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I just happened to come upon this website by mere accident. Oh.Ma.Gah! You are gonna love it. I will explain it in the simplest terms. (Let me just say I'm not affiliated with these people in any way.)
1. Auctions for a Cause: This site has merchants put electronics, electronic games, tvs, wiis, and ipods, etc. up for auction. (Prices are for pennies on the dollar.)
2. You find something you want to bid on.
3. You look at the "Get4" Price. You MUST bid on or below the "get4" price.
4. These bids are sealed, so no one knows what you bid and you don't know anyone else's bid, either.
5. You register for free to become a bidder.
6. You submit your bid.
7. You will pay $9.94 for each time you bid, whether you win or not!
8. Once the "cut-off" number is reached on bids, say 100 bids, then the auction is closed.
9.The winning bidder is contacted and pays the amount he/she bid on the item.
Here's an example:
A Wii Bundle.
- Brand new, still in the box, never opened.
- The "Get4" Price is $7.49. (Gah, how cheap is that?)
- You want to bid. They are only accepting 95 bids and the bidding process will be stopped after 95 people submit bids. (You don't know how many have already submitted bids.)
- You MUST bid at or below $7.49. Not a penny over.
- Here's the results of the bids: (Again, just an example of 5 bids)
7.49
7.49
7.49
7.46
7.45
- You would win, because the $7.49's are all alike. It has to be the highest bid that no one else has.
- You will then be contacted by email and asked to pay the $7.46 by charge card. (The site says they will do echeck and paypal soon.)
Ok, that's all there is to it. The best part? You got a Wii (free shipping) for $7.46 plus the $9.94 charge for bidding. So, you have a brand new Wii for $17.40. Not bad, huh?
Plus, Auctions 4 a Cause donates 25% of all their auction fees to organizations, like Breast Cancer Awareness, Big Brothers Big Sisters, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), and March of Dimes.
Go on, head on over there... It's won.der.ful.~
Have you ever wondered if you should have named your child something different? Oh, like you think you picked the wrong name? Here's a quick way to tell: head down to the ShopRite and see if they'll put it on a birthday cake. If they will, you've got the green light, my friend. However, if they refuse, you possibly made the wrong decision. Just ask Heath and Deborah Campbell of Greenwich, NJ.
Their precious little 3 year old has the name Adolf Hitler Campbell. Yep, that's right and ShopRite refused to put it on a birthday cake. Now the parents are all huffy that their child was discriminated against. Hello!! Is any one home in that hollow you call a brain? They didn't just want the name with Dora or Strawberry Shortcake theme. Oh noooo, that would've been too normal. Try a swastika on a three year old's birthday cake. She might not even know what it means and for her sake, let's hope not.
Do these parents not realize what they did to this child? The dad keeps saying move forward and not backward, as he makes his way around the newspaper and internet scene. Man, are you flippin' stupid or what? If you don't want everyone else to move backward, then why did you (3 years ago?) Are you crazy or just stupid? I would find it just a weeee bit weird if I had a boy and named him John Wayne Gacy (last name inserted.) I really think other's would too. Plus, if I went to a bakery/grocery store and they refused to put his name on a cake featuring a knife with blood, I could COMPLETELY understand, because that child is named after a serial killer. Makes completely perfect sense.
Let's hope for little Adolf's sake, she finds a nickname. Do you realize the torture and heartache of walking into a job interview for some executive branch of work and telling the folks her name? I would be willing to bet, regardless of her qualifications, she wouldn't get the job. Sorry, Adolf, your mom and dad have branded you for life, girlfriend. Plus, if she starts lining the Barbie's up, concentration camp style, it might just be time for you to do a little worrying.
In the meantime, for those of us that name our children somewhat 'average Joe' names, do not name your child: (I'm sure there are more, these are just some off the top. )
1. John Wayne Gacy
2.Charles Manson
3. Jezebel
4. Adolf Hitler
Cause when ShopRite refuses it, you just have to go to Walmart.
I never liked watching ballets. However, in my uh uhm...adult years, I have wanted to learn more about the Nutcracker. It actually tells a story, it's not just a performance. When we were growing up, the Nutcracker was something boys did off the high dive, when they hit the pool or another one: the device used to crack pecans. Actually, it goes a little deeper than that. Shame on me for such shallow thinking.
This idea was started by writer E.T.A Hoffman. It's a story about a little girl named Clara, which dreams she is having real life encounters with her Nutcracker, which resembles a real man. This performance is over 100 years old. It started out in Russia and was performed in December 1892. This classic didn't make it's way to the US until around 1944, when it started out in New York City Ballet. There are many different versions performed.In all my shallowness, I would like to take the kids to see the Nutcracker performed in the big city next Christmas. Until then, I'll let them go on believing it's what we crack pecans with.
