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A natural disaster is something that no one in their lifetime wants to experience. These disasters are extremely crushing, to those who are both affected directly, and even indirectly. You have probably seen coverage in the newspapers and on the television, showing media reports of these devastating times. One I remember like it was yesterday [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 12:02 am
Filed under All, Nature · Tagged with cold front, deadliest earthquake, death, earthquake aftershocks, epicenter of the earthquake, heavy rains, India, Indian Ocean, indian ocean tsunami, landslide, landslides, Life, mother nature, natural disaster, natural threat, Nature, ocean, rainfall, river, sea, super typhoon, Thailand, top 10 deadliest natural disasters, tornado, water
We all know about to how-to, DIY, books for dummies, whatever you want to call them, pieces of literature. Many have proven to be extremely helpful, such as those dealing with computer programming or doing something simple such as knowing how to prepare a great Italian dinner for your family.
With censorship out the window and [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 12:22 am
Filed under Bizarre, Humor, Literature · Tagged with best friend, book, Books, censorship, cycle of life, death, dirty movie, Dogs, Dragon, dummies, freedom of speech, how to, Life, life and death, Literature, pee, pope, porno, pornography, real books, robot, Schizophrenic, speaking, survive, vatican, weird books
As the country and the world prepares for Super Bowl Sunday this weekend we thought it would be fun to look back at over forty Super Bowls and select the football heroes that surprised us all. Our favorite sports writer Chuck Bednar has compiled a wonderful list of the top 10 most unlikely Super Bowl [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Filed under Sports · Tagged with bronco, championship, Controversial, Dallas Cowboys, dolphins, ed, football, jets, Joe Namath, mvp, nfl, Sports, super bowl, super bowl III, super bowl mvp, Tampa Bay, upset
If you drive the same route each day, you probably know and expect to see certain things. Certain buildings, certain houses, and certain road signs, you are used to seeing them and passing them each day. We all know the usual yield and stop signs, but in the U.S. and around the world, there are [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Filed under All, Humor, Photos · Tagged with Bizarre, bizarre signs, cars, driving, duck, elderly people, funny, funny signs, guns, Humor, moose, road signs, signs, tanks, Travel
Here is my Top Ten List of the Sexiest Politicians, certain royalty not withstanding. Hey, it’s my list. You want different rules, write your own. And I’m not limiting myself to the living. Although please let the record show any departeds mentioned here are being thought of as in their living state.
The obvious choice on [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Filed under People, Politics, Sex · Tagged with barack obama, che guevara, clare boothe luce, clint eastwood, eva peron, first women elected to congress, jfk, john f kennedy, john gavin, Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, matti vanhanen, nikolas sarkozy, prince henry, Princess Diana, yulia tymoshenko
On the eighth annual nationally observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, take a second to learn a little bit about the man and his mission, and the bits of wisdom you can take from a quick look at an amazing life.
10. Sometimes things don’t always go as planned
Malcolm X was not thrilled about the 1963 March [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing Johnson on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Filed under People, Politics · Tagged with Jr, Martin Luther King, Memorial, People, Philosophy, president, quotations, quotes, religion
From many of the comic book lists on this site you can tell I am a big fan of comics. In today’s comic books you don’t see the advertisements you used to – no ads with outrageous promises to be taller or more muscular. No advertisements to own a nuclear sub or army tank can [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 1:38 am
Filed under Advertising, All, Comics, Humor · Tagged with ads, advertisements, Charles Atlas, children, Comic, comic book, comic books, comics, D.C., dc comics, Dog, Dogs, Games, hypno coin, kids, marvel, marvel comics, minature dogs, monkeys, penis, sea monkeys, submarines, tanks, toy, toys, x-ray googles, x-ray specs
Most of us have had jobs in the food service industry and we can all appreciate how difficult it can be, especially when dealing with customers who think the wait staff are their personal verbal punching bags. Order up: Here are the top 10 ways to tick of your waiter or waitress.
10. Demand a straw/Take [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Friday, January 16, 2009 at 1:32 am
Filed under Food, Humor · Tagged with appetite, apron, bus boy, food, kitchen sink, polite, restaurant, servers, smile, time limit, tip, waiter, waitress
As humans, we all like to hear inspiring and uplifting things, especially in times of economic woes and downfalls. In today’s world, I think a rag to riches story would easily inspire people to continue to fight through hard times.
Rags to riches stories are most definitely inspiring. Even if you’re one of those people who [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 12:09 am
Filed under All, People · Tagged with Actor, Andrew Carnegie, billionaire, chris gardner, dolphins, hard times, Harry Potter, inspiration, Inspirational, J.K. Rowling, Jim Carrey, john d. rockerfeller, Liz Murray, Movies, Oprah, owner, ozzy osbourne, People, Pursuit of Happyness, rags to riches, Richard Branson, standard oil, Television, Wayne Huizenga, Winfrey
The mythos of Superman has been circulating the planet Earth for more than 50 years now. And besides the first form, a comic book, that gave us this super-powered Kryptonian, there have been numerous television shows, movies and other forms of media to Earth’s best Boy Scout. The most recent sojourn into his mighty mythology [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 1:39 am
Filed under All, Television · Tagged with animation, Bizarro, Christopher Reeve, clark kent, Comic, comic book, D.C., kal el, krypton, lana lang, Lex Luthor, metropolis, smallville, Superman, Television, Tom Welling