By Kyle_PsatyGuest Blogger(view all posts by Kyle_Psaty)
at 10:27AM Saturday October 9, 2010
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Let's face it. Showing you care is way more important than saying it.
Unfortunately, doing nice things for your significant other can cost a bundle if you're not careful. Poor planning can really hurt--paying for rush delivery is about as painful as it gets--but even if you're making smart purchases when it comes to the one you love, spending within the limits of your budget can be difficult.
I know what you're thinking. Some of the best gifts are free. It's true, but let's face it: Cards made of construction paper and glitter lose their luster if deployed too often. Sometimes you simply have to let go and splurge for something nice.
Here's how to do it on a budget:
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By HSimas(view all posts by HSimas)
at 12:54PM Tuesday October 5, 2010
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We've all heard the facts: air travel is a gazillion times safer than car travel. You are far, far more likely to die on a highway than on a plane. Air travel on commercial airlines is just about the safest mode of travel there is. Blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda.
So why is it that so many of us are still afraid to fly?
There's the issue of lack of control, of course. When we drive our own vehicles, we have some mastery over our own fate. When we fly, we put our fate in someone else's hands (
unless you're John Travolta, of course). But still, statistics don't lie. Being petrified of flying simply isn't rational. There aren't too many adults who still think there is a bogey man in the closet when the lights go out, but there are plenty who go pale at the thought of stepping on an airplane.
So how do we deal with this irrational fear, other than boarding an Amtrak or staying home? Read on for some tips on relaxing at 30,000 feet.
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By CouponKate(view all posts by CouponKate)
at 10:57AM Monday October 4, 2010
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Each year when winter makes its first appearance, I reach into my closet for something warm to wear and have this reaction:
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What did I wear last winter? I have no clothes! Am I suffering from amnesia? Is this really my closet?"
Often, this scene plays out like a melodrama from the 40s, where all the women wear false eyelashes and have drivers named "Charlie," pronounced as "Chollie," because in those days, the "r" was considered common and Betty Davis was the reigning queen. Dahhlings, Betty never uttered an "r" that I can remember. If she did, I will stand corrected, but prefer to remain in melodramatic denial.
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Chollie, this closet is simply dreadful! Find someone to organize it for me, won't you?"
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By dealtown(view all posts by dealtown)
at 9:58AM Thursday September 30, 2010
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Fox's new dramatic series
Lone Star, about a con man and his double life, has been
canceled after two episodes. Despite garnering a fair amount of critical acclaim, ratings were too low to sustain the show with 4.1 million viewers tuning in for the first episode and dropping to 3.2 million viewers for the second.
I wrote to Fox and said, "
Hold on: 3.2 million sounds like a lot of people to me, so I'll thank you kindly to put the show back on." They could not be reached for comment. So I mustered my hard-hitting investigative journalism skills and set out to find out more about the costs associated with broadcast TV shows.
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By SavingsIQ(view all posts by SavingsIQ)
at 10:11AM Thursday September 23, 2010
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Most of us see celebs and models in magazines and think "
Wow, why can't I look like her/him?"
Well, technically you can't look like them since they themselves don't even look like that. No one is perfect, as much as they would like to be. It's the magic of
Photoshop and it's attainable if you want to look better in pictures. Just buy the program and edit away!
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By dealtown(view all posts by dealtown)
at 8:28AM Thursday September 23, 2010
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The Internet is buzzing about HBO's new series
Boardwalk Empire, an adaptation of Nelson Johnson's nonfiction book
Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City. Set in Atlantic City in 1920, the show follows city Treasurer Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, "equal parts politician and gangster," and all of his backroom-dealings.
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By stella.louise(view all posts by stella.louise)
at 11:37AM Tuesday September 21, 2010
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Photo of Willow Smith via BillboardRecently the progeny of box office phenom Will Smith and his gorgeous wife Jada Pinkett-Smith has made the new for her hip-hop hit "Whip My Hair." Idiotic song titles aside, given her genetics is it any wonder that
Willow Smith is poised to become an R&B superstar? Not only is the nine year-old buoyed by her famous celebrity parents, but brother Jaden recently scored in the hit remake of The Karate Kid as well as nurturing a budding music career of his own.
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By DCStewart(view all posts by DCStewart)
at 1:39PM Friday September 17, 2010
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Now that
back to school is well under way, it's time to start thinking about the upcoming months. Cooler weather brings about thoughts of family gatherings, comfy sweaters and fall leaves, so now might be a good time to focus on preparing for the chill with
daylight savings only months away.
Keep the frost off, make the transition easier and
stay warm with these winterizing ideas...
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By stella.louise(view all posts by stella.louise)
at 11:28AM Friday September 17, 2010
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It's official: Director Casey Affleck has admitted his
Joaquin Phoenix documentary allegedly chronicling the actor's transformation into a rapper was indeed a hoax. Phoenix's ploy played out for almost two years, famously kicking off, after his announcement he was quitting acting, with his incoherent
appearance on Letterman.
Despite the ridiculousness of his act, it was enough to generate buzz, a
send-up by Ben Stiller (
whose cameo in the "documentary" indicates he might have been in on the joke...) at the Oscars and even fooled a number of movie reviewers--notably
Dana Stevens of Slate who spent much of the review chastising Affleck for his part in the "sordid little document."
It's not the first time that many in the media and the public at large have had the wool pulled over their eyes. Let's take a look at some other examples:
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By stella.louise(view all posts by stella.louise)
at 10:13AM Saturday September 11, 2010
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The newspaper industry is definitely in decline with more and more people foregoing delivery and getting their information online. Even
copyright lawsuits might not stave off layoffs. In fact, the publisher of the New York Times stated that sometime in the future they'd
stop printing the paper.
A world without newspapers? Who would have imagined that?
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By howtosavemoneyGuest Blogger(view all posts by howtosavemoney)
at 10:41AM Saturday September 4, 2010
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Breaking up is easy right?
After all it is a free country and we have the right to choose we
love, what company to use and who to socialize with right?
Unfortunately the answer to breaking up is not that easy after all.
While it's true we all know and respect those people who walk
around life making their own decisions and having the courage
enough to call a spade a spade, breaking up is really an extremely
difficult task for most of us.
Saving money is
so possible if we could just make a decision and part ways with
some of these people (
while others are simply time
wasters). Below are the top 10 people hardest to break up with
in my opinion.
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By DCStewart(view all posts by DCStewart)
at 1:12PM Friday September 3, 2010
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Weekends are usually a time for lounging and relaxing. But what happens when the phone rings announcing the imminent arrival of unexpected guests with no time to clean up laundry,
pet hairs and strewn kids socks and clothes.
Here are a few down and dirty tricks for speed cleaning for last minute and little notice...
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