Show Dog Sings the Blues was named the best humor book of 2011 by the Dog Writer’s Assocation of America. It’s the story of a pampered Australian Shepherd show dog who is switched with a cowdog and has to work on a ranch for the day. What makes this book especially intriguing is that it’s […]
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Best Humor Book of 2011 by the Dog Writer's Association of America
June 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Animal Causes
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Frequent Walking Miles, Frequent Running Miles, and Frequent Biker Miles with an iPhone and Android App!
June 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · AIDS, Autism, Conservation, World Hunger
I admit, I’m a frequent flyer mile junkie. I am a member of every hotel, airline, rental car and restaurant program out there. I will go out of my way to book a flight on a carrier I know is giving me miles, even if it’s a few dollars more than one. I guess I […]
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Eco-Friendly T-Shirts Made from Plastic Bottles from A Lot to Say, Inc.
May 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Conservation
Disclosure: We participate in the eBay Partner Network (EPN) meaning we may earn a commission when users click on links to eBay and make purchases. How would you like to wear a T-shirt that’s made entirely of plastic bottles? And no, I’m not talking about this happy fellow’s outfit… No, this is an actual eco-friendly T-shirt from […]
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An Amazing Little Pet Dinosaur
May 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Amazon, Conservation
That little guy you see to your left is Senario Little Inu. He’s an amazing little electronic dinosaur that weighs about 2 pounds and is about the size of a little dog (16 inches x 5.5 inches x 6.5 inches). The dinosaur does everything a pet should do. He makes noises, blinks, moves, cries, sleeps, eabts, plays, […]
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Cookies for Kids: A Great Cookie Cookbook
May 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Amazon, Children's Charities
Cookies for Kids Cancer: Best Bake Sale Cookbook is a new cookbook by Gretchen Holt-Witt. In 2007, Gretchen Holt-Witt’s son was battling pediatric cancer, the #1 disease killer of kids in the United States. She set the incredible goal of baking 96,000 cookies during the holidays that year for the purpose of funding research against […]
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Amazing Children's Books from Around the World
May 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Animal Causes, Conservation, Developing Areas
Let’s do a little exercise. I’ll read off a list of country names to you and you tell me the first thing that pops into your head. Cambodia, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. For most people the list is easy. War, poverty, despair, corruption, hopelessness, suffering. Most of the time […]
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Help Charity By Watching TV with Viggle
May 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Breast Cancer, Children's Charities
Have you heard of Viggle yet? If you own an iPhone and watch TV, you’re going to want it. The best way to describe Viggle is that it’s like Foursquare for your TV. Every time you sit down to watch a TV show, you “check in”. The Viggle app will actually listen to your TV, […]
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Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Bar that Helps Provide Bikes to Needy Areas
May 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Bike Advocacy, Developing Areas
On Sunday, I had the pleasure (and the pain) of riding on the annual Five Boro Bike Tour in New York, a 40-mile bike ride that goes through all five boroughs of New York, from Manhattan to the Bronx to Queens to Brooklyn to Staten Island. It’s probably one of the coolest ways to see […]
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Cheese of the Month Club that Helps an Amazing Cause
April 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Birth Defects
Since around the time the movie “Sideways” came out in 2004, it seems that wine tasting has been all the rage. The “cool” thing to do is to build yourself a wine cellar, buy a couple bottles of expensive wine, and show off your knowledge of the subtleties of a pinot vs. a merlot (or […]
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Download Jim Gaffigan's Latest Album, Help a Great Cause, Screw the Middleman #hotpockets
April 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Veterans and Military
I’ve been a huge fan of Jim Gaffigan since before the days he was fighting crime with Conan O’Brien and his freakish pale-white skin. Since then, I’ve seen him in concert in 2008 and 2010 and even saw him on Broadway last year. While my friend Jack and I used to attend a lot of […]
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