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Okay, I have to resort to the InstaCarny format again this week. No time to read everything again. I do apologize. It is my intention to find time for this blog some time in the near future. The new job is keeping me busy as is getting settled in Atlanta. The good news is that everyone makes it into the Carnival of the Vanities again this week and there were a lot more entries than we’ve had in previous weeks. The bad news is that the Blog Carnival “instant” code is a nightmare and it doesn’t help that my editing PC went down with a bad hard drive last week. This means I’m on my laptop and the only editing software I have available to me are NotePad and MS Word. Don’t even get me started on how badly Word screws up a simple HTML export. For those of you who think I spent no time on this Carnival, please know I spent at least half an hour cleaning up the freaking code problems.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! I’m off for Boston for the holiday! Another Carny appears in this space next week. Enjoy the Carnival of the Vanities.

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Michael Emilio presents Foreclosure:
Questions and Answers posted at MichaelEmilio.com.

DWSUWF presents Libertarian swing vote backs Chuck Hagel for President posted
at Divided We Stand United We Fall, saying, “First we must deal with the elephant in the room. Not just any elephant, but the wounded, clinically depressed, angry, bipolar, borderline psychotic elephant that is the GOP today. For Hagelto get in position for the libertarian swing vote to put him in the White House, he first must ride that elephant to the election.”

Peace Moonbeam presents Alternate Universe posted at The Peace Moonbeam Chronicles.

Leon Gettler presents Interview with Al Gore posted at Sox First, saying, “An exclusive interview with Al Gore on the subject of climate change.”

RebChaim HaQoton presents The Daughter of Abraham posted at Reb Chaim HaQoton.

Advice

TripHub presents TripHub: 10 Tips: How to Blend In Abroad posted at TripHub, saying, “Keeping your cool, stylish persona can be a chore when traveling overseas. Here are some tips for how to be culturally sensitive and not stick out like a sore tourist thumb.”

Julia Dorofeeva presents What makes women sign up for Adult Dating Sites? posted at Online Dating Blog.

Conan Stevens presents Think Your Life Is Bad? Email From Bradley And Inspiration From Stephen Hawking posted at Conan Stevens Online, saying, “Too many people think their life is bad - here is inspiration from a man who cannot walk, talk, and barely lives yet he is a prolific author and one of greatest scientists to every live.”

Culture

Jon Swift presents Jon
Swift’s Complete Amazon Reviews posted at Jon Swift, saying, “Considering all the attention my reviews have brought to the money-losing Internet bookseller and all the inspiration they have given people by showing that you don’t necessarily have to read books to review them, you would think that Amazon would be more appreciative of my work.”

David presents Success from a European Perspective – Part 2 posted at Worldwide Success, saying, “In this
article, we will expand upon the initial discussion and talk about life in Germany and in Spain. We will also conclude with some general thoughts on how life in Europe differs from the US and how our definition of success is influenced by the culture that we live in.”

Economics

Barry Welford presents The Ubiquitous Web posted at StayGoLinks, saying, “The Ubiquitous Web describes efforts to ensure that all can be in touch and stay in contact with the Internet whatever device they are using, whether it be cell phone or desktop PC.”

Ethics and Morality

Jake Danger presents
href=”http://lunaticwisdom.com/blog/2006/11/15/how-to-become-a-religious-hypocrite-in-10-easy-lessons/”>How to Become a Religious Hypocrite in 10 Easy Lessons posted at Lunatic Wisdom - The World According to Jake Danger.

~Dawn Cadwell presents Bring Your Own Food posted at Queercents, saying, “Queercents poses a couple questions in its weekly “What Would You Do” feature around the topic of bringing your own food into the movie theatre.”

How-To

Christine Kane presents How to Break Up with Your TV posted at Christine Kane.

Jack Yoest presents The Best Company Structure in Four Easy Steps posted at Reasoned Audacity, saying, “Our
business schools teach that structure follows strategy. And this big stuff is important to know. But what Your Business Blogger most often sees is where the boss misses the basic questions — the easy stuff. Such as, What is the business owner’s most common company-structure challenge? In our egalitarian new-age of Aquarius where we are all equal to each other and the boss considers the individual input of each of her employees to be the equal of her own or anybody else. After all, we are all family here. This, of course, is nonsense.”

Paula Gregorowicz presents Top 7 Secrets for a Stress-Free Thanksgiving posted at Coaching4Lesbians.

Human Interest

polliwog presents Zero to 60 in three days posted at bobbarama.com.

Phil B. presents Proud to be Proud
Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity.

Humor

Avant News presents Iraq Study Group Report Includes $25 Million Reward for Exit Strategy posted at Avant News.

Mark A. Rayner presents Proving his religion ? Dr. Tundra and the Noodly Norsemen posted at the skwib.

Chris Dolley presents chrisdolley: Confessions of a Pioneer Computer Game Designer (Part Two: The Most Aggressive Chess Progam Ever) posted at Author Chris Dolley’s Page.

CGHill presents A Colonel of truth posted at dustbury.com, saying, “With KFC changing its image again, can other restaurants be far behind?”

bobbarama presents Hesitation: the 9th
deadly sin posted at bobbarama.com, saying, “A hilarious take on how men handle one of the most dangerous questions they’ll ever face: ‘Honey, does this dress make me look fat?’

Mark A. Rayner presents Ask General Kang: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving on your home world? posted at the skwib, saying, “I know I’ve already sent a post, but if you’d like to use this one instead of/in addition to, it’s quite timely.

Michael Wade presents Help Wanted: Toady posted at Execupundit.com, saying, “Michael Wade at Execupundit provides a recruitment announcement that is common but normally unwritten.”

News

polliwogpresents Giving it up for peace posted at bobbarama.com.

Personal

Rocket presents Flay posted at The Rocketman’s Change For A Dollar, saying, “‘Flay’ began as a vent for my frustration at a personal chronic ailment, but it grew into a larger bit of fiction. Completely out of character and beyond the scope of my usual genres, it is dark, twisted, and psychedellic - and in my opinion, one of the best pieces I’ve written since I branched out from print and began posting online. Thank you for allowing the opportunity to share it here.”

Philosophy

Francois Tremblay presents My Struggle with Propaganda. posted at Francois Tremblay.

Big Picture Guy presents Crash
Course posted at Big Picture, Small Office, saying, “Big Picture Guy was driving with his clever, if at times callous, CEO. Stuck at a red light, the two witnessed a drama unfold as an ambulance attempted to make its way through the intersection. Unaffected by a near catastrophic collision, the still calm CEO drew parallels between the careless drivers and today’s captains of industry.”

Politics

Andrew Ian Dodge presents Islamist vs Paxman posted at Dodgeblogium.

Mr. Purpleslog presents Constitutional Amendment Needed To Close Loophole On Presidential and Vice-Presidential Eligibility posted at Purpleslog,
saying, “Stopping a future American political crisis”

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Update: Forgot Wayne Hurlbert’s entry. One day I’ll have to ask him why he is boycotting Blog Carnival. His entry this week is on False Encouragement: Avoid Empty Statements.

I’m going to bed. Doggonit.