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I’ve decided Blake Shelton is a genius! (The Voice!)

Posted by on Jul 1, 2011 in Entertainment, Fascinating, Hard to Believe!, Humanity, Real Life | 0 comments

My wife and I began watching “The Voice” on NBC early on.  She was tired of American Idol and I stayed with this season until Pia Toscano was voted off.  I then decided that I had had enough of it also.  I think we thought the Idol format is worn out and even though the judge change was a slight improvement, it wasn’t enough for us. So...

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Trend of the future? Jack-In-The-Box yanks toys!

Posted by on Jun 21, 2011 in Fascinating, Real Life | 0 comments

(Reuters) – Fast-food chain Jack in the Box has pulled toys from its kids’ meals, a spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. The move, which managers at Los Angeles outlets said took effect on Thursday, comes as fast-food companies are under pressure to stop using toys to market children’s meals that are high in calories, sugar, fat and salt....

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If you want to truly feel the spirit of this Memorial Day …

Posted by on May 30, 2011 in Entertainment, Humanity, Public Service, Real Life | 0 comments

…. may I strongly URGE YOU – if you didn’t see it last night to set your DVR’s for a rebroadcast of the National Memorial Day Concert from Washington, DC that aired LIVE last evening.  I have found that PBS (WNPT – Channel 8 in Nashville) will rebroadcast the program at 2:00AM Central – tomorrow (Tuesday AM) on the...

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Interesting reading tonight…

Posted by on May 2, 2011 in Real Life | 0 comments

It’s been interesting reading the varying comments tonight on the Bin Laden murder. Many would think justice was served! Others have the opinion that killing him accomplishes nothing and this move by the government was not the right step to take. And now there are those “pundits” wondering if he is really dead. There is as expected a wide...

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