It’s the time of year to give thanks. Although I am thankful for many more important things in my life, this blog is all about movies and lists. So, here are ten flicks (in no particular order) that I am especially thankful for. You won’t find these in my Top 100 Movies - these flicks didn’t quite make the cut, but are still great films none

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Thinking about some family photos when everyone is together for Thanksgiving?
For many families, it is the time to take the annual Christmas card photo. For other families, it is a time to get a photo of family members that are normally out of town.
I have five tips that can help you get better family photos this Thanksgiving. I did not fol

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A year ago I was recovering from quintuple bypass surgery on my heart. I don’t suppose I have to tell you but for every breath I have taken since, I am thankful. I started my little blog in early August and would like to extend a few thanks to men and women who took the time to answer silly questions via e-mail, suggest, mentor or otherwise p

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On the Horizon, the Next Step, and A Proverbs 31 Woman Wanna Be have sponsored a Group Writing Project. "I am thankful I am a Christian because . . ." is the theme. It is not too late to enter a post. You can still e-mail your submission through November 25, 2007. Or just stop by and read the wonderful entries posted so far. They will

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Great list of links, where to find the best deals online and in-store and what to do, to get them.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that means the crazy time of Thanksgiving sale after Thursday, known as Black Friday is coming.

Every big store offers ridiculous low prizes on their doorbuster products and everybody wants them.

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Happy Thanksgiving to all! In honor of Turkey day, here's a look at the WWE's Turkey gimmick, "The Gobbledy Gooker". There was a mysterious egg on televised WWE events for weeks which hyped up the arrival of this fully-costumed turkey. Gobbledy Gooker arrived at Survivor Series 1990 in a rare appearance before WWE fans, and also made

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Holidays are a fact of life. And if you're trying to lose weight or stay on a diet during Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and all the other celebrations and parties - life can be hell.

No matter what you do, you'll be tempted. So I give you five strategies to use during these tough times. Whether you "give in to the dark side" or s

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In response to this week's Fiction Friday prompt at Write Stuff, Jenn presents "Thanksgiving at Mom's," a fictional short story about a daughter preparing to welcome her mother back to her own home for the holiday. The daughter's anxious preparations set the stage and the mother's arrival and reaction provide the story's dramatic concl

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What a hilarious idea! Pimping Thanksgiving dinner with an unusual twist: This is from a site called tampon crafts - no seriously, they make all sorts of awesome, weird and funny stuff with tampons. I cannot believe that there’s a whole website dedicated to the art of, well, tampon crafting. But don’t worry, they seem to be fresh tampons and

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We all have this aunt or maybe even sister or mother who this could remind you of. An absolute hilarious story that I read and thought you would enjoy too. You must have family like this for it to be at it's funniest. This comes from a new blog, just a few days old, set up with little but funny content. Check out the guy shower while you'r

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Lots of links given out in this short fictional Thanksgiving story about dissatisfied office workers. Even though things might not be going exactly as want them to, this Thanksgiving week we should all try to be thankful for what we have and recognize that there are many much less fortunate people in the world. Our everyday problems are reall

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Two versions of the same photograph of snow from Thanksgiving.
One has a normal color balance. In the second photo, the blue in the shadows was enhanced with the levels command in Photoshop Elements.
You will also find a tip for focusing with a macro lens. Focusing in this way lets you keep the magnification the same.
I ask which snow pho

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I found myself sitting here this morning at my computer with every intention of getting on and wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. What did I do instead. I looked at my email first and started looking though cat Christmas ornaments. After doing this for about 10 minutes I realized that stores have really made it very easy to skip over the

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I am always amazed at how fast time flies the older you get. It seems like all the holidays are starting to blend together at the speed in which the years pass these days. Granted, I’m still on the lower end of my 30’s, but I’m starting to feel that aging process take hold.

It’s Thanksgiving again and there is a ton I have to be thankful f

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Thanksgiving is a fantastic reason to get family and friends together. Add the food on top of it and you’ve got a lot of happy people on that day. The only thing that can go wrong is over-indulgence causing weight gain and even depression. How many times have you looked back and knew you over ate? Most of us can say this. I hope the below tip

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