Recession, Recession, Recession...Oh My!

" During more difficult economic times, it becomes necessary to allow your investments to take some dives. You should expect this. In times of recession, this can occur across the board and there may not be much that you can do about it. Instead of moving your stock...

Is Prefab Fab?

NYtimes reports on MoMA's show that will feature five prefab houses built next to the museum."To many people the term “prefab housing” calls to mind trailer parks. Yet lately prefabricated houses — built off site and then delivered largely complete — have become...

A Chinese Orphan Gets Her Bat Mitzvah

What I find particularly awesome about this is that, traditionally, one is only Jewish if one's birth mother is Jewish. That this congregation including adoptive mothers is a very important precedent."Of the 613 laws in the Torah, the one that appears most often is the...

Britney, A Lost Little Girl?...

"I feel sorry for Britney: here she is going through an obviously distressing time and she doesn’t seem to be able to balance it out. Life has been a whirlwind of events for Britney Spears lately: she and hubby Kevin Federline have separated; she is a single mom of two very...

It Takes A Bitch To Be Infamous

"Could it be — a whole week gone past and Britney hasn’t taken her kids to a strip club, Paris has neither been spotted with a new multi-billionaire nor got into a fight with one of his ex-girlfriends and Lindsay Lohan hasn’t been hospitalised? Oh, wait… Okay, none of...

What Kind of Genius Are You?

"A new theory suggests that creativity comes in two distinct types – quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet. In the fall of 1972, when David Galenson was a senior economics major at Harvard, he took what he describes as a “gut” course in 17th-century Dutch art. On the...

Pentagon Advisor doubts wisdom of US Military recruiting moslems

"Retired Lieutenant Colonel Bob Maginnis, a Pentagon advisor and national defense expert, believes U.S. military officials are making a radical mistake by trying to make America's armed services more attractive to Muslims. The Pentagon has lately gone out of its way to...

Spam is back, and worse than ever

"Hearing from a lot of new friends lately? You know, the ones that write "It's me, Esmeralda," and tip you off to an obscure stock that is "poised to explode" or a great deal on prescription drugs."

Help! HowTo Make Money Blogging Without Ads?

"As some of you may be aware, I am doing DCoT as an experiment to see if I can actually support myself and my family blogging full time. I am asking you, the loyal DCoT family the following question: How can I support myself blogging without advertising on my blog or in my...

Thai to get 25 mil Baht for nude scene

"The buttocks of Thailand popular singer "Ta Ta Young" has caught the eyes of Hollywood, she was invited to star with the famous Nicholas Cage with an offered of 25 Million Baht. The singer has gone through casting and waiting to see whether this will clash with her concert...

Why The Democratic Wave Could Be A Washout

"American voters have been in a bad mood lately. They don't think highly of the President's performance. They aren't crazy about the war. They certainly don't like the G.O.P.-led Congress--a New York Times poll last week put its approval rating at just 25%. And while...