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Scientists Believe Superstition’s Bred in the Womb

I Believe They Need to Check Themselves

When you believe in things
That you don’t understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain’t the way
- Stevie Wonder, “Superstition”
Psychologists have sought answers for some time as to why people believe in superstitious things and paranormal phenomenon. According to University of Helsinki psychologists Kia Aarnio and Marjaana Lindeman [...]

Superstitious knick knacks clutter your cupboard? Your fingers may be why… so if you know this, you can avoid needing payday loans to fuel such an intuitive compulsion. (Photo: wikipedia.org)

Pumpkin Templates and How-To Spruce Your Gourd

Quick and Easy How-To for Halloween
This past weekend, I sat down at the dining room table with my children to decorate a Jack O’ Lantern for Halloween. They’re a bit too young to handle the sharp carving implements, but I had them take the pumpkin innards out and draw designs. [...]

Still looking for pumpkin templates to help decorate for Halloween? Heidi Braley of eHow has a simple how-to for your carving delight! (Photo: flickr.com)

Mariano Rivera Spitball? A Little Spit Won’t Do the Trick

Stirring Up Media Controversy Over a Sure HOFer
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball club showed signs of life against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, which is truly saying something because the shock of the previous two games they threw away would [...]

Mariano Rivera spitball? No way, no how. Vaseline is the way to go. (Photo: flickr.com)

Does Private Vamp Seregon O’Dassey Need Cash Advances?

She Says She’s a Real Vampire
This Halloween, some people will be dressing up as vampires. Whether they’re inspired by “Twilight,” “True Blood” or one of the myriad vampiric fables, otherworldly skin tone, eyes and the archetypal fangs will be dripping for good times that night. Some will go to great [...]

This woman says that she is a vampire-model-actress. Her name is Seregon O'Dassey. You know you want to know her. (Photo: youtube.com)

Burlington Coat Factory Riot Breaks Out

Woman didn’t keep promise to buy clothes
A word to the wise, people: If you’re ever out shopping and someone marches into the store and says she’ll pay for $500 worth of merchandise for everyone, remember that sometimes people lie. Furthermore, if this happens to you, please exercise further common sense [...]

Image from Flikr.

Cakes Gone Wrong Chronicled in Cake Wrecks

Cakes gone wrong provide popular pastime
It’s fun to watch the way the print world and the Internet feed into each other. Most of the time, I read stories about how newspapers are shutting down and books will someday be obsolete because of the Internet. However, Cake Wrecks is an example [...]

"Cake wreck spotting" has become a popular sport, as evidenced by this photo from Flikr. Can't guess what this cake is supposed to be? It's a turtle.

Can Quick Payday Loans Avert a War of the Worlds?

No, But They Can Pay to Fix Windshields
OK, so this is a story about something called quick payday loans. My brother and I had some fun with a neighbor’s cat, and the weird dude owner threw a rock that broke our car window, and dad needed the extra cash to [...]

That Kruger sped by on his Vespa. It looked like he had one menacing red eye… (Photo: flickr.com)

Quick Personal Loans Stave Off Incredible Meltdown

Cast Aside Money Problems Like Withered Hulks
Quick personal loans helped my anger management via a change in wardrobe. Not your average, everyday happening, is it?
An Emerald Green Day in the Park
I was jogging in the park last week when I was accosted by a strange, foul-smelling man. As this was [...]

He wanted money, I gave him too much. Only quick personal loans could control my anger. (Photo: flickr.com)

Quick Payday Loan Rescued Me From the Underground Railroad

Locked in the Past, Cash Strapped in the Present
Not long ago, I needed a quick payday loan to help me out of a jam. Thankfully, my cell phone gets reception underground. Otherwise, I’d still be aging with the wine thanks to the cobwebs in my wallet.
There’s a story to this, [...]

Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Did I mention I was trapped there once, and that a quick payday loan busted me out? (Photo: wikipedia.org)

‘Project Runway’ Season 6 Episode 7 | Don’t Be Blue

Time to team up
Last night on Lifetime’s biggest moneymaker, “Project Runway,” season 6 episode 7 featured another team challenge. Usually, on “Project Runway” there are a few designers who hate team challenges. However, this season is special. Everyone hates team challenges. Every last one of them.
Epperson says he is cool [...]

Christopher Straub got the most "favorite designer" votes on Lifetime's official Project Runway page. Second place, of course, went to the allegedly beautiful Logan. Image from Wikimedia.

‘Wishful Drinking’ by Carrie Fisher | Capitalizing on Hollywood

‘Wishful Drinking’ book, one-woman show
Carrie Fisher, more commonly referred to as Princess Leia, appeared on “Today” this morning to talk about “Wishful Drinking.” The piece is both a book and a one-woman Broadway show.
You can buy the book “Wishful Drinking” for about $10 for the paperback or $18 for the [...]

Carrie Fisher, 30 years ago. Image from Flikr.

Need Payday Loan Companies? Try One: Personal Money Store

You CAN be prepared for a short-term financial emergency
Things can happen to anybody at any time. That will throw their budget, regardless of how stable, off the course.  Even for those of us who keep our checkbooks balanced to the penny and anticipate future expenses a couple of paydays in advance, it all [...]

If junior gets a nasty sting or bite and you don't have insurance, is your budget ready to feel the burn? (Photo: noaa.gov)

National Punctuation Day | Celebrate Your Own Way

Apostrophes, colons and dashes, oh my!
National Punctuation Day is a holiday like no other. Unlike most holidays that are invented seemingly out of the blue, National Punctuation Day wasn’t created as a business promotion.
It’s sort of like Talk Like a Pirate Day. It doesn’t make anybody any money. It doesn’t [...]

Improper punctuation can be dangerous. Image from Flikr.com.

Vera Baker | Yet Another Victim of Barack’s Charms?

She surfaces in Martinique, Michelle’s jaw tightens
Leave it to the New York Post to come up with a story like this. Leave it to me to relay the sleaze to you, the reader. Not because I think you’re sleazy, but because I believe you’re as guilty as I am of [...]

Bumping fists and watching out for Vera Baker (Photo: flickr.com)

Get a Payday Cash Loan, Even With Bad Credit

It’s time to make hay
Has something happened in your life that has made you realize that you’re probably not going to be able to make ends meet this month, though you’re really fretting because something such as a poor credit history has limited or even eliminated most of your options? [...]

Even if things look bleak in the short run, you can still make financial hay with a payday cash loan from Personal Money Store! (Photo: commons.wikimedia.org)

Payday Cash Advances | Don’t Lose Sleep Over Money Again!

Payday Cash Advances: a cure for insomnia?
We can all agree that no matter how diligently you work to keep your finances in a good place, something always is going to come along that puts it in check. Give yourself the power to attack this opponent head on with payday cash [...]

Sit back and relax. With payday cash advances, you won't lose sleep wondering where the cash will come from! (Photo: flickr.com)

Deep Fried Butter | Where Do I Sign Up?

What I wouldn’t give to have it in my mouth
I may need a loan till payday. Why? Because I have to stock up on butter and buy a deep fryer. I want to feel those slick gifts glide down my tongue. I want to embrace it in my mouth until [...]

What are you waiting for? Make some deep fried butter! (Photo: commons.wikimedia.org)

Sunda Croonquist | Black Swede Comedian Sued By Jewish MIL

A world without comedy is what she wants, eh?
Then Sunda Croonquist’s mother-in-law can have it. If we’ve reached the point where we can no longer poke fun at each other, then society has reached the point where its trappings are no longer of interest for me anymore. If nobody can [...]

Sunda Croonquist (Photo: Hamptons Comedy Festival)

Money Talks

You work hard to bring home the bacon but you live on chicken feed

The rent is due
Your landlord doesn’t care why you’re down and out. He makes a bundle, but he won’t pay a penny for your thoughts. In his eyes you’re a deadbeat and he wants cold [...]

Nest eggs are hard to com by when you live on chicken feed

Energizer Hardcase Tactical Flashlight | Light & Bash to Safety

Get in the swing of things
We all know that it’s important to have the right tool for the job. If you need a flashlight to light the way in dark places, you want one you can rely upon. If you’re in a different kind of dark place, you may need [...]

Be tactical. Imagine this is you, perhaps without the gun. (Photo: commons.wikimedia.org)