MORE magazine and “Showbiz Tonight” have compiled a list of “Hollywood Men Over 40 Women Love.” George Clooney, Patrick Dempsey, Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Robert Downey Jr., Rickey Gervais, Steve Carell, Will Smith, Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem are on the list. Who do you think was left out?
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With the economy in free fall, just about everyone is being more frugal.
We nip and tuck our household budgets hoping that a little here and a little there will add up to some real savings. So maybe we cut back on personal services such as that twice a month housekeeping service, or a lawn care provider, or a hair stylist or manicurist.
Those are functions we can do ourselves, and more cheaply. At least that’s what we tell ourselves. So, we issue our own personal pink slips to those folks. But what if you’ve been with your hairstylist for years? Or your housekeeper?
How do you deliver the news that they’re services are no longer needed, especially if you’ve been a loyal customer?
And what if you’re on the receiving end of that news? Let’s hear how you’ve handled it.
A reporter may contact you for an upcoming article.
Ash Wednesday is the start of the 40-day Lenten season, a period of greater fasting, prayer, sacrifice and renewal.
Many people associate Lent with giving up something like chocolate, gossiping or drinking. This year, we thought it would be more challenging to give up something else – technology. A number of bloggers and mainstream media outlets are putting that notion out there on the internet.
Can you go 40 days without Facebook, Twitter or your Blackberry? We know it’s impossible to give up all technology, but realistically, what can you do without?
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Did you wake up Gmail-less today?
Google’s free email service was down around parts of the globe today, sending heavy Gmail users into a virtual tailspin. The internet was filled with posts about the service outage: “Trouble in the Clouds: Gmail turns into Gfail.”
A Google rep is quoted as saying the problem affected a small subset of users.
Did you experience Gmail problems this morning? Are you back up and communicating? How did the outage affect you? No major biggie or did your virtual world come crashing down?
Have you received a “Dear John” letter from your credit card company?
In an effort to cut down on default rates, some credit card companies are actually offering to pay customers to end the relationship (although you still must pay the outstanding balance), according to an article in the LA Times.
American Express recently sent letters to spurned cardholders about the offer, according to the article. Canceling your account “lead to the forfeiture of reward points or rebates.”
According to the company’s website, a cardholder can enroll in the voluntary program by Feb. 28, but the debt must be paid between March 1 and April 30.
In return, cardholders will receive a $300 prepaid card.
But that’s only one way credit card companies had handling tough times. Some consumers have also been notified that their rates have increased or limits decreased.
Delinquencies on U.S. credit cards has hit record levels and defaults jumped to just below record levels, according to the latest Credit …
Continue reading Is your credit card company trying to dump you? »
It’s been a month since President Obama took the oath of office.
In that time, Obama has pushed through a controversial stimulus bill, ordered that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed within a year and struck down the ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions. See more in this presidential gallery.
How would you rate the president’s job so far? What issues do you want him to tackle moving forward?
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In tough economic times do you play the lottery more or less?
Some consumers cut back on non-essential spending and that may include the lottery. Others still hope a big win will ease their financial pain.
States are reporting that sales of big money games like Mega Millions and Lotto are down, but scratch off games are up. Mega Millions is played in Georgia.
(There were no big winners in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing and the estimated jackpot rolls to $120 million for Friday.)
What about you?
Are you playing the lottery more or less? If you are still playing, have you cut back on how much you spend each week or are you buying scratch off tickets instead of playing games like Mega Millions?
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The website TMZ has published what appears to be a photo of a badly beaten Rihanna.
The origin of the photo is not known, but it shows a woman’s face with scratches, bruises, a busted lip and swelling. The popular singer was allegedly attack by boyfriend Chris Brown.
It begs the question: Should media outlets show photos of a battered Rihanna? This website elected not to publish the photo, but to give readers a link to the TMZ site, where the photo could be viewed.
Clearly, she’s a public figure and the incident has received a great deal of media attention. But is it wrong to show photos of victim of a violent attack, particularly domestic violence?
Should a line be drawn?
Your thoughts?
You’re in the final stretch of your training for the AJC Peachtree Road Race and your legs aren’t the only things pumping.
So is your music.
People who exercise regularly will tell you that music is important to any training program.
Participants in a recent London run “got a performance boost: The race had a scientifically selected sound track. Costas Karageorghis, Ph.D., who studies the connection between music and exercise, selected almost 100 songs to play at 16 course points, according to Runner’s World. “Music is a legal drug,” Karageorghis says in the article. “It reduces the perception of effort by blocking fatigue messages to the brain, and it can elevate positive mood.”
(It also helps those of us who are less athletically inclined forget that their lungs and heart are about to explode.)
When I work out, McFadden & Whitehead’s “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now” is a must play. The song’s beats and lyrics inspire me to keep humping whether I’m walking (or crawling) up …
Continue reading Training for the Peachtree: What’s on your iPod? »
Who should control the information you post on Facebook?
That question is at the center of a firestorm between the California-based social networking site and its users. It’s become so heated that Facebook has retreated from instituting a change in its policies. A few weeks, Facebook, which has more than 175 million users, changed its terms of use to give the site control over users’ information forever, even if they closed their accounts.
“Make sure you never upload anything you don’t feel comfortable giving away forever, because it’s Facebook’s now,” according to a post on the The Consumerist.com.
Are you more cautious now about what you put on Facebook and other social networking sites? Share your thoughts about the controversy. Who owns what?
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