<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822</id><updated>2012-02-16T03:09:23.421-05:00</updated><category term='odd news stories'/><category term='halloween'/><category term='health insurance'/><category term='reviews'/><category term='Seinfeld'/><category term='President Bush'/><category term='recall'/><category term='Capital Punishment'/><category term='smoke detector'/><category term='britney spears'/><category term='Win a Gift Card'/><category term='politics'/><category term='Wedding Dance Video'/><category term='baby abandonment'/><category term='Aetna'/><category term='Sexiest Man Alive'/><category term='The Bachelor'/><category term='challenges'/><category term='fire'/><category term='holidays'/><category term='Murder'/><category term='Plagarism'/><category term='bumbo'/><category term='Contests'/><category term='Iraq War'/><category term='moola'/><category term='People Magazine'/><category term='Disclosure'/><category term='recipes'/><title type='text'>Did I say that?</title><subtitle type='html'>one womans view on everything from politics to celeb gossip</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-4026167078666108207</id><published>2007-12-20T21:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-20T21:55:40.511-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contests'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Win a Gift Card'/><title type='text'>Win a $20 Famous Footwear Gift Card</title><content type='html'>Head on over to my Parenting Blog and enter my contest to win a free $20 Gift Card for Famous Footwear.  All you have to do is tell me your funny parenting moment.  Check out the post:  http://mommysworldonline.com/2007/12/15/contest-win-20-famous-footwear-gift-card/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also check that blog daily for recipes, tips, articles, stories, work at home leads, advice, coupons, and much much more.&lt;br /&gt;www.mommysworldonline.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-4026167078666108207?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/4026167078666108207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=4026167078666108207&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4026167078666108207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4026167078666108207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/12/win-20-famous-footwear-gift-card.html' title='Win a $20 Famous Footwear Gift Card'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-4606286405518911789</id><published>2007-12-12T13:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-12T13:40:29.190-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Bachelor'/><title type='text'>Email from Bachelor Brad Womack: Explains Himself</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/R2ArEeqG4QI/AAAAAAAAAC0/slnnT6_vJT0/s1600-h/BradWomack04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/R2ArEeqG4QI/AAAAAAAAAC0/slnnT6_vJT0/s200/BradWomack04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143158130406252802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Found this around the 'net today.  Not sure if its authentic but after reading it, it sounds like it is something he wrote.  Apparently he wrote it to his cousin Peggy and she forwarded it to a friend and so on and so on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Peggy,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't really know where to begin my email because I don't know if you're&lt;br /&gt;part of the half of America that is disgusted with my choice or part of the&lt;br /&gt;half that respects it. I am hoping that you are of the latter; if not, I&lt;br /&gt;hope this email will at least answer some of the questions that have been&lt;br /&gt;thrown my way in the last few days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, let me say this. I did not ask to do the show; a friend of mine&lt;br /&gt;submitted my information because she thought I would make a good candidate.&lt;br /&gt;In fact, my initial reaction to the producers was "absolutely not".&lt;br /&gt;Hollywood can be very convincing when it wants to be and after some time I&lt;br /&gt;agreed to give it a shot. I truly went on The Bachelor to try to find a&lt;br /&gt;good woman that I may develop strong feelings for. That is the only reason.&lt;br /&gt;I did not go on it for publicity of the bars. I did not go on it to use as&lt;br /&gt;some sort of "stepping stone" into entertainment. I simply went on the show&lt;br /&gt;to use it as it was meant to be used...to try to find a romantic interest.&lt;br /&gt;Yes, it's unconventional but also adventurous at the sime time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had no idea what I was getting myself into (but that is another story that&lt;br /&gt;would take too long to write in an email). I want to clear up some&lt;br /&gt;misconceptions of the general public that I can only hope you and the rest&lt;br /&gt;of the family are not inclined to believe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First: Due to my contract, I was NOT ALLOWED to tell the women that I wasn't&lt;br /&gt;interested in them until the respective rose ceremonies. In other words, if&lt;br /&gt;I realized a relationship was not going to come out of the show, no matter&lt;br /&gt;how early on this revelation may have happened, I simply could not walk off&lt;br /&gt;the show. I was constantly reminded there was a show to make and that I&lt;br /&gt;would be sued for breach of contract. I never one time misled the&lt;br /&gt;ladies...NOT ONCE. I was not allowed to tell anyone that my feelings&lt;br /&gt;weren't strong enough to try to build a relationship on. I never once&lt;br /&gt;uttered the word love. The only time I mentioned "soulmate", and I promise&lt;br /&gt;you with everything that I have that this is true, the producers edited that&lt;br /&gt;sentence to make it sound as if I labled Deanna as my soulmate, which I&lt;br /&gt;assure you I didn't. I admit that I did say that she was everything I was&lt;br /&gt;looking for. I said she'd make a great wife. I said I could see spending&lt;br /&gt;my life with someone like Deanna. What America wasn't shown is that in&lt;br /&gt;every interview that I said things like that about the women I immediately&lt;br /&gt;followed up those statements with a "but". "Deanna would make a great&lt;br /&gt;wife....BUT, I don't understand why I don't see her as my wife". Things&lt;br /&gt;like that were said the entire show but were never aired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second: The only reason I went ring shopping is because it was part of the&lt;br /&gt;show's itinerary. I wasn't asked if I wanted to buy a ring...I was TOLD I&lt;br /&gt;was going to be filmed buying a ring. That particular day took place almost&lt;br /&gt;five days prior to the final rose ceremony and even then I knew a proposal&lt;br /&gt;wasn't going to take place. I informed the producers of this and that is&lt;br /&gt;when things started to turn interestingly different. I was no longer their&lt;br /&gt;"golden boy" and I began to get the impression that I was going to be thrown&lt;br /&gt;under the editorial bus. People think I kept the ring. I had the ring in&lt;br /&gt;my possession for all of 2 hours MAXIMUM. In fact, Peggy, I told the&lt;br /&gt;producers that there is NO WAY I would ever allow anyone to buy a ring that&lt;br /&gt;I was going to give to a woman I love. I was very clear about the fact that&lt;br /&gt;if I was going to propose to someone I would buy my own ring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Third (and this is a biggie): I NEVER ASKED THE PRODUCERS TO FLY DEANNA'S&lt;br /&gt;FATHER OUT TO THE FINAL ROSE CEREMONY. What actually happened is I was&lt;br /&gt;adamant about the fact that if I ever propose to a woman I would have to ask&lt;br /&gt;her father, face to face, for her hand in marriage. I said a phone call&lt;br /&gt;would not be sufficient because I would want to look him in the eye and ask&lt;br /&gt;for her hand. A day later I was told that Deanna's father was in route to&lt;br /&gt;Malibu. I was shocked. When I realized there was no turning back, I asked&lt;br /&gt;for a mere hour to talk to her father and explain that 1) I didn't request&lt;br /&gt;his presence, 2) I wanted to apologize for the show wasting his time, and 3)&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to tell him that as much as I cared for Deanna I was not in love&lt;br /&gt;with her and did not intend on proposing to her. I think the world of&lt;br /&gt;Deanna's family and I always will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't have commitment issues. In fact, the majority of my adult life has&lt;br /&gt;been spent in some incredible, long term, committed relationships. What I&lt;br /&gt;do fear is wasting time. As good of a person as Deanna is I didn't feel a&lt;br /&gt;single bit of falling in love. So why lead her on? Why try to start a&lt;br /&gt;relationship based on "Bachelor protocal"?? My goodbye to both women may&lt;br /&gt;have seemed harsh because of the brutal honesty. If I need to work on being&lt;br /&gt;more sympathetic than I will accept that. All I can say is I've had women&lt;br /&gt;at one point or other say to me "I don't love you anymore". As much as it&lt;br /&gt;hurt me at the time, I later greatly appreciated the honesty. I would much&lt;br /&gt;rather have someone tell me that than string me along or toy with my heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No one in this world is perfect. All I know is I can walk away from this&lt;br /&gt;experience with my head held very high. I know in my heart that I was&lt;br /&gt;honest with all parties involved. I never one time lied or said and/or did&lt;br /&gt;anything that I didn't mean or want to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving and that you are doing well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-4606286405518911789?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/4606286405518911789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=4606286405518911789&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4606286405518911789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4606286405518911789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/12/email-from-bachelor-brad-womack.html' title='Email from Bachelor Brad Womack: Explains Himself'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/R2ArEeqG4QI/AAAAAAAAAC0/slnnT6_vJT0/s72-c/BradWomack04.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-211162555039477353</id><published>2007-12-07T22:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-07T22:37:21.206-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Online Bullying:  Should Laws be Made?</title><content type='html'>I am sure you all have heard of this story where a 13yr old girl killed herself after a woman poses as a boy on myspace and demeans and talks down to this girl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prosecutors say no laws were broken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A girl kills herself over statements made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you all think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,315684,00.html&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-211162555039477353?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/211162555039477353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=211162555039477353&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/211162555039477353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/211162555039477353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/12/online-bullying-should-laws-be-made.html' title='Online Bullying:  Should Laws be Made?'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-4311876878016837000</id><published>2007-12-04T15:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T15:41:26.115-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding Dance Video'/><title type='text'>Baby Got Back:  Wedding Video...Hilarious</title><content type='html'>This couple has gained quick fame for having their first dance be nontraditional.  They did their first dance to "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix  A Lot.  If you have not watched this video yet, you need to, it is FUNNY.  I give a lot of respect out for these two for changing things up a bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ImBaVm7K6Do&amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ImBaVm7K6Do&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-4311876878016837000?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/4311876878016837000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=4311876878016837000&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4311876878016837000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4311876878016837000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/12/baby-got-back-wedding-videohilarious.html' title='Baby Got Back:  Wedding Video...Hilarious'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-6689703132369941115</id><published>2007-11-22T23:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-22T23:21:44.202-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving!</title><content type='html'>Although the whole darned holiday is overshadowed by this Black Friday stuff....but for those of us who do not want to join the mob at Walmart:   HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-6689703132369941115?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/6689703132369941115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=6689703132369941115&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/6689703132369941115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/6689703132369941115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/11/happy-thanksgiving.html' title='Happy Thanksgiving!'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-7730326131693039251</id><published>2007-11-21T21:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T21:04:50.762-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Bachelor'/><title type='text'>Yes this is another Bachelor Post</title><content type='html'>Ok so WHAT THE HECK happened on the Bachelor?????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He could not pick even ONE girl?  I am not saying he had to propose to one, but damn he could have at least committed to at least DATING one....talk about FEAR of commitment!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then on the After the Final Rose special......ummmm How awkward was that???  Brad kept saying how much he liked DeAnna and thinks about her but he could not give a reason as to why he wont date her.  Ummm confused much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel like I totally wasted my time on that show this season.  They had to go find the cutest, sexiest man who cant even commit to dating a girl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loser!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-7730326131693039251?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/7730326131693039251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=7730326131693039251&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/7730326131693039251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/7730326131693039251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/11/yes-this-is-another-bachelor-post.html' title='Yes this is another Bachelor Post'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-3167827901158422933</id><published>2007-11-14T12:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T12:02:40.391-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Work at Home Blog</title><content type='html'>Check out my new blog:   &lt;a href="http://www.mommysworldonline.com/"&gt;www.mommysworldonline.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will have loads of information on working at home, saving money and fun stuff to read in between. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check it out now!!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-3167827901158422933?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/3167827901158422933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=3167827901158422933&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/3167827901158422933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/3167827901158422933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-work-at-home-blog.html' title='New Work at Home Blog'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-2919884159766685051</id><published>2007-11-14T11:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T12:00:49.639-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sexiest Man Alive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='People Magazine'/><title type='text'>People's Sexiest Man Alive</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RzsplHZtzXI/AAAAAAAAACs/xYIDip5GZgI/s1600-h/matt_damon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132741917937618290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RzsplHZtzXI/AAAAAAAAACs/xYIDip5GZgI/s200/matt_damon.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The votes are in...the winner is...........{{drumroll please}}......................&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;MATT DAMON&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could think of sexier men, but hey, he is still cute....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-2919884159766685051?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/2919884159766685051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=2919884159766685051&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2919884159766685051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2919884159766685051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/11/peoples-sexiest-man-alive.html' title='People&apos;s Sexiest Man Alive'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RzsplHZtzXI/AAAAAAAAACs/xYIDip5GZgI/s72-c/matt_damon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-2363260786567672904</id><published>2007-11-10T16:56:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-10T17:02:24.074-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby abandonment'/><title type='text'>Dump Your Baby and Run.....</title><content type='html'>Link:  &lt;a href="http://www.nbc10.com/news/14552529/detail.html?dl=headlineclick"&gt;Newborn Baby Found on Doorstep&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Police said they were investigating the discovery of a baby wrapped in blankets on the doorstep of a Montgomery County home.&lt;br /&gt;The discovery was made at 9:30 p.m. Thursday on the 1900 block of Guernsey Avenue in Abington Township.&lt;br /&gt;Police are searching for the infant's parents.&lt;br /&gt;The woman who found the child reported that she was walking her dog and, as she returned home, thought she heard cats fighting. She put the dog in her house and asked her husband to check on the noise.&lt;br /&gt;The husband then discovered the baby wrapped in blankets on the doorstep of a nearby home.&lt;br /&gt;Abington police responded and determined that the home's residents were not aware the baby was there and no one in the neighborhood knew where the baby came from or to whom he belonged.&lt;br /&gt;Lauren, who declined to use her last name, said she has no idea whom the baby belonged to or why someone would leave a 2-day-old infant on her grandmother's front stoop.&lt;br /&gt;"My first thought, I said, 'Oh, it's a baby. Oh my god,'" Lauren said. "I was like OK there has to be a note. So I find it and I read it aloud to everyone."&lt;br /&gt;A note on the boy read, "Can you please take to the hospital. It's not that I dont love you I just can't take care of you I love you [sic]".&lt;br /&gt;Investigators said they don't think the baby was born in a hospital. He was wrapped in blankets and is in good health despite being left in the cold Thursday night.&lt;br /&gt;Police said the baby is a newborn black male and appears to be healthy despite the fact that he may have been outside in 34-degree weather for up to one hour.&lt;br /&gt;"It was 34 degrees outside last night. That's cold for a newborn," Abington Police Chief John Livingood said.&lt;br /&gt;Second Alarmers Rescue Squad of Willow Grove immediately transported the baby a half-block to Abington Memorial Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;Police said they were bothered by the fact that the home the baby was left at is less than a block from Abington Hospital, which is also next to the police and fire departments.&lt;br /&gt;"Had the mother brought this baby in to a police station and done so, we'd have taken the baby in, no questions asked," Livingood said.&lt;br /&gt;Instead, police said they have a number of questions like who are the parents, who bought the baby's blue jumper, blanket and other items found with the baby.&lt;br /&gt;"Someone knew this was going to be a boy, everything was blue, the baby had a blanket. This was no surprise delivery," Livingood said.&lt;br /&gt;Anyone who might have information on the child is asked to call the Abington Police Department at 267-536-1110&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That must be the new trend now.  Instead of taking full advantage of a Safe Haven Law which allows you to drop off an unwanted infant at any police station, hospital or fire station, why not leave your baby on the step of a stranger in the freezing cold and then go on the run from the police!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This royally pisses me off.  Do you know how many people want children and cannot have them?  Do you know how many people have mulitple miscarriages..?  And then you have people like this who just dump their baby on a doorstep in the cold.  I will give this person credit though, at least they did not put the baby in a trashbag or dumpster like other jerkoff parents.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-2363260786567672904?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/2363260786567672904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=2363260786567672904&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2363260786567672904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2363260786567672904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/11/dump-your-baby-and-run.html' title='Dump Your Baby and Run.....'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-4516873425096460059</id><published>2007-11-07T15:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-07T15:47:42.618-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Murder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capital Punishment'/><title type='text'>Capital Punishment:  Eye for an Eye</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RzIkU9EX4gI/AAAAAAAAACk/G25DNsLerl8/s1600-h/news.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130202867937305090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RzIkU9EX4gI/AAAAAAAAACk/G25DNsLerl8/s200/news.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have not been around for a few days because I have been consumed with a local news story here in the Philadelphia area. An attempted robbery went tragic on Halloween when a man, 21yr old John Lewis, attempted to rob a Philadelphia Dunkin Donuts. A police officer, Mr. Charles Cassidy, unknowingly walked in on the robbery and John Lewis shot him in the forehead, without warning. He then took his gun and fled. He was caught nearly a week later in a Miami, Florida homeless shelter. He has since confessed to the killing. There are Philadelphia detectives now in Miami prepared to bring Lewis home, shackled and with Officer Cassidy's handcuffs on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I sat today and watched the live coverage of the funeral of this slain police officer. He was a family man, and from the 6000 people who attended the funeral a loved man. I did not even know this man but I sat and cried. I cried for his family. For his friends. I cried because my dad is a cop and I could not imagine going through what his family is going through.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is times like that that I think capital punishment should be mandatory. You kill a man, you get killed. And in my opinion if you shoot a man in the forehead, you should get shot in the forehead. You stab someone , you should get stabbed. You should not be allowed to live on death row for 20+ years living off of taxpayers. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This man lost his life for NO REASON. Simply because this robbery suspect was in the middle of robbing a donut shop and the cop interrupted him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And what is more sickening? That is family harbored him for a few days and even helped him escape.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are some really sick people in this world. And Mr. John Lewis, I hope you get your ass handed to you at the sentencing hearing. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I will keep you all posted with new updates on this story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;LINKS:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nbc10.com/news/14529314/detail.html?dl=mainclick"&gt;City pays final respects for Officer Cassidy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nbc10.com/news/14520399/detail.html"&gt;Murder Suspect Caught and Confesses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-4516873425096460059?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/4516873425096460059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=4516873425096460059&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4516873425096460059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4516873425096460059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/11/capital-punishment-eye-for-eye.html' title='Capital Punishment:  Eye for an Eye'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RzIkU9EX4gI/AAAAAAAAACk/G25DNsLerl8/s72-c/news.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-2579574877696081453</id><published>2007-11-02T23:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-11-02T23:14:38.158-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plagarism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seinfeld'/><title type='text'>Did Jessica Seinfeld Plagarize her Cookbook?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyvnktEX4dI/AAAAAAAAACQ/9t7sDOe9xDY/s1600-h/511odL8H0uL__AA240_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128447218450686418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyvnktEX4dI/AAAAAAAAACQ/9t7sDOe9xDY/s200/511odL8H0uL__AA240_.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-10-30-seinfeld_N.htm?csp=34"&gt;Did Jessica Seinfeld Plagarize her Cookbook?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So recently Jessica Seinfeld, wife of Jerry Seinfeld, released a cookbook called "Deceptively Delicious." Now that the book has been released, another woman has stepped forward saying that Ms. Seinfeld copied her recipes. Apparently, this other woman's book has some of the recipes word for word that Ms. Seinfelds book has, and this other woman's book was published first. Jerry Seinfeld says his wife did not plagarize, but what husband in his right mind would throw his loving wife under the bus.... @@ &lt;------------ eyerolls. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;My Opinion?: I think she is full of crap. Parents have been tricking their kids for years into eating their veggies and this woman comes along, flings her hair, says she is Mrs. Seinfeld and gets a book deal. If she did plagarize, I hope she pays this other woman.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-2579574877696081453?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/2579574877696081453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=2579574877696081453&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2579574877696081453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2579574877696081453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/11/did-jessica-seinfeld-plagarize-her.html' title='Did Jessica Seinfeld Plagarize her Cookbook?'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyvnktEX4dI/AAAAAAAAACQ/9t7sDOe9xDY/s72-c/511odL8H0uL__AA240_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-9205901916685898664</id><published>2007-10-29T13:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T13:50:25.670-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holidays'/><title type='text'>Halloween is a big scam....</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyYdWdEX4cI/AAAAAAAAACI/23VTku2-kHI/s1600-h/pumpkin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126817497405186498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyYdWdEX4cI/AAAAAAAAACI/23VTku2-kHI/s200/pumpkin.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&amp;amp;content_type_id=713&amp;amp;display_order=1&amp;amp;mini_id=1076"&gt;Halloween&lt;/a&gt;. A chance for kids and adults to get dressed up and mask their identity for one day. A chance for children to go door to door asking for handouts of candy that they should not have anyway. A chance for somebody like me to either give out candy and be on good terms with the kids in the neighborhood, or turn off my lights and ignore the endless doorbell rings, and ultimately risk my house being egged next year on mischief night.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Why is Halloween a scam? Because too many people make out financially from what some people have even called "devils" holiday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The candy industry makes out big time. People buy bags and bags of candy to hand out. Kids come home with pillow cases full of candy and other sugary treats. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dentists make out since cavities will be forming at an exponential rate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Retail stores and costume manufactures rip you off for cheaply made costumes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Liquor stores sell alcohol for the parties that the adults have.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pumpkins finally get some play other than Thanksgiving's traditional pumpkin pie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;All of this money, all of this hype, for a few hours of masquerading. It is just the beginning of the credit card maxing season (black friday, christmas, new years parties)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;And you will all be happy to know that I have fallen in the Halloween Trap. I currently have 3 huge bags of candy sitting by my front door, and costumes for my kids. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-9205901916685898664?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/9205901916685898664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=9205901916685898664&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/9205901916685898664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/9205901916685898664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/halloween-is-big-scam.html' title='Halloween is a big scam....'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyYdWdEX4cI/AAAAAAAAACI/23VTku2-kHI/s72-c/pumpkin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-5007442879575739449</id><published>2007-10-28T13:51:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T14:12:38.374-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moola'/><title type='text'>Moola.com ~ Not really FREE money</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyTRENEX4aI/AAAAAAAAAB4/u1uCEai7lKU/s1600-h/sp_logo_beta.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126452146012152226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyTRENEX4aI/AAAAAAAAAB4/u1uCEai7lKU/s200/sp_logo_beta.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;There is a new beta game site out right now called &lt;a href="http://www.moola.com/"&gt;Moola&lt;/a&gt;. The concept behind the game is that moola will give you a penny and you are matched against other players in a tournament of games where you can win up to ten million dollars. Their whole concept is that if you double a penny thirty times, then you get to over ten million dollars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sounds tempting doesnt it? Well do not go running to the website just yet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;First off its still in beta mode meaning you need a &lt;a href="http://www.moola.com/moopubs/b2b/exc/join.jsp?sid=4d5449744f4441314e54593d-2"&gt;moola invite &lt;/a&gt;to get there. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Right now there are three games that you can play.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rock, Paper, Scissors, (with a catch)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hi-Lo - each player is dealth ten cards where they have to guess if the next card is higher or lower than the previous card. The catch is that you only get four "lives" and if you guess wrong, then you lose a life. You also have the option of locking in your guesses, however that will cost you a life too. The first player to make it to the end of their ten tries in as few lives as possible and with as many locked in cards as possible, Wins.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gold Rush- each player has six pieces of gold worth one to six pounds. There is also 6 pieces of gold left in the gold mine. Each player has to throw out a piece of their gold and then the gold mine has to throw out a piece, whoever threw out the piece that weighed more wins all three pieces. The first person to reach 32lbs of gold wins.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you can see these are not games where you need intelligence or even skill. They are games of chance where you just need patience.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why do I think moola is not a real money maker? First off the games are computer generated. As a test I played ten games of hi-lo. I noticed that the cards that flipped over where always against the odds. For example, I had a K of hearts. I predicted the next card would be lower. (A are high in this game). The next card was an A. I lost a life. I then had a 4 of spades. I guessed the next card would be higher. The next card was a 2. This happened so much that for now on I am almost tempted to always go against the odds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;My other reason is that most people play on the lower levels. Once you get to about level 10 or 11, its hard to find a human player, in which you are most likely going to be matched against a robot. Bots are programmed before the game even starts to win, lose or tie. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are ways to increase your account balance. You can go to their booster zone where you can sign up for cash offers (which will cost you money or a credit card) and then you can add to your balance. There is also the search and win wheel where you can win up to $9000, however the most I have won on the wheel is .05. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can moola afford to do this? They are fully funded by advertisers. Before you can even play a game you are forced to watch a short ad. Whats the catch? You have to answer a question about the ad, meaning you have to pay attention.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;From my lurking around on the moola forums, I think the most I have seen someone cash out was $1000. Currently my account balance is $4.11. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also think that "maybe" moola has it so you can only win so many games in a row. I have wasted a day on moola doing research and noticed that I never won more than three games in a row.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh and let me not forget that the more people you invite, then the more people that are in your "downline". You can then get a percentage of earnings from their winnings. Which is why people are so eager to give away their invites. If you are reading this commentary carefully enough, you will see where I have hyperlinked a way to get invites. :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;So with the right computer software and addicting chance games, moola has some beta testers hooked on their site, thinking they can win thousands to millions of dollars, which will most likely never happen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;And if someone does get to the top of the moola tower, I will eat my words and credit moola as a worthy gaming site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Right now, the best thing about moola, is that it is free to play and you can win $10 or $20. And for some people thats worth it to them, spending hours on end on a gaming site. Personally I would rather get a part time job at mcdonalds and make an easy $10 in two hours. A lot faster than wasting my time on moola.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-5007442879575739449?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/5007442879575739449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=5007442879575739449&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/5007442879575739449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/5007442879575739449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/moolacom-not-really-free-money.html' title='Moola.com ~ Not really FREE money'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyTRENEX4aI/AAAAAAAAAB4/u1uCEai7lKU/s72-c/sp_logo_beta.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-1137024905197202497</id><published>2007-10-27T23:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-27T23:37:26.564-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Disclosure'/><title type='text'>Disclosure Policy</title><content type='html'>This policy is valid from 25 October 2007This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. 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This content will always be identified.To get your own policy, go to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-1137024905197202497?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/1137024905197202497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=1137024905197202497&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/1137024905197202497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/1137024905197202497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/disclosure-policy.html' title='Disclosure Policy'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-2653343386818517262</id><published>2007-10-26T09:50:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-26T12:36:44.417-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bumbo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recall'/><title type='text'>Bumbo Seat Recall</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyHzPdEX4YI/AAAAAAAAABo/lSjxXY9comk/s1600-h/images_sizedimage_298091504.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125645297750892930" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyHzPdEX4YI/AAAAAAAAABo/lSjxXY9comk/s200/images_sizedimage_298091504.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I also have a Bumbo Seat Review on my &lt;a href="http://mommysreview.blogspot.com/"&gt;Review Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The popular Bumbo Seat has been &lt;a href="http://wcbstv.com/national/Bumbo.baby.seat.2.412678.html"&gt;recalled&lt;/a&gt;. Apprantly the box shows pictures where you can sit the seat on a table, counter, or other elevated surface. Babies were flipping out of the seats, thus falling backward and hitting their heads and in some instances cracking their skulls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I had two bumbos for my twins. It is very easy for a baby to flip out of a bumbo because my one twin did it a few times. She arched her back and popped right out. HOWEVER I never used the bumbo on a table or counter. Although the pictures on the box and website portrayed that you could, it just did not seem right to me. It seemed weird to have the baby sitting up in a seat on the table or counter. I always used the Bumbo's on the carpeted floor so when my one twin did pop out of her seat, she hit the floor. I immediately got rid of the Bumbo's after that as I figured they were unsafe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now my other question is, where were the parents when baby flipped out? I was always sitting with my twins when they were in their bumbos. If the baby had time to flip out of the bumbo and fall off of the elevated surface, then the maybe was most likely left unattended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Either way, the BOXES have been recalled since the boxes portrayed an unsafe practice with these seats. The company is now issuing warning labels to stick on your seat and / or the box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In short, this seat was not worth the money anyway and if you are considering buying one, DONT. Your baby is fine and content in it for a few months and then once they start crawling, moving or sitting up on their own, they want nothing to do with it, meaning $40 down the drain for you, or in my instance, $80. If you really really really want one, (which I do not think you should get one) then try and find one used on sites like ebay or craigslist. There is also an item out called Bebe Pod which is similar to the Bumbo. I do not recommend either seat. These seats were not available when my son was a baby and he did fine propped up on the couch next to me or with a boppy around him, and he actually sat up earlier than my twins did, meaning that the Bumbo could possibly hinder the skill of sitting up (solely my opinion).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, if you have one and had any experience with your baby falling out, then post a comment here. I am interested in what others have to say about it. You can also post a comment on my &lt;a href="http://mommysreview.blogspot.com/"&gt;Review Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-2653343386818517262?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/2653343386818517262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=2653343386818517262&amp;isPopup=true' title='43 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2653343386818517262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2653343386818517262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/bumbo-seat-recall.html' title='Bumbo Seat Recall'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyHzPdEX4YI/AAAAAAAAABo/lSjxXY9comk/s72-c/images_sizedimage_298091504.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>43</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-3214197124559602606</id><published>2007-10-25T22:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-25T22:15:32.579-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iraq War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health insurance'/><title type='text'>So which is more important?  The Iraq war or health insurance for children?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyFNvHqH4uI/AAAAAAAAABY/BCw9xYBv0Dw/s1600-h/bush_monkey_small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/RyFNvHqH4uI/AAAAAAAAABY/BCw9xYBv0Dw/s320/bush_monkey_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125463322829251298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes so which is more important? President Bush does not feel that all children should have health insurance. From what I heard him say .."$83,000 does not sound poor to me..." really BUSH? Really? How do you know what other expenses that family has? How do you know if that person is living in a state where the cost of living is sky high? Why is it that you think that some children should have to go without health insurance because their parents should be able to afford it. There you go again bush man ASSuming things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OH NO WAIT!!!! Now I know why you think that all children should not be elgible for this health insurance plan. Because you think its more important to spend 2.4 TRILLION dollars on the Iraq war. That is $8000 per american (man, woman, and child).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am glad to see where your priorities are Mr. Bush.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is my Bush out of office countdown clock. I cant wait for the next election.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-3214197124559602606?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/3214197124559602606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=3214197124559602606&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/3214197124559602606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/3214197124559602606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/so-which-is-more-important-iraq-war-or.html' title='So which is more important?  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He said to republish your first post. Now although I have been blogging for awhile, I am trying to transition all of the internet attention from my family blog to this blog and my &lt;a href="http://mommyreviews.blogspot.com/"&gt;mommy reviews &lt;/a&gt;blog. Sooooooo here is the first post from this blog:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Friday, October 19, 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a name="167834669202245955"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/britney-spears-panties-playboy.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Britney Spears: panties, playboy, papparazzi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So while Britney is busy running over the feet of the papparazzi, Hugh Hefner says he will bring Brit on for some nude pics, but ONLY if she gets help first. Why Hef? You do not want a drugged up and naked alcoholic as your centerfold? Oh I see , you just want the girls to have a "semi" good girl image. Gotcha..!MYSTERY SOLVED: It has been determined that Britney does not wear panties because the cotton irritates her "ahem" you know, and if she wears panties, she gets spots and sores. I guess its easier to just go pantiless and show your goods to the world rather than get a different material panties.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-7237175502583483325?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/7237175502583483325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=7237175502583483325&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/7237175502583483325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/7237175502583483325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/republish-your-first-post.html' title='Republish Your First Post'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-8836292595257520125</id><published>2007-10-24T12:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T12:39:32.039-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='smoke detector'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire'/><title type='text'>Do you have smoke detectors in your home?</title><content type='html'>If you do, great, now check the batteries!  If you don't, then GET ONE NOW.  I am utterly tired of watching the news and seeing people die in a fire and then come to find out that their home does not have working smoke detectors.  Today in Philadelphia a woman and her niece were killed in a fire.  The fire department was at their house two weeks ago and offered to install smoke detectors in their home.  The residents of the home turned them down.  Please please please if you do not have a working smoke detector in your home, GET ONE.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-8836292595257520125?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/8836292595257520125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=8836292595257520125&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/8836292595257520125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/8836292595257520125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/do-you-have-smoke-detectors-in-your.html' title='Do you have smoke detectors in your home?'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-8904886300232827552</id><published>2007-10-24T12:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T12:39:49.316-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Did you vote for President Bush?</title><content type='html'>If so WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently a lot of people are asking that question. His approval ratings are down near 30%. Way to go Mr. President!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-8904886300232827552?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/8904886300232827552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=8904886300232827552&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/8904886300232827552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/8904886300232827552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/did-you-vote-for-president-bush.html' title='Did you vote for President Bush?'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-1657580204904459519</id><published>2007-10-22T10:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-22T10:49:07.987-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health insurance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aetna'/><title type='text'>Health Insurance Rant</title><content type='html'>My husband pays Aetna $201.50 per month for family coverage for health insurance.  Why?  Yes thats the major question on my mind lately.  Last month I took my twins to the doctor for their nine month well check.  Two weeks later I get a bill in the mail for $125 for EACH baby and it said the well visit was not covered.  So I look at the total due of $250 and think.."what the hell?"  So I call Aetna.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aetna:  "Hi this is ****, how can I help you today?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  "Hi I am calling about a claim that was not paid and I need to know why?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aetna:  "yes maam, may I have your group ID number?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  ********&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aetna: "aaahhh yes maam, this is a non covered visit."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me: thinking {&lt;em&gt;no crap, thats why I am calling to figure out why its a non covered visit&lt;/em&gt;} , "Ok, I see that and I need to know WHY it is a non covered visit."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aetna:  "Well we only cover six well visits in the first year of life for babies and this was the seventh well visit so we do not cover this one."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  "Ok, and obviously you will not be covering their twelve month visit either, then huh?"&lt;br /&gt;Aetna: "thats correct maam"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  "Did you know that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends at least eight well visits in the first year of life?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aetna: "yes maam we are aware of that however we do not think eight is necessary so we only cover six"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  "so aetna is now comprised of doctors from the AAP?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aetna:  {&lt;em&gt;she now sounds frustrated with me&lt;/em&gt;}  "no maam"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  "can you explain why a person on welfare or state assistance has better health insurance coverage than me?  We pay over $200 per month for coverage plus $20 copays and we STILL have to pay for a full visit out of pocket.  We also have had to pay a lot of money when my twins were born as a lot of things were not covered from their hospital stay.  So can you tell me why my husband pays a ton of federal taxes out of his paycheck to the government for these state assistance programs that have better health insurance than we do????"  {now I am fuming mad}.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aetna: "all I can say is contact your HR dept maam."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:  great.  thank you for all the "help" you have provided me today. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hang up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you believe this?  We pay all this money for coverage yet we do not actually have "coverage?" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is so very frustrating.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-1657580204904459519?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/1657580204904459519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=1657580204904459519&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/1657580204904459519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/1657580204904459519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/health-insurance-rant.html' title='Health Insurance Rant'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-2125950644888860797</id><published>2007-10-21T12:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T12:03:42.113-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recipes'/><title type='text'>Peanut Butter and Jelly Waffles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/Rxt4FcqQKmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kgfp2wT69HE/s1600-h/137072_yr_feature.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123821036052163170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/Rxt4FcqQKmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kgfp2wT69HE/s320/137072_yr_feature.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I found this recipe on the net today. Does this look GOOD or what? I am going to have this for dinner. Thats right dinner. If you think I am weird, then good, I have done my job... :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is the recipe for the rest of you weirdos out there.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 (16.3 ounce) can Pillsbury(R) Grands!(R) Flaky Layers refrigerated original biscuits&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup peanut butter&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup grape jelly&lt;br /&gt;1 tablespoon powdered sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 cup fresh fruit (such as strawberries, peach slices, grapes) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heat Belgian or regular waffle maker according to manufacturer's directions. Separate dough into 8 biscuits; press or roll each into 4-inch round.&lt;br /&gt;Depending on size of waffle maker, place 2 to 4 biscuit rounds at a time in hot waffle maker. Bake 2 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 to 2 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;Spread peanut butter evenly on 4 of the hot waffles; spread jelly on remaining 4 waffles. Place jelly-spread waffles, jelly down, on peanut butter-spread waffles. Cut sandwiches in half; place on individual plates. Sprinkle with powdered sugar; garnish with fruit.&lt;br /&gt;Yield: 8 servings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-2125950644888860797?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/2125950644888860797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=2125950644888860797&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2125950644888860797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/2125950644888860797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/peanut-butter-and-jelly-waffles.html' title='Peanut Butter and Jelly Waffles'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_VLTLqGL5zIA/Rxt4FcqQKmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kgfp2wT69HE/s72-c/137072_yr_feature.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-4875467410213487769</id><published>2007-10-19T21:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-19T22:04:18.023-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='odd news stories'/><title type='text'>SSOTD ~ Stupid Story of the Day, Couple Nab Burglar and make him clean at gunpoint</title><content type='html'>Thats right people, I can't make this stuff up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;courtesy of foxnews.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;MONTGOMERY, Ala. —  A burglar in Montgomery chose the wrong family to mess with, literally.&lt;br /&gt;Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their Centennial Hill home Tuesday after a week away to find that thieves had emptied almost everything the family of five owned, Tiffany McKinnon said through tears.&lt;br /&gt;"Tears just rolled down my face as I walked in and saw everything gone and piles of trash all over my home," she said.&lt;br /&gt;Adrian McKinnon sent his wife to see her sister while he inspected the piles left behind. As he walked back into the sunroom, a man walked through the back door straight into him, Tiffany McKinnon told the Montgomery Advertiser in a story Thursday.&lt;br /&gt;"My husband Adrian caught the thief red-handed in our home," she said. "And what is even crazier, the man even had my husband's hat sitting right on his head."&lt;br /&gt;Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he decided what to do.&lt;br /&gt;"We made this man clean up all the mess he made, piles of stuff, he had thrown out of my drawers and cabi-nets onto the floor," Tiffany McKinnon said.&lt;br /&gt;/**/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When police arrived, Bullock complained about being forced to clean the home at gunpoint.&lt;br /&gt;"This man had the nerve to raise sand about us making him clean up the mess he made in my house," she said. "The police officer laughed at him when he complained and said anybody else would have shot him dead."&lt;br /&gt;Capt. Huey Thornton, a police spokesman, said police arrested Bullock at 2 p.m. Tuesday on burglary and theft charges. He was being held in the Montgomery County Detention Facility on a $30,000 bond.&lt;br /&gt;"The victims were lucky in this case to be able to catch the suspect in the act and hold him until police arrived," Thornton said.&lt;br /&gt;He said the case was unusual because generally burglars act while the homeowner is away and are in and out fast so they can quickly sell the stolen items.&lt;br /&gt;The couple said they chose to rent the Ross Street home because it was a quiet place for their three young children to play outside. Turns out it was a bit too quiet — most of the homes near theirs are vacant.&lt;br /&gt;"We don't have any neighbors to help watch our house because it's like a ghost town here except when the church is meeting across the street," Tiffany McKinnon told the Advertiser Wednesday.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-4875467410213487769?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/4875467410213487769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=4875467410213487769&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4875467410213487769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/4875467410213487769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/ssotd-stupid-story-of-day-couple-nab.html' title='SSOTD ~ Stupid Story of the Day, Couple Nab Burglar and make him clean at gunpoint'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645668532765108822.post-167834669202245955</id><published>2007-10-19T21:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-19T21:48:40.066-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='britney spears'/><title type='text'>Britney Spears:  panties, playboy, papparazzi</title><content type='html'>So while Britney is busy running over the feet of the papparazzi, Hugh Hefner says he will bring Brit on for some nude pics, but ONLY if she gets help first. Why Hef? You do not want a drugged up and naked alcoholic as your centerfold? Oh I see , you just want the girls to have a "semi" good girl image. Gotcha..!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MYSTERY SOLVED: It has been determined that Britney does not wear panties because the cotton irritates her "ahem" you know, and if she wears panties, she gets spots and sores. I guess its easier to just go pantiless and show your goods to the world rather than get a different material panties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6645668532765108822-167834669202245955?l=onehonestopinion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/feeds/167834669202245955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6645668532765108822&amp;postID=167834669202245955&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/167834669202245955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6645668532765108822/posts/default/167834669202245955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://onehonestopinion.blogspot.com/2007/10/britney-spears-panties-playboy.html' title='Britney Spears:  panties, playboy, papparazzi'/><author><name>d</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16287269746469135861</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
