Archives for December 2006

Paris Hilton Wipes Up

An enterprising E-Bay seller has created a new product with the image of the famed socialite Paris Hilton on each piece of paper. Toilet paper that is:

We aren’t sure how Paris feels about this new product, but for the socialite who seems to always be in the news this is just yet another form of publicity.

I don’t know, I think I’d be kind of creeped out cleaning my butt with her face. I hope they don’t put this in all of the Hilton Hotels.

How would you feel if you encountered a Paris Hilton Roll?

I got into blogging a little bit differently than most other people. I already had two very large websites and domains of my own when I decided to create my own blog. Since I had my own domain already I just used the fantastico software in my C-Panel to install my very first version of WordPress onto one of my sites directories.

Most people start blogging by creating a blog on one of the free sites – wordpress.com, blogger, blogspot, xanga, Vox, LiveJournal etc but often, they end up purchasing their own domain and seek hosting because those free sites have too many rules. If you don’t play by the rules you could lose your site – perhaps a blog that you’ve worked on for years.

My sites have been hosted with one particular company for the last two years but I’m starting to become dissatisfied with them. The server that my domains are on has the heaviest load and it seems to go down every night somewhere between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. it’s usually only down for a half hour or so, but if I’m in the middle of the post or doing something time sensitive I don’t want my hosting to go down at all. Plus, as I said it’s usually the middle of the night when my hosting goes down. I’m tired, working on something and I just want to finish and go to bed and grrrrr all of a sudden I find I can’t publish my post. I hate that!

So, I wanted to tell you about “CheapHostingdirectory.com”. They List many different types of web hosts and have sorted them in easy to find listings such as the top 10 web hosts, 15 best budget web hosts, Top 10 Unix & Linux Hosting, Top 10 Reseller Web Hosts, Best Special Hosting Deals and Exchange Web Hosting.

They also have listings for the current price of domain registration at many of the top web hosting sites. I like that. The next time I’m going to create a new domain I’m going to the site to find out who currently has the lowest prices. They even have listings for expired domains that you can purchase if you like the names.

I think I’m going to use the site to browse through all the different web hosts and see if I can find one that has a good price, good bandwidth and a lot of storage space for all of my many sites, and then I might move everything over from my current host.

You might want to visit the site as well if you are looking for a new web hosting or looking to begin your first domain and need web hosting for it.

The Latest Scoop

by Tricia

Julia’s Pregnant!

People.com is reporting that Julie Roberts is pregnant with baby number 3. Sources state she’s due to have her baby this summer. She and her husband Danny Moder are parents to 25 month old twins Hazel and Finn.

In other news …

Michael Jordan and Juanita Split

After 17 years of marriage Michael Jordan and his wife Juanita have decided to amicably end their marriage. Juanita had previously filed for divorce in 2002 but the couple reconciled a month later. “Michael and Juanita Jordan mutually and amicably decided to end their 17-year marriage,” the couple’s lawyers said in a statement. “A judgment for dissolution of their marriage was entered today. There will be no further statements.” The couple has three children – Jeffrey, Marcus and Jasmine.

Violet baptized

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, had their one year old daughter Violet Affleck baptized Christmas Eve at Christ Church United Methodist in Charleson W. Va. Garners home town.

Sightings …

This week Britney was seen dancing up a storm to her own song “I’m a slave 4 U”, one which she requested herself, a the L.A. hot spot Les Deux. Meanwhile Lindsay Lohan, drank water on the rocks while partying with two girlfriends at L.A. hot spot Social Hollywood. An onlooker said she was rocking out to Paul McCartney’s Silly Love Songs.

Mischa Barton was seen shopping at the LF Larchmont Store in Los Angeles, helping her younger sister Hania pick out clothes, and adoring small dogs that passed by.

Jessica Simpson’s sister Ashlee dropped in for a visit on the set of Jessicas film Blonde Ambition, in Shreveport La. Ashlee was seen carrying around Jessica’s little dog Daisy, a Maltipoo.

Brad Pitt was seen checking out tattoo designs at the West Hollywood Tattoo parlor Mark Mahoney’s Shamrock Social Club. No word yet whether Brad was just browsing or if he got a tattoo.

They have to eat Sometime …

Julia roberts and her husband Danny Moder appeared relaxed and happy as they took in a concert by Country singer Michael Hearne at the Anaconda Bar in the El Monte Sagrado Hotel in Taos, N.M. where the couple was vacationing. Meanwhile Clint Eastwood and his son Kyle Eastwood were seen dining with a large party at Brentwood’s Katsuya.

In New York, Ivanka Trump, sat down for an evening of fine dinning with friends at Le Bilboquet. Kate Hudson, stuck to takeout in Santa Monica, picking up her food from the Blue Plate wearing big sunglasses and a grin. At Sushi Roku in West Hollywood, Matthew McConaughey and a female friend dined on rice, black cod and bluefin tuna sushi. “They were laughing and really enjoying themselves,” a diner tells us.

Chasing the Stars?

by Tricia

Anyone planning on traveling in the new year? The award season is coming up – I know that you probably won’t be able to get in to attend the People Choice Awards, or Golden Globes but if you planned a trip to L.A. at just the right time you’d be in town when all the stars were there for the award show and you could do some fantastic star sight seeing.

Alright maybe you aren’t planning a trip to visit all of the areas that your favorite celebs hang out, but maybe you’re planning a Caribbean vacation or a holiday somewhere warm so that you can get away from the cool winter weather sometime between now and spring? Yes, I bet that’s more likely.

Have you booked your hotel accommodations yet? If you haven’t then I must urge you to check out HotelReservations.com. They have accommodation listings for hotel, condo, and other vacation properties from all over the world. Just go to the site, type in the place you are going, and type in the dates that you need to have rooms for, and a page will come up listing all of the available hotel rooms or other types of lodgings for that time period. The prices they list are very reasonable, much better than you can get by cold calling and trying to book rooms. If you like the accommodations that are listed just go right ahead and book your Hotel Reservations right then and there.

I’ve already bookmarked HotelReservations.com and put it in my bookmarks under “travel”. I most definitely will be checking out their site the next time I plan to travel, or even if I’m having a number of relatives come to Toronto to visit. We don’t have a lot of room so some would need to stay in a hotel. At least I could book them rooms at a reasonable price.

New York bid Fairwell to James Brown

by Tricia

On Thursday, thousands of fans lined up to pay their respects and bid farewell to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, at the Apollo Theater where the singer first made his mark 40 years ago.

Brown was 73 when he passed away early Christmas morning of congestive heart failure in Atlanta.

His body traveled on a horse-drawn carriage through New Yorks Harlem streets to the famous theater – The Apollo, on Thursday. “James Brown means everything to the black community,” said Brenda Baskin, 50, from Brooklyn, as she stood outside.

“Brown’s lyrics ‘Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud,’ opened up the doors for black people to have more pride,” she said. “He told his people to hold their heads up and that there was something for them to be prideful in — themselves.”

Browns body was taken back to his hometown of Augusta, Georgia after the New York viewing. A private service was to be held today, and an additional public viewing will be held on Saturday prior to Browns burial.

Brown was a Grammy Award winner who stood out as one of America’s greatest showmen and band leaders. His revolutionary mix of funky rhythms and staccato horns will not soon be forgotten.

The line to view James Brown’s body was the length of three city blocks. People slowly proceeding to the theater were given an inpromptu street performance by a Brown impersonator, while others sold T-Shirts and photos of Brown to those in the line.

“I came out for soul brother No. 1. That’s who he is — James ‘Butane’ Brown, the man who set the stage on fire,” said fan Fred Chinnery, 50, from New Rochelle, New York. “This man was the baddest man who ever put on a pair of dancing shoes and slid across the stage.”

Brown had been scheduled to perform in New Yorks Time square on New Years Eve. He had more than 119 singles on the charts and recorded over 50 albums, as well as performing live at events at least 100 times a year. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, and had received a lifetime Grammy achievement award.

James you will be missed.

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