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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Family

Pssst… I have had five copies of SingStar Legends for PS2 to give away! How ‘bout that? Free. As in, you just took care of shopping for someone on your list. Just leave me a comment asking for one and the first five ready to send addresses (you can email me on the Contact page) are the lucky winners!

SingStar Legends brings you a compilation of chart-topping hits backed by actual music videos from some of the biggest bands and artists in history including Marvin Gaye, Patsy Cline, Jackson 5 and The Police. Featuring a legendary track list, SingStar Legends includes 30 chart-topping singles such as ‘What’s Goin On?’, ‘Crazy’, ‘Roxanne’ and many more. Players can choose to steal the spotlight with a solo performance in single-player mode or share the stage with multiplayer options including cooperative Duet Mode, one-on-one Battle Mode and the team-based Pass-the-Mic. For more information on SingStar Legends visit playstation.com.

They’re all gone! Thanks for such speedy responses!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Current Affairs

GM Covered With Giant Tarp Until It Has Money To Work On Cars Again

DETROIT—The General Motors Corporation announced Monday that it has covered its main production plant with a 500,000-square-foot blue tarp until it can get some revenue together to work on its cars again. “The rear-axle assembly line is all out of whack, and the carburetor department needs a complete rebuild,” CEO G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. said while wiping his hands with an oily rag. “It’s going to be at least a $50 billion job. Goddamn piece of shit American car industry.” According to Wagoner, the automotive giant spent its last $18 on cinder blocks to help secure the tarp.

Related stories:

• Chrysler Names ‘83 LeBaron CEO September 8, 2008
• New Strain Of Jet Lag Devastates Airline Industry August 24, 2005

Monday, November 24, 2008 Family, Momversation

The holidays are here! Asha Dornfest of Parent Hacks asks how other moms deal with the stress and fatigue of holiday travel with kids. What are you doing for Thanksgiving this year? What are your tips for how to make the holiday season less stressful?

Related Forums:

• How are you celebrating the holidays this year?
• Traveling with kids

Sunday, November 23, 2008 Family, QOTD

This does not equal this.

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Saturday, November 22, 2008 Family, Role Models

Charles Sykes is the author of Dumbing Down Our Kids. He provided for high School and college graduates a list of eleven things they did not learn in school. In his book, he talks about how their feel good, politically-correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality, and set them up for failure in the real world. Lay this one on your young ones.

Rule 1. Life is not fair; get used to it.

Rule 2. The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3. You will NOT make $ 40 000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:—they called it opportunity.

Rule 6. If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes. Learn from them.

Rule 7. Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So, before you save the rainforest from the parasites of your parents’ generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8. Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9. Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

Nothing in life is free.

Decide what you want in life, and then start the hard work of making it happen.