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The Humbling by Philip Roth

Perpetual Folly | December 26th 2009 by Clifford Garstang

The HumblingPhilip RothHMH 2009What to make of this very dark little book? I confess that I haven't been keeping up with my reading of Roth's works, including some like The Human Stain that have been very well received. But when shopping on Christmas read more

BlaqueConscious

"Von, You Need To Try Uplifting Your Sistahs"

Black Conscious Thought | December 23rd 2009

First off, I want to say FUCK the so-called sisterhood of black women. The sisterhood right now is filled with hoodrats, single mothers, bitches, hoes, and women that are nothing short of an embarrassment. I don’t hold any type of allegiance to b read more

Arrogance, Abuse, Fraud, Medical Malpractice: How Some Physician…

Sisters of the Siskiyou | December 23rd 2009

Physicians and mass media often depict patients and their lawyers who file lawsuits against Doctors as greedy, money-grubbing opportunist. 1 It turns out this is more projection than reality. A 1990 study by Harvard researchers of 31,000 medical reco read more

AnnaMMadsen

6 Steps to Snare a Prince

Annastasja | December 23rd 2009 by Anna Mikulowska Madsen

I've always been mostly fascinated by the story of Cinderella. How a tramp, coming from Social Siberia, working in a kitchen with singing mice as best friends, managed to snare the most wanted bachelor of the Kingdom (at a time when monarchy actually read more

careergirls

Monday Must-Reads

Career Girls! | December 21st 2009 by Nicole Crimaldi

Happy Monday! Here are this week’s five fabulous finds. Make it a great week, and let us know what you think! 1. Is your New Year’s resolution to make a career change in 2010? If so, check out this review of Alexandra Levit’s new book “N read more

cenglish46

Ashley Madison vs Ashley Madison

Our Cheating Ways | December 21st 2009 by Cindy English

Oh, this is too good! Ashley Madison (Myrick) has filed a lawsuit against Ashley Madison (.com) for the "humiliation" she has endured over having the same name as the site that promotes infidelity. Touché and right back atcha Babe! In read more

starcana

Daily Horoscope Happenings, December 21

Horoscope Happenings | December 20th 2009 by Astrological Happenings

Flow. It is the Winter Solstice, the darkest and shortest day of the year. In the wee hours of the morning, opportunist Jupiter conjunct the illusionist Neptune 3:53am, and this is where abundance meets dreams of creativity, compassion, forgiveness, read more

The Two Faces of Obama...

Developing your Web Presence | December 17th 2009

After winning a Noble Peace Prize for making a 'Peace is Peachy' type speech (or was it indeed just for Not Being Bush?), our beloved changeling assures the world that he won't stop WW III if Israel wants to pursue it, even if it's based on a lie ("W read more

thelstalk

Funny Definitions

Thels Talk | December 16th 2009 by Ethel

SMILE: A curve that can set a lot of things straight! MARRIAGE: It’s an agreement wherein a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master LECTURE: An art of transmitting Information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of st read more

lankarising

Sarath Fonseka – The Traitor of Sri Lankan Nation revealed

Lanka Rising | December 13th 2009 by lankarising

Sarath Fonseka has disclosed that Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa instructed a key ground commander in the north that all LTTE leaders must be killed and not allowed to surrender. With this disclosure, month’s long uncertainty and debate of read more

eclifton

The Young Opportunist: Becoming Your Own Boss

Young, Fabulous & Self-Employed | December 12th 2009

When you are out on the town, it is safe to assume that 99% of the time you will fumble upon the antiquated question... "So, what do you do for a living?" Unfortunately, one word won't settle it for those of us who took the daunting leap from the cor read more

jsjeffo

Tiger Woods Takes Golf Hiatus

Eye of Polyphemus | December 12th 2009 by Jamie Jeffords

Is there anyone who did not see this coming? I have no sympathy for Tiger Woods. He has made some very bad mistakes while disregarding his wife and kids. But he is in a no win situation right now. Hecan continue playing golf in the spotlight wher read more

diablorojoenxerez

Champions League 08.12.09: The Cristiano Show

Livin La Liga | December 8th 2009 by ElGuiri

Olympique Marseilles 1 - 3 Real Madrid (0-1) 5' Cristiano Ronaldo, (1-1) 11' Lucho, (1-2) 60' Albiol, (1-3) 80' Cristiano Ronaldo You just cannot keep the man out of the headlines. Cristiano Ronaldo helped his team to the top of Group C with a spect read more

diablorojoenxerez

Champions League 08.12.09: The Cristiano Show

Livin La Liga | December 8th 2009 by ElGuiri

Olympique Marseilles 1 - 3 Real Madrid (0-1) 5' Cristiano Ronaldo, (1-1) 11' Lucho, (1-2) 60' Albiol, (1-3) 80' Cristiano Ronaldo You just cannot keep the man out of the headlines. Cristiano Ronaldo helped his team to the top of Group C with a spect read more

rcmay0

Molinker Proves It’s Easy to Get Your iPhone Apps Kicked Out of…

BusinessPundit | December 8th 2009 by Rob

Image: Codinghorror Apple removed more than 1,000 apps by Chinese iPhone app developer Moniker from its store after finding out the company had faked product reviews. PC World has more: The discovery of the phony reviews was made by a frequent reade read more

hospitalitygroup

Jones turns in vintage performance

Six Nations | December 7th 2009 by sampit london

Jones turns in vintage performanceWales boss Warren Gatland likened fly-half Stephen Jones to "a good red wine" after he guided his team to victory over Argentina.While wing Shane Williams lit up the contest with two tries in a record 33-16 win, Jo read more

hospitalitygroup

Jones turns in vintage performance

Six Nations Hospitality | December 7th 2009 by sampit london

Jones turns in vintage performanceWales boss Warren Gatland likened fly-half Stephen Jones to "a good red wine" after he guided his team to victory over Argentina.While wing Shane Williams lit up the contest with two tries in a record 33-16 win, Jo read more

hospitalitygroup

Jones turns in vintage performance

corporate hospitality | December 7th 2009 by sampit london

Jones turns in vintage performanceWales boss Warren Gatland likened fly-half Stephen Jones to "a good red wine" after he guided his team to victory over Argentina.While wing Shane Williams lit up the contest with two tries in a record 33-16 win, Jo read more

sfluhr

Photos of the Day: 9th District GOP Christmas Party

The Hoosierpundit | December 6th 2009

Here are some photos of the 9th District GOP Christmas Party this Saturday in Scottsburg. A good time was had by all. Your humble correspondent didn't take any of these pictures; they were sent to me by other attendees that were snapping photos durin read more

BigP

Top 5 Ways to Use the Holidays to Get More Real Estate Deals

Real Estate Investing For Real | A BiggerPockets Blog | December 4th 2009 by Joshua Dorkin

Call me a shameless opportunist, but I see more in the holidays than silver bells, sleigh rides, and mountains of presents.  Don’t, however, call me a Grinch.  I really do love the holidays; I simply think that it’s a time of year that can be read more

DreaminDemon

Tool Gets Shank Stuck Up His Butt

The Dreamin' Demon | December 3rd 2009

Merced, CA – Just when you think you’ve heard it all, along comes a tool like Rance Johnson. Rance, a gang member who is being held at the Merced County Main Jail for allegedly shooting a 17-year-old male back in September, approached a c read more

sf2fp

The Buying and Selling of an Intern

Artistic Opus | December 2nd 2009 by SF2

When companies allow Interns into their studios they aren’t supposed to be the studio ‘lackey’.Interning is supposed to be a time where free service is offered in exchange for ‘real experience’ not doing menial tasks for a boss that wants t read more

burningaquarium

The Hepburns

Burning Aquarium | December 2nd 2009

On Monday 17/04/1989, two days after Hillsborough, John Peel opened his show with You’ll Never Walk Alone by Aretha Franklin. When the record finished he broke into tears …The session that night was by Llanelli band The Hepburns. We’ve featur read more

uchoa55

Pre Foreclosures for sale

Bank Foreclosure Articles | December 2nd 2009 by Ernani Uchoa

Being an opportunist is not considered as a good character trade, when it comes to dealing with relationships or anything that shows that you have been taking emotional advantage. However, when it comes to business and money, it is perhaps an importa read more

sportshospitality

Jones turns in vintage performance

sixnationengland | December 1st 2009 by Marry John

Wales boss Warren Gatland likened fly-half Stephen Jones to "a good red wine" after he guided his team to victory over Argentina. While wing Shane Williams lit up the contest with two tries in a record 33-16 win, Jones' tactical assuranc read more

sportshospitality

Jones turns in vintage performance

UK Rugby | December 1st 2009 by Marry John

Wales boss Warren Gatland likened fly-half Stephen Jones to "a good red wine" after he guided his team to victory over Argentina. While wing Shane Williams lit up the contest with two tries in a record 33-16 win, Jones' tactical assuranc read more

mercedespens

Golf Ball Art Car or Tiger Wood's career falling apart

Art Car Central | November 30th 2009 by The Pen Guy

With all this talk about Tiger Woods I though it would be appropriate to go out and find some Golf Ball Art Cars. Honestly I haven't even followed the news on the latest Tiger Woods Scandal and frankly I am bored already. But I am an opportunist and read more

pedestrianobserver

Shameless Justification of Patronage Politics in the Maguindanao…

Pedestrian Observer | November 30th 2009 by Pedestrian Observer

Alex Maligno errr Magno strikes again with his bastardized dialectical materialist analysis that is more of den of thieves’ materialism. Rightly so just like any callous opportunist riding the popular sentiments of peoples' outrage and condemnation read more

danangk

Rafa : This was a really important victory for us

daily latest score and soccer news | November 29th 2009 by danang

Rafael Benitez hopes the 2-0 victory over Everton in the 212th Merseyside derby can be the catalyst to kick-start Liverpool’s season. Javier Mascherano’s deflected shot and an opportunist finish from Dirk Kuyt handed the Reds a crucial th read more

eschulenburg

Review - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

As Usual, I Need More Bookshelves | November 28th 2009 by Elizabeth

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantelpublished 2009532 pagesSynopsis from publisher:In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political powerEngland in the 1520s read more

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