While over at Mediatakeout, I saw this pic and the sight of it left me wondering.  With all of the excessive spending and bailouts that’s occurred over the last few months, you would think  pics like this would be a thing of the past for some. Not that I ever laughed at anything like this  ,but situations such as these are really not laughing matters anymore.

• Is Your Health a Laughing Matter? Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around; it enhances respiration; it is an igniter of great expectations.” ~ Norman Cousins Are there people in your life who rarely laugh and are chronic complainers? No matter how often you talk to them, they complain regardless......
• 4 Ways to Injury Proof Your Next Workout If you are just getting into exercising or you are an old pro, injuries can happen at any time. It doesn’t take much to injure our joints or muscles and exercising improperly only contributes to the problem. Before you go out to do your next workout, remember these tips to......
• Wine Collecting Hobby As long ago as in the 1700s, it was recognized that wine had a powerful hold on people, and that great friendships could spring from good wine. The art of wine and wine collecting has a truly long and interesting history dating as far back as 4000 years BC. There......

Ever wonder what a Trillion Dollars look like? Here’s a neat break down!
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The Mayor can’t even keep her composure during this City Council Meeting in Medina Ohio!  All I want to know is WHO DID IT???

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This is why so many Citizens fear Law Enforcement and DON”T trust them. You would think he would know how to conduct himself after eight years of service as a Deputy. I do understand that some Individuals may push your buttons, but step away and reassess the situation.  A 15 year old?  Come on now, SMH!!!! This Deputy is a straight up PUNK and needs to TERMINATED!!!

• Web safety hits home at Cyber-Security seminar SEBASTIAN — At a time when law enforcement officers are arresting adults across the nation for preying on teens and children online, Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials want to make sure that children across the state are protected. That's why, as part of the agency's Computer Crime Center in...
• Adoption Corruption 12) Educate yourself on the International Documents... 12) Educate yourself on the International Documents that are applicable to International Adoption: --"The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)" --"The Convention on the Rights of the Child Optional Protocol (Sale of Children)" --"Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption" --Human Rights documents, including the "Protocol to Prevent, Suppress,......
• Book and Movie Review: Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy The movie: BBC 2008 v. staring Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, and Hans Matheson I read this book in eighth grade at the urging of my English teacher who thought I would enjoy this book above all others he had offered up for students to read and on which to do......

Not only do you not want to get a ticket while being a Good Samaritan, you also don’t want to think of someone stealing from you while you are in the process of helping someone else out………. (continue reading…)

• Jimmy's Dead In the back of the dimly lit pool hall the juke box was playing loudly.  Very loudly.  Playing to an empty space.  Playing to lost souls long since forgotten. Playing Smuggler’s Blues by Glenn Fry.  Appropriate, I thought, shoving hands into my trouser pockets and staring at the folded mass......
• Review: Monk and Psych Monk and Psych I don’t watch much mainstream (i.e. non-sports) TV, so you’re not going to see a lot of TV shows reviewed in this blog. Two of the few shows that rank as appointment viewing are Monk and Psych, detective shows on the USA Network. They are on cable,......
• 12 Oddest Stories of 2009 [/caption] 1. 6 year-old boy misses bus and takes mom's car instead (Jan 2009) In Virginia's Northern Neck, on a random Monday morning, a 6-year-old boy drove his mother's Ford Taurus for more than 10 miles, weaving in and out of oncoming traffic, to finally slam into a utility pole,......
• Long or short hair? Katie Holmes, whose change from long to short hair made women everywhere want to chop their locks and was the sound of shears heard round the world, has done it again. She's gone to instant long hair. And it is looking real good -- as good as when she cut......
• How To Earn Money Online The last hope for those who have lost their income learning how to make money online is becoming a more prevalent choice by many. The first step before you can even start making any real money online is learning website promotion. After you gain a grasp of marketing and understand......

When you see anyone in need of help, your first instinct should be to help them if you can. Most instances we will think before we react ( lending money, loaning a car, allowing someone to move in temporarily, i.e.). We will not just give immediate responses to these types of issues. However, it appears that it is the less serious issues that we should concern ourselves with, such as being a good Samaritan and helping the Elderly cross the road………. (continue reading…)

• Looking Good While Saving Money In an earlier post, I talked about always bargaining and that you can always haggle with people who are taking your money. This happens most often for my phone bill, but also happened before renting our apartment as we were able to convince the landlord to reduce the rent. When......
• How to Make Ends Meet When You Can't Find a Good Job. The following is a guest post by Lynnae from Being Frugal.net, a blog about frugal living and getting out of debt. If you enjoyed this post, subscribe to Being Frugal's RSS feed. When my husband lost his job three weeks ago, we had no idea how long he'd be out......
• ING- Good for business and personal accounts! ING Direct is another long lived online savings bank. Adding to their ways to help you save and grow your money, they recently acquired ShareBuilders to help everyday people invest their money. Since I am only reviewing their savings accounts currently, I will skip this and tell you a little......
• San Francisco Cruises and More Await You in the City by the Bay Spending time in San Francisco, whether you live there or are just visiting this spectacular city, you will find that there are a number of things that you can do to enjoy your time. San Francisco cruises as well as the outdoor parks are wonderful for those who love to......
• Conquer Worry What if we seek comfort from food or substance as a way of dealing with worry even though we know we shouldn’t? That is a mixed worry response. Your instincts are still in a sense good, but we sit and brood. If you are busy in self expression or engagement......

I have always wondered if there are any other known uses of hair weave and wigs!

Apparently, Zain’s mind wasn’t really focused on reporting about Northwest and Delta Airlines serving peanuts to their passengers effective Feb 1st. A lot of passengers have concerns about the peanuts and the products containing peanuts affecting their allergies.

Zain also tries her best to note Georgia as being the number one peanut producing state in the U.S. She just couldn’t get it together! However, there have been many problems with peanut product recalls in GA recently.  You can check them out here!

• Figuring Out When to Start a Diet The process of starting a diet is probably one of the most difficult steps you can take when you’re getting started on the road to fitness. It’s not easy to commit to making changes in your life, especially if they are big changes, and it is all too easy to......
• Thanks, Nina, I Now Have No Excuse Not to Do My Taxes With moving and marriage, my taxes got a whole lot more complicated this year. But I'm hoping that Tax Cut will help....
• How to Avoid the Three Worst Financial Traps No matter how wealthy or poor you are, there are financial traps that are waiting to disrupt your lives. Many people end up finding out too late that they are in the depths of one and it is nearly impossible to get out. However, there are specific steps that you......

Surely, there aren’t any Zombies roaming the Earth and we haven’t been informed of them on National News ! (continue reading…)

• Mass. Senate poll shows shift toward GOP candidate The third candidate in the race, independent Joseph L. Kennedy, had 3 percent in the Suffolk poll. The Libertarian businessman is unrelated to the senator, who died Aug. 25 of brain cancer. ad_icon "Although the results show a race within the statistical margin of error, Scott Brown has surged......
• Plane Crashes Into Building in Austin, Texas [/caption] A small single-engine airplane crashed into an office building in Austin, Texas Thursday in what may have been a suicide carried out by a disturbed local resident. The pilot is believed to have died and two people in the building were injured. The plane struck the side of a......
• Drake Gets 'Fancy' With T.I. And Swizz Beatz On Video Set 'It's a dedication to the ladies who take pride in being the flyest and finest,' Tip tells MTV News of the clip.By Mawuse Ziegbe, with reporting by James "FLX" Smith Drake Photo: MTV News Drake's upcoming "Fancy" video features a couple of stars known for cranking out hard-hitting hip-hop, but......
• Republican ad says Democrats started KKK There is something just so wrong with all of this, from Dr. King being a Republican to the Democrats starting the KKK, I cant even really believe I just read it in the news.. From Yahoo News : A national black conservative group is “running a radio advertisement accusing Democrats......
• Tour de France - Facts and Figures [/caption] The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race that covers approximately 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) throughout France and bordering countries. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are......