December 2007

Sun

December 23, 2007

Leisure & Travel

Top 35 Fairytale Castles
82 Comments
Christmas Competition: 3rd Place. Congratulations to Mathilda for this excellent list - she has won the third prize of a $25 iTunes music card. According to Wikipedia, "A castle is a defensive structure... Read more

Recent comment by Janelle

You have 14 & 15 backwards. 15 is the castle from Germany. I have been to it :))

Sat

December 22, 2007

Miscellaneous

12 Hilarious Motivational Posters
59 Comments
I recently received this email which contains some very funny motivational posters - with a twist. While I have seen a few of them, many were new so I thought it would make a nice relaxed list for the... Read more

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[...] 12 Hilarious Motivational Posters – Top 10 Lists: I recently received this email which contains some very funny motivational...

Fri

December 21, 2007

People & Politics

Top 25 Quotes of Margaret Thatcher
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When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, Britain was a dump, "the sick man of Europe" and on the brink of total economic collapse. When she left power in 1990, it was the one of the financial capitals of... Read more

Recent comment by Lesserimp

More shame on you then!

Fri

December 21, 2007

Science & Nature

Top 10 Dogs for Lazy Owners
197 Comments
Too many people decide that they wanted a cutesy, wootsie little dog to love and then spend a ton of time and money picking out a perfect pooch. Then these people proceed to ignore the dog after a couple of... Read more

Recent comment by Curious

I doubt she meant school, but rather she meant the RN for Animals. Everybody knows there is a difference between...

Wed

December 19, 2007

Fact & Fiction

Top 20 Amazing Science Facts
375 Comments
Another trivia list! This list explores a variety of fascinating scientific facts that you probably are unaware of. Science is still a very mysterious subject so there are millions of trivial facts about it... Read more

Recent comment by krishna

:-)

Wed

December 19, 2007

Art & Literature

Top 10 Christmas Books
55 Comments
Nothing quite celebrates the feeling of the Holiday season like an engrossing and wonderful book. Many stories have been written about Christmas and Santa Claus, but very few of those take the theme and make... Read more

Recent comment by agreexPew

Name

Wed

December 19, 2007

People & Politics

Top 25 Quotes of Harry Truman
137 Comments
I have always admired Harry Truman for his plainspoken common sense, his zero tolerance policy for bullshit, his sharp wit, and blunt honesty. It's too bad we don't have a president like him today. Truman was... Read more

Recent comment by jack

are you kidding! have you seen the republicans today?

Wed

December 19, 2007

Site News

A brief update before leaving
46 Comments
As you should all know by now, I am leaving for New Zealand for one month today. I will be posting from there so fear not - the site will keep going through Christmas. It will take me nearly 30 hours to... Read more

Recent comment by Ginger Lee

What the hell is an MAnn Coulter ad doing on this site?!!!!!

Tue

December 18, 2007

History

Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know the Ancients Had
154 Comments
When we think of Ancient civilizations we think of togas, chariots and gladiators. What we don't think about is flame-throwers, eye surgery and other inventions we take for granted. This is a list of things... Read more

Recent comment by vermilionskin

Brilliant

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