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Where’s The Beef?

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Remember the classic Wendy’s commercial “Where’s The Beef?” Here is it is to refresh your memory:

The star of the ad was Clara Peller. She was born August 4, 1902 in Chicago, Illinois and was 81 years old when she starred in the Wendy’s commercials. She was fired from Wendy’s when she did […]

Pell Grants

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When I went to college back in the 1980s, there was (and still is) a Federal program called Pell Grants. Since my family did not make a lot of money, I was able to receive my tuition money from the Federal Government. This really helped me, since I had to scrimp through the […]

McDonald’s Commercials

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McDonald’s has had some pretty catchy commercials over the years. The one below, is one of their first featuring Ronald McDonald. Good thing Ronald received a make over in future commercials. He is a little creepy here!

Casino

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One of my favorite jokes, was a routine I saw by David Spade. It was right after the movie Casino came out in 1995 starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci. The movie is basically focused on a Las Vegas hotel and casino that De Niro manages. Of course, it […]

I see Dead People

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I found a cool website that has all types of things for bloggers. I thought I would check part out - Who died on my birthday? Well, on my actual birthday, over 122,000 people dies (I hope they all had term life insurance quotes). They also included a list of people who […]

An Elf New York Trip

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One of our families favorite holiday movies is ELF starring Will Farrell. We were watching it the other day and decided that we needed to take an “Elf New York City Trip.” What would that include? Here is what we thought we could do:

Jump across the white rectangles in a cross walk.
Spin […]

James Bond Gadget Watches

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I figured a high class guy like James Bond would wear a Cartier watch or something else equally as expensive. However, most of James Bond’s watches have been Seiko. There were a few Rolex’s thrown in and even a Hamilton Pulsar. If you want to read all about James Bond’s gadget watches […]

Futuro Home

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What was it about the 70s and the need to design things that looked space age? A Finnish architect named Matti Suuronen designed a UFO shaped house. In the late 60s and 70s we all believed that technology would be able to solve all the world’s ills. I guess designers thought that […]

Teen Magazines

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When I was a pre-teen and teen, we used to love to go down to the local grocery store and for 75 cents pick up a copy of Tiger Beat or 16 magazine. Every time my mom saw us with those magazines I think it gave her a migraine! They were actually quite […]

Steve Howe

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I used to be a HUGE Los Angeles Dodgers fan. One of the pitchers that I admired was Steve Howe. Unfortunately for Steve, he got himself into a bit of trouble which effectively ruined his career and most likely caused his death.

Steve was born March 10, 1958 in Pontiac Michigan. He […]