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YouTube - Famous Failures
  

I make no effort to hide the fact that I don't like Paris Hilton.  I find it hard to recall one redeaming factor that she might have.  Just when I thought she couldn't possibly fall any lower, well read on.  Paris has turned her efforts from Rwanda to.......Drunken elephants......Yes, don't go back and read it again, thinking you couldn't of possibly read that correctly....you did. 

Drunken elephants.

Paris, can't you just stay out of charity work alltoghether.  Please, Please, Please....just write a check.   Rwanda, is better off with you NOT visiting and the elephants?  Well, now elephants are the laughing stock of the animal kingdom....right up their with dodo birds, Paris Hilton the patron saint of elephants.   I think I just figured out why elephants drink.  

Now at this time of giving, and being thankfull for all you have let's take a second to reflect and.....HEY, someone get that elephant to give me back my vodka!

Hilton Tries to Help Drunk Elephants
Paris Hilton's efforts to save binge-drinking elephants are praised by conservationists

Recently I've been getting quite a bit of flak from friends who are disappointed that I didn't buy anything more extravagant when I got my new car.

I got a top of the line Honda Accord..it's a nice car...gets me from point A to point B, and honestly Honda's are like the energizer bunnies of the car world..they keep going, and going, and going.  It will hopefully last me another 10 years with minimum maintenance  (just like my old one) A+++

However I have been told repeatedly that it doesn't fit my personality, that it isn't luxury enough and that it's entirely to sensible.  You know what you right, it is sensible, and I'm okay with that.  Recently MSN did a article on what your car says about you...

The car: A Honda Accord or other sensible sedan
What the car says about its owner: Someone who drives this practical vehicle is most likely educated and intelligent, Dr. Orbuch says. “This driver probably likes discussing politics and is very well-read and mature,” she explains. “People who drive these kinds of cars don’t take big risks in life, but hey, that mentality has served them well up to now!” What you may find pleasantly surprising is that the driver probably has a lot of savings socked away. “This kind of person has invested his or her money well and may very well be enjoying a cushy lifestyle, but is just smart enough to know that a car is a horrible investment,” she explains. Ultimately, he or she cares about value, not flash.

If you really knew me you would know this is totally me!  I would never waste money on a car.  A house, yes....a vacation, yes...Hell, I can even justify a $500 pair of shoes, but a car, NO!!!

Here is what some of the other cars say about their owners.

The car: A BMW or other luxury sedan
What the car says about its owner: Owners of these types of cars — think the BMW 7 Series — believe that they’ve made their money, darn it, and they’ve got the right to spend, flaunt it and enjoy it. “They might be a bit annoying in the boasting department, but they are successful people who have earned some bragging rights,” says Dr. Orbuch.

The car: A red convertible
What the car says about its owner: While it’s easy to assume that the owner of a shiny convertible is either flashy or going through a midlife crisis, Dr. Orbuch suggests otherwise: “Someone who drives this kind of car has two sides, each of which is revealed depending on the setting.” She says its driver can have a shy streak (a sexy car is akin to a conversation-starter), but in general (and especially in relationships) this person is an alpha-type.

The car: A fully loaded SUV
What the car says about its owner: More often than not, an SUV driver is an organized person who might even be a bit of a paranoid pack-rat, Dr. Orbuch says. “AN SUV driver probably has everything from freeze-dried energy bars to emergency flares in the truck space,” she explains. The 4-wheel-drive tells you that this person wants to be prepared for both emergencies and for spontaneous adventures—a bit of a paradox, isn’t it? Dr. Orbuch notes that this person enjoys control and likes to be at the top of his or her game, whether it be sports, work, family, or trivia and ultimately is a motivated, energetic, and passionate person.

The car: A Toyota Prius or any other hybrid
What the car says about its owner: You guessed it: The person behind the wheel of a Prius chose an environmentally-friendly car because that cause is meaningful to him or her. “This driver is an energetic volunteer or cause-supporter who is often earnest and serious,” Dr. Orbuch notes. “This person is wearing his or her priorities on a sleeve (well, on the car…) and is interested in making a statement.” Just know that he or she “probably doesn’t have a sense of humor when it comes to rainforest preservation, veganism, or Dennis Kucinich,” she says. Ultimately, these drivers have good souls, she says: “People appreciate their commitment to their beliefs, even if they may be prone to preaching.”

The car: A Jeep Wrangler or FJ Cruiser
What the car says about its owner: Believe it or not, this person is not a risk-taker, but would very much like to be. “More often than not, this kind of person’s life is pretty routine; he or she is super responsible,” Dr. Orbuch says. “However, this person has a slightly immature streak — that’s OK, by the way — that wants to step out and go wild. This car helps the owner express that part of his or her character; this individual wants to be perceived as young, carefree and spontaneous.”

The car: A station wagon
What the car says about its owner: As the SUV has become the most popular “car that hauls” choice in the vehicular marketplace, the driver who remains committed to rolling in a station wagon is clearly a traditionalist. “A station-wagon driver doesn’t like change and can’t seem to figure out what all the fuss is about new technology and such,” Dr. Orbuch asserts. “He or she is highly practical, but may have a secret penchant for high-priced comfort items like his and hers sheepskin seat covers,” she says.

Every month in Esquire, a well-known woman writes a list of "10 Things You Don't Know About Women." These are some of my favorites in no particular order!

Sela Ward

• Women really do want to be on time. It's just that everything starts so darned early.
• We really do like to cook. It's just that we cooked so much for our boyfriends before we got married that we're sick of being in the kitchen. Sorry you missed it.
• Men are free to think they're the boss, as long as they know we're the chairman of the board.

Jennifer Coolidge

• Shaving down there doesn't make your equipment look any bigger. It does make it more manageable, however, which improves the chances of us admiring your manscaping.
• Short of spending $10,000, there is nothing you can do to your head to hide the fact that you're going bald. If you're spraying your hair on from an aerosol can, chances are we can tell. Unless you're going to shell out the cash to do it right, just let it go.

Kyra Sedgwick

• Before you accuse a woman of being bitchy, walk a mile in her shoes. Her pointy-toed, high-heeled, impossibly uncomfortable shoes.
• One more thing about the shoes: Most of them hurt too much to wear for too long. So, yes, we really do need that many pairs. (And, accordingly, you need us to have them.)
• Our friends are not your enemies, and our enemies better not be your friends.

Liz Vassey

• Go for the girl who can eat a proper meal. If she's passionate about food, you'll most likely be fortunate in other venues.

Annabeth Gish

• If you tell us that playing Halo 2 improves the dexterity of your fingers, you'd better be able to prove it.
• Watching football for three hours on a Sunday is sufficiently masculine. Watching football for nine hours is obsessive and weird.
• Chivalry does not emasculate you or make you our bitch.

Alyssa Milano

• No matter how much your woman loves you, there are going to be three to seven days each month when she wants you dead. (She may even quietly fantasize about turning her eyelash curler against you.) You have two options: Tie yourself to a tree and wait out the storm, or stock up at Tiffany's, toss a blue box or two into the wind, and hope for the best. We recommend the latter. (The key chain doesn't count.)

Dana Delany

• A private plane will not make up for the fact that you have bad breath.
• We like younger men for the same reasons you like younger women: stamina and skin.
• There are two spots on women that need to be touched more: the back of the neck and the lower back. Fireworks.
• Never send red roses. That's such a cliché. A simple wildflower will get you where you want to be.

Courteney Cox

• You don't get a vote in the preferred shape of our pubic hair. Until you've had hot wax poured all over your crotch, you're merely a passenger on that flight.

Pam Grier

• It doesn't matter if you have an M.B.A. from some fancy school; as long as you have ragged cuticles, dandruff, and a chipped tooth, you'll be getting no action. It's time to start paying attention.

Mariska Hargitay

• It's not the size of the bed that matters; it's the thread count.
• We are all about our necks. Feel free to spend as much time there as you wish.

Christina Applegate

• Guys who go to Hooters to watch the game are usually the same guys who go to lunch at strip clubs for the free chicken- fried steak. Don't be one of those guys.

Jill A. Davis

• We don't ever want to see the inside of an Olive Garden.
• Have we ever mentioned how grateful we are that we don't have to shave our faces once a day, every day, for fifty years?
• Boxers or briefs? Who cares, as long as they're clean and you know how to take 'em off to music.

Random Everyday Women 

• Not all of us want marriage and babies. Some of us just want orgasms and dogs.
• The vast majority of women are digging for appreciation, not gold.
• Your Game Boy/PlayStation/Xbox obsession? It makes our shoe-shopping habit look like a nobler pursuit than peace in the Middle East.
• Raise your criteria beyond our faces and figures and we'll raise ours beyond your bank account.
• We're mostly jealous of the women we look at, not the women you look at.
• We're capable of sex without commitment, too. It's just that you're happy with one inebriated night of it and we prefer 9 1/2 weeks of it--sordid, aggressive, and gratuitous.

I was born in the south, however I wasn't raised there, I was raised in Europe and have picked up quite a few habits from that part of the world. My father however, is Sothern born and raised. So MOST of these were a fact of life while I was growing up! Especially the Suthen-ism's at the bottom!

 SOUTHERN    WOMEN
Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable Southern drawl.

Southern women know their manners:
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
"Why, no, Billy!"

Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions :
"Y'all come back!"
"Well, bless your heart."
"Drop by when you can."
"How's your Momma?"


Southern women know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity

Southern women know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The crick

Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
Colorful hi-heel sandals
Strapless sun dresses
Iced sweet tea with mint

Southern women know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah

Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind

Southern women know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Football

Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly

Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna

Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform.
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler

Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon

Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food

More Suthen-ism's:
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."
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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."
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Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, ... as in: "Going to town, be back directly."
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Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.
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All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
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Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!
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Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.
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Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.
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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
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A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line," . we talk to everybody!
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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.
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In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.
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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
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Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.
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When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
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Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.
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And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say, "Bless her heart" ... and go your own way.
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To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!
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And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!
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And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."

 This is one of those "Little Things" that you can do that can make a big difference!  If your chatting with your friends on messenger you might as well be giving to your favorite charity in the process!  Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with the charity of your choice (there are nine to choose from).

Personally I choose the National AIDS Fund because .92C on every dollar goes directly wor work in for the cause! 

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Link to YouTube - SNL - Digital Short - A Special Christmas Box *Uncensored 

If you have not watched this (from last weeks) Saturday Night Live, you lead a very,very deprived life and must make some effort to rectify the situation IMMEDIATELY!!

I haven't laughed so hard in, SUCH a long time.  This was just great!!!

Notice to all my readers: this links to the uncensored version.

So When Spain did this i linked to it from my space, with just a one line comment, saying i hope others follow suit....It seems I have gotten my wish! 

"Spain barred models below a certain weight from Madrid fashion shows in September. Earlier this month Brazil also launched a campaign to ban underage, underweight models from its catwalks in response to the death of a Brazilian model from complications due to anorexia."

Apparently the fashion houses are being resistent to this change,  However they have decided to support this new Rule, because of public pressure.  So now that we have Milan in our pocket we just have to get NYC and Paris ....However, the good news is that most models are sent to Milan and Paris to make a name for themselves long before they work in the united states.  So if we can get Paris on board....The US will have to change their standards as well.   

Here's to hoping!'

Link to Italy adopts new rules on thin models - Lifestyle - MSNBC.com

Link to Could you pass the U.S. citizenship test? - Being an American - MSNBC.com

So I'm challenging everyone who reads this and is an American citizen to take this test and see how well you do. 

I promise, that you learned all of this in civil history or American history while in school.  However, I'm also willing to bet most of you couldn't pass this test at the 80% required to become an American citizen. 

The question that made me laugh....number 9.

What are the 13 original states?

• Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Zealand, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, Maryland
• Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, Maryland
• Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, Maryland
• Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, Maryland, Washington, D.C.

And it was option number one I found hilarious!  NEW ZEALAND!!!! 

So take the test, and remember you have to pass with at least 80% correct!

 Okay, so while I love Cesar Millan, I think he's fabulous,a lot of his advice is really good.  Even to the dog owner below, he gave equally good advice.  So Why,Why, on god’s green earth, did he not mention that her dog is PINK!   SHE HAS DYED HER DOG PINK!!!!   This is not okay people, she is a dog!  She should be the color of other dogs, not the color of cotton candy.  It is not normal to dye your dog pink, if you think it is normal you may need therapy.  Just so we are clear.  It is not okay to carry your dogs in your purse.  It is not okay for your dog to have more clothes than you do.  AND IT IS NOT OKAY TO DYE YOUR DOG PINK(or any other color)!

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Dog Whisperer: Pink Dog (Season Premiere)

The dog may be small, but she wields alot of power over her owner. Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan helps the owner start to change that.

All i have to say is THANK GOD!!!! Can we only hope that Paris ad New York follow suit! 

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Spanish models rejected for being too thin - Europe - MSNBC.com

 I just love this commercial!  I first saw it on my friends Pooja's space!   She's an awsome Product Manager and International Marketing Manager I used to work with!  I don't get to catch up with her as much as I would like, but that's totally my fault!  I've been crazy busy as of late.  If your reading this Pooja, I'm sorry!

~Andrea

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Peugeot: Sculptor
There are many ways to obtain the car of your dreams, it all depends on how imaginative and determined you are!


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