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Book Review: America’s Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money: Y
0000-00-00 00:00:00 America’s Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money : Your Guide to Living Better, Spending Less, and Cashing in on Your Dreams By Steve Economides and Annette Economides (Three Rivers Press, 288 pages) I have a confession to make: Whenever I’ve reviewed a personal finance book in the past five or so ... More About: America , Book Review , Review
Jamie Lynn Spears is Pregnant…Go Figure
0000-00-00 00:00:00 In my house, if you want a chore done, keep one thing in mind - do not ask the 8-year-old "chore-doer" to do it while "Zoey 101" or "Hannah Montana" is on the television! Even though he claims that girls still have cooties, he seems to be quite taken ... More About: Pregnant , Lynn , Spears , Jamie Lynn Spears , Jamie
Alternative Cold Med for Kids
0000-00-00 00:00:00 A morning news interview with renowned pediatrician, Dr. Sears, caught my attention a few days ago. The recent FDA recommendation to ban cold medicines for children under the age of 6 years old has given parents yet another challenge in providing a safe yet effective remedy to relieve the ... More About: Kids , Alternative , Cold , Alterna
Friday round up — Men are also gold diggers and women are happier whe
0000-00-00 00:00:00 This week it’s a real shmorgas board – I’ve rounded up stuff how Gen X is just as praise-hungry as Gen Y, some holiday party etiquette, a gift guide for your everyone on your office list, a story about how men are gold diggers, and why women are happier when ... More About: Women , Gold , Round Up , Friday , Round
What Every 20something Should Know about the Workplace (that no one tells y
0000-00-00 00:00:00 So in the spirit of end-of-the-year- list-making, and the fact that I’ve been speaking a lot of about this recently, I’ve pulled together a list of things that fall into this brain-teaser of a category: You don’t know what you don’t know, espeically when it comes to the workplace, And now ... More About: Workplace , Tells , Some
New York Fashion Week
0000-00-00 00:00:00 So many designers, so little time! What I look for when all the pictures are in is eye candy to start (with fashion you can eat dessert first!) The long sexy dresses from Rock & Republic are definitely sweet and make me wish I were taller (and had ... More About: Fashion , New York , New York Fashion Week , York , Week
Find new music to fall in love with, like Leona Lewis
0000-00-00 00:00:00 I'm a new fan of Pandora. It's better than other free internet radios because it brings up songs and artists similar to what you like. Also, Qtrax offers free and legal music downloads in an iTunes-like player. The download is free, with no membership required. So what's the ... More About: Music , Love , Find , Leona Lewis , Lewis
How Obama brought home the Mommy Wars
0000-00-00 00:00:00 It was the 80’s and I was King of the World having been hired at ABC News 20/20. I loved the work, but mostly I loved the power. For the first time in my life, I understood how great it is to be a big-swinging-dick. At ABC, I befriended a talented, gentle ... More About: Wars , Home , Obama , Mommy
Here’s to the “Meanest Mom on the Planet”…You Go,
0000-00-00 00:00:00 First I have to give props to my friend who sent me this great story - love that my friends are always on the lookout for interesting things for me to write about! Anyway, did you hear the one about "the meanest mom on the planet?" If not, you have ... More About: Planet , The Planet
What Parents Should Know about College Applications, and Should You Hire an
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Waiting in line for my daily caffeine fix, I overhear a woman detail the dramas of helping her daughter complete ten college applications. After overcoming the awkwardness that follows when you admit to a complete stranger that you were just eavesdropping on their conversation, I hand her my business card listing ... More About: Hire , Applications , College , Parents
Both Sides Now: Baby Boomers Are Called Selfish by Echo Boomers, but It Sta
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Okay, I’m about to gore one of our country’s sacred cows: The Greatest Generation – or so named by one of our country’s most esteemed journalists, Tom Brokaw. The Baby Boomer generation’s self-image issues began, as all generational conflicts do, with our parents. Through no fault of their own (in fact, ... More About: Sides , Boomers , Baby Boomers
Workaholics have great social lives, How college women in South Carolina se
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Good news for all of us workaholics. In some new research out this week, they found that workaholics were twice as likely as the average woman to say they are exactly where they thought they would be in life. While the conventional wisdom would assume that this breed of worker ... More About: Social , Women , College , Great , South
Skin Deep
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My greenest girlfriends are always trying to help me find a way to lead a less toxic life. One of them sent me a link to Skin Deep after I told you all to grow your eyelashes and plump your lips. Skin Deep is a safety guide ...
Would your employees write a book about you called “The Devils Wears Prad
0000-00-00 00:00:00 That’s the question Paul Brown posed in his New York Times piece last week called Good Boss, Bad Boss. Which Are you? You are a bad boss if you have recently done any of the following: public criticized, swooped in to take credit for work that isn’t yours, send employees ... More About: Employees , Write , Book , Devils , The Devil
Yes, Baby Boomers Are Different – We Were Supposed to Commit Suicide When
0000-00-00 00:00:00 If our generation had listened to career experts when we were just starting out, many of us would have committed suicide. I remember reading an article by an economics professor at the University of Chicago in the Wall Street Journal just about the time I graduated from college. (1974, statistically the ... More About: Baby , Suicide , Boomers , Baby Boomers
The Risk of Testosterone Supplements
0000-00-00 00:00:00 It's time for fathers and mothers to educate their sons about the risk of taking a supplement to develop stronger muscles and improving sex. There have been more than a few times when a perfectly healthy young man has asked me for testosterone to gain muscle or even a trial of Viagra to experience the so-called effects...ok, boys, ... More About: Testosterone , Supplements , Risk
The New Girls’ Network
0000-00-00 00:00:00 So we’ve all heard about the old boys’ club – the system of social capital men have been using for decades to climb their way up the corporate ladder. It works on a sophisticated system of “You played a sport, I played a sport,” so let me help you get ... More About: Network
Look Younger Not Weirder
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Hollywood is a town that loves youth more than anything, a place where people lift their faces, boobs and butts hoping to hang on to days gone by. Old or weird, seem to be our limited options. But here are a couple little things you can do without ...
All Women Are Created Equal – or At Least Charged as if They Were, but On
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Better endowed women pay more for their supportive undergarments – something that their less busty sisters think might be what’s considered a “quality problem.” Nevertheless, British retailer Asda, which is owned by Wal-Mart, thinks charging larger busted women more is not fair. From now on each style bra in ... More About: Women , Equal
Make Money Cleaning Out Your Garage
0000-00-00 00:00:00 My best friend is redoing his kitchen and I asked him to do a little experiment for me. Like most of us, his garage was full of things he never uses. I bet him that if he were to clean out his garage and sell those things on ... More About: Garage , Money , Make Money , Cleaning , Make
Iron Deficiency and that Chronic Cough
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Ran across this tidbit of info and thought it would be interesting to pass on. If you know someone, especially a woman, who has an annoying chronic cough...think iron deficiency. A study was reported on 16 nonsmoking women who had no previous history of asthma or other pulmonary diseases but suffered ... More About: Iron , Cough
Why your boyfriend won’t propose
0000-00-00 00:00:00 So I’m going to veer off the career course a bit today and write about an article that’s been stirring up some buzz. Kay Hymowitz, a contributing editor of the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, wrote an article called The child-man. It’s a fascinating piece for many reasons. In large part because ... More About: Boyfriend
Latest Link-a-Dinks!
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Complete Sundance Photo Gallery Meet the new Bond Girls, Gemma Arterton and Olga Kurylenko. Sarah Jessica Parker on Carrie's killer heels: they Wrecked my body! Gwen Stefani's pregnant with second child. Money Tips for Couples. How to properly wash your face. More About: Link
The Latest on the Botox Bust
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Wouldn't you know it...nothing is sacred, not even botox. For those who are either contemplating or continuing botox injections, be sure to know the latest update on this popular wrinkle-blasting treatment. In short, a leading consumer watchdog group, Public Citizen, has petitioned the FDA to warn us about the serious adverse reactions and deaths that ... More About: Bust , Botox
Rebellion was good for our generation: A lesson not learned by Echo Boomers
0000-00-00 00:00:00 It was called the Generation Gap back in the day. Our parents, who had been buffeted by the forces of a financial catastrophe and war (neither of their making) returned stateside in 1946 with what seemed like one single purpose: keep everything calm and complacent with unlimited growth opportunities -- ... More About: Boomers , Good , Lesson , Learned
Aussie Teen Throws Party, Gets Famous, Causes Outrage
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Some people are furious, some are laughing. This video is not a joke. Hard to believe. 16 year old Corey Worthington Delaney throws a party in Melbourne that threatens to cost his parents $20,000. The big deal here stems from this interview, which has been ... More About: Party , Famous , Aussie
Antibiotics or Nasal Flushing for Sinusitis?
0000-00-00 00:00:00 The annoyance of a constant headache, increasing fatigue, facial pain, swollen eyes, stuffy nose, loss of smell or taste, postnasal drip, cough, or fever can drive anyone over the edge. Understanding the symptoms and treatment of acute or chronic sinusitis is important to keep yourself from jumping off into the abyss. The ... More About: Antibiotics
Hair Yesterday, Hair Today: A Baby Boomer’s (Pony?) Tale
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Never has a recent generation been so identified with hair. Oh, yes, I know hair has had some very deep psycho-significant historical moments (Samson and Delilah and First Corinthians 11:14-15 – look it up), but as far as the 20th century is concerned hair and baby boomers have always made ... More About: Baby , Today , Hair , Yesterday , Pony
Fido, Drop the Gun and No One Gets Hurt
0000-00-00 00:00:00 (A little off topic, but what the heck) Hunting is a dangerous pastime (just ask the friends of Vice President Dick Cheney). But, let’s face it, whenever there are humans (mostly men) and guns involved there’s gonna be pain and death, certainly for the quarry like deer and goose as well ... More About: Hurt , Drop
If That’s What Cashmere Looks Like, I’d Rather Wear Cotton
More articles from this author:0000-00-00 00:00:00 Last night I finally caught (a bit late on the Sunday debut) ABC’s much-hyped Cashmere Mafia. It’s been dubbed Sex and the City for the executive suite, partly because it has Darren Star, one of the tour-de-forces behind SATC at the helm. The show, however, pans out to be a ... More About: Wear , Cotton , Looks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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