Frying a Turkey without Frying Your House

Each black Friday, there are countless stories in the news about the hapless souls who catch their decks on fire or bring the whole house down while deep frying a Thanksgiving turkey.  Truth be told, a fried...

Get Thanksgiving Advice and Last Minute Help Online

For years, millions of harried Thanksgiving cooks have learned to depend on Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line for last minute advice (and even meal rescue). This year, Butterball's free service is going high tech,...

Holiday Cooking: Learning to Trust Yourself in the Kitchen

With Thanksgiving and the holiday season approaching, many of us are afraid to truly trust ourselves in the kitchen. Is it because we’re afraid to fall flat on our faces, if we combine the wrong ingredients or...

The First Thanksgiving: History of the Harvest Festival

Thanksgiving Day is a North American holiday which celebrates the first harvest feast of the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Plantation in 1621.  Thanksgiving is observed on the second Monday of October in Canada...

Black Friday 2008 Sales Roundup

Sale ads and coupons for Black Friday 2008 are popping up as major retailers in the US, such as Target, Sears, Macy's and Walmart, are hosting massive doorbuster sales with some slick deals.  Held on the...

Canadian National Election Announced for October 14

The commercials and speeches given all last week were just a prelude, but now it's official: Canadians will be going to the polls for a national election on October 14. Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced this...

MCGI’s Second Quarterly Thanksgiving Ends with Memorable Firsts amid quake

An earthquake that hit Luzon region of the Philippines on July 6 (Sunday) did not deter a Christian congregation's two-day event.  One of the biggest religious pilgrimages in the Philippines happen every three months of the year, the Members Church of God International's...

Christian Congregation Begins Thanksgiving Pilgrimage to Pampanga, Philippines

Globally and every quarter, the members of this Christian congregation based in Pampanga, a province north of Luzon in the Philippines flock to their headquarter to attend a Thanksgiving gathering.More than a...

Macy's to become a street in New York

The man who founded what is possibly the best department store in the world could get a street in New York named after him. Alas, only for a month. I wonder, will the maps have to be changed to include the new...

Man Accepts Blame for Plant Rights Movement

An alert BMW reader and occasional guest-blogging friend informed me moments ago that he is willing to shoulder the blame for having planted a “seed” animal rights wackos almost four years ago that,...

"Speechless" #11: Laura Linney

"CAST: Laura Linney CREATIVE TEAM: George Hickenlooper, Alan Sereboff, Kamala Lopez, Jill Kushner MUSIC: Anthony Marinelli TECHNICAL TEAM: Joel Marshall, Justin Shumaker, Clint Bennett This is the 11th of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for...

Boxing Day: After Christmas Sales - True Holiday Joy

The Commonwealth calls it boxing day, the Americans 'the day when stuff is on sale'. It's the day after Christmas and the streets are bustling with shoppers and returners. "According to MasterCard, holiday spending from Thanksgiving to Christmas rose 3.6 percent this year...

Britney Spears To Spend Christmas With Her Sons.

"The singer was reportedly granted custody of two-year-old Sean Preston and 14-month-old Jayden James for Christmas Day during a closed Los Angeles court hearing yesterday, according to TMZ.com. It is believed the 25-year-old singer was granted custody of the boys by Superior...

Nursing Home Abuse ? or just a Strange Accident

"How could 94-year-old 'slip out?' family asks By J. Harry Jones UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER November 27, 2007 ESCONDIDO – A 94-year-old woman who wandered away from a nursing home early Thanksgiving morning and was then struck and killed by a car was wearing an alarm...

Couple Allegedly Burned Babies Body In Barbecue to Save Funeral Costs

Well, I think this is just about one of the saddest things ever. Let's hope the baby died of natural causes."The boys' parents, 24-year-old Nickella Reid and 27-year-old Joseph Miller, were arrested Friday after Reid took her year-old son to the hospital with burns. She said...

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