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Ooooh Scary!! Halloween candle making

With Halloween just around the corner, why not consider doing some ghoulish crafts with your children? One of my favorite crafts to do with the kids is Halloween candle making. Your kids will love it, and it is appropriate for any age group. You will need the following supplies to get started: A pillar candle.Some "cut and carve" wax.Some wax adhesive.Halloween cookie cutters.A shallow pan. Heat your "cut and carve" wax, and pour it into the shallow pan. Be sure that you fill the pan approximately 1/4 inch., and try to ensure your pan is on a level surface. Allow the wax to cool, ...
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Google Gmail - Would you like a Gmail Invite

100 Gmail Invites Available For those who may not know about Google and their online email system(similar to Hotmail or Yahoo email). Google is offering for FREE 2.5gig of email storage space. Since it is web based you can access your email account from any location that has access to the internet. I have been a Gmail user for around a year now and I have noticed that I have 100 invites that I can send to anyone. If you would like to get an invite email me at (adminwallawallainfo.com and replace the with @ - this is done to prevent automated email scrapers), put a subject of "Gmail In ...
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Memories of Grandfather's Billiard Room

I always loved that my Grandfather had a billiard room in his home. I used to spend a lot of time with him when I was young. He taught me to "shoot stick", as he called it, when I was maybe 8 years old. My Grandparents would entertain quite frequently, and they would regularly invite some of their closest friends over for a banquet and cocktails. Their gatherings would often run into the wee hours, by which time I was expected to be sleeping. I would usually spend an hour or so reading each night, but nights like those were too exciting to miss out on. Honestly, how could they expect m ...
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Be Busy as a Bee - Make Your Own Beeswax Candles

Beeswax candles are absolutely wonderful! A soft, warm glow, complimented by an incredibly sweet scent make Beeswax candles a must for around the house. Beeswax candles are quite simple to make, and something you can do together with the kids. Good wholesome fun for the whole family! You will need the following supplies to get started: * Some Beeswax sheets * Some primed wick * A sharp knife * A cutting board Roll out the Beeswax sheet on your work surface.Cut a length of wick, approximately two inches longer than the width of your Beeswax sheet.Place the wick along the edge o ...
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ProBlogger and the Slashdot Effect

This morning ProBlogger by Darren Rowe reads: "The Morning After The Slashdot Party" Background Info: Blogs(Web Logs) - are online diaries/news forums that feature links to news items and stories from across the Internet's World Wide Web. Blogger - Most blogs are headed by an individual called a blogger and many of these are those who want to bring their own views online. Slashdot (frequently abbreviated online as /.) is a popular website, primarily consisting of short summaries of stories on other websites with links to the stories, and provisions for readers to comment on the sto ...
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April Fools - Google Style

[b]4 great flavors : Google Gulp products[/b] The Google search engine has a sense of humor, well sort of. Promoting a ficticious "Google Gulp" drink product flavors including: Glutamate Grape,Sugar-Free Radical, Beta Carroty and Sero-Tonic Water. [b]Glutamate Grape[/b] - Why drink plain grape juice when you can stimulate your ionotropic and metabotropic receptors and groove to a sugar high? Enhancing your learning and memory functions never sounded sweeter. (Note: excessive amounts of glutamate can cause neuronal damage, so drink responsibly.) [img src='http://www.google.com/googlegulp/images/purple_300.jpg'] [a href='http://www.google.com/googlegulp/product_line.html' target='_blank']More Google Gulp Info[/a]