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February is National Bird Feeding Month
2008-02-12 01:20:00
Established by Congress in 1994 to bring attention to the plight of wild birds, National Bird Feeding Month is celebrated each February , typically one of the harshest months of the year. What better time to introduce yourself or someone you know to one of North America’s favorite hobbies — bird watching — and more importantly, ...

Amy Winehouse Wins Big at the Grammys
2008-02-11 09:22:00
Amy Winehouse has every reason to be proud of her time fixating on “Rehab.” The 24-year-old Brit made a spectacle of herself?but not in a bad way?Sunday night, reminding fans why they care about her troubles in the first place by winning a leading five Grammy Awards, including Record and Song of the Year. Winehouse, also ...
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This Years Valentine?s Day Engagment Could Be Next Years Valentine?s Day We
2008-02-07 02:22:00
Since Valentine ’s Day engagements are the most popular of the holiday engagements, I thought I would bring up the fact that this being a leap year means that Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday next year. So you know what that means? You could get engaged on Valentines Day this year and get married the ...
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Nokia N95 and Nokia N96 - A Power Form Of Multimedia Communication
2008-01-25 11:07:00
The Nokia N95 is a flagship smart phone from Nokia. The device has two keypads which are located on opposite sides of its display. One keypad has normal numeric keys while the other has a number of multimedia controls that will help one get a wonderful mobile multimedia experience. The handset comes with an integrated ...
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Some Unique Gifts For Valentines Day
2008-01-23 12:39:00
This year why not start to think about getting those special someones in your life a unique Valentin es Day gift instead of the standard heart shaped box with candy in it or the $50 bouquet of roses that die in a few days anyways. I found a site that has these phenomenal handmade wooden pens that ...
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Are Free Ringtones Really Free
2008-01-22 05:38:00
Free Ringtone advertisements are everywhere these days. This is not surprising, given the fact that everyone seems to have a cellphone. With such a ubiquitous device, people want to personalize their cellphone to the best of their abilities. And certainly, having any number of ringtones is a terrific way to do this. Popular Ringtones Choose your Carrier And ...
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REAL WORLD Rules and Advice for High School Kids to Follow
2008-01-18 18:30:00
Rule #1. Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teenager uses the phrase “it’s not fair” 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule #1. Rule #2. The real world won’t care as much about your self-esteem as your school does. It’ll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain that it’s not fair. (See Rule No. 1) Rule #3. Sorry, you won’t make $50,000 a year right out of high school. And you won’t be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn’t have a Gap label. Rule #4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait ’til you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you scr...
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Even Celebrities Aren’t Safe From The Human Growth Hormone Hunt
2008-01-18 16:07:00
It seems that lately all you hear about is the human growth hormone and the professional athletes who are under suspicion for using human growth hormone to recover from injuries quicker or to enhance their muscle mass, up their metabolism…you name it, human growth hormone does it. I get it, human growth hormone is listed as one of performance enhancing drugs that you can not take if you are in professional sports. But the naming of names has gone way further than just professional sports. Why are celebrities who have allegedly used human growth hormones being outed? (more…) Post from: Ken Savage Making IT in Massachusetts Even Celebrities Aren’t Safe From The Human Growth Hormone Hunt What Says Perfect Mothers Day Gift Better Than CNN? (0)Jake’s Rock Video of Summer 2005 (2)Area 51 on Google Maps (1)What is Love? (1)This is Why Angelina Jolie So HOT? (6)
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Brad Renfro Dead at 25. Drugs or Murder Not Ruled Out Yet
2008-01-16 04:00:00
Brad Renfro, a Hollywood actor best known for his roles in “The Client” and “Ghost World” and for his off-screen history of drug abuse, was found dead this morning, the Los Angeles Police Department said. He was 25. As of Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Times was reporting that although the cause of Renfro’s death had yet to be determined, there was no suspicion of foul play. “Brad was a really gifted young man,” his former attorney Blair Berk reportedly said. “It is a tragedy all the way around.” According to the newspaper, Los Angeles Police Lieutenant David Evans would not comment on rumors of a drug overdose. In 1995, he won the Hollywood Reporter’s YoungStar award, was nominated as one of People magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30,” and won a Young Artist award for his role in “The Cure.” Although the only straight forward family flick Renfro made during his adolescent years was the modest Di...
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Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson Joke
2008-01-09 21:46:00
The Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton , while visiting a primary school class, found themselves in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asked both men if they would like to lead the discussion of the word “tragedy”. So the illustrious Rev Jackson asks the class for an example of ...
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What 38 Years as a Manager Has Taught Me About Career Advice
2007-12-28 18:57:00
As this is the time of year that many people start making their New Year’s resolutions - personal and professional - I thought I’d share some of the best career management tips I know. Some of these I learned from others and some I learned the hard way. In any case, here goes: #1 Do ...
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When Is It Time To Take Down The Christmas Tree?
2007-12-27 19:18:00
Just as there are differing opinions on when to put your Christmas tree up, the same goes for the question of when to take down a Christmas tree . There are several answers to the question of when to take down a Christmas tree. Some are religious based, some are superstitious and some are just plain ...
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Nataline Sarkisyan Dies and Cigna Saves Money
2007-12-22 14:28:00
What sucks is what Cigna did to 17 year old Nataline Sarkisyan of Glendale, California. She passed away Thursday within hours of her insurance provider Cigna Health Care?s approval of a life liver transplant to treat her leukemia. The transplant surgery was originally approved by Cigna according to the teen?s mother. When Sarkisya suffered a lung ...
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Asteroid to Crash Into Mars. Earth Saved
2007-12-22 07:27:00
Mars is in danger of being struck by an asteroid at the end of next month, astronomers have calculated. The impact, however, would be tiny in comparison to that of the asteroid that struck Chicxulub in Mexico 65 million years ago, which caused a worldwide cataclysm that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs. The ...
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A Joke to Deal With Immigration Problems
2007-12-18 06:09:00
I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it is, as I filled it lovingly with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible ...
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Yankee Swap Gift Ideas That Don?t Suck
2007-12-17 17:26:00
Sometimes coming up with a Yankee Swap gift idea can be difficult. It’s not always easy to know what others will like as gifts. There are two questions you can ask yourself that will make the task of coming up with Yankee Swap gift ideas easier. The first question to ask yourself is what is the ...
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How to Make a Gingerbread House with Recipes and Tips
2007-12-17 12:04:00
A true sign that Christmas is coming is all of the Gingerbread house kits I see for sale. Sure, you could buy a gingerbread house kit from a store or…you could create a homemade gingerbread house this year. Scary? It’s really not that difficult to make your own homemade gingerbread house. All you need is a ...
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Jakob and his Ferret Say Merry Christmas
2007-12-17 07:14:00
Technorati Tags: christmas, ferret, Jake, jakob Yankee Swap Gift Ideas That Don’t Suck (0)How to Make a Gingerbread House with Recipes and Tips (0)Dont Step on the New Ferret (0)Merry Christmas from Erin, Jake and Ken (1)Jake’s Christmas Email to Santa Claus (4)
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3 Christmas Drinking Games For Your Holiday Party
2007-12-05 00:46:00
Nothing says Merry Christmas like a good old fashioned Christmas drinking game. If you are having a holiday party this year and want to get your guests in the Christmas mood by getting them completely drunk, any one of these Christmas drinking games will get the job done. There are two great things about December: Holiday ...
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What Are the Rules of a Yankee Swap and How to Win
2007-12-05 00:06:00
Are you going to a holiday party this year where you will be participating in a Yankee Swap ? If so, do you know the official Yankee Swap rules? How about the unofficial Yankee Swap rules? Whether you call this holiday party gift exchange the Yankee Swap, a Pollyanna Swap, The Thieving Secret Santa Swap, The Scottish ...
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22 Reasons Why The SciFi Channel?s Ghost Hunter Is More Believable Than Tra
2007-11-15 21:24:00
I seem to be very entertained by paranormal investigative shows like the SciFi channel’s Ghost Hunter s and Travel Channel ’s Most Haunted. I take a lot of heat around my house for even entertaining the notion that either of these shows aren’t completely fake. I can understand that view of Travel Channel’s Most Haunted, I watch that ...
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How to Tell if You?re Crazy - Take the Bath Tub Test
2007-11-13 17:02:00
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director how do you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. “Well,” said the Director, “we fill up a bathtub, and then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the ...
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Harpoon Winter Warmer Beer & Friends of Harpoon Winter Events
2007-11-10 01:42:00
I got this from the Harpo on Brewery today: We are less than a month away from Harpoon Helps Spread Holiday Cheer . On Saturday, December 1st, we will be again be sending Harpoon Helpers to 25 different locations in Boston to decorate and spread good tidings to those who need it the most. We are still ...
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How Thanksgiving Became the National Day of Mourning for the Wampanoag Nati
2007-11-08 11:20:00
When I was young, it was ok for people to celebrate the myth of Thanksgiving as it had been told to us for hundreds of years. The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth rock and were met by some very friendly “Indians”. These Indians quickly became friends with the Pilgrims. In a way of celebrating both the Pilgrim/Indian friendship and the wonderful harvest that the Pilgrims and the Indians worked together to cultivate…Thanksgiving was born. Now as time goes on and the country becomes more and more politically correct we can see that the story behind Thanksgiving was based mostly on mythology and it has gone through great changes. This is, in part, due to the Wampanog tribe of Native Americans but more specifically a man named Frank B. James, the one time leader of the Wampanog tribe.
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Simon Memorization Puzzle Game
2007-11-07 11:19:00
Remember the puzzle game Simon ? This game will test your memory, and, ultimately, your sanity. The object of the game is to memorize Simon’s sequence of lights. Simon’s a computer, Simon has a brain, you either do what Simon says or else go down the drain. The Simon game unit has four large buttons, one each of the colors red, blue, green, and yellow. Simon lights these buttons in a sequence, playing a tone for each button; the player must press the buttons in the same sequence. The sequence begins with a single button chosen randomly, and adds another randomly-chosen button to the end of the sequence each time the player follows it successfully. Game play ends when the player makes a mistake or when the player wins.
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Two Unique Holiday Gifts That Are Perfect For Anyone
2007-11-04 10:29:00
As the holiday gift giving season approaches, it’s time to start thinking about some unique holiday gift ideas for your family, friends and coworkers. I have a couple of unique holiday gift ideas that can’t lose. Think about what qualities you want the gift that you are giving to possess. You want it to be a unique gift, a thoughtful gift and a personalized gift…what if you could get all of those qualities in one holiday gift? You would love that right? Well I’m going to tell you a couple of unique gift ideas that possess all of the qualities you are looking for.
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Couple Beers No Beers WBCN?s Chili Guy
2007-11-03 05:46:00
Couple Beers No Beers The Toucher and Rich show does drunken Red Sox recaps after most Sox home games and just interview the drunkest people they see about the game they saw the night before. At first they interviewed this guy and they thought he was a drunk guy at the game but a few months later they found out he was a homeless guy. He says some crazy things and the show has given back to him, always giving him food, gift cards and kind of take care of him. He is hilarious though. For those of you around Boston that listen to WBCN will probably know who the Chili Guy is for the rest of you check out this soundboard for this guy, he is hilarious.
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Shaw Farm Is The Last Of It?s Kind In Greater Lowell
2007-11-03 05:10:00
Located in Dracut Massachusetts, Shaw Farm is the only operating dairy farm still around in the Greater Lowell area. You can be sure that when you visit Shaw Farm for your dairy needs you are purchasing fresh milk from a dairy farm on a very, very short list of dairy farms in still operating in New England today. But how fresh is fresh? When you are talking Shaw Farm fresh, it means that the milk that you are buying in the afternoon more than likely came from the cow that very morning. You can’t ask for fresher milk than that. So what makes Shaw Farm so special?
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Boston Sports Commercial Debuts During World Series
2007-10-30 13:03:00
Mayor Menino was the only non-athlete with the exception of the narrator, Dorchester native Donnie Wahlberg appearing in a 30-second advertisement for local footwear maker Reebok. The company lined up star power endorsers including David Ortiz, Bruin great Bobby Orr, former Boston College and Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie, and Patriots running back Laurence Maroney. The ad, hastily produced by Reebok staff last week without benefit of an advertising agency, flashed photos of the city and its athletes, as Wahlberg asked: “What do they all have in common? They all play right here, and they all wear . . .” He doesn’t finish the sentence; the word Reebok appears across the screen. Flutie says, “This is Reebok Nation.”
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PacMan Arcade Game
2007-10-30 12:17:00
Pac-Man, the quintessential retro arcade game. Originally created by Namco in the early 1980s and has now been updated for the web by Neave. The idea is a simple one: guide Pacman around the maze and eat all the little white dots whilst avoiding those nasty ghosts… watch out for Blinky, Pinky, Inkey, and Clyde. If you eat a Power Pill, you can eat the ghosts! Occasionally, a fruit appears which gives you a bonus score when eaten. Featuring High Scores! Use your arrow keys to move the Pac-Man. Press “M” to Mute/Unmute sound, “P” to Pause/Unpause the game, and “Q” to quit at any time.
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