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The woman’s bra, by definition is a clothing item used to provide support for her breasts. But, in many cases it serves secondary purpose as a “storage compartment”! You know … like the pocket on your pants. Over the years I have seen women use their bras to store money, notes, business cards. Lately, though, I have notices that this trend is changing. Unlike men, women don’t usually wear belts, at lease not ones that can be used to clip or loop things on, i.e. knifes, keys … mobile phone cases.
So, about that changing bra storage compartment trend. I have noticed that now instead of money and business cards getting pulled out of there, cell phones are either protruding from the cleavage or performing a balancing act under one of the straps. I suppose that for some is a genius idea. This way they carry one less item in their hands with their keys, wallet and whatever else, that should be either in a clutch or a purse. By the way, why not buy the cleavage caddy purse.
My personal views about this style – same as it is for wearing sweat pants with writing on the behind, pajamas or slippers at stores or outside the home – not appropriate.
High-fructose corn syrup
Critic's Realm, Featured, Today I learned February 22nd, 2010
Why, why, why is this part of our food? I recently noticed that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is one of the main ingredients in maple syrup. Why? Am I buying maple syrup or am I buying maple flavored corn syrup? I’m so tier of reading the ingredients on various products’ packages and seeing high-fructose corn syrup listed. It seems that this “poison” is part of the ingredients of almost everything. Last time I was surprised to see HFCS as an ingredient was when I read the label on a Heinz ketchup bottle, where I discovered that it made 40% of the product!
Yes, high-fructose corn syrup is a cheap sweetener alternative to sugar, but its long term negative effects to Americans greatly outweigh its sweet qualities or its monetary benefits to the price of our consumables. The results can be seen in the public’s health care bills. I only mention Americans because I haven’t heard of any other country using high-fructose corn syrup in the quantities or the extend it is being used in the United States. Personally I rather pay an extra dollar or two for a product, but know that whatever my children, my family or I are consuming has real sugar in it, and our organs or
Skribit – Topic Suggestions are ready for the big time.
Critic's Realm, Techie, Useful Sites January 22nd, 2010
Skribit, a topic suggestion tool, which I have been using on my blog for over a year now, is ready for the big time. Last month the Skribit team announced the release of changes to the service and new features. They continue to add new features, some of which you can see below:
- Follow your favorite bloggers on Skribit and see their recent activity
- Sort suggestions by status, hotness and more
- Merge similar suggestions
- Ignore suggestions by user and IP (Internet Protocol or Intellectual Property) address
- Reduce clutter with new comment and suggestion spam protection
- Customize your the URLs for your Skribit blog and user profiles
- Easily share suggestions through Twitter and Facebook with a click
I do find the Skribit service interesting, and as I have see it on other sites, it can prove a valuable tool. By the way, I first came cross Skribit on Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger blog.
Bonus: There is also a promo code – ackbar42 – which you can use by Jan. 27th, 2010, to upgrade your account to Skribit PRO at half-off the cost for 1 year.
Enjoy!
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