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I don’t have a lot of time now for TV, but did used to watch a lot of TV earlier, and even now, given the time, would love to watch some old favorites like M.A.S.H. or Friends. In fact M.A.S.H. and I Love Lucy make me positively nostalgic. I wanted to do a post about the Top TV Shows like the one I did sometime back about the Top Grossing Films of All time, but I could not find a definitive list like the one Forbes puts out.

TV Guide however, has this list, which puts Seinfeld right at the top as the Top TV show of all time. This is followed by I love Lucy, The Honeymooners, All in the Family, The Sopranos, 60 Minutes, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Simpsons, The Andy Griffith Show and Saturday Night Live. I have to admit that I was rather relieved to see that there are no reality TV shows in that list. I agree with a post I read here, that Reality TV is the nadir of TV.

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Tags: Entertainment, Rich List by Nicole Price
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I have to confess that I am not exactly a ‘rough it in the wild’ kind of girl; I am rather fond of my creature comforts like any city girl. So when it comes to camping, my mantra is Have mosquito repellant, will go camping or some such. I love the outdoor as long as I am reasonably well assured that I will not be stung, crapped upon, freeze, melt or get soaking wet.

This basic three person tent I thought was rather cool, with camouflage print and all. For $42.88 (at a 28% discount) it seems to be a good deal. Check out a lot of fairly low priced tents and shower/shelter combos here.

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Tags: Best Deals, Entertainment, Environment by Nicole Price
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I may have mentioned that I have nephews and nieces that I need to buy presents for, from time to time. This time is a rather studious child that I have to buy a present for, so I thought that an interactive educational CD or DVD would be just the thing.

So I found this site very interesting indeed, where they have a page full of free DVD offers, where you pay only for shipping and delivery. There are titles available such as The Amazing Human Body, Chemistry Experiments, Biology experiments, Frog Dissection, Easy Guitar and Easy Piano and also other titles like Easy Home Massage, Easy Yoga, Travel to France etc. [Read more →]

Tags: Best Deals, Entertainment, Gifts, Kids by Nicole Price
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Have you ever thrown a party with a mixed group of attendees and had trouble getting them to interact? It can be a daunting task to get guests who have just met to mingle with each other. Yet, it needs to be accomplished since the success of your party depends on it.

I found a site that offers something that can be a great conversation starter. This site offers great wine glasses, beer mugs, coffee mugs, highball glasses, champagne glasses etc with small phrases and witty messages etched on them. The variety is huge according to the theme you may desire. Each set has four different phrases based on a theme, with the set of four of any variety available at $48. If you buy all three sets of any type, you are charged a discounted rate of $129 (a discount of $15 – thats just me, I have to look for discounts everywhere).

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Tags: Best Deals, Celebrations, Entertainment, Gifts, Kitchen, Wacky by Nicole Price
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I have in the recent past done posts about the richest men in the world and the top grossing films of all time and the urge to do another greatest hits ‘top’ post is upon me again!

I actually remember when I was in school and Michael Jackson won a record number of Grammys for his album Thriller, which was a top selling album and recently when I was listening to the unbeatable pop song Beat It! I was quite swamped with nostalgia! And I know that Thriller is the best selling album of all time, so I was curious to find out which were the top five selling albums of all time.

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Tags: Entertainment, music by Nicole Price
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I love watching films, and for my money I would more readily watch a pure comedy or even a romantic comedy (think movie version of Friends) rather than anything with too much blood and gore or a thriller with too many twists and turns. After a bit I get a bit dizzy and can’t keep up with all the twisty turns you see. However the economics of films interest me, even if the films themselves may not.

So when a began a quest for the top grossing films of all time, I found that only three films so far had grossed over $1 billion till date.

The top grossing film of all time and in the entire world is Titanic – the tragic love story revolving around the rich girl and the poor boy unfolding against the back drop of that most ill-fated and famous of all ships. Made back in 1997, it remains the top grosser to this day with $1,848,813,795.

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Tags: Entertainment, General by Nicole Price
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Let me tell you straight up that I am not a comic book enthusiast (though given the time, I still enjoy reading Asterix or Tin Tin comics) and don’t horde comics either, but I came across this comic book site that sells vintage comic books which told me that comics can be a very precious commodity and made me wish I was a hoarder after all. Apparently a near mint condition 1963 Spiderman can fetch you (or them, not sure how this works) some 2300 dollars! Not quite the investment I would make with my money, but to each his own, obviously.

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Tags: Entertainment, Kids, books by Nicole Price
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No one has been sending me funny emails recently so keep having to trawl the net for my daily dose of the LOL moments. I found some good money related cartoons which I decided to put together for your edification.

This one is superbly funny and so very topical, seeing Obama and Hilary’s cutthroat race for the presidential spot disguised by thinly veiled animosity. You’re not likely to see the two of them sharing pool-space this cordially in real life.

This one is a bit sexist, but I have to admit that we women can be very vain sometimes.

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Tags: Entertainment, Humor by Nicole Price
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In all likelihood, when you go shopping for the big ticket items you do your research carefully, compare prices, look for the discounts and take your time making up your mind. Do you do the same for your everyday shopping as well, your grocery and other daily requirements? You should give that equal consideration, because this can also save you a significant amount of money, if you shop smart! Coupons on the internet give you the convenient option of simply printing out the coupon that you need.

There are many sites devoted to coupons and other rebates that are available online, so that at this rebate site, you simply fill in your zip code and press ‘go’ for all the rebates and coupons available in your area. So when I filled in a New York zip code I was redirected to this site which has coupons related to all manner of items: clothes, food and dining, groceries, home and garden, health, books, pets, travel, sport etc.

Restaurant.com is a site that helps you find rebates on eating out. By feeding your zip code, you find a restaurant of your choice within the given radius (one to thirty miles etc). You can also purchase and give dining out gift certificates, for $10 you get a $25 gift certificate. You can buy, customize and email or print and personally gift a certificate from this site.

Registering here claims to gives you access to over 70 deals and over $150 in savings! Sample offers on this site include, savings on frozen vegetables, buy a chocolate bar and get one free etc. This site offers links to all kinds of grocery coupons for little savings: $1 off on turkey bacon, $5 off on a floral bouquet etc. Cool savings is also a site devoted to saving you money, which will send you daily emails about their offers. Walmart, Betty Crocker, Target, Pampers are some of the brands that they offer coupons for. So next time you go shopping, remember to print some coupons and take along with you!

Tags: Best Deals, Entertainment, Home Stuff, Kitchen, Money Saving by Nicole Price
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I was thinking about what topic to write on for my next post, and nothing came to mind: I was fresh out of ideas! Then the song that was playing on my computer at the time gave me an idea: the song was the Beatles (anyone who is a regular reader here will know that I am a Beatles nut) song Money, That’s what I want so I thought I would make my own compilation of all the best ‘Money’ songs that were made!

I may be a Beatles nut but my fav money song ever, has to be the iconic Money by Pink Floyd. What a song! Contrary to what a lot of people believe, I think Dark side of the Moon is the best Pink Floyd album.

New Car, Caviar,
Four Star Day Dream
Think I’ll buy me a Football Team

A song that I practically grew up with is the pop classic from Abba, Money, Money, Money. This song is all that’s good about pop music. Good tune, beat, and great vocals.

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man’s world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man’s world

A song that is perhaps my introduction to real rock would be the Dire Straits song from Brothers in Arms, Money for Nothing. Irreverent, humorous and almost self deprecating, this song remains a personal nostalgia piece. Great track!

Look at them yo yos, that’s the way you do it,
Play the guitar on your MTV,
That ain’t working
Money for nothing and chicks for free

Since Beatles are my fav band ever, I picked two of their songs (I didn’t pick Cant buy me love) to include in the list: song Money, That’s what I want and Baby you’re a rich man too. The latter is a bizarre song with random lyrics like:

Baby you’re a rich man,
Baby you’re a rich man,
Baby you’re a rich man too.
You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo.

Any money songs you can think of which should have made it to the list?

Tags: Entertainment, music by Nicole Price
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