The breakup of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon was a bitter ending to a decade fraught with numerous divorce and cheating scandals and sparse golden couples in Tinseltown. Over the years, there have been celebrity couples whose commitment to each other have been nothing short of inspirational: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Linda and Paul…Read More
Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2009
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December 31, 2009 By
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) has announced the top five Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of the Year for 2009. Nominees were drawn from the monthly Most Ridiculous Lawsuit poll winners chosen by visitors to FacesofLawsuitAbuse.org – a public awareness campaign website that aims to show how abusive lawsuits affect small businesses and average…Read More
Book Review: No Impact Man – Saving the Planet One Family at a Time
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December 31, 2009 By
When Colin Beavan woke on Day One of his family’s year-long attempt to have zero effect on the environment, he grabbed some paper towel and blew his dribbling schnoz on it. Not the best start in a remarkable attempt to create no garbage, cause no carbon dioxide emissions, disseminate no toxins, purchase naught but locally produced product,…Read More
2010 NEW YEAR HOROSCOPE SPECIAL
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December 31, 2009 By
2010 starts with a bang as the Lunar Eclipse stirs up emotions and trouble on New Year’s Eve. Expect a volatile year financially, when the world could rebound back into recession. Natural disasters are likely around April-May and July-August, as Saturn and Uranus oppose each other again as they did in February and September 2009,…Read More
New Year’s Resolutions…you can do it!
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December 29, 2009 By
As our thoughts turn towards New Year, we sometimes contemplate what we’d like to change about ourselves, and what we’d like to achieve in the year to come. When ‘resolutions’ are broken it’s usually because they haven’t been considered thoroughly, and then we feel disappointed in ourselves. How much better would it be to come up…Read More
Jolly Old St Nick – Who is he? Really?
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December 23, 2009 By
As of this article, it’s only a short time until Santa sneaks into our homes, his sack stuffed with splendid treats for good little boys and girls. Lucky the Good Children List has now gone on the world wide web, otherwise how on earth could Santa possibly cover the mass of gaping stockings draped around…Read More
The Corset Shapes More Than Our Waists
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December 23, 2009 By
“Have you heard, corsets are coming back again?” a friend asked recently. “Oh no,” I groaned, and thought back to my childhood and the sight of Grandma’s pink stays pinned up on the Hills Hoist. I recall staring at the cream laces and whalebone ribs and wondering how she did them up let alone why she…Read More
Top Tips for Baking with Kids
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December 22, 2009 By
With another school year over, many parents are now looking for fun and affordable ways to entertain the kids during the school holidays. One option for entertaining the kids at home is to teach them the basics of cookery. From preparation to cleaning up and all the fun stuff in between, cooking with kids is…Read More
At 53 Marathon Mary is Finally Living Her Dream
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December 21, 2009 By
Mary Scott is living proof that it’s never too late to realise those long-held and seemingly unreachable dreams. Since the age of 20, Mary Scott had dreamed of completing a Boston Marathon. An avid believer in goal setting and the power of mind mapping, she continued to include it as a goal year after year.…Read More
Book Review: Belle De Jour’s Guide to Men (This review is rated M)
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December 16, 2009 By
If you’re going to trust anyone with your man-hunting issues, you most certainly want to rely on advice from someone who sounds like they know what they’re doing. ‘Skanky Sally Slapper’ or ‘Madame Home Wrecker’ probably wouldn’t suffice. ’Belle de Jour’, on the other hand, could seat you on a chaise lounge of pink silk and sweet…Read More
