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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The Ugly American by Carolyn Modugno

The Ugly American

There’s nothing worse than preparing for a trip and traveling across an ocean only to find the typical “ugly American” checking into the same hotel or travel tour as you. According to a recent article in Forbes, the ugly American stereotype is “a major headache for executives traveling the globe to build relationships not destroy them.” This image is bad for our economy too. “When teens in 13 countries were recently surveyed on which brands they most recognized, not a single American brand finished in the top three…

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September 8, 2010

Jonathan Adler’s 10 Tips to Transfuse Some Happy into Your Home by Cate Henry

Jonathan Adler’s 10 Tips to Transfuse Some Happy into Your Home

Adler’s home decorating book is called “My Prescription for Anti-Depressive Living” and it delivers. He’s all about using colors and décor that surprises and puts a smile on your face.

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September 7, 2010

Don’t Get Caught Red Handed or Red Faced! by Mitzi Druss

Don’t Get Caught Red Handed or Red Faced!

A Skin Care Solution

“As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.”
     - Jonathan Swift

In today’s day and age the word whore doesn’t really mean a lot to me. In my circle of friends it’s just a funny thing we call each other when we’re mocking caricatures of the women, badly written by men, in movies or TV. And though I don’t really blush often (I am pretty shameless) I find it cute and charming when someone does.

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September 7, 2010

Dear John: The Spark Is Gone by John Siscel

Dear John: The Spark Is Gone

Dear John,

I am no longer attracted to my boyfriend. Don’t get me wrong he is a good looking guy, but I just don’t want to be physical with him anymore. What’s wrong with me? Is this a phase? What do I do?

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September 6, 2010

He Made $1713 An Hour While 73,733 People Were Laid Off by Norma Ray

He Made $1713 An Hour While 73,733 People Were Laid Off

Something is seriously wrong with the way people get paid in this country.

And the perfect example of that just came from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). It’s a liberal group, to be sure, out with its 17th annual survey of executive pay. This time it looks at how many backs were stepped on as these guys… and almost all of them are guys… laid off more people than anyone else in the country (public employees not included).

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September 6, 2010

Cafe Neurotic presents: Unique! by Patty Leidy

Cafe Neurotic presents: Unique!

Some dreams are best left forgotten, but someday my dream will happen. Won’t it?

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September 5, 2010

She’s Just Not Into You…And Neither is She by Nicola McEldowney

She’s Just Not Into You…And Neither is She

An Illustrated Guide to What We Girls are Thinking

Bad news, women. Just when we thought we’d perfected the feminine mystique, suddenly The Man comes along and cracks our code. And when I say “The Man,” I mean, of course, “match.com.” Now that our secret is out, it’s up to us girls to clarify to the world just what match.com is talking about.

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September 4, 2010

New! Opi Expert Touch Nail Wipes by Cate Henry

New! Opi Expert Touch Nail Wipes

I love this product. I happened upon it just by chance one day. Stopping at a beauty boutique where I wanted to buy some Mistral soaps for a friend I was having lunch with, I looked down at my chipped nails and grabbed these wipes.

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September 4, 2010

The Guy Files: What Question(s) Do You Wish Your Woman Would Never Ask? by John Siscel

The Guy Files: What Question(s) Do You Wish Your Woman Would Never Ask?

The average man speaks 2,000 words a day. The average woman speaks 20,000 words a day. Discrepancy, anyone? Fact is that women talk way more than men and they tend to wind up asking questions that men dread. But which ones do men fear the most? I asked a few guys to find out.

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