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The 20 Funniest Celebs on Twitter
Famous people who tweet are very helpful for the last purpose. There are two kinds of awesome celebrity twitter accounts: The first is genuinely funny people (see above).
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| The Hottest Celebrities on Twitter
And the second is just plain old famous people, some humorous on purpose, some accidentally so. (I'll let you choose which is which.)
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| The Funniest Blogs on the Web
My favorite in this list: Awful Library Books. This site includes such classics as 'Fake Families' and 'Fun With Crime.'
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| Where to Find Funny Video Clips
Sometimes, though, there's just no substitute for watching people fall down.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
About Today:: The 20 Funniest Celebs on Twitter 2/23/11
Strange News:: Swimming with the Dead 2/23/11
Well sort of anyways.
A local authority in England has given the go ahead for a swimming pool to use energy created by the next-door crematorium to heat its water.
The plan, the first of its kind in Britain, will see waste heat from the incinerator chimney used to warm up the neighbouring leisure centre and its new pool.
“The cremation process is a sensitive matter and we wanted to be sure our proposals had widespread support,” said Councillor Carole Gandy, the leader of Redditch Borough Council in central England.
Eighty to 90 percent of people who contacted the council had backed the scheme, she said.
“Throughout we have been careful to explain how the technology would work, that it is tried and trusted, and that the practice is quite common in parts of Europe and especially in Sweden,” she said.
“We already support our residents to insulate their homes and be energy-efficient, so it seemed only right for us to explore this re-use of energy.”
However, local trade union officials are less than impressed with the plan, saying it was a reflection of the massive public spending cuts being implemented by the government.
“These proposals … are sick and an insult to local residents,” said Roger McKenzie, regional secretary for Unison, Britain’s biggest public sector labour union.
I find this kinda gross and maybe even a tad offensive.
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The plan, the first of its kind in Britain, will see waste heat from the incinerator chimney used to warm up the neighbouring leisure centre and its new pool.
“The cremation process is a sensitive matter and we wanted to be sure our proposals had widespread support,” said Councillor Carole Gandy, the leader of Redditch Borough Council in central England.
Eighty to 90 percent of people who contacted the council had backed the scheme, she said.
“Throughout we have been careful to explain how the technology would work, that it is tried and trusted, and that the practice is quite common in parts of Europe and especially in Sweden,” she said.
“We already support our residents to insulate their homes and be energy-efficient, so it seemed only right for us to explore this re-use of energy.”
However, local trade union officials are less than impressed with the plan, saying it was a reflection of the massive public spending cuts being implemented by the government.
“These proposals … are sick and an insult to local residents,” said Roger McKenzie, regional secretary for Unison, Britain’s biggest public sector labour union.
I find this kinda gross and maybe even a tad offensive.
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About Today:: 7 Houseplants You Can't Kill 2/22/11
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7 Houseplants You Can't Kill
I think the thing is to pick plants that are harder to kill. I tend to get ambitious with plants. Probably orchids are not the plant of choice for someone who can never find a pen and often spends hours calling her own cell phone to figure out where it is. (It is under the laundry. It is always under the laundry.)
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| 8 Ways to Kill a Houseplant
If there were a competition for killing plants, I would win. I would win even if the other competitors had plant-killing poisons at their disposal.
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| 5 Hard-to-Kill Sun Loving Plants
Along with forgetting to water plants entirely, my other favorite thing to do is to pick plants that need totally different light conditions than the ones I can provide.
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| Best Houseplants for Low-Light Conditions
These, for example, would be the best plants to buy for the darkest room in the house.
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About Today:: Why Do We Observe Presidents Day? 2/21/11
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Presidents Day Trivia Presidents Day is to honor two presidents in particular: George Washington, who was the first president of the United States, and Abraham Lincoln, who I thought was the second president until I was about eight years old. See More About: presidents day george washington abraham lincoln | ||
| The 10 Most Influential Presidents Both Washington and Lincoln make this list, but some others might surprise you. See More About: american presidents presidential elections | ||
| Video: Branches of the Government My friend Andre is a naturalized citizen of the United States, which, as he says, "means that I'm required to know more about the government than most people who were born here." (Cue the Sad Trombone of Truth.) | ||
| Presidents Day Special: The Invention of Great Writing Presidents Day is maybe the most annoyingly punctuated holiday ever. This is especially funny when you consider the fact that Lincoln in particular did so much to inspire better writing. |
About Today: 5 Things You Should Never Post on Facebook 2/18/11
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5 Things You Should Never Post on Facebook
There are some things, however, that you want to keep away from people's prying eyes. Like your full birth date. Or pictures of your kids. (Also: Three more.)
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| Social Networking During a Job Search
If you're looking for a job, or ever will be again, you'll also want to hide those pictures of you with the lampshade on your head. (To be honest, if I were hiring? I would want the people with the lampshades. But this is probably why I don't run the world yet.)
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| The 5 Facebook Dangers for Teens and College Kids
I cannot tell you how glad I am that I went to high school and college in the dark ages. When we were in school, computers were basically typewriters with an attitude.
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| 10 Ways to Protect Your Child From Cyberbullying
This kept bullying confined to what is now known as "real life." (Back then it was "life.")
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About Today: The Top Jobs and Where to Find Them 2/17/11
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The Top 40 Fastest Growing Jobs
Many of my pals are engaged in similar careers to my own, which might be part of their problem. This will shock you, but there's a limited demand for people who can write funny little stories.
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| The Top Jobs and Where to Find Them
It's less in demand anyway than say, home health aides.
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| How to Find a Job
Whatever sort of job you're looking for, you'll probably find it a bit overwhelming at some point in the process. That's why I love this 10-step process. It's easier than thinking of the whole thing all at once.
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| 10 Myths About Choosing a Career
Myth #4 is a good one to look at, while we're discussing top jobs: "I should choose a career from a 'Best Careers' list."
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About Today:: Beat the Winter Blahs 2/15/11
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Beat the Winter Blahs with Exercise The great catch-22 of the winter blahs: In order to break them, you need to get exercise. But it's very hard to motivate to get to the gym when you have the winter blahs. See More About: winter exercise depression exercise motivation | ||
| 7 Ways to Get Out of That Rut The trick is to shake yourself loose from your rut. See More About: motivation business motivation motivation techniques | ||
| How to Beat the Winter Blahs in Your Marriage Sometimes, the trouble isn't just that you're in a rut: it's that you're in a rut, and so is your spouse. See More About: having fun together romance winter solstice | ||
| How Do You Beat the Winter Blues? Part of my problem with winter is that I'm a person who's crazy about flowers. So one of my tricks is to make sure I have plenty of cut flowers in the house, to make up for the lack of growing things outside. See More About: new year's resolutions winter scenery |
Contest!! Win a cute Hello Kitty Mini Clipboard 2/23/11
My First Contest...
Hello Kitty Mini Clipboard
60 Pages
about 6" 1/2 x 5"
All you have to do is like me Facebook and follow me on Twitter. That simple. When you do both of these drop me a line, or comment and I will check to verify. Then you will be added to the drawing.
Questions just drop me a line. charly@bluehairedgal.com
If this goes well, I will be doing weekly drawings for fun Sanrio items.
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