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Countdown To Stress-free Holiday Shopping: Beware the Christmas Creepies!

by Liz Thompson at 4:38pm Wed, 25 Oct 2006 under Fashion & Shopping
[img_assist|fid=2116|thumb=1|alt=christmascreepies] Just so you know, it's official - 60 SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! - there are exactly 9 weekends left before one of the biggest gift-giving days celebrated on the entire planet. Hey...don't curse the messenger...I'm just sayin' - and you thought Halloween was the scariest time of the year - better watch out for the Christmas Creep!

Video Games Gone Bad: Do You Know What Your Children Are Playing?

by Liz Thompson at 7:48pm Mon, 23 Oct 2006 under Fashion & Shopping, Politics & News, Technology & Web
[img_assist|fid=2100|thumb=1|alt=videogamers] With three birthdays - not to mention Christmas - just around the corner at my house, I was interested to read the release of PC Magazine's list of the 10 worst games of all time and was more than relieved to learn that we didn't own any of them (yet!?!) and perhaps even a little surprised. Apparently, I am NOT the only person on the fence about what video games to buy for my kids, this year.

Walmarting Across America: Blogging in the Discount Aisles of Good vs. Evil

[img_assist|fid=2027|thumb=1|alt=walmartrvbusted] Their idea was simple enough - two people taking an RV trip across America, stopping at Wal-mart and visiting with employees and its customers throughout the country - Walmarting Across America had all the earmarks of being a great travel blog. [cue evil-sounding muzak]

Edoc Laundry: "Hung out to dry," on CSI!

by Liz Thompson at 1:29pm Thu, 12 Oct 2006 under Fashion & Shopping
I am a huge CSI fan - Vegas, New York, Miami or wherever the crime scene investigation takes me - and last night's episode of CSI-Ny did not disappoint. A couple of gruesome murders, some pretty graphic autopsy scenes, a montage of sophisticated investigative procedures, set to some kick-ass music and...hey, wait a minute...isn't that Edward Furlong and where did he get those cool-looking t-shirts!?!

When Mean Girls Go Spotting: Glamour's Big Book of Do's and Don'ts

by Liz Thompson at 5:06pm Tue, 10 Oct 2006 under Fashion & Shopping
Ever been out somewhere (or, with someone) and saw something (she or he was wearing) that made you stop (dead in your tracks) and wonder, "Holy crap, what was I...ahem...I mean...were you thinking when you put that outfit together!?!" Well, I'd duck and cover (if you were me) or, at least take a picture!