends have RSVP’d yet (where ARE you guys?) and people are starting to talk about preschool. Admittedly, the preschool application process in Chicago isn’t as daunting as it is in New York as described [...]
I am kind of fed up with the “we want you to be rich” stuff that’s going around (yes, I am talking about the barrage of programs and books from The Secret to the latest Trump publishing endeavor). I think that that is the kind of propaganda that keeps illusions alive, and while we live [...]
Despite Social Networks being the most popular destinations on the web and they making efforts to boost their ad platforms advertising has not really been very successful on social networks and Google just confirmed it in their conference call to showcase their last quarter earnings.CFO George Reyes said social networking advertising is not monetizing as expected. When questioned further Sergey Brin, president of technology, said: “We don’t talk about individual partners or anything like that.” Brin noted some things were tried that didn’t pan out. While Brin won’t talk about partners it’s fairly obvious that MySpace is an issue. Google is obligated to pay at least $900 million in minimum revenue guarantees to MySpace through 2010. Later, the question was revisited again. He no
Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, acknowledged on Thursday that a “fresh wave of investor concern” had led to tougher credit conditions that posed new risks to the economy, reinforcing the view that the Fed is likely to cut interest rates again, when it meets on Dec. 11.
Speaking one day after another top Fed official signaled that policy makers might have to reduce interest rates to head off trouble, Mr. Bernanke pledged that the Fed would remain “exceptionally alert and flexible” in setting policy.
“Needless to say, the Federal Reserve is following the evolution of financial conditions carefully, with particular attention to the question of how strains in financial markets might affect the broader economy,” he said.
Mr. Bernanke’s comments backed up those on Wednesday by Donald L. Kohn, the Fed’s vice chairman, who said that the economy might face bigger problems than the central bank had expected and that policy makers would have to be “nimble.” T
Break ups are hard - and I have seen different people cope in different ways. This guy however, has a really unique way of doing it. Extremely creative too. I totally dig the script.If you are going through a similar situation now, nurse your heart ache by watching this clip. Even if it can't heal you, I hope it would at least bring a smile to your face.However, if you are the one dying to get away, this dude gives you tips on How To Break Up With Your Girlfriend in 64 Easy Steps.I am beginning to think he may need a psychologist to untie all the knotted angst.For more of his wit, humor and cynicism, check out his webpage - Tales of Mere Existence.Quirky.
Outed spy Valerie Plame says she isn’t going away, no matter what the folks at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue want. God help us if that’s true.
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted anyone to go away more than covert, super-spy, 007, Valerie Plame. And her husband too.
Even though we all know Richard Armitage is the one who leaked her identity, Plame and her idiot husband continue to peddle the fantasy that the Bush Administration leaked her identity on purpose.
Richard Armitage leaked her identity in passing because he’s a gossip. As Deputy Secretary of State he was one of the most outspoken critics of the Iraq war and was certainly not considered an ally of the Bush Administration.
Of course, Valerie Plame doesn’t plan to let a little thing like “truth” get in the way of her book sales. She was after all so distraught after her identity became public, she immediately posed with her husband for Vanity Fair.
Valerie Plame and her husband are shameles
This Laguna Niguel luxury property is priced $65,000 below what the current owner paid in 2006, but it still looks like the price might have to come down a bit more before it attracts a buyer. It's been four months now, and still no sale...12 Anacapri, Laguna Niguel, 92677 Asking price: $1,250,000Asking price/ sq ft: $408Income requirement: $312,500Purchase price: $1,315,000Purchase date: 4/10/2006Size: 5 beds, 3.5 baths, 3,060 sq ft (built in 1991)MLS: S488340 (159 days on Redfin)ZipRealty price tracker: Price Reduced: 9/14/07 -- $1,410,000 to $1,250,0002006 property tax: $8,240HOA dues: $105Type: Single Family ResidenceStyle: Contemporary/ModernStories: Two LevelsLot size: 5,000 sq ftFrom listing: MODEL PERFECT, MOVE IN READY HOME!! Beautiful 5 BR(4+bonus) home in the resort comm. of Marina Hills. Located on an award winning cul-de-sac, this highly upgraded home features custom paint, Travertine floors & baseboards downstairs, shutters, wrought iron staircase, new carpet, gourme
I have a lot of respect for Bethesda Softworks, they brought us Oblivion…and that was not half bad!! But every now again a game is made….that should never have been made.
Star Trek Legacy is a space combat simulator. It has a single player campaign mode, a skirmish and multiplayer mode (correct me if i’m wrong).
Graphically the game is adequate. The ships are well rendered and receive battle damage as the game progresses. The many planets and nebula are also well rendered. No praise at all here, it looks “OK” nothing more.
The single player campaign consists of flying from one planet or asteroid belt to another and scanning aimlessly. Usually a cut scene comes along to present the next fight….which brings me on to the combat……there is none. Basically this is how in-depth the combat gets….ready…..Left mouse button fires phasers…..and you guessed it…..right mouse button fires photon torpedoes! You don’t aim,
Hubby's decision to be his buddy's business partner has brought us relief as we will have more money to pay off our credit cards. I hope that they will come to details soon and hubby can start his work as soon as possible.What about his seminar business ? Well, do it part time...;D
Working in Ipoh means that hubby will have to go back to stay in our house in Ipoh. Initially, we thought of
I won! I still can't believe it. I've never won anything. Guess I can't say that anymore. I now have $50 to spend here. The problem will definitely be choosing ONLY $50 worth of stuff!
Well, two (just two) measly posts back I was going to quit smoking! I still am! But the fact that I went to go buy my Nicorette gum and it was almost $60.00 totally threw me off. And please don't say I would spend that in cigarettes, because I wouldn't. I spend only $27 on a carton because we live in the middle of tobacco land. So I did a little research and found that Canada and NZ sell the same products that we buy here for almost $60 for less than half that! So, I DID order it online and it should be here in 5-7 days. So, until then I continue to smoke, but I do feel hugely guilty about it :)Onto my favorite subject right now - I hate E.D. - If you don't know who I'm talking about then continue on. If you saw the Showtime feeds last night, or the live feeds, then you will know why. Dick was a complete A.S.S. to Zach, I mean just vile and disgusting... but guess who won out in the first part of the HOH contest?? IN YOUR FACE! Enuf said!I wish I had some funny or witty stories to
Paul Bernardo is not going to write me back. Im just torn over it. I really wanted to talk with him. Maybe it was the Hello Kitty stationary. I thought it was cute.Damn. Maybe Ill try again another day. I am upset tho. Not onlybecause of Paul but also because I had written to Nicole Diar, Brenda Andrew, Debra Milke and Denise Brown. None of whom have written me back. Im disgusted.So I've been cooking a lot. I think when I cook. Ive come up with some of my very bst thoughts when cooking. I have been known to cook u p some pretty good ideas if the recipe is long enough. The more difficult the dish the harder my brain works, I guess.So I have made a lot of food and done some house cleaning, took the daughter some cupcakes and soda to school to celebrate her birthday,did some laundry, cooked huby some lunch, visited with my dad nd checed my email. During all tis I have talked mysel into quitting my contet writing job and concenrating on my book for the next month. Hubby says its a great i
Yesterday was unusally silent around my neighborhood. At first I didn’t notice it too much. The temps here have been in the triple didgets so the days have been absent the sounds of screaming kids. But even the early morning was still outside. Then it hit. From 3:30 until 4:00 the street outside was buzzing as kids of all ages walked from the bus stop to their homes, chattering and laughing and comparing details. That’s when it hit me: school is back in session.
Even though I’m not sending my kids off with the rest to school each day there is still something calming about this time of year. Knowing that I can go places without meeting the crowds of families brings a smile to my face. I can go to the store and be greeted with adult cashiers, many of whom have kids of their own and don’t wrinkle their noses at mine. I can sit in my own backyard without being interupted every five minutes by the boys across the street. It’s the little things. And I’m n
04.08.07 - By Sasha “Kozlov” Baranov: WBC lightweight champion David Diaz (33-1-1, 17 KOs) defeated former three time division champion Erik Morales (48-6, 34 KOs) tonight at the Allstate Arena, in Rosemont, Illinois, winning a close 12-round unanimous decision, and in the process preventing Morales, 30, from winning a fourth division title. Immediately afterwards, Morales announced his retirement, saying I’m not going to fight anymore. I’ve taken far too many punches, particularly to the more…
99% of everything is now marked, although not organized as I was in the garage with the door down so no looky-loo's would come early and bug me.
However, after all is said and done we are soooo not going to make big money.
Why? Because I marked everything incredibly cheap! The Barbie Mall that sells for $129 marked $10. A brand new microwave for $15 and a $128 cherry hall table for $20.
I'm not going going BlogHer! When they decide to let caffeine induced ramblers speak I'm sure I will be first on their list of featured speakers. Right now I guess they tend to want speakers who actually can, uh, write. LOL.
Still - I'm taking part in their meme so anyone dropping in to this post will know me. Well... know as much about me as you can find out in 10 seconds.
Opening a
The maverick MP George Galloway is facing an eighteen day suspension from the House of Commons over his association with Saddam Hussein and the Oil-for-Food programme, reports The Times:George Galloway personally thanked Saddam Hussein for his regime’s financial backing in a campaign against sanctions on Iraq, and even asked him to raise the payments, according to a Commons report...The record was unearthed by Sir Philip Mawer, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, during a four-year inquiry into the Respect MP’s activities. As a result, Mr Galloway faces being suspended from the Commons for 18 sitting days...Mr Galloway, addressing Saddam as “Your Excellency”, tells him: “Mr Tariq Aziz has helped us with his contacts . . . But we are now suffering from the problem of the price of oil, which has resulted in a reduction in our income and delay in receiving our dues.”...After considering Sir Philip’s findings, a committee of senior MPs concluded that Mr Galloway had
I am creating a anti shopauto blog for used cars ontario perhaps if they start losing customers they will pay. please link to www.usedcarsontario.org and help use let the ontario car buyers know not to deal with a dishonest car dealer use any of the text below for the linkcar dealer ontarioautomobile ontarioused cars ontario
Not going to Nationals? Don't worry...Romance Divas is doing the next best thing!Romance Divas announces the first annual "Not Going to Nationals Cyber Conference" from July 11-15, righton the forum. Best of all, it's FREE!Just register for Romance Divas--membership is free, you just need to sign up! www.romancedivas.com if you have trouble with registration email night.diva.maria (at) gmail (dot) comThere will be workshops, Q&As, and giveaways each day.All you have to do is participate!!!!Schedule:July 11:Workshop: PC Cast and Kristin Cast (topic TBA)PCCast.netQ&A: Erotic romance with Portia da Costa and Madelynne Ellis PortiaDaCosta.comMadelynneEllis.comJuly 12: Workshop: Book Signing 101: Tips to Help Make your Signing a Success by Jackie Kessler JackieKessler.comQ&A: Legal Issues for Writers by Amanda Brice AmandaBrice.comJuly 13:Workshop: What to Expect After You Sign the Contract by Marley Gibson MarleyGibson.comQ&A: TBA (either with an agent from the Larsen-Pomada Agen
The ‘isms’ of the Desktop/Browser war and why the web community should engage the desktop more by ZDNet’s Ryan Stewart — Simon Morris puts an interesting spin on the evolving world of Rich Internet Applications by giving us all some ‘isms’ to subscribe to as we try to find the path of light in a [...]
There have been a few headlines today regarding a possible French Grand Prix at Versailles. It is a nice idea. Disneyland pulls in 12.4m visitors a year, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre both claim 6m and the Pompidou Centre (5m) but Versailles requires transportation from the city and so the annual number of visitors [...]
Wrenbury, more like! Indeed, it's play-off weekend in London and the Alex are not invited. Most expected a swift return to the Championship after last season's relegation, with the play-offs our safety net. But with a few months still on the clock it was obvious that midtable mediocrity was a good as it was likely to get. So, as it's a footy day, a final footy post until the start of August. Being a memorabilia Muppet I couldn't resist one of the online auctions run by the club and bagged Lee Bell's (now departed, although he'll be training with the club over the summer) matchworn shirt for £25. It's cash into the club coffers and I get a signed shirt for less than the £39 rip-off price they charge at the start of the season. Well, I like to justify it to myself, if not Mrs Crewe blog! Will I ever shed this disease?
Of course I am sad to be leaving Vero (only three days left!) as they have been a great group of people to work with and for. But since we are all human, it can’t possibly be the case that everything there was 100% perfect, right? Some of you have been writing me asking things like “So come on, what is the real reason you are leaving?” So allow me to re-iterate here that it is nothing at Vero that is pushing me away.
That being said though, there is one thing that I noticed the other day that I would not miss as I moved on to my new job. The walk-in.
Some of you may remember my earlier account of how I was tasked with re-organizing the walk-in back in February. It was cold work in the middle of winter - the time you don’t want to spend extra time in the cold. (Unlike these warmer summer days where it hits over 100 degrees in the kitchen, and we look for any excuse possible to visit the walk-in for a cool-down. “Who needs more water? Nobody? Well th
He may not win any awards, but he knows how to save his own ass when a laser from Albert Pujols heads his way. Hell, if it were me, I'd have dropped down and curled up into the fetal position. At least he makes a nice dive into the stands. (The Tip: Sportscolumn Blog)
WILLIE NELSON'S FREE!!!Mr. Nelson is not going to jail!! YAY!! He got fined in September for having marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms on his tour bus driving through St. Martin Parish in Louisiana (CHEAP POP!). Nelson and tour manager David Anderson, along with Nelson's sister, Bobbie Nelson, and two drivers, were issued citations on Sept. 18 after state troopers said they found marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms on the country legend's tour bus during a commercial-vehicle inspection on Interstate 10.Willie Nelson and his tour manager were spared jail time Tuesday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of marijuana possession.[Source]
Lakers fans, you can breathe a little easier today. It seems that Luke Walton is not going to be dating certain playoff-wrecker and Mother of the Year Britney Spears.From Us Magazine:Britney Spears cleared up any rumors Wednesday that she’s got a crush on Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton, 27, whom the singer had dubbed “cute” in 2004. Spears communicated to inquiring paparazzi that it is her cousin who has the crush on the 6-foot-8 basketballer.Usmagazine.com sources say Spears nodded in agreement when her cousin Alli told photographers that she is the gal with the hots for Walton, and it was she who dragged the recently rehabbed pop star to three Lakers games in just over a week.They also say that Luke already has a girlfriend. So when those celebrity "sleuths" told us the other day that "The pop princess is set to go out on a date with LA Lakers star Luke Walton", what they really meant was, "We have no idea what we are talking about, and we're just going to make sh*t up
My lovely, darling, always sunshine of a daughter recently became opinionated. There are activities she likes and those she most certainly does not. She loves kicking the soccer ball, loves watching Dora, loves going shopping. She hates eating broccoli, she hates taking a nap, she hates brushing her teeth. We do all of these activities regardless of her passion for or against each one, however, she is more than welcome to voice her opinion. We listen. We nod. Then we make her do it anyway............
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Some people say that AGLOCO will fail because most people won’t make lots of money off of it. The argument says that since it is only a small minority of people who are actively trying to build huge referral networks, only they stand to reap the benefits of AGLOCO membership; the rest won’t make any money and they’ll just stop using the Viewbar altogether, lowering the payout amounts, discouraging others from joining and killing the program’s viability. Or maybe people will get spyware-weary and not download the Viewbar for fear of being monitored.
I couldn’t disagree more with these argument, for a number of reasons:
It’s a big world out there. Meaning that even if three-quarters of all savvy Internet users out there think that AGLOCO is a scam, the one quarter that doesn’t is still going to sign up - and I bet that one quarter will be more than enough for a decent advertising audience that will definitely draw in some serious cash. It certai
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So if you watched the American Idol auditions from San Antonio last night, you should recognize these two. The guy, whose name is Akron Watson, was told by Simon that he lacks personality, and the judges disliked the girl’s (whose name is Ashlyn Carr) facial expressions. Well it turns out both have records. Watson was ousted just days before the Hollywood round of competition, after it was discovered he had been arrested for marijuanna possession in 2003. From my understanding, Carr is still in the competition, but it was discovered she had been previously been arrested for pouring sugar into the gas tank of her former boyfriend’s car.
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Thirteen Resolutions I am NOT Going to Make This New Year's
I am NOT going to resolve to:1. Gain back the 22 pounds I have lost since October.2. Stop going to water aerobics classes as many times per week as I can.3. Eat all the chocolate and other goodies that are in this house right now!4. Never finish writing in this blog about the experience and aftermath of litigating Conservatorship of
Not only are Democrats sore loosers, but also sore winners. Nancy Pelosi is not going to certify Florida's 12 district House race, because the Democrat lost by 369 voted. Even after coiurt cases and audits of the voting machines, Pelosi's...
By TRACEY SMITHJustaTrace.netI think it happened again last Friday night.I know I should have seen it coming. Just like I always should have seen it coming. The dreams. The delusions. The whatever...Friday morning, as I remember, came way too quick, after only a few hours sleep the night before. I woke up agitated and strangely nervous, and spent the whole day galloping from window to window like a skittish Dalmatian left home alone, waiting for his owners to return.Finally, finally, I tried to take a nap about 8:00 pm that evening. If only I could get a full eight hours of sleep all at once... I thought as I drifted off.At 1:30 am, I was startled awake by a loud noise. Must have been the newspaper banging against the outside of the front door...Two minutes passed. Four minutes. Seven minutes. 1:43 am.Bang, bang bang! From somewhere just outside the house. Bang, bang, bang, bang! It didn't sound like anyone knocking; it sounded like someone or something violently shaking the locked me
I'm still wicked depressed so I'm going to avoid any talk of money or how much I screwed up - I swear I am!Instead I'm going to talk about shit that doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of life... such as...* Britney Spears checking herself into rehab. DUH! What the hell took her so long?* If I hear ONE MORE THING about Anna Nicole Smith I think I will scream. Just tell me who the baby's father is and I'm good.* I am just not getting that show Heroes. I tried it, and I couldn't get into it. I'm a realistic person who wants to watch semi-realistic shows. If I was into this crap then I would just read a comic book.* The new dancers on Dancing With The Stars were announced this morning. Only one name stood out - Heather Mills. Does she not know that people hate her? She is the bitch that took our beloved Beatle Paul McCartney to the cleaners after being married a very short 4 years. Don't be screwing with an icon and then think you can dance on tv. You are n
Priyan would be bringing together his favourite team of Hera Pheri. Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal would once again be teamed up together in a hope to create the same kind of magic as they have done in Hera Pheri and its sequal.
Priyan would be bringing together his favourite team of Hera Pheri. Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal would once again be teamed up together in a hope to create the same kind of magic as they have done in Hera Pheri and its sequal.
