Four Candles

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Send an eCard

Ecards have become popular as a replacement for physical greeting cards. Ecards travel far and wide with just one mouse-click. When we think of convenience, ecards come to mind.

I found a new source of ecards. Cards from eGreetings.com are funny, perhaps a little risque and off-coloured but they are sure to brighten any recipient's day.

eGreetings has just released a range of new Christmas cards. Two worth mentioning are this funny "A Christmas Pick-Me-Up" featuring top pickup lines that Santa's elves use on women. All in the name of fun, of course.


"Snakes on a Sleigh" is another interesting ecard worth checking out.



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Ecards for other occasions are also available so you can send an ecard any time of the year.

A Quiz for Monday...Answers

As promised, here are the answers to yesterday's quiz. I bet you'd be surprised at some of the answers and you'd probably go, "Jeez, I know that!" Wanna give it another go?

QUESTIONS
1) There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

(2) What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

(3) Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

(4) Name the only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

(5) What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

(6) In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

(7) Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.

(8) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?

(9) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers?"

(10) There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls-a walk-is one way. Name the other six.

(11) It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?

(12) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S."


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ANSWERS
1. Boxing.

2. Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

3. Asparagus and rhubarb.

4. Baseball.

5. Strawberry.

6. The pear grew inside the bottle. The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.

7. Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

8. Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

9. In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers and kept the name when they moved west.

10. Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher drops third strike; fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch runner.

11. Lettuce.

12. Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings.

...Well, now you know! Feel any smarter?

Stylish Blinds

A girlfriend recently received keys to her new apartment. She's all excited as expected of someone who will be living on her own in her own pad. She's on cloud nine, but that's for another story.

She's been planning for this for a long time so naturally she has been checking out furnishings and stuff, getting quotes from different sources, going through brochures and magazines, and so forth. She also went online to scout for the best items and the best deals.

Curtains may add warmth to a home but my girlfriend has opted for blinds as they are more sleek in looks and easy to maintain plus they complement her aim of a minimalist decor.
She found just what she needs online.

GUARANTEED blinds.com is the leading Internet retailer of high quality custom blinds, discount blinds, and specialty window coverings. Their window blind & shade products include wood blinds, faux wood blinds, mini blinds, and vertical blinds. Their window shades include roman shades, cellular shades, pleated shades, roller shades, and woven wood bamboo shades.

My girlfriend will also be able to get tips and advice on window blind treatments from their experts, or take advantage of their free blind and shade samples to determine the right fabric or texture that she will need.

With the Super Sale on at GUARANTEED blinds.com, she sure will be getting a good deal for her purchases.

Holiday Gift Ideas

These days, the trend seems to be moving towards online-shopping. Online-shopping offers the availability of almost everything under one roof and shopping has never been so easy. Scouring the web high and low for the perfect gifts could be a thing of the past with Holiday Gift Ideas.

A gift from the Holiday Gift Ideas selection ensures that your holiday gifts will stand out as the very best received. Take for instance a choice from a variety of beautiful gifts for Her, your wife, girlfriend or fiancee or a gift from the huge range of Top Christmas Gifts for the Man in your life. Get ready for all your holiday parties with tones of stylish food and fun essentials.

With Holiday Gift Ideas, shopping is now a breeze.

A Quiz for Monday

Mondays are usually busy days where you're constantly on your feet or on your head working your brain-cells, I mean. Mondays could also be sluggish days due to the supposedly Monday blues.

Need a break or need a little boost? Here's a Quiz that is meant for people who know everything according to the email.

(1) There's one "sport" in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends. What is it?

(2) What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

(3) Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

(4) Name the only sport in which the ball is always in possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

(5) What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

(6) In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

(7) Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw." They are all common. Name two of them.

(8) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?

(9) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers?"

(10) There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls-a walk-is one way. Name the other six.

(11) It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?

(12) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S."

Answers tomorrow

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Year-end Blogger Meet

December is not only a month to look forward to Christmas and the year-end holidays, it's also a month to meet up with fellow bloggers at this grand year-end gathering, Blogger Meet.

Will you be there?

I'll Give It to Someone Special

Found this cutie pie of an animated Christmas video that I just can't wait to share it with you. I know, I know, it's only the first day of December but... (yes, but lets you get away with things)... but time does fly and at the blink of an eye, it'll be Christmas already.

Actually I found it on LB's and he so kindly ok'd for it to be aired here, sort of like a revival. Good stuff should live forever and be enjoyed. (Thank you, LB) I fell in love with it the very first time I saw it. I guess you could say 'twas love at first sight.

I love December. Love it! Love it! Love it! The human spirit comes full circle and alive with all that sharing and giving and loving and cheer and snow-flakes (oops! not here) and shopping and presents and Christmas trees and blings-blings and more shopping and Santa Claus and mistletoes and some more shopping and bells and hugs and kisses and...(I'm out of breath..)

Okay, enough already. Let's get on with the show.

I present to you (drumroll, please)......Last Christmas (click on the image below)