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http://www.gamepal.com/ 
 http://www.spreadthebread.org/ 
 http://www.onewarmcoat.org/ 
 http://www.chanuka.com/songs.shtml 
http://www.cybermonday.com 
http://www.costhelper.com/ 
http://www.craftster.org/ 
http://www.hgtv.com/ 
http://www.uso.org/ 

Just some fun reading:

SURPRISING THINGS THAT MAKE YOU FAT
Everybody knows stuffing your face with ice cream, pizza and french fries packs on the pounds. But did you know that simply living in the suburbs makes you fat? It does. Here are 10 surprising things that expand your waistline:

Gulping -- Research shows that eating too fast blimps you up. Our bodies aren't equipped to properly metabolize food when it's shoveled down. Plus, you'll tend to eat less if you eat slowly.
Suburban Living -- An international study shows suburb-dwellers tend to be fatter than country folks. Experts theorize it's because rural people walk more.
The Blues -- Eating while you're sad or depressed causes your body to store fat - even if you eat the same amount as you do when you're happy.
Pain Medications -- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin contribute to weight gain.
Birth Control Pills -- They can cause women to retain water, which increases weight.
Non-Fat Eating -- Forget the hype. Long-term studies find dieters who drastically restrict fat intake ultimately abandon their food plans and splurge. The reason? The diets are too unsatisfying and become impossible to stick with.
Stress -- You may not eat more food when you're stressed out, but your digestive system tends to shut down when you're fearful, worried or churning with anger. Instead of being metabolized, the calories get stored away - often on your stomach, thighs and butt.
Get-Togethers -- Social gatherings often center around food. You may lose track of how many potato chips or hor d'oeuvres you've tucked away.
Smoothies -- You may think you're doing something healthy when you bypass a hamburger for a nutritious fruit smoothie. But when fruit is juiced, calories get concentrated. It's fine to included fruit in your diet, but it's better to eat it whole.
Diet Soda -- We've saved the most surprising one for last. You may think you're outwitting Mother Nature by substituting artificially sweetened beverage for sugared ones. But research shows that people who consume a lot of saccharine or aspartame become desensitized to how many calories they're taking in and wind up overeating.


FLIRTING MOVES NO MAN CAN RESIST
Spring is here and studs are in mucho supply. That's why Cosmopolitan has crafted the ultimate bag-him guide. You'll never go home empty-handed again. Lure him with these lines:

-  As a hottie brushes by you, stop him in his tracks by saying "Wow, you smell great."
-  Sit next to a solo stud and ask, "Ever had a complete stranger talk to you?"
-  While standing in line, inquire if he thinks it's worth the wait.
-  Show him your sexy midsection and ask if you should get your belly button pierced. Or draw his attention to your leg or shoulder and find out what he thinks about your getting a tiny tattoo there.
-  Stroll over to a bored boy and inform him that you're from social search-and-rescue. Your mission? To save him from a dull night.
-  At a packed bar, coyly stick a bill in his hand or shirt pocket and ask if he'd mind ordering your drink.

World's Biggest Burger
Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania just set a new world record for biggest hamburger on a menu with their new 15-pound monster burger. This breaks the previous record - which they held - with their  6 pound burger. Anyone who can actually finish the $45 burger in under five hours win $300 bucks, a T-shirt and their name posted on the pub's wall of fame. They also get the burger free. Denny's Beer Barrel Pub stated folks had come from as far away as Australia and California just to see the 6-pounders and try to eat them. The new 15-pound burger, dubbed the Beer Barrel Belly Buster, is as big around as the inside of a car tire. It comes with a cup and half each of mayonnaise, mustard and  ketchup, a head of lettuce, two onions, three tomatoes and 25 slices of cheese. Yum, yum! (Ananova)
Web address:  http://www.dennysbeerbarrelpub.com/

AND NOW FOR SOME NEWS THAT’LL MAKE YOU WANT TO RIOT AT THE NEAREST MOBIL STATION!
The reason you're paying nearly $3 a gallon for gas has basically NOTHING to do with the Arabs or the hurricanes or anything else.  It has to do with GREED.  Check it:  In 2005, Exxon Mobil posted the highest profit of any company in THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.  Yesterday, they reported their fourth quarter profits, $10.7 BILLION, which took their profits for 2005 up to $36.13 BILLION.  That's up 42% from 2004.  (!!!)  It vaulted Exxon Mobil past Wal-Mart, as the largest company in the U.S.  And that figure of $36.13 billion is bigger than the ENTIRE ECONOMIES of 125 of the 184 countries ranked by the World Bank!!!  Overall, Exxon's revenue last year was $371 BILLION.  That's higher than the gross domestic product of all but 16 countries. . . including ALL of the OIL PRODUCING countries in the Middle East.  (International Herald Tribune / World Bank)

In comparison, the amount of money flowing into Exxon Mobile is 50% larger than the entire economy of Saudi Arabia!  Exxon isn't beholden to Saudi Arabia - they could BUY Saudi Arabia.  It doesn't matter how much oil gets produced or "what the price of crude" is going for. . . however high it is, the executives at Exxon and their stockholders are making more booku bucks than they ever have before!

Film critic ROGER EBERT'S TOP 10 WORST MOVIES OF 2005:

#1.)  "Deuce Bigalow:  European Gigolo"
#2.)  "Dukes of Hazzard"
#3.)  "Dirty Love"  (--an atrocity starring AND written by JENNY MCCARTHY.)
#4.)  "D.E.B.S."
#5.)  "Son of the Mask"
#6.)  "Doom"
#7.)  "Constantine"
#8.)  "Undead"  (--a zombie movie starring no one you've ever heard of.)
#9.)  "Elektra"
#10.)  "Fantastic Four"

Parade magazine asked which celebrity would you like to vote off the planet if you had the chance. The results are in:

5. Jessica Simpson, 7 percent
4. Britney Spears, 9 percent
3. Tom Cruise, 12 percent
2. President Bush, 33 percent
1. Paris Hilton, 35 percent

Don't feel too badly for TOM CRUISE, though; he's managed to be named the most irritating actor of all time by Empire magazine's (U.K.) poll of 10-thousand readers for its 200th issue. The rest of the batch:

5. Jim Carrey
4. Adam Sandler
3. Julia Roberts
2. Jennifer Lopez
1. Tom Cruise

What cosmetic benefit does eating an orange provide? 

Answer:  Teeth whitening.  Tooth whitening products contain ascorbic acid which removes stains and bacteria off the enamel of the tooth - and ascorbic acid is none other than vitamin C.  Studies have shown that getting ascorbic acid from fruit is actually better for your teeth than from commercial teeth whitening products because it's all natural and isn't as abrasive as a whitening kit.

In terms of length of time, what's the difference of 2005 from the previous seven years?

Answer:  It's one second longer. 

here's the story:
It looks like the year 2006 has been postponed. Fortunately not for long. But as you count down the final seconds of 2005 this Saturday night, better throw in an extra one. The U.S. Naval Observatory says a leap second will be inserted in the world's clocks just before midnight Greenwich mean time on New Year's Eve. Leap seconds are occasionally needed because modern atomic clocks are more precise than the rotation of the Earth, which can be inconsistent. The rotation of the Earth has been slowing down, so leap seconds keep the clocks and the Earth from getting out of synch with one another. This will be the 23rd leap second that has been inserted since 1972. The last time was seven years ago.
www.usno.navy 

Dave Chase "DID YOU KNOW..."...click below for more!:

THE COST OF THE GIFTS FROM THE "12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS" IS UP 9.5% THIS YEAR. . . BECAUSE OF THE BIRD FLU:  (???) 

Stop Underage Drinking Public Service Announcements!:

Stop Underage Drinking PSA-1 - "Macho Roommate Caller"

Stop Underage Drinking PSA - 2 - "Dear Mom"

Stop Underage Drinking PSA - 3  - "Dear Mom and Dad"