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A Life of Shopping

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion & Style, Quotes

A study shows that shopping takes up three years of an average woman’s life. The Daily Mail reports that a OnePoll survey, conducted on 2,000 women in the west, showed that a sixty three-year-old women will spend three years of her life shopping. Each and every year, women spend one-hundred hours and forty-eight minutes in [...]

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Palin, Hand Notes and Biblical Prophets

March 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Entertainment & Celebrities, In the News, Quotes

Sarah Palin has a new defense for her conspicuous use of hand notes: God uses them. When the media first challenged her on the need to write her core beliefs on her hand to remember them, she said: “I didn’t really have a good answer, as so often — is me…But then somebody sent me [...]

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Sly Went Down, Hard

January 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Entertainment & Celebrities, Quotes

Not too sly or slick for that matter, poor Sylvester Stallone broke his neck while filming a fight scene in his latest movie, “The Expendables.” He was rushed into emergency surgery and had a metal plate inserted in his neck. The 63-year-old Hollywood action hunk was filming a fight with co-star wrestler Stone Cold Steve [...]

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Shoplifting: The Christian Thing To Do (?)

December 26th, 2009 · No Comments · In the News, Quotes

Father Tim Jones of St. Lawrence’s Church in York, England has ignited controversy with a fiery sermon, in which he told his congregation that it is better to shoplift from major retailers, than to turn to robbery or prostitution. Father Jones claims that he did not violate the eighth commandment, “Thou Shalt Not Steal” because [...]

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Paris and The Red String

October 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Entertainment & Celebrities, Fashion & Style, Quotes

This was a good picture of Paris Hilton wearing her Red String. I know its a little older (Feb. 2009) but still its a good shot of the Red String

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Thoughts on Letterman’s Confession and Extortionist

October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Entertainment & Celebrities, Quotes

Word is now coming out about David Letterman’s extortionist, Robert “Joe” Halderman and why he thought it would be a good idea to squeeze two million bucks out of the CBS comedian. Quite simply, he’s a wasteful, extravagant, out of control spender with the thrift, frugality, and fiscal responsibility of a spendthrift block of cheese. [...]

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Michael Jackson’s Glove sells for almost $50,000

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Entertainment & Celebrities, Fashion & Style, Quotes

Some guys are just lucky. They go to some concert, smush into one of the front rows where the rock star or rock startette seems able and willing to discard some piece of clothing – sunglasses, a sock, maybe even a jockstrap, a guitar pick (try to find that sort of thing – maybe the [...]

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Quote of the day: Tree of Life

April 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Quotes

From the Tree of Life article on AmuletGifts.com: The Tree of Life is the first and oldest promise of immortality known to mankind. The Book of Genesis says as follows: “And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree [...]

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