Archive for March, 2010

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The Strange State of Play In Beauty

Rating 3.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
My stats are telling me that views are down on this blog. Gloomy news, but its made me sit up and think. This started off as an insider beauty blog - and in fact I began it anonymously - but even I can see that other than […]

Dior: Miss Dior Cherie Eau de Toilette

Rating 3.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger

You don’t get much more elegant than a Dior bottle, and I love the colour pop ads to go with the new version of Miss Dior Cherie; lighter and more fruity/floral. It goes on counters on 2nd April, 50ml £48.

Manchester Terrier Breed Chalkboard

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[?]Submitted by Natural Pet Health Blog
Our unique Manchester Terrier Breed Chalkboard is a whimsical and high quality decorative accent for the home of any cat and dog lover.
Each chalkboard is a handcrafted 100% wooden product. They are completely finished on all sides, important if they are to be displayed in a […]

Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne

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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 22, 2010
DEAR JERRY: From a book at the library I made a list of 20 hit songs with foreign language titles, all of which were popular long before I was born.

Since you are probably familiar with them, will you tell me […]

Music News & Notes

Rating 3.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Them Crooked Vultures Join In On Record Store Day
Absolute Radio spoke with John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme of Them Crooked Vultures on Monday night at Royal Albert Hall and found out that the band will be touring through the end of August, at […]

This Date In Music History-March 24

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[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
Birthdays:
Dave Appell - Applejacks (1922)
Lee Oskar - War (1946)
Nick Lowe (1949)
Dougie Thompson - Supertramp (1951)
Nena (1960)
Sharon Corr - Corrs (1970)
P.A. Pasemaster Mase - De La Soul (1970)
Benj Gershman - O.A.R. (1980)
They Are Missed:
The late Nervous Norvus (”Transfusion”– real name is Jimmy Drake) was born in 1912. […]

We Have A Winner!

Rating 3.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by Collecting Vinyl Records Blog
We have a Winner in the The Jacksons - A Family Dynasty DVD giveaway! Congrats to Gavin, who was the first one to email me! Look for more contests coming very soon to the CollectingVinylRecords Blog!

Markets hold court post Democratic Health Care Victory

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[?]Submitted by WC Power Tech Fund
Many are calling it the most significant legislation since Medicare and Civil Rights. What had been a tumultuous, and at many-a-time vicious battle for longer than a calendar year has now peaked with Democratic jubilation after a symbolic victory for the people when it comes to […]

Drugs Hidden Under Prison Postcard Stamps

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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog

Florida’s St. Petersburg Times reports, “Postcards sent with love from a wife to her incarcerated husband had a little something extra — drugs, crushed to a powder and hidden underneath the stamps.”
” A clerk in the jail’s mail room noticed a bumpy-looking stamp, reported it to […]

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel coming on Blu-ray/DVD March 30

Rating 3.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by Mom Reviews Blog
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Alvin and the Chipmunks. All opinions are 100% mine.

Cover via Amazon

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Download on March 30th, 2010 – that’s next Tuesday! The Double […]

Shaft

Rating 3.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by Average Poet Blog
What does she crave
a whiff of the grave?
He’s got to be really endowed,
but let’s not be coy
it isn’t a toy
that’s keeping this prospector wowed.

Daddy, what’s film?

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[?]Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Somewhere Near the Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina - 2010
(Click on photo to enlarge.)

Guitar & Me #2

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[?]Submitted by Craig Photography Blog

Create something new,daily. You may need to turn up the volume on your computer, recorded this with my laptop camera and imovie.

6 Natural Remedies That Really Work

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[?]Submitted by Natural Remedies

Six home remedies that really work: these safe, fast, and effective fixes will relieve what ails you, says MSNBC.
Over the past century, Americans have embraced modern pharmaceutical science and the lifesaving medicines it has produced. In the process, we’ve relegated to folklore the cures our grandparents relied on. […]

Motorcycle Fees Paying For Passenger Rail System

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[?]Submitted by Northwest Harley Blog

In Oregon, when you purchase a custom motorcycle or Moped license plate for your ride the surcharge supports and benefits the Oregon passenger rail program.
Huh?
What’s the Passenger Rail Program you ask? It’s responsible for the planning and development of Oregon’s growing passenger rail service, including contracting […]

TAURUS

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[?]Submitted by Ship of the Day

Today we have the anchor-handling tug Taurus (IMO: 9344978, Port of Registry: St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda) featuring as the Ship of the Day. The Taurus is 58 metres long, about 15 metres wide and has a gross tonnage of 1767. The vessel’s two MAN B&W […]

Salt Water Spray

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[?]Submitted by Racing Yacht Management Blog

This is a picture of the salt water freezing on Cheshire. Pretty cold here at the moment -23C wind chill. As it is blowing 36 from the south.

Anyone know where you can learn to sail a moth in Chicago?

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[?]Submitted by Messing About in Sailboats Blog
Got this email today. Responses in the comments section please:
I live in Chicago, IL on lake Michigan. Any suggestions where I could try sailing a moth near Chicago?

Any help would be appreciated.

George

Mushroom Burger Gets A Makeover

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[?]Submitted by Vive Le Vegan Blog
Once up a time there was a mushroom pecan burger. It was good. Very good. But now, it’s better.
“In short, none of us can change the world single-handedly, and few of us are naive or self-centered enough to imagine that, in isolation, our […]

Beer Review: Schlafly Saison Ale

Rating 4.00 out of 5

[?]Submitted by The Beer Snob Blog
What to say about Schlafly…they are a brewery I am still unsure of at this point. I really enjoyed their pumpkin ale, but I think I am generally just undecided about them right now.
About the brewery (from the Schlafly Web site)
In 1991, Anheuser-Busch had […]

The Stamp Collecting Habits of King George V

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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
UK’s Telegraph reports, “From May 7 to July 25 the British Postal Museum and Archive, in collaboration with the Royal Philatelic Collection, is putting on an exhibition at the Guildhall Art Gallery in London of stamps and postal memorabilia from the reign of George V. This […]

“Masterclass”

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[?]Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Ahem. Well, not really, just some ideas on how to keep your stamps, maybe, or maybe even just to show you how I do it. For Pablo!

As I said yesterday, I’m now rearranging my general world collection in stockbooks, like this:
I group countries together in regions, […]

Exit, stage left

Rating 2.50 out of 5

[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog

There was a Kathryn Maris poem I wrote about a bit ago, Lord Forgive Me , which I found good things to say about because she accomplished what I think is the near impossible, write a poem that avoids the predictable bathos, romanticism and knee jerk tragedy […]

Openings

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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
Today a plain tulip bud opened
and revealed itself all streaked and pied.
Today a pair of cotyledons unfurled
and an acorn began to dream it was an oak.
A pair of little boys on a sloping lawn
fissioned into twenty-two men
a loud-voiced announcer
and an arena seating thousands.
Two girls and a […]

1257 – Framed II

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[?]Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog

I have a new blog, simply called “Programming“. I will use it to document my thoughts about software engineering, to gather requirements for my new free software project, and to document its progress. It will take me an unspecified but in any case […]

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