Not Me! Monday

Stop hiding your flaws and imperfections! Share the shortcuts you take! Here at My Charming Kids we air all our dirty laundry on a weekly basis. That's right, it's Not Me! Monday time again!! Neither during this past week nor during any other weeks in my life, have I ever taken my laptop with me when I went to use the bathroom. Nope [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:46:00

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13 Reasons To Cancel Fashion Week Forever

Reminder:  If you have not made your March Madness (Hottest Man Alive) picks, go here to vote.  The poll will close on Friday at 9pm. ThreeBoys1Mommy is hosting a new carnival on her blog called What’s the deal ... is a combination of a WTF post, as well as a Thursday Thirteen . Why participate in just one carnival [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 02:14:50

Does Twitter and politics mix?

Theo Blackwell is an Account Director at Mandate Communications and a local councillor in LB Camden.Some would say politicians should beware of any new technology, but I think politicians should be especially wary of Twitter.For those who aren’t familiar with Twitter, it’s like a micro-blog with each post (”tweet”) no larger than 140 characters [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 14:29:19

Where Was Greg Abbott During the Voter Suppression Debate?

An interesting take from Wayne Slater -- Dallas Morning News columnist and one of the top political writers in the country -- on the voter suppression hearings that took place in the Texas Senate yesterday: The Senate gallery was peppered Tuesday with people in red T-shirts exuding a certain energy, as if awaiting a carnival [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 19:46:18

R.E.M. Play Surprise Song at Tribute to Their Three-Decade Career

Photo: Bank/WireImage A wide assortment bands and singers including Patti Smith, Kimya Dawson, the Feelies and Darius Rucker turned out at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall last night to pay tribute to R.E.M. by reinterpreting songs from the band’s back catalog before the erstwhile Georgians capped off the show with a surprise appearance and a few [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 14:46:56

R.E.M. Play Surprise Song at Tribute to Their Three-Decade Career

A wide assortment bands and singers including Patti Smith, Kimya Dawson, the Feelies and Darius Rucker turned out at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall last night to pay tribute to R.E.M. by reinterpreting songs from the band’s back catalog before the erstwhile Georgians capped off the show with a surprise appearance and a few tributes of their own [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 14:46:56

5 Day Western Caribbean Cruise from $479pp

Ready to get away? Take this wonderful Western Caribbean cruise from Tampa and you’ll see just how much fun you can fit into five days ... - and when you need some pampering quite time - Serenity-Adult only Retreat. CARNIVAL INSPIRATION received ... destinations that our cruises are famous for. Book your Western Caribbean cruise aboard CARNIVAL [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 17:37:59

Children's Classics - Beatrix Potter Edition

Time again! Man, these things just sneak up on you before you know it, don't they? I can't believe how quickly time is flying ... are fair game for the carnival this month! I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result ... , Old Yeller, etc.). See you back here for another Children's Classics Carnival on April 14th [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 11:45:50

New Coupon Columnist and Say it Forward

Welcome Teresa, New Coupon Columnist! We’d like to announce to everyone the newest addition to our team, Teresa! ... that linked here recently: Money Saving Mom , Amy’s Finer Things , Deal Seeking Mom A Carnival of Everything Home , Carnival of Computer Help and Advice   Good Parenting , 123 of Investing [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 00:48:00

Jim Cramer’s Stock Picking Advice

I’m pretty wary of investment gurus that are sharing their “wealth” on information and knowledge with the public at large.  I do think there are some people that truly have knowledge and ideas that are extremely valuable and feel a calling to teach and share their ideas.  Benjamin Graham was that kind of person.  I think it’s rare though [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 12:00:26

Carnival Cruise Lines Treats Baltimoreans to a Full Day of Fun

Looking for a fun time?   The Inner Harbor is the place to be on April 25th from 10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. when Fun City:   Baltimore, sails into town.   The event is compliments of Carnival Cruise Lines and will raise funds for Maryland Special ... , “Fun Ship” Freddy and Fun Decoder cards which lead to several chances to win a free cruise [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 19:07:26

CoS gathers the Harvest of Hope Festival: Day 1

The inaugural Harvest of Hope Festival took place this past weekend on St. John’s Fairgrounds, just outside of St. Augustine, Florida (the oldest city in the country) and, I am happy to report, it was a resounding success. Not only was the music phenomenal, there seemed to be very few snags (rare for a new festival) [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 13:35:56

Defending themselves

My 2 years old Zaria was naughty so I asked her to stand at the naughty corner, she was only allowed to leave when the timer went off ( ... . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 4yrs old Zara had “Colour Carnival” day at school ... all over and she would be careful in her party dress. I told her it’s “Colour Carnival” and she’ [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 07:50:03

Arnold crafts virtual aquariums for Carnival

Holy mackerel, Arnold's creative output is totally seaworthy lately. They've got the lure of advertising down pat ... , the agency's singing fish for McDonald's is an Internet sensation , and now the shop has introduced virtual aquariums for Carnival Cruise Lines . They've been set up in vacant storefronts (plenty [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 17:42:28

We are back!

Thanks for the numerous emails and being patient over the last couple of weeks - no we were not abducted by aliens or Grace Mugabe. Wonkie decided to go on a short trip to the Caribbean to experience the carnival festivities out there (and of course the customary week on the beach thereafter to recover from the over-indulgence [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 09:56:06

Grand Theft Auto IV Episode Two Due By Halloween

UNDER THE SEATake-Two dropped its financial earnings report today with a few bits of info about games that have already shipped. For example, did you know that as of January 31, Grand Theft Auto IV had shipped over 13 million copies into stores? That's kind of a lot. Also, 2K's Carnival Games line has broken four million [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 02:00:00

March 10 Catalog booming for Take-Two, bombing for EA

Back in December when it cut guidance and announced bigger layoffs, Electronic Arts said that weak catalog sales were one of the primary reasons ... out Nintendo's platforms, particularly the Wii, its "Carnival Games" franchise for the two consoles ... , which launched in August of 2007, the DS version which launched last July, and "Carnival Games: Mini [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 00:46:48

Financial Crisis Stock Charts Set To Polka Music @ The Roundup

Want to hear what the financial crisis sounds like when it’s set to some techno-polka music? Then check out this video that shows us some melodies derived from recent stock charts (the songs were arranged using Songsmith, the Microsoft Composition tool). It’s a little hard to describe but when you see it, it’s self-explanatory [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 03:59:04

Things Heard: e58v4

Mr Obama promised to fight earmarks. Oops. A little on some of the earmarks in the latest spending … thing . Mr Obama spoke critically of Mr Bush’s use of signing statements calling them an abuse of power … waits less than 2 months to follow suit . The Christian carnival is up . Science and stem [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 13:17:20

Dazzle Dry Nail System

I've been seeing the Dazzle Dry nail system advertised in Nails Magazine for months, and it had me very curious. I finally broke down and had to have more information on this mysterious brand. Now that I've tried it, I am in love! Dazzle Dry is a line of super fast drying nail lacquers, if you can't tell from the name.. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 20:37:00

Jennifer Hudson leads Idols in weekly album sales

Jennifer Hudson has the top-selling Idol album this week, barely edging out David Cook ... . Carrie sees a 1 percent fall-off (10,000 sales) for Carnival Ride, but against a weak field, the album actually moves up eight spots (and three spots on the country chart, to 7). Carnival Ride has sold 2.7 [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 20:50:51

A Few Little Truths, Tid-bits & Lovelies...

I am busily working in the studio, all sorts of fun things on the horizon.  I know I have been saying that for a month (or two).  But I have a busy behind the scenes , and also shipped out a bevy of secret loves and deadlines over the last two months.  Here is a tiny teeny peek at one of the girls on a voyage.. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 02:53:04

Bi-Lingual Swedes do Four Stone Hearth

Carnival Announcement Note to Blogosphere:  SLOW DOWN FOR A FEW DAYS! I am trying to maintain a real life here ... has gathered (in English,) a fantastic carnival!  I have read at least four of the posts ... food tips. The Carnival Of the Liberals: Greenbelt has gathered a series of posts for those [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 13:26:06

10 Lies that Got You (and Keep You) in Credit Card Debt

While we don’t have any credit card debt now, except for 0 APR balance transfers, there was a time when we did ... we have. Great deals also shouldn’t be used to buy more than we need. The one thing I’ve learned is that great deals generally come and go pretty regularly. Regardless, it’s not a great deal [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 13:51:51

Carnival in Belgium a celebration of silliness

More than 500 years ago, or so the story goes, the jovial monks were barred from festivities by the abbot. The townsfolk missed their presence, and in protest dressed in white hooded robes and strapped on pointy red carrot-shaped noses to protest their absence. And thus, the Blancs Moussis were born. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 23:40:44

Increase Traffic with Blog Carnival Submitter

Increase Traffic to your Websites by Submitting Blog Articles to Blog Carnivals Article Marketing is a very important traffic generation method that have been discussed all the time. We have also heard of Blog and RSS feed Submitter to get traffic. But this is something really new that I have just come across, the concept of [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 01:09:51

Seattle gains mid-week cruise line customer

The world's largest cruise line, Carnival Cruises, will begin calling on Seattle's new Smith Cove Cruise Terminal next year ... . The Spirit is the first major cruise ship to call in Seattle regularly during midweek. The ship will leave ... Norwegian Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 21:44:36

Theme park Venice

Venice used to be a big city.  Actually, it used to be a small empire, but that’s a few centuries ago now ... in. It is hard quantify tourism in Venice. The graph below show the number of night spent in hotels ... half a million tourists spent just over 1,129,000 nights in hotels in the city of Venice [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 17:43:34

Cruise To Mexico

LimeBlog #56 :: 8 years after visiting Hawaii, I finally get to take a real vacation again! This time it was with the Carnival cruise line on the Fantasy from New Orleans to Progreso and Cozumel, Mexico. The 5 day vacation was problem free and well worth the wait. Special thanks [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 16:53:50

Gifted Doll and Another Soiree!

This Friedericy Doll was sent to come live with me..!  Anyone who knows me would never accuse me of being spoiled ... , I am back to work now. I just found out about another blog event this week, the Carnival Soiree , hosted ... you then (I hope)! The carnival soiree [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 16:47:43

Dawn of War II stays on top of best selling PC game retail sales list

Filed under: Biz Relic 's latest RTS game is showing signs that not only it is selling well it will continue to sell well ... Crusade and the ultra-cheap The Sims Carnival: Snap City replacing them. 1. Warhammer 40,000 ... - Electronic Arts 8. The Sims Carnival: Snap City - Electronic Arts [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 23:10:10

The Afternoon Dump: A Theory About A-Rod, Topps New Cards, Grown Men Can Act Childish, Pacman Shirt, 5 Crazy Conspiracy Gurus, Anna Wears Leather

Lee Ann is a South African hottie. I went to Illinois this weekend. Good times. Been awake since 4AM, kind of sick right now ... to wear leather Epic Carnival Everyone knows who Imogen is Next Round Kelly Brook likes [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 19:30:57

Bartering and Taxes

While catching up on old news, I heard a story about bartering on the Marketplace Money podcast. It’s called a Time Bank. Basically you do something for someone else and earn some Time Dollars. Then you use your Time Dollars for services you want from another person [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 13:45:59

Horse racing: Latest news and views on day two of the Cheltenham Festival

• Best jumps horse in Europe runs in Champion Chase • Showers forecast after dry night at Cheltenham 9.30am Welcome back to the best live coverage of the Cheltenham Festival Good morning! It's day two of the Cheltenham Festival, the day we expect to see the best jumps horse in Europe when Master Minded tries to win his second Champion Chase [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 09:24:15

Reminder: Virtual Schooling Blog Carnival - Call For Submissions

A final reminder…  The call for the March Blog Carnival edition reads: virtual schooling - http://blogcarnival.com/bc/eprof_26744.htmlDescription - This is a carnival that is focused upon the use of online learning and distance ... - This carnival is ongoing.If you have something relevant to this topic, feel free to submit [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 22:32:40

Dreambox Learning K-2 Math

We were fortunate to be offered a free trial to Dreambox Learning K-2 Math , ... and coins that can be used to play carnival games. Even if some of the games are a bit slow ... to the carnival and popping balloons or another similar activity. What’s more, Dreambox Learning [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 06:00:02

THIS JUST IN! Karl Lagerfeld is in the House!

I am sitting here giddy with excitement as I announce to you Avelle’s newest designer: The force behind Chanel , Fendi and his own label, ... , and I like that. It is like a mask. And for me the Carnival of Venice lasts all year long.” Let the carnival [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 14:04:54

sixty guilty pleasures

01. taking too many photos 02. not listening to my voicemail 03. making up words to songs i insist i know 04. having seconds 05. saving letters 06 ... trinkety crap because it's on sale 24. i will be stocked if i ever host a carnival game of go fish 25 [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 19:52:25

U2 brings Davis Square to life

U2 at the Somerville Theatre during the Q&A session. ~Photo courtesy DJ Twitch ~Photo courtesy of Leo Gozbekian Photography By Ben Johnson The enthusiastic crowds that flocked to Davis Square Wednesday were an unrivaled sight for the square on a rainy day in mid March [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 14:19:00

$72,000 Being Given Away by City Council Today

Photo by Atwater Village Newbie via Flickr Today, in the very usual habit of the Los Angeles City Council, they will consider approving various special events and absorbing the costs. Usually, these are good-natured community events and sometimes they are larger ones like the Grammys and the Oscars, [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 17:59:57

SXSW Preview: Ten Must-See Narrative Features (Part Two)

Can there possibly be more SXSW Film Festival preview? Why, yes! We have five more narrative features that may be of interest you ... a punk rock romance and a balls-out comedy set in a carnival.” Small town schmoe Justin Frost [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 17:00:00

Gunaxin’s Happy Funtime Links

Half Thai and Half Italian 21-Year-Old Mother Maria Venus (Uncoached)Dan Patrick Goes Snuggie On Erin Andrews And Sister Kendra (Busted Coverage) ... a hoax (The Bachelor Guy)The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories (Epic Carnival)10 Best Celebrity [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 03:30:11

Beyond reckoning

The great majority of those who've done the normblog profile and answered the question 'Do you think the world (human civilization) ... bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 12:47:34

Long Overdue

Marsha and I have been really bad about posting for the last month or so.  As such, I'll try to fill people in with some doings and anecotes in the next day or two. 1.  We've been filled with Purim stuff for the last couple of days.  Sunday was the purmin Carnival [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 13:06:26

Madonna raids Lourdes’ closet again for schoolgirl costume

In the category of “refusing to age gracefully,” Madonna showed up to a Kabbalah costume party dressed as her daughter, Lourdes ... falls in March. In 2009, Purim begins at sundown on March 9. The carnival-like atmosphere of Purim [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 16:20:59

Earnings: Legal Fees Send Take-Two's Losses Higher

Looks like that battle to fend off EA had far-reaching costs for Take-Two ( NSDQ: TTWO ). The video game publisher posted a $50.4 million ($0 ... , up 6.8 percent from $240.4 million last year. The company said sales of GTA IV , Carnival Games [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 00:33:57

Daily scoreboard

1. AP reported: West Virginia is the unhappiest state in America. Huh? We’re almost heaven ... has made the White House look like an oafish bunch of drunken frat boys. I returned from carnival [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 21:39:29

Hannity Ready To Pronounce Obama's Presidency A Failure

Reported by Ellen - March 11, 2009 - Those “we like America” folks at FOX News were spreading a lot of hate on last night's (3/10/09) ... of Politifact's “Obameter” but added a bouncing, goofily-smiling Obama head, like a minstrel or carnival [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 07:23:20

Weekly PC Sales: Dawn of War 2 Stays on Top

NPD's list of the ten best-selling PC games at United States retailers didn't change all that much during the week of February 22-28 ... by the incredibly cheap Sims Carnival: SnapCity and the first World of Warcraft expansion [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 17:22:00

when to create and when to put it out there!

These past 5 months have been amazingly busy. The festive season came and went in the usual rush of feasting, sun, family, ... dysfunctional clowns. The Greatest Show on Earth Posted in art, carnival [more...]

Date: 2009-03-12 11:23:17

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