1.  NextBus-  Do you ever take a bus anywhere?  Interested in starting to take a bus to save money on gas and help improve the environment?  This site is going to help you out much more than you could ever imagine.  Instead of just providing bus schedules, NextBus uses Global Positioning System (GPS) to tell you the exact time a bus will be arriving at the stop of your choice.  The site is accessible via cell phones and PDAs making it great for people on the go!  I advize checking the site out whether you use buses or not, it is very impressive!

2. GasBuddy- For all you drivers out there, don't you hate when you fill up with gas then travel a few miles down the road and see it cheaper?  Don't let it happen to you again!  GasBuddy is a powerful website that pulls together gas prices from over 180 independant gas information websites to bring all the information to you in a concise, easy to use website.  You can view maps outlining national price averages or look specifically at your area code and find what stations have the best deal.  The site also contains a Trip Calculator to help you determine how much your trip will cost no matter where you're visiting in the US!

3. Valpak- Everyone I know loves to save money.  This Valpak gives all consumers the ability to save money right at their fingertips.  Simply type in your area code or City, State and you're given access to hundres of FREE COUPONS for all of your local merchants.  The easy to use website then allows you to seperate the coupons into categories such as grocery, health, auto, restaurants, and more!  It takes seconds to find a coupon that you can use; think of all the money you could save by simply checking for a coupon prior to going out shopping!

4.  SitterCity- For parents, living children in the care of others for any period of time can be very difficult.  SitterCity is here to make you feel a little bit more comfortable about the process.  Once you put in your area code, you are directed to a list of all the registed babysitters in the area. All sitters have been prescreened and have full profiles outlining who they are, what they do, their rates, and provide references.  Within 5 miles of my zipcode there are over 300 listed sitters.  You're sure to find the perfect person to take care of your child while you and the significant other enjoy a romantic evening.  The site also lists tutors, elder sitters, pet sitters, and home sitters.

5.  WebMD- Do you have strange symptoms but not want to go to the doctor because you're strapped for cash?  Well, if you're really sick maybe you should just go and pay, but if it is a little less serious or you're just curious about what could cause certain symptoms and how to treat them click over to WebMD.  WebMD has too much information to outline all of it in a paragraph, just rest assured that nearly anything you could want to know about illnesses and drugs can be found via a simple search.  If your cold medicine isn't working as effective as you want it to, why not check WebMD for other medications that might treat it more effectively?  Heck, it's worth a shot!

Thanks for reading.  Let me know if you think  you'll be using these sites and if you'd like me to put together of some of the other sites I use often.

A very creative idea by an aspiring YouTube video maker is very funny.  Although I do recommend this to your friends if non of them are easily offended, women, or can't take jokes.   I can definitely see why this video is so popular.  It has a nice, catchy beat, very well written lyrics, and a perfect singer for the song.

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Believe it or not, this video was made by that young guy in the video.  I don't think he is even legal enough to drive!  Anyways, I really laughed when I first saw this video, and to this day it is still making me chuckle every time I see it.  I really think that this video, and the kid making it, deserves way more veiws for this hilarious video.

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This video just puzzles me.  The title of this article is "Top YouTube Videos Sweeping the Internet," but I never said they were going to be funny or entertaining.  I dont understand why this video even has more than 10 views.  I guess it is just one of those popular internet memes that catches like wildfire and everyone uses them.

Evolution of Dance

Easily one of the best, if not the best YouTube video ever made.  This funny, yet realistic portrayal of the evolution of dance hits the nail on the head.  Really, I wouldn't be surprised if this guy makes it in Hollywood.  He has some serious talent.  I can't begin to imagine how he got over 100 million veiws.  Oh wait, I can.  That video is freaking hilarious!

One easy way to keep track of your diet and exercise is online at a Web site like FitDay or MyFoodDiary, which is only $9 per month. The Web site MapMyRun allows you to map your biking or jogging routes and change them and save them according to the distance. If you want something that you can hold in your hand that's already laid out for you, a company called BodyMinder sells journals for recording anything related to exercise and diet. Look in the fitness section in any bookstore for different choices to see what fits your needs best.

Many are searching for an easy way of gaining money and here many are caught by the bait. People using the internet, will think that it is the best way to make money effortlessly from the comfort of their home. Now a day, there are many website programmers that make a good design to bait the people by a wonderful well created program that promises thousands of Dollars in a month. For example, few days ago I came across a very well made website, which promises online work of data entry from your home. Yeah I study it, and it had even a demo to see how it really works. After I read throughout and tried the demo, I decided to give it a try. I send the money and as it was written after 24 hours I received the e-mail to activate the work.

I was really happy, because as they say I begun to work from my room, as it was like the demo I tried. I made 3 days, 5 hours a day typing. There was something strange, the work was just to type an article in a format to write it in Microsoft office format without making any type of mistake, like full stops, comas, and more. While I was writing I noticed that the articles have many grammatical errors and missing full stops and comas. I thought that something is wrong. I checked about the website on other websites, I search discussions on forums and I search help from websites I am member of.

I found that the website was a well programmed scam. Yeah it works, you work for 2 months and at last you will never get paid. You will danger your health by making hours in front of a computer, much more the eyes for nothing, you will lose money, because you have to pay in advance for the company to send you the activation to begun to work and at last you feel that someone else got your money, you work for two whole months for nothing.

The moral is that whenever you try something that it is too good to be true, just do not stop on the website itself, but make more research on other websites and forums. Do not be fooled as I had been.

1. Get started the right way.

   Accurately describe your item. If it is new say so, if it is not also state that. An accurate description will ensure that the buyer knows what they are getting.

2. Have great keywords in your title.

   Look for an item just like yours in an eBay search. See what comes up. Using great keywords will get your item further up on the search listings. People can only purchase your item if they can find it.

3. Use pictures.

   Now that the gallery is free, there is no reason not to use pictures. A digital camera is all you need in order to take a really great photograph. This is what will tell your buyers about your product. Get this right and your item has a much better chance of selling.

4. Accurately list your shipping and handling charges.

   Buyers are turned off when listings are obviously padding their shipping. You are entitled to have the buyer pay for the actual shipping plus reasonable handling charges. Another option may be to have a buy it now option with free shipping. This marketing tool really works well.

5. Use an online payment service like PayPal.

   Many buyers do not want to bother with a check or money order. They want to make an online payment. PayPal is safe and you can start with a personal account and move up to a premier or business account at a later date. It is difficult to work from home on eBay without an online payment solution.

6. Promptly ship your items after you receive payment.

    A delay in shipping will result in unhappy buyers. This is very important. Make sure you list all shipping options. It is always a good idea to offer an expedited service as well as standard. Always ship your item with a form of delivery confirmation. Require insurance on fragile items.

7. Keep good communication with your buyer.

   Email them to let them know payment was received. Contact them to let them know their item has shipped. Send them a follow-up email to be sure they were happy with their purchase and ask them if you can put them on your email list.

8. Create an email listing of your customers, with their permission.

   Let them know when a similar item is for sale. For example if you sold a customer a Limoges box, let them know when you have similar items for sale. Developing a list of happy customers is a great way to get repeat business.

9. Stay informed.

   Use the eBay Forums and community links to stay on top of what is going on in the eBay community. You will know when specials are offered to buyers and when there are events. Workshops are a great way to learn more about eBay. The more you know the better you can run your business.

10. Know what is hot on eBay.

    Visit the What's Hot page daily. Make sure you know what is selling well in your category of items. Developing a niche market is important. You cannot cover every category. Choose an area of expertise. Write an FAQ or an informative article and post it to eBay. All of these tips will help keep you profitable.

Follow these 10 steps on how to work from home on eBay and your business will be off to a great start. It takes hard work to build any business. Building one on eBay can be rewarding and fun.

I get kinky messages from odd looking middle aged men. Their knowledge of both anatomy and colloquial adjectives is quite enlightening.

However, I take great joy in clicking on the "report message" link and feel a huge amount of satisfaction at knowing that I did my bit to conquer evil in this world.

Social networking sites give the shy an opportunity to socialize without having to make eye contact, and the bold the opportunity to post incriminating photos of their roommate after too many cocktails. Are these good or bad tools for social growth?

The applications that people choose on these sites tell a lot about them. Yet I'm still confused about my thirteen-year-old cousin's choice of “What stripper name are you?” because really, she's far too intelligent to aspire to a career in which she wraps herself around a pole for a living.

In fact, many aspects of social networking sites just aren't suitable for minors. For starters, the sheer addictiveness of these sites is a concern.

Alcohol and cigarettes are addictive. For teenagers they provide a brief high and an elevated social status. These substances carry the weight of side effects and withdrawal symptoms.

Social networking sites provide the same brief high and social status. But what are the withdrawal symptoms?

I know personally that some of the side-effects of using these sites aren't all that good. I don't get much exercise any more, because instead of going for a walk-and-talk with a friend, I lounge on the couch with my laptop and chat with them online.

My grammar has degraded. Chat language can be viewed from two angles. My grandmother's “My word! Is it in secret code? What is happening to the English language?” opinion, or the “i wuv chattin wiv u” opinion of my barely teenage cousin.

It seems, as with all the good things such as booze, nicotine and gambling, a certain limitation of time spent and content viewed on online networking sites is necessary for minors. Physical exercise and human contact is in fact important, as is learning to read and react to body language in social situations.

Most important for teenagers, though, is learning to deal maturely with difficult social situations. Online, dealing with harassment or insults is easy. You report the person and block them. But in real life, you can't just click a button and make the person disappear. People need to learn social boundaries and etiquette, and how to deal with awkward situations face to face.

I could ramble on about parent responsibility and vigilance, but I won't. I'm not a parent, but I know if I had a moody adolescent on my hands, I'd be more than happy to let them sit quietly in front of a computer for a few hours every evening and fool myself into believing that they are learning valuable social and computer literacy skills.

I wouldn't ask questions about what they're doing, because I'd rather not know that they are enjoying the latest “What's your sexual personality?” quiz and chatting with odd looking middle aged men. “HI!? my stripper names bambi!!! wats urs?!”

Because social interaction comes in many forms, and if I had children; I'd rather have my blossoming daughter right where I can see her, instead of out there somewhere doing healthy teenage stuff like kissing boys, sneaking into x-rated horror films, smoking cigarettes and breaking her curfew.

So how sociable are social networking sites like Facebook?

It depends on whether you are susceptible to developing addictive behavior or not, and mature enough to realize that excessive online social networking can lead to antisocial behavior in the physical world.

Choose your friends wisely - they will make or break you. ~ J. Willard Marriott

Choose your Facebook applications wisely -your stripper name may be used against you. ~ Catherine South

What Causes Bloggers to Stress Out?

Bloggers are compromising their health primarily because of the stress that blogging causes for their lives. There are several different sources of that stress and the levels obviously vary amongst bloggers. However, common complaints from bloggers about the sources of their stress include:

• Financial concerns. Bloggers usually make their money based on the number of people who visit their posts. This can make some months pretty lean which puts the burden of paying bills on the front burner for a blogger's concerns.
• Overwork. Bloggers who want to get the latest scoop - or who need to turn out a whole lot of posts to pay those aforementioned bills - frequently work much longer hours than a writer at an office job would work. In fact, since their work is online and their laptops are almost always with them, some that bloggers never really stop working.
• Family and social stress. The overworking situation frequently leads to problems with relationships because of the fact that the average friend or family member doesn't understand that when the blogger is “messing around on the computer”, he or she is working.

In other words, bloggers are stressed out by the same thing that anyone who works too much is stressed out by. They need to find a balance between work and the rest of life in order to reduce that stress.

Differences in Blogging Stress Levels

Not all bloggers feel stressed out by the work that they do. In fact, some bloggers say that their posts are a relief to them, not a source of stress. So what causes some people to experience stress when writing for the web and others to deal with it seemingly without problems? There are a few major differences between stressed-out bloggers and those who aren't. Some of those differences are:

• Full-time vs. occasional bloggers. People who work at blogging full time get stressed out because they are relying solely on blogging for their income. Part-time or occasional bloggers blog for the joy of writing, not the money, so they aren't as stressed out by the work.
• High-stress topic areas. Some areas of blogging are naturally more stressful than others. People who blog about news, politics and technology developments tend to have high stress levels because they have to be online more frequently than someone who blogs about a non-immediate topic such as blogging itself.
• Self-esteem issues. Bloggers often face comments from people on the web who are, frankly, pretty nasty. Someone who has trouble with self-esteem is more likely to take that to heart and get stressed out than someone who is able to let those comments roll off their backs.
• Passion for the work. A blogger who loves blogging and who also loves the topic she blogs about is going to naturally be less stressed than someone who fell into blogging and doesn't really love it.

Identifying the differences in blogging stress levels may help bloggers to recognize where the problem areas are in this business in order to reduce the stress they experience.

Reducing Blogging Stress

How each individual reduces the stress associated with blogging depends upon the specific cause of their blogging stress. If the problem is overwork, they may reduce blogging stress by hiring help or simply cutting back on hours. If the problem is financial strain, they might take on a part-time job or do additional web writing to relieve the pressure. (For further tips on reducing blogging stress, read this helpful article.) As a basic rule, the goal is to restore the balance between blogging and the rest of life. Everything in moderation, so they say.

This agency is constantly looking for new ways to help the general public stay and get healthy. Now, they've concocted a new way to do it using modern day technology and a timeless tradition. The CDC has created its own brand of e-cards.

These e-cards allow the CDC to continue their role in promoting the general health of the public. It's part of a comprehensive program that compliments their current website and pamphlets. All of these avenues give the user information on a variety of subjects related to health. Yet, the e-cards are the most specific.

The e-cards created by the CDC are free, colorful and multi-ethnic. They're also geared towards people of every age. However, within all of this diversity, they have one focus - a specific health topic that threatens the general public.

Out of the 12 available e-cards, in general, you can get three main messages. First, get vaccinated for the flue. Second, quit smoking. And, third, stay healthy in 2008. The last and final message is a reminder about World Aid's Day.

The messages come in cute catch-phrases on the cover of the cards. However, once the receiver opens them up, they have links to CDC pages that give specific information on how to stay healthy and/or about the specific health topic. The web page regarding general health gives details on how to stay warm, stress-free and clean in order to keep yourself healthy throughout the holiday season and also in 2008. All you have to do is "scroll" down to the data and "click."

The great news about these e-cards is that you can send them to yourself and also friends. You can even add your own message. It's an easy way to end the holiday season on a positive note and start 2008 on a healthy one.

Check out the CDC's latest production. Then, pick out one that suits you and a few people you know who need to stay or get healthy. It'll be the best new year's greeting you've sent in a long time.

For Example:

The one about the people lurking in supermarket and gas station car parks, offering cheap perfumes that knock you out when you take a sniff, and they then rob you while you're unconscious, and goodness knows what else! False

The one about the Life is Beautiful Virus, which comes in an email and wipes out your PC if you open it is: False.

The Invitation/Olympic Torch/Merry Christmas virus, which supposedly burns your hard disc when you open it: False.

The one about callers posing as Visa and MasterCard fraud investigators and obtaining security details is: True.

How do I know all this? Whenever I get one of those alarming e-mails, and before I forward them to my nearest and dearest, I check with Snopes, a websites that verifies and explains the urban legends that clutter up our inboxes. It saves so much time and unnecessary worry.

Another true point about Wikipedia is that some of the information posted is not true and you can not always trust the sources you go to. Google is another source you can not always trust because every thing that is posted on Google has been posted by someone just like me posting this, you don't even know if this information is true(it is).

Also if you have clicked on this page that means you probably wanted to go to Wikipedia and now that you are quite angry at me (if you have even read this far) so now you can either exit the web page or go to the actual Wikipedia and maybe using incorrect information and even if you do use this information make sure you do not plagiarize (it's illegal.)

When you are looking through the internet it is still one of the best web sites for school information but, when you are looking for more advanced information you can not trust this site and I would advise you to use a library or encyclopedias because you can know that this information is 100% true unless you are looking in the fiction section then you will know that the information is not true.

But, if you are looking for fiction you can look all over the internet or the fiction part at any library nearest you because that is the best source to find information on such things as a Greek legend or olden time battles or anything else you could probably think of and you can even make it up all by yourself.