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Welcome to the 217th edition of Carnival of the Vanities. I apologize in advance but I have no time to edit the Carnival this week. The last week has been crazy. Last day of my old job was Thursday, moved out of my condo on Friday, drove to Atlanta on Saturday, started the new job on Monday and received my furniture, clothes, etc. from the movers on Tuesday evening. No time to read all the entries or edit anything this week. I’m also borrowing a wireless signal from an unsuspecting neighbor because I don’t get my cable hooked up until next Monday. All this means that I’m basically going to post the Instant Carnival produced by Blog Carnival. That means everyone who submitted this week gets in. Good for you.

Oh, and before I forget, Wayne Hurlbert doesn’t use Blog Carnival. Here’s his submission.

Sam presents Your Credit Report and FICO Credit Score. Good Credit Rating Makes Buying a Home Possible posted at Surfer Sam and Friends.

A Samuel presents The Kendra Todd winner of The Apprentice Season 3 Podcast posted at Nubricks.com.

nhmind presents Smoking in Cars with Kids posted at New Hampshire State of Mind.

Advice

Christine Kane presents 10 Things to Do When the Dirt Comes Up posted at Christine Kane.

Culture

Jon Swift presents Save Britney’s Marriage posted at Jon Swift, saying, “If Republicans really want to save the institution of holy matrimony, they should start by saving Britney’s marriage. and make the Defense of Britney’s Marriage Act the first order of business in the lame-duck session of Congress.”

Daniel Rourke presents The Conceptual Time-Capsule: posted at The Huge Entity, saying, “I’ve submitted the post under ‘culture’ because that word kind of describes all the areas the posts in the ‘Time-Capsule’ rest under. I hope you enjoy the writing contained within, from a variety of superb blog authors (and a couple of published authors too). Here is a description of the post for easy reading:

“The Oxford English Dictionary defines a time-capsule as “a container used to store for posterity a selection of [entities] thought to be representative of life at a particular time.” With this is mind, we thought it might be interesting to assemble our own time-capsule and, this being the web-lead information age, bury that capsule online, in an enormous web-garden.

What ideas will future generations glance back at and laugh in contemptuous hindsight? In 50 years time which contemporary cultural memes will be deader than the proverbial Dodo? Lying in the digital darkness of our internet time-capsule these questions, and more, will have to wait 50 years of technological shifts; of societal upheavals; of cultural fermentation before they can be answered.”

Thanks!”

The Monk presents Journalism’s Sidney Poitier, RIP posted at Failure of ‘56 to inspiration of ‘06?, saying, “A eulogy for Ed Bradley”

Current Events

Leon Gettler presents Iraq auditing: shooting the messenger posted at Sox First, saying, “The Bush administration is closing down the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction which has consistently exposed corrupt practices. Blame it on some obscure clause sneaked into a military spending bill terminating the auditor’s work. It’s like Dilbert. Got a problem with the project? Fire the auditor. It all raises a number of important questions.”

Steve Faber presents When Will It All Stop??? posted at DebtBlog.

Environment

Mark A. Rayner presents A bedtime parable posted at the skwib, saying, “This is a short fiction that’s somewhat topical, given the Stern report. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/
green/story/0,,1942948,00.html”

History

Barry Welford presents 100 Million Websites – How Many To Go? posted at StayGoLinks, saying, “Jakob Nielsen points out that the Internet has now ’slowed down’ to a mature growth rate of 25% per year. What seems to be unknown is how this growth rate splits between the Mobile Web and the regular Web.”

Andrew Ian Dodge presents The War Sonnets: V. The Soldier posted at Dodgeblogium.

How-To

Patricia presents How To Overcome Loneliness, During The Holidays Or Any Time posted at Patricia.

Human Interest

John Hill presents Why Diets Dont Work posted at Universe Of Success.

David presents Success from a European Perspective – Part 1 posted at Worldwide Success, saying, “In the spirit of keeping a global perspective in the Worldwide Success site, I am writing this article directly from Europe. I will make some observations about success from a European perspective, and will contrast it to the American view of success. First, I think it is fair to say that most European countries have stronger tendencies towards socialistic ideas than our free market views in the US. I will try to point out the pluses and cons of such environment. I will also discuss the day-to-day habits of the Europeans and the impact of their health and quality of life.”

Humor

Avant News presents Dark Matter Mostly Socks, Keys, Ballpoints posted at Avant News.

Polliwog presents Hesitation: the 9th deadly sin posted at bobbarama.com, saying, “I am not the author. Bob Bobbarama is the author. Thank you for your consideration.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Contending With Time posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, “Self-Help humor about time management”

Medicine

Aleksandr Kavokin, MD, PhD presents Colon Cancer Quiz posted at RDoctor Medical Portal, saying, “colon cancer quiz”

aparna presents Breakfast is essential for good health posted at Beauty & Personality Grooming.

News

Michael Emilio presents Rock Singer Nick Hexum from 311 is Listing His Island in Key West for $10 Million posted at MichaelEmilio.com, saying, “Thanks for considering!”

Personal

Mama Duck presents The cookie monster is appeased….– posted at Lil Duck Duck.

Philosophy

Francois Tremblay presents The Grand Conspiracy. Part 1/2 posted at Francois Tremblay.

Politics

Bill Adams presents World ends in Michigan. Minorities, students to benefit most. posted at World Ends in Michigan / Minorities, Students to Benefit Most, saying, “The end of affirmative action is the beginning of a better world. California’s experience, though widely misrepresented, shows the way.”

James Poindexter presents Requiem for Conservatism posted at Southern Pundit, saying, “If the GOP wants to win elections, some stuff is going to have to change.”

John Bambenek presents Preemptive Strike: Bush Firing Rumsfeld is Heading Off Congressional Harassment posted at Part-Time Pundit, saying, “Rumsfeld resigned in the aftermath of the election, suggesting that Democrats have the upper hand over the Iraq policy. Here’s why it was a smart move by Bush to preempt Democratic harassment.”

Watcher presents Dejection 2006 posted at Watcher of Weasels.

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