Kids give letter to homeowner who didn’t hand out Halloween candy

Kids give letter to homeowner who didn’t hand out Halloween candy

Most children can't wait to collect candy on Halloween night, but when homeowners don't had out treats some dire consequences can follow.

Some kids calling themselves Children of the Hood wrote a letter to one homeowner in Oshawa, Ont. explaining that he missed Halloween and left the letter in his mailbox. They write that the lady who used to own the house handed out candy apples, "but last night there were no candy apples. Come to think of it there was no candy at all from your home!"

(Image from Kijiji)

The kids explain the mistake and say the homeowner can fix it next year by passing out chocolate bars. They say they will understand he probably can't make candy apples because he is a guy and that they receive too many bags of chips so chocolate bars are the perfect solution. Another way to rectify the issue is for the homeowner to deliver candy to the children on Saturday because they will probably have eaten all of their candy from Halloween by then.

But the homeowner didn't deliver any candy, instead he posted the note on Kijiji saying he is looking for the author.

"Dear Children of Entitlement (and likely their parents)," starts the Kijiji post. "You have gone ahead and reminded me of why I do not want children, and why I weep for the future."
The homeowner says he was not home on Halloween and has bought a huge amount of candy, which he will enjoy with his friends on Saturday.
By Jordan Chittley | Daily Buzz

MAKE UP FOR MEN - GUYLASHES, THE NEW TREND

Rise of the guylashes

We've had guyliner and manscara but now we have the guylashes - false eyelashes for men.

It's official. Men are now wearing makeup. Don't believe me? Next time you're at the mall, take a look at the cosmetics section, where entire shelves are now dedicated to men

Wearers can choose from thick or fine varieties,which are designed to be discreet with invisible clear plastic sticky strips and both styles promise to recreate that 'Hollywood gaze'.

Eyelash extensions have already been a hit on the Asian market, where eyelashes are shorter - according to the Japan Lash Association the Japanese lash is only about 5.8 mm in length, less than half that of a Westerner.

And The Japan Times reported that when Japanese cosmetics brand Shu Uemura hosted an Eyelash Night party in Tokyo in 2008 there were more men than women wearers.

It is yet another sign that men are becoming more image conscious.

According to market research company Euromonitor, U.S. consumers spent $4.8 billion on men’s grooming products in 2009, double the $2.4 billion recorded in 1997.

Meanwhile the number of chemical peels, laser hair removals and other cosmetic procedures on men has increased by 45 per cent since 2000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

False eyelashes were first used by Hollywood stars and made popular again in the 1960s by the likes of Twiggy and Mary Quant. Today they are a regular part of women's beauty regime.

But they have also become increasingly popular with men.

Stars such as Russell Brand, Brandon Flowers and Johnny Depp have encouraged men to dabble in the make-up box but many will be asking if eyelash extensions are a step too far.

Even famous paragons of masculinity, like Robbie Williams and Ewan McGregor (well, at least sometimes ) are confessed cosmetic consumers. Ben Affleck joined the bandwagon big time when he became the new face of L'Oreal (except in North America and Mexico), following in the footsteps of soccer player David Ginola and Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher.

Exactly how much are men spending on grooming products? More than you think...

NPD Group, a market information company, revealed that men in America spent $1 billion in grooming products in 2002, skincare alone covering $47 million of that. This is a 9% increase since 2000. More telling still was a survey that showed 9 in 10 men asserting that grooming is a business essential, while half of those thought there was nothing wrong with a man getting a facial or manicure. These numbers rival those of our European brothers who are typically regarded as more fashionable; 40% of European men buy skincare products (the most popular product being moisturizer).

There is something admirable about the man who takes his imperfections with grace and carries on with his life. Maintaining a good image is fine, but let's draw the line at face paint. Let the drag queens keep that.
Read more: http://ca.askmen.com/

MOVEMBER 2011

CHANGING THE FACE OF MEN’S HEALTH, ONE MUSTACHE AT A TIME!

Another year and the MO charity movement starts. Just like last year I will let my mustache grow as a reminder of the killer Prostate Cancer in men, equality to the Breast Cancer in women!

Movember (a neologism that is a portmanteau of the slang word "mo" for moustache and "November") is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November. The event was conceived in 1999 by a group of Australian men from Adelaide.
Since 2004, the Movember Foundation charity has run Movember events to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and depression, in Australia and New Zealand. In 2007, events were launched in Ireland, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Spain, the United Kingdom, Israel, South Africa, and the United States. (Wikipedia)

Origins:

Seven Nightly News aired a story in 1999 featuring a group of young men in Adelaide who claimed to have come up with idea of growing moustaches for charity in what "snowballed into a Mo-phenomenon, with people across Australia joining up". In the news report, members of the Adelaide-based "Movember Committee" explained how they came up with the idea for Movember one night in the pub. The group was said to have 80 men from Adelaide and interstate involved in the event, and aimed to raise money for the RSPCA through selling T-shirts in what they termed "Growing whiskers for whiskers".
Seven News also reported that the committee had received legal threats from a San Francisco-based group called the "Moustache Celebration Federation" that had claimed they had trade marked the term "Movember" in 1977. A 2007 statement on the Committee's website states that upon following up on these threats it was discovered that neither the federation nor its alleged president, "Charles Kies III", actually existed. The committee still holds that its claims of having coined the term "Movember" in 1999 are "100% true".

In 2007, Prostate Cancer Canada (then Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada) was approached by Movember and introduced to the “Mo”. The first year saw 9,400 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas raise $545,000 across Canada. Fast forward three years and the 2010 Movember campaign saw almost 119,000 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas raise a staggering $22.3 million for prostate cancer research, education, support and awareness initiatives. It is clear that Canadians are embracing the Moustache and making a difference. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer to afflict Canadian men. In fact, rates of prostate cancer in men are comparable to rates of breast cancer in women, yet, until recently, little had been done to bring awareness to the disease.

HOW OUR KIDS CAN DRIVE US INSANE

Lies Your English Teacher Told You

Punctuation That’s Too Popular

 (Wordpress.com)

You can’t end a sentence with a preposition.
Yes, you can. The world won’t stop revolving, and your old English teacher can’t argue because there is no such rule. The problem started in England back in 1672 when John Dryden wrote a piece criticizing Ben Jonson for ending a sentence with a preposition. Dryden believed that since the construction wasn’t possible in Latin, it shouldn’t be possible in English.
If you encounter fierce resistance from overzealous followers of the nonexistent but persistent rule, you can recast the sentence, but the result is usually awkward. I saw a funny example of recasting on a greeting card (one that unfortunately used an unnecessary preposition):

GIRL #1: Where’s your birthday party at?

GIRL #2: Never end a sentence with a preposition.

GIRL #1: Where’s your birthday party at, bitch?

This answer was the reason I re-printed this partial article... so if really interested in grammar and myths about the english language, follow this link:
http://lisakusko.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/lies-your-english-teacher-told-you/

 “QUESTION, QUESTIONS??????”

HOW OUR KIDS CAN DRIVE US INSANE....

One day, I found myself driving, with my daughter in her car seat in the back. She’d been chattering away, nonstop, for a good twenty minutes and I realized I hadn’t heard a word she’d said. My mind had drifted off to some quiet place with butterflies and puffy clouds. (I may be inventing the butterfly and puffy cloud image. It’s more likely that I was fantasizing about those glass barriers that they have in expensive limousines, the ones that go up and down between the driver and the back seat. They were soundproof, I was pretty sure.)

 

“What is one million trillion million five hundred and six thousand and three times four trillion trillion and nine hundred and seventy-five?

Where does the sun go at night?"

Whatever the explanation, I remain puzzled to this day by the question that continues to echo inside my skull. How is it that I was on the receiving end of all that yelling as a child, and now find myself in the same position as an adult? How did I miss my turn at bat? Or is it too late to be asking? Has this become my ultimate stupid question?

Oh, but at the other end of life’s spectrum, there is a whole other experience waiting for you…
“Honey, how do you make this thing turn on the tv?”
“Where did I put my wallet?”
“Is today the day we go to the doctor?”
“Where did you put my wallet?”
“Did you break the tv? I can’t get it on….”
“Did you put my purse somewhere? I think my wallet might be in it.”
(You produce the wallet)
“Why did you take my wallet?”
In the end, maybe all those kids’ questions are just like the questions the elderly ask. They’re just a way to keep the communication flowing.
(From shoreacres Comments)Posted on September 30, 2011 by bronxboy55 "Don't Ask, Don't Yell" .

OCCUPY...WALL STREET AND FIGHT THE GREED

OCCUPY...
- WALL STREET
- INVADE THE GREEDY CORPORATION,
- MAKE GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNTABLE
- CHANGE THE TAX LAWS And MAKE SURE  TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES
- FIGHT FOR DECENT SALARIES AND HEALTH FOR THE POOR
- BOYCOTT LARGE GAS STATIONS  AND BANKS WITH HIGH CHARGES...
 

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

 


The Occupy Wall Street movement got underway worldwide on October 15, including protests across at least 15 Canadian cities. With the largest rally taking place in Toronto, protesters were also gathering in of Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Fredericton, Moncton, Guelph, Windsor, Kingston, London, Nanaimo, Courtenay, Duncan, Kelowna, Kamloops and Nelson, B.C., Lethbridge, Regina, Winnipeg and Ottawa, according to CBC News.
Though protests turned violent in Rome, in Canada they were peaceful as Saturday afternoon unfolded. The protests took root at Occupy Wall Street, where protesters have held firm for several days. The protests widened around Columbus Day as well.
Meanwhile, as the Canadian Press noted, the movement that began in Canada, with Vancouver-based AdBusters, came full circle.
Aboriginals were on hand for many of the protests, with one of the rallying Occupy Winnipeg posters depicting Métis activist and hero Louis Riel.


 

 
 
          
 
 


    

  
        
 

   

Tel-aviv, Israel, tonight. half a million protesters against the economic&political system - and that in a country of 7 million inhabitants.
Jews, Arabs, Foreign workers, Refugees and students marched together chanting "The People demand social justice".

— with Occupy Ssm.