Archive for August, 2007

Create a Honeymoon Registry

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

What do you get the engaged couple who has everything? A gravy boat? Matching towels? Ugh.
Kimberly Dawn Wells sends in a solution... How about a great trip they'll remember for the rest of their lives?
"BuyOurHoneymoon.com allows wedding guests to put their gift money towards a special part of the bride [...]

Take the Best Family Vacation Ever

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Still trying to plan that family vacation?
Grab some ideas from today's LotD: "Take the Best Family Vacation Ever." Rusty Quill shares his recommendations for a surefire good time. His personal favorites include camping in the Rockies and cruising the Caribbean. He's also left a spot for you tell us what your favorite family [...]

TV Commercial Music (and the first-ever Squidmercial!)

Monday, August 20th, 2007

TV commercials have become a source for discovering new (and not so new) artists. This insanely well-researched lens, by an admitted Reality TV junkie, is devoted to helping you find what those songs are and who sings them.
Have fun! http://www.squidoo.com/tv_commercial_music. (Give the lens a while to load... pulling in all those YouTube videos is [...]

Watermelon. Yum.

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Do you know...
... that watermelon has lots of lycopene, a key plant antioxidant that is famous for fighting heart disease and prostate cancer?
... that a big slice of watermelon (about two cups) fills almost half your vitamin C quota?
... there are only 96 calories in two fill-you-up cups of sweet watermelon, and its high [...]

CPR…for dogs?

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Lensmaster Rachel Schwarz writes in:
"Pet CPR, like human CPR, is fairly easy to do once you’ve had the training. Most folks worry about their pets as much as they would biological children, and yet many people would never think to invest an afternoon in learning how they might be able to save their pet’s life."
Leave [...]

World Lizard Day (and Fresh Squid, too)

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Apparently, today is World Lizard Day.
(I wonder if the lizards know?)
Let's just hope we don't have to dine like them! On a lizard's menu: a variety of crickets, waxworms, mealworms, pinkie mice, green leafy vegetables, squash, carrots, beans...
Thanks to Gypsypirate for the quirky lens: http://www.squidoo.com/world-lizard-day/
And for adding it to today’s Fresh Squid Lens: http://www.squidoo.com/freshsquid/august142007
P.S. [...]

Writing Romance Fiction 101

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Lewis Smile nominated "Writing Romance Fiction 101" for Lens of the Day, and who could blame him! It's great stuff.
"This is one of the better uses for a lens that I’ve seen," he says. "Most lensmasters have written a few how-to lenses, but none that I’ve seen seem to be as extensive as this [...]

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