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Avoid Red Carpet - Oscar Comittee

All the Hollywood Stars are being advised to avoid the red carpet this year. The Oscar committee wants to surprise everyone in the upcoming Oscars ceremony.

Last year Oscar Ceremony viewed only 32 million people. It the least-watched Oscars ever.

The organisers have devised a new strategy to entice viewers: publicists anonymously told the paper that they have been asked if their clients could use an off-camera entrance.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences itself denies contacting the presenters of the awards across the board but has said it hopes there will be a few surprise faces this year.

The dilemma is that while superstars like Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts have the power to boost audience figures. They are soul property for Oscar Ceremony. They're also hot property for the red carpet economy. And one question that isn't asked when stars are on the Oscar stage is "who are you wearing?"

Each year, designers make a Herculean effort to secure stars like Beyonce and Natalie Portman to adorn their wares.

But Heat magazine style editor Ellie Crompton says: "I can't see it making a huge difference. There'll still be plenty of eye candy on the red carpet. It's more about the winners... and people will always want to watch the actual show for the emotion and the excitement."

This year is about a drive for ratings. Broadcaster ABC pays $50m (£35m) in licence fees annually for the event, so poor ratings simply won't do.

Instead of the traditional comedian, Aussie actor Hugh Jackman will host the event. In itself, this is a sign that something different is being planned.

Rumours are rife: Jackman's participation in musical numbers, a new seating arrangement and even a new way for the awards to be presented.

A big concern is that the mass market won't be tuning in because there's no popular big picture nominee, like the Dark Knight, to cheer for.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the highest grosser at $117m (£82m). The other nominees for Best Picture have grossed the same amount collectively.

Movie For Valentine Week

Love Actually

Writer-director Richard Curtis counts down the five weeks before Christmas, in this delightful romantic comedy. Among a wide array of meet-cute couples, the movie intertwines so many characters that their flirtations last the entire feature. Whenever it gets to be too much he cuts to Bill Nighy, a washed-up 70s rock star who is cynically pushing his Christmas record to the top of the charts.

Roman Holiday

This classic romantic comedy introduced Audrey Hepburn to audiences as a modern-day princess. Stifled by her royal entourage on a trip to Rome, Hepburn's Princess Ann escapes to explore the Italian city on her own. While incognito, she falls in love with an American newspaperman, Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck). When Bradley learns of Ann's true identity, he finds himself torn between following his nose for news--and turning her into a big story--or the growing affections of his heart.

My Best Friends Wedding

When Julianne made a deal with her best friend Michael to marry each other if, by the ripe old age of 28, they had not yet found their true love, she never really doubted it would come to pass. But jealousy rears its ugly head when she discovers he is engaged to another woman, and, what's more, that she is perfect for him.

There is something about Mary

There's Something About Mary is a no-holds-barred comedy in which 30-something Ben Stiller locates and courts his high school dream girl (Cameron Diaz), unwittingly enlisting the help of some of her more hilariously psychotic suitors. The movie is riddled with in-your-face gags and unapologetic raunchiness disguised as a riotously funny love story that is actually very sweet. Be amazed at the impeccable casting and stellar performances of the supporting players.

A Walk to Remember

Landon Carter (Shane West) and his friends are the coolest kids in Beaufort, North Carolina. Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore) is the opposite--there does not seem to be anything cool about her. When a prank planned by Landon and his friend goes terribly wrong, the principal sentences him to tutoring on the weekends and working on the school play, activities in which Jamie is involved. As the two begin spending time together, Landon finds himself intrigued by this guileless girl who sees beauty in everything and exhibits unwavering faith in people and in the world.

For My Valentine Friend

Isn’t it funny

How some special people

Don’t realize they are special at all?

They’re thoughtful

Without even thinking about it.

They’re always right there

When you call

They share, not expecting

A thing in return

Yet always seem richer

For giving—

Isn’t it lovely how

Those special people

Can teach us

So much about living!

You’re one of those Special People

Thanks for being my friend

Special Tips For Love Letter

This article will give you a great relief if you're struggling to write a letter to your beloved. May be, you've wasted a lot of papers, broken a number of pens, torn up almost all the hair of your head. But it will happen no more. Just follow the tips and put the right on the heart of a paper.

Dear, dearest, sweetheart- whatever you address him or her must be according to the progress of relation. You shouldn't address one too closely who has a relation of a couple of weeks with you. If your relation is much matured, you can call each other by a nickname. This is an exquisite expression of love. Think yourself. Write down what you like to call him or her whenever you see. Don't write down all your passions in the first paragraph of your letter. Spread them all over your letter. Never, never, never do a spelling mistake. It will just destroy the appeal of your letter. Try to use simple significant words instead of obscure and long words to express your passions of love. There is no hard and fast rule that the letter must be a long one. Write down the words of your mind on the paper in one or two sentences or just write "I love you" on a white sheet-that's enough. Care about the words of your letter. Don't write anything that makes your love just a friendly relation. It will ruin your love. At the end, you can put the name given by him or her or "yours" instead of your signature. Quotes from famous songs or poems or famous persons can be used in the letter. But they must be relevant. You should keep in mind that your letter may be printed in future. In the eighteenth century, People preserved their love letters in frames. You can do so. You can also attach a photograph on the top of the letter. Use perfume on the paper if you want. But don't use excessively, Because it will draw the attention of your brothers, sisters or parents. Instead of paper you can write at the side of a card.

Don't think much, sit down to write. Sit down with a blank sheet of paper and you'll get everything you wanted to write. Express your love. May be, you are afraid if he or she doesn't respond. But don't make late. Otherwise, your love will be someone else's. So, don't hesitate to say-"I love you". Send cards. Hallmarks or Archie's are the best to express to your love. Send flowers with a short letter.

A huge basket of flowers or a little bunch of flowers-both are fine. But red roses are the best of all the flowers. You can gift him or her a teddy bear or a show-piece with "I love you" written on them. You can do so if you find everything positive about the relation. Otherwise don't make a direct approach like this Tell him or her to be your valentine on the next Valentines' Day.

Above all, no need thinking so much or doing so many things. Just go to a romantic place with your love and say what you've wanted to say so long.

21 Reasond Why I Love U

I can be myself when I am with you.

Your idea of romance is dim lights, soft music, and just the two of us.

Because you make me feel like, like, like I have never felt before.

I can tell you anything, and you won't be shocked.

Your undieng faith is what keeps the flame out of love alive.

You and me together, we can make magic.

We're a perfect match.

Thinking of you, fills me with a wonderful feeling.

Your love gives me the feeling, that the best is still ahead.

You never give up on me, and that's what keeps me going.

You are simply irresistible.

I love you because you bring the best out of me.

Your terrific sense of humor.

Every time I look at you, my heart misses a beat.

You're the one who holds the key to my heart.

You always say what I need to hear (You are perfect).

You have taught me the true meaning of love.

Love is, what you mean to me - and you mean everything.

You are my theme for a dream.

I have had the time of my life and I owe it all to you.

Of-course, your intelligence, 'cause you were smart enough to fall in love with me :-)

Tips To Surprise Your Lover With A Gift

Talk with your loved one, and gift at-least half of the money you would spend for the gifts, to missionaries, or for the poor. You will have the best of feelings inside you.

Pack a Chocolate Box with heart-printed wrapping paper, and sign it with a tag. You can also leave it at a place where your loved one will find it for sure.

Copy (or write) a love poem on a good letter pad, and express your special thoughts. You can also add it on with any other gifts that you are planning to give. You should also send a free virtual greetings, cause they are very popular now, and one expects them at every occasion.

Material Gifts are not the only things you can give, there could be better options. Plan out a special dinner with your sweetheart. It could be a candle-light or an open-air. But it has to be special in someway, otherwise the charm will be lost. If you do not have option of making it special, plan for some sort of surprise that you can give right after the dinner.

Stuffed Toys are more popular than ever, and always a great gift for her. Check out the local stores, you will be surprised with the variety.

If you would like to shed of some load of your bank, then think about diamond necklaces. They have a lasting impression!

Flowers! Possibly the most widely used gift, yet never loses its color. Do not miss this wonderful occasion to present some lovely flower to your love.

Arrange for home-delivery of some freshly cooked food, like dishes of fish, and include the message: " Just as fresh as my Love for you " You can also try your hand in cooking some easy-to-prepare dishes.

Try to figure out if your love wants, or requires something, but yet to buy it. If you have figured it out, you got it. It will be the best gift you can give. But careful, you must be dead sure that he or she is yet to get it for himself or herself.

Plan out the day someplace else, or if you do not have so much time, go for a drive to a not-so-crowded-place after work. Could be a great gift.

Buy a jack-in-the-box, and fix your small love note on jack, and have someone deliver your present to your love. The effect is electrifyingly surprising!

Buy a book or a CD on Love and then present it.

Expressing Your True Love

"They do not love who do not show their love" -William Shakespeare.

Are you in love? Perhaps you have a sweetheart, are engaged or married. If so, how do you express your love?

Do not hesitate to say "I love you." Not only it is common to exchange these words daily, but sometimes they are said several times a day. Yet, the divorce rate remains high. Why? Perhaps it is because words are hollow.

True, love needs to be communicated, but words are the weakest form of communication. After all, they are merely symbols, lacking substance. It is actions that count. William Shakespeare (1564 ~ 1616) did not say "They do not love who do not SAY they love." Rather, he said "They do not love who do not SHOW their love."

Yes, we communicate our love by showing or proving it. That is, we allow our actions to speak for us. Of what value is a husband's "I love you," if most of the time he is complaining and treating his wife with disrespect? But a gentle, kindhearted, generous, sympathetic husband bathes his wife with love without uttering a single word.

If you must express your love with words, don't just say "I love you," but explain what you mean by 'love.' For example, compare these two sentences:

1. "I love you."

2. "I respect, admire, and believe in you. I delight in your company and am proud and happy to be married to you."

Which would you rather hear from your partner? Which are you currently using?

But as powerful as the words in sentence two are, they will become tarnished, weakened, and crumble unless they are backed up with actions that prove you mean what you say.

Also, even if you are saying the right words to your spouse, if they are not said in the right way, they will be useless. For when your spouse interprets what you say, he or she will give just 7% weight in importance to the words you use. Far more important will be the tone of your voice (38% weight) and your body language (55% weight).

These percentages come from the well- known research of Dr. Albert Mehrabian, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, UCLA.

So, what Professor Mehrabian is saying is that when there is a mismatch with our verbal message and the tone of our voice and body language, the verbal message is discounted, ignored, or not believed. How do we make sure our words, tone of voice, and body language match perfectly? That's easy, be sincere! As long as you mean what you say, your message will get through loud and clear.

Did you ever stop to think why you love your spouse? One reason is the way he or she makes you feel about yourself when you are together. Armed with this knowledge, you can apply it to your relationship. That is, by encouraging, recognizing, appreciating, and praising your spouse, you will make him or her feel good in your presence, and this will stoke the flames of love, sustaining and developing your relationship. Someone else explained this principle by saying, "I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you."

Another reason we love our spouse is because of what we are not.

Although I have considerably changed over the years, when I first met my wife I was introverted and shy while she was outgoing and confident. Because she represented the ideal of what I wished to become, I was attracted to her. And I greatly benefited from the strengths she brought to the relationship. How have you benefited from your relationship? When was the last time you thanked your partner for their contribution?

But don't think only about your differences; think about how you are alike. For example, how do you feel when you are ignored, belittled, insulted, or unappreciated? That's exactly how your mate feels. Remember the pain and be sure not to inflict it on the person you love (or on anyone else).

Remember, too, your spouse is your mirror. In other words, he or she merely reflects how they are treated. If he or she is upset or unhappy it is because they are reacting to your behavior. So, if you don't like what you see, change YOUR behavior. Ken Keyes, Jr. explains the 'mirror effect' this way, "A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is a mirror."

Since your spouse will reflect to you whatever you give, why not give love? That would be a wise decision, for as Elbert Hubbard (1856 ~ 1915) said, "The love we give away is the only love we keep." Since we give away our love by taking action, let's look at some examples of how others have expressed their love for their spouse.

The husband of an acquaintance died many years ago. Yet, to this day she recalls, with tears in her eyes, how he told her every day, "I love you more than yesterday, but less than tomorrow." This simple act only took seconds to say, but each day it fanned the flames of love and left a mark that can never be removed.

In another example, the wife of a Toronto man who died in an accident fondly reported how after her marriage, her husband had a dozen roses delivered every Friday. In two decades of married life, he never missed a Friday delivery. Can you imagine how special and happy she felt? What is something you can do to make your mate feel special and appreciated?

An easy way to make your mate feel appreciated is to accept them unconditionally. Sam Keen explains it this way, "We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."

Here is a clever idea that comes from Michael Webb: Buy your partner eleven real red roses and one artificial red rose. Place the artificial rose in the center of the bouquet and attach a card that says, "I will love you until the last rose fades."

Why all this attention on love? Because as Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) says, "He who comes to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open." Yes, open the gate and open your heart to life's only true adventure.

Here are two more authors offering compelling reasons for us to work on our relationships:

"Love makes burdens lighter because you divide them. It makes joys more intense, because you share them. It makes you stronger, so that you can reach out and become involved with life in ways you dared not risk alone." (Arthur Gordon)

"Without love one lacks the warmth and emotions which create life, youth, and beauty. He is like a stagnant pond compared with a flowing, babbling, laughing brook. He depresses the life force in those around him instead of radiating sunshine to all who come near him." Leon DeSeblo.

Fake Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan Buddhism and the political leader of Tibetan people. Often referred to simply as "His Holiness" (HH), or "His Holiness The Dalai Lama". "Lama" means "teacher" is a title given to many different ranks of Tibetan Buddhist clergy.

A Twitter account supposedly written by the Dalai Lama has been suspended after being exposed as a fake.

The feed attracted nearly 20,000 followers within 48 hours of launching, reports the Daily Telegraph.

It claimed to be administered by the "The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama", and directed inquiries to the exiled monk's official website.

Explaining the 73-year-old's decision to join the microblogging site, it said: "His Holiness thought it was prudent to make his office open and assessable to a more youthful and technologically advancing audience."

Another Tweet read: "I'm sure HH will be just as inquisitive about technology as he has been over the past 14 reincarnations."

Twitter took the rare step of suspending the account after it emerged that the person behind it had no connection to the Nobel Peace Prize winner.

"The account was suspended because it violated our Terms of Use regarding impersonation," Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said.

The feed is now live again, with a caveat that its contents are not affiliated with the real Dalai Lama.

Weird Jokes

Two biologists are in the field following the tracks of a radio-collared grizzly bear. All of a sudden, the bear crashes out of the brush and heads right for them. They scramble up the nearest tree, but the bear starts climbing up the tree after them. The first biologist starts taking off his heavy leather hiking boots and pulls a pair of sleek running shoes from his back-pack. The second biologist gives him a puzzled look and says, "What in the world are you doing?"

He replies, "I figure when the bear gets close to us, we'll jump down and make a run for it."

The second guy says, "Are you crazy? We both know you can't outrun a full-grown grizzly bear."

The first guy says, "I don't have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun you!"

A doctor, an engineer, and a fungal taxonomist arrived at The Pearly Gates.
The doctor said how he'd healed the sick, helped the lame; but he was a sinner and was sent to Hell.

The engineer told how he'd built homes for the homeless, etc.; but he messed up the environment, so he was sent to Hell.

The fungal taxonomist was frightened by all this, but as soon as he mentioned his occupation, God said "You've already been thru Hell, Welcome to Heaven."

Brain Buzz

Two mothers and two daughters were fishing.

They managed to catch one big fish, one small fish, and one fat fish.

Since only three fish were caught,

how is it possible that they each took home a fish?

Ans : The fishing party consisted of three people.

A grandmother,

a mother, and

a daughter.

The mother is both a mother and a daughter.

The Great Escape

Two convicts are working on a chain gang. "I heard the warden's daughter up and married a guy down on cellblock D," the first con says to the other.

"The warden's mighty upset about it too."

"Why?" asks the second prisoner. "Because she married a con?"

"No. Because they eloped."

All Secure

During a bank robbery the police chief told the sergeant to cover all exits so the robbers could not get away.

Later the sergeant reports to the chief. "Sorry Sir, but they got away."

The chief very angry says, "I told you to cover all of the exits!"

"I did," replied the sergeant, "but they got away through the entrance."

True Grit - An Exclusive Novel

Even if Westerns are not your genre, True Grit is a novel that will totally turn you around and make you enjoy every bit of the wild frontiers of American West. Published first in 1968, this cult novel had once inspired the classic John Wayne film by the same name but sadly, since then, had disappeared from public eye. Once read along with great classics as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Mark Twain, thanks to Bloomsbury that it is now back in print and widely available.

Sure to be gripped right from the title and the bull's eye opening sentence, the reader is bound to instantly open up to the exceptionally characterized Mattie Ross, the fourteen-year-old heroine of the novel. Also the narrator, Mattie is the astonishingly mule-headed girl from Arkansas, a dogged eccentric and not without spunk. She leaves her grief-stricken mother at home with her younger siblings driven by one aim: to catch and bring to justice Tom Chaney, the coward who had killed her father for a horse, $150 in cash and two Californian gold pieces. Mattie having survived her youthful adventure is recounting her story as an old woman.

Having traveled to claim her father's body and upon finding that the authorities are doing nothing to find Chaney, young Mattie Ross prepares herself to go down into the heart of the badlands. But Chaney has joined up with a band of outlaws, the Lucky Ned Pepper gang, and ridden out into the Indian Territory, which is under the jurisdiction of U.S marshals. Mattie wants someone who will shoot first and ask questions later. And so joins her in this perilous journey into the dark and dangerous Choctaw Nation is Rooster Cogburn, the one-eyed ruthless marshal whose presence sheds quite a few humorous and memorable moments in the story. Rooster, a man, she's told, who has grit is most reluctant to let her accompany him into the wild terrains, yet Mattie being Mattie follows him into it on her black pony. Cutting into the chase also is the Texan sergeant LaBoeuf (“whose name is pronounced 'LaBeef'”) who wants to team up with Rooster to bring Chaney to Texas to hang for shooting charges. The dandy LaBoeuf easily convinces Rooster into slipping away into the territory without Mattie because “this ain't no coon hunt”, and no place for a child. But as hard as they ride they cannot lose her. Finally when they cannot get Mattie to turn back, they accept her: first, in anger, as a worrisome tagalong; then grudgingly as someone almost their equal; and at last, as she stands among them and proves herself, a relentless force in her own right. The three strangers ride together into an unforgettable journey where suspense and humour roll forth as they dig deeper into the wild frontiers, bumping into mishaps of various sorts, including chance meetings with robbers and rattle snakes, hidden corpses and shoot-outs that erupt in the most unexpected places yes, a generous dose of the wild west scene that moves the story along brusquely and in every way entertaining.

What obviously is most impressive is the narrator's voice. The spoken idioms of South have never before captured as artfully. Mattie's voice is naïve, hard-headed and unintentionally hilarious. She never cracks a smile when recounting the undignified and ridiculous situations she finds herself in. A true soldier, she is gifted with a shrewd business sense, “I would not allow a thief in my mouth to steal my brains”, she says coolly to the drunken Rooster. A great part of True Grit's charm is in Mattie's blasé view of frontier America. Shootings, stabbings and public hangings are recounted frankly and flatly. The blunt and unsentimental voice echoes through other characters to a richly comic effect, as when Rooster remarks of a young prisoner he has brought back alive: “I should have put a ball in that boy's head instead of his collarbone. I was thinking about my fee. You will sometimes let money interfere with your notion of what is right”.

True Grit begins where chivalry meets the frontier, where the old Confederacy ebbs into the Wild West. Mattie Ross of Arkansas is here to stay like Huck Finn. A story for all ages, this one is a rare delight!

Book Quote:

"As entertaining and original as any fiction of recent times." -- St. Louis Dispatch

"Charles Portis is perhaps the most original, indescribable sui generis talent overlooked by literary culture in America." -- Ron Rosenbaum, Esquire

The world's Smallest Cinema In The Garden

A 73-year-old woman and her 35-year-old man are going to open the world's smallest cinemas in their back garden. They are wife and husband.

Edna and Simon Martin launch the 17-seater picture house behind their terrace house will attract local film enthusiasts.

The couple insist that their "artistic temperaments" mean their relationship does not suffer despite their 38-year age gap.

The cinema, called the Savoy Lounge, will show silent films from the 20s and 30s to which Mr Martin will play the accompanying music on his restored Compton organ.

The couple, who married four years ago, invited a small group of friends for their first organ concert last week and hope to open the cinema within the next few months.

"It has been Simon's dream all his life to own a Compton organ," said Mrs Martin, a grandmother, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. "He really becomes quite a showman in front of an audience."

The couple will not be able to charge an admission fee because it is not a licensed venue. But they are hoping for donations to help pay for their overheads.

68 Year Old Lady Faled Driving Test For 771 Times!

An elderly South Korean woman has failed her driving test for the 771st time.

But the 68-year-old lady told the local media she has no intention of giving up.

The woman lives in the city of Jeonju. She has taken the test almost every working day since 2005.

She failed it again this week, setting a new record for the country. She is the first woman who tried for 771 times but she continued to fail.

The Korea Times said the woman, identified only by her last name Cha, plans to make another attempt.

Her problem is that she cannot pass the written section of the test. The pass mark is 60 out of 100 but she only averages 30-50.

Cha sells food and household items at apartment complexes, carrying the items in a handcart.

She says getting a driving licence would enable her to buy a car and expand the business.

Police estimate she has spent almost £2,500 taking the written tests in addition to other expenses.

Potty Mouthed US President Barack Obama

The kind of language which Obama not normally associated with a US President is spreading like wildfire online.

The clips are from the audiobook version of Obama's autobiography, Dreams from my Father, which is read by the president himself.

They include quotes attributed to a schoolfriend of Obama's who had a rich vocabulary which is reproduced in graphic detail in the book.

US actress April Winchell has posted audio clips of President Barack Obama reading some of Ray's fruitier expressions on her website, www.aprilwinchell.com.

She writes: "You're about to hear the President of United States using language that would finish Cheney off once and for all."

WHOM YOU DECIDE TO MARRY

(1) You got to find somebody who likes the same thing. Like, if you like sports, she should also like it that you like sports.

(2) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later with whom you matched.

RIGHT AGE Of MARRIAGE

(1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.

(2) No age is good to get married at. You will be a fool if you get married.

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED

You might have to guess - based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.

HOW YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE SAME IDEA

If both don't want any more kids.

WHAT DO PEOPLE DO ON THEIR DATE

(1) Dates are for having fun, and people should know each other.

(2) On the first date, they just lie each other and they usually discuss for a second date.

WHEN TO KISS SOMEONE

(1) When they know each other well.

(2) When both reached eighteen, then it is proper time.

(3 ) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.

WHAT IS BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED

(1 ) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing.I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out.

(2 ) It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. - Anita, age 9 (bless you child)

HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE MARRIAGE WORK

(1 ) Tell wife that she looks pretty, although she looks like a truck.

Dangerous Child Information

1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill 2000 sq. foot house 4 inches deep.

2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.

3. A 3-year-old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 by 20 foot room.

5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using the ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.

6. The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.

7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "Uh-oh," it's already too late.

8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.

9. A six year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36 year old man says they can only do it in the movies. A magnifying glass can start a fire even on an overcast day.

10. Certain LEGOs will pass through the digestive tract of a four-year-old.

11. Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence.

12. Super glue is forever.

13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.

14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.

15. VCR's do not eject PB & Jam sandwiches even though TV commercials show that they do.

16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.

17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.

18. You probably do not want to know what that odor is.

19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on. Plastic toys do not like ovens.

20. The local fire department has a 5-minute response time.

21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.