Diggin it!
InstantSpotFinally the genius of Dave and Aaron can be known. InstantSpot is more than awesome now!! I love it! Your hard work and dedication has really paid off. Now who am I going to invite... who are the 5 lucky ones?
Online Dating Service
InternetNow personally I have no experience with online dating, but I have numerous friends that participate and pay good money to use these services. One friend actually spent $900 just last year in dating services alone! That doesn't even count the babysitting, shoes, clothes, gas, meals or activities for the dates!
When I got married it was 1994 and the internet didn't exist, but times have changed! Dating has changed rapidly since the existence of online dating services. You can meet someone the first day of signing up. Coffee/drinks seem to be a great start. It's like a small meet and greet date - mini date if you will. It takes the pressure off of an actual date.
I've heard that you know if you have the right chemistry with someone within the first 10 minutes of meeting. I think that's why these mini-dates are perfect!
There are hundreds of dating services. Anything from Christian to fetish sites. It's amazing what's out there. There are even sites dedicated to one night stands! It's amazing how things have changed since I started dating.
The more known sites are eharmony.com, matchmaker.com, americansingles.com, date.com, firstclickfriend.com, friendfinder.com...
Then there are the fetish and more sexual sites like adultfriendfinder.com, hornymatches.com, alt.com, bondage.com...
There are also gay dating sites like outpersonals.com, gayfriendfinder.com, gaydatingonline.com, gaycupid.com...
Even seniors have their own dating sites like seniorfriendfinder.com.
There truly is something for everyone!
Some websites are free, or you can have limited access. Some sites charge huge enormous fees to join and you have to pay extra charges to get more and more access.
You have to be extremely cautious with online dating. Some people are not who they say they are and pretend to be someone they aren't. Just be extremely careful with online dating and don't get fooled into paying for something you aren't receiving!
I should also mention that my friend that spent $900 is not dating anyone at the moment and never got a solid relationship out of the money she spent. Most of the men had over compensated on their profiles and were not what they appeared to be online.
Good luck out there!
Criss Angel - MINDFREAK - divorce!
EntertainmentIt looks as if Criss Angel, the Mindfreak has landed himself in divorce court. There are rumors and accusations that he has abandoned his wife of 5 years. She claims she hasn't gotten a penny from all his millions!
Criss Angel has also been rumored to be having an affair with Shrek the Third's Cameron Diaz! So far no word on if the accusations are true.
So will the Mindfreak on A&E be losing its luster with the fans?
Sophie Countess of Wessex Pregnant!
NewsQueen Elizabeth II's daughter-in-law, Sophie Countess of Wessex is pregnant again. Sophie's husband, Edward Earl of Wessex, is the son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. This is the eighth grandchild of the Queen and Prince.
Princess Sophie is now 42 years old. Is 42 too old to be having a child? How old is too old? Having a child at age 42 can seem somewhat unfair to a child, afterall when the child is 18 Sophie will be 60. Will she be able to be a grandmother that plays with the grandchildren or will she simply be too old?
On the flip side having a child at age 42 has its advantages. She has had her entire adult life to figure things out, settle her affairs and live her life. I guess now seems the appropriate time to move things along.
I just wonder how fair is it to these children born to such late-in-life mothers.
10 Tips on Conserving
News1) Replace your incandescent light bulbs with compact florescent lights (CFLs). Look closely at labels when buying light bulbs. Those marked as CFLs last 10 times longer and use 66 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs while delivering the same light levels. As a result, CFLs accrue net savings between $30 and $45 over their lifetimes, depending on your cost of electricity, the wattage size of the CFL, and the lamp's lifespan (manufacturers make CFLs that last 6,000, 8,000, or 10,000 hours). The return on investment is 15 times higher than leaving your money in a bank account or the average return on Dows-Jones stock investments. CFLs also reduce the release of greenhouse gas emissions and are safer because they burn at a lower temperature (160° F or less) than incandescent and halogen lights, which can burn at temperatures up to 500° F.
2) Turn down the thermostat just three degrees in the winter and up three degrees in the summer. You can prevent the emission of nearly 1,100 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.
3) Inflate your car tires. When walking or biking isn't feasible, you can do something to better protect the Earth while driving. Take a step in the right direction by inflating your car tires. Pumping them up can improve your gas mileage by about 3.3 percent -- a savings of about 7 cents per gallon. It's the right thing to do for your wallet and the right thing to do for the Earth.
4) Turn down the hot water heater. Set your water heater to 130° F. While you're at it, turn down your house thermostat during the winter to 55° F when you go to bed or leave home. These simple actions can have enormous positive consequences, preventing the emission of more than 1,100 pounds of carbon dioxide over the course of the year, while cutting your energy bill by more than 10 percent. And that's just from you! Get your friends on board, and the benefits will multiply.
5) Choose your seafood wisely. We can't afford to wait until 2008. The world's seafood will be entirely depleted by 2048, according to an early November report in the journal Science. That means the moment to shape up is now. By buying and eating certain types of seafood, you can discourage harmful fishing practices and avoid the more depleted or threatened species. Take a look at Seafood Choices Alliance or Seafood Watch to make smart choices.
6) Purchase EnergyStar-labeled appliances. EnergyStar products are among the top 25 percent most efficient and can provide a 30 percent return or better through lower utility bills.
7) Wash and rinse in cold water. If everyone in the United States alone switched to cold water with their washing machines, we could save about 30 million tons of carbon dioxide each year -- and more than $3 billion in energy costs, collectively. And what's more? Cold water cleans your laundry just as well as hot water.
8) Buy locally produced meats and produce. Sounds like a good idea, but you don't know where to start? Just type in your zip code on Local Harvest's website to see a list of farms and farmers' markets close to home, as well as nearby restaurants committed to supporting their neighbors. Buying locally produced food cuts out the middlemen and the vast amounts of energy required to get your products onto store shelves. Most produce in U.S. supermarkets travels an average 1,500 miles before it is sold!
9) Drink more water from reusable glassware. It's great for your bank account, your health, and your planet. The average American consumed more than 400 beverage bottles and cans in 2006, leaving behind wasted glass, plastic, steel, and aluminum. That adds up to excessive amounts of fossil fuels and hydropower for mining, processing, refining, shaping, shipping, storing, refrigerating, and disposing of those materials. Of course, changing your drinking habits both at home and at work is applicable to just about every other habit, as well. You've heard it before and you'll hear it again: Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
10) Walk, bike, and carpool. In the United States, the car represents one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. However, you don't have to give up your car for a healthier planet, just expand your transportation options. You can significantly reduce your emissions by commuting to work. Try combining trips to minimize emissions, which are greatest at the beginning of a journey before the engine has reached optimum temperature and efficiency. When purchasing your next car, make it a fuel-efficient one. Hybrid cars can get twice the fuel efficiency of the average new car, cut greenhouse gas emissions by half or more, and reduce urban air pollutants. Carpooling saves energy, cuts on additional pollution, and allows you to take a turn as a passenger instead of driving everyday. Car-sharing (not pooling) is available in numerous U.S. cities. Car-sharing enables you to rent a car just when you need it. Each car-share vehicle displaces four to eight privately held cars, requiring less parking area and creating less road congestion. If you live within an hour's bicycle ride to the office (~10 miles), consider biking to work one or more days a week.
Are Democrats Greener?
World ViewsIt has been said that Democrats are Greener then Republicans. Do Democrats care more about the Earth than Repubicans? Democrats as a whole have more of a stamp on getting the U.S. to turn around to the Green movement. Republicans as a whole are still old-school with their gas guzzling vehicles and a waste approach to their lives.
Here are a list of Democrats that are trying to make a difference.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerWangari Maathai
Ken Livingstone Marina Silva Helen Clark David Cameron Peter Garrett Greg Nickels
Margot Wallstrom Stephane Dion Angela Merkel Barbara Boxer Xie Zhenhua Stavros Dimas Rocky Anderson
So is it true? Are Democrats Greener than Republicans?





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