Month: November 2010

As families gather for Thanksgiving this year, nearly one in three American children is living with a parent who is divorced, separated or never-married. More people are accepting the view that wedding bells aren’t needed to have a family.

A study by the Pew Research Center, in association with Time magazine, highlights rapidly changing notions of the American family. And the Census Bureau, too, is planning to incorporate broader definitions of family when measuring poverty, a shift caused partly by recent jumps in unmarried couples living together.

Oh, and kids, don’t try this at home without your parent’s permission. Many things do not like going into a microwave and will catch fire or spark or both. Your parents will be mad, and the fire department will be annoyed as well.

This is the analog watch that single-handedly reduces complexity from an increasingly hectic lifestyle. Dividing 12 hours into 144 equal segments–tracked by a single lance-shaped hour hand–the watch strips timekeeping down to its bare essentials, while subtly conveying a sense of calm to its wearer.

Made by watch specialists in Königstein im Taunus in Germany, the ruby-mounted and gold-plated Swiss quartz movement ensures precise timekeeping. The watch’s face is protected by a scratch-proof sapphire crystal, and has 5/32″ bars that denote hours, 1/8″ strokes that indicate half-hours, and 1/16″ dashes that mark five-minute intervals.

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Capable of accommodating a Brobdingnagian, this is the portable chair that elevates your physical stature at any outdoor event.

Measuring 5 1/2′ tall, the chair is certain to provide stadium seating at any venue, and its 9′ sq. seat affords ample room for full-body gesticulations or sharing your prodigious chair with a friend. The lofty seat elevates feet well above the ground, where they’re free to dangle and sway instead of merely floundering in dirt or sand.

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Are you looking for that perfect hard to find Christmas present for the person who has everything? Well look no further, we have a deal for you. For a paltry $100,000 (NZD), you can now have the freedom of flight with your very own commercially produced jet pack.

Today I’ve got yet another sad story about the US going down the crapper. A woman in Idaho was giving out free breast exams in bars, and what did she get for such selfless commitment to public service? Some brown shirts from the Fascist League of Mini-Hitlers had her thrown in jail. Journalists have already dubbed her America’s Aung Sang Suu Kyii.

An Idaho judge has set bond at $100,000 for a Boise woman police say posed as a physician and duped at least two other women into having their breasts examined by her at Boise-area nightclubs.
Kristina Ross, 37, remains in Ada County Jail in Boise on two felony counts of practicing medicine without a license.