Category Archives: Hobbies & Free Time General

The Mp3+g Karaoke Revolution

MP3+G is a karaoke file format that was created to allow CD+G karaoke to be played from a personal computer easily and quickly. MP3+G is considered the de facto standard of karaoke on the PC and was created from the combination of the MP3 audio file (the CD audio is converted and compressed to MP3) […]

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The Modern And Traditional Anniversary Gift List

People have celebrated wedding anniversaries since antiquity, each culture having its own set of practices covering what presents have been exchanged. Over the years certain gifts have been set aside for specific years, creating a traditional anniversary gift list. The traditional anniversary gift list was created at a point in time when people had less […]

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The Mile High Club of Luxury Aircraft Charters

More and more people are chartering private aircrafts for business and personal trips instead of using commercial airlines. Better time management, security, and more personalized services are perhaps the main reasons. The smaller luxury jets also have access to substantially more airports than the larger commercial planes. With competition for private-jet chartering on the rise, […]

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The Michelangelo Code; Or How To Let The Da Vinci Code Pass On By

While the usual expectation is that we are simple-minded enough to be caught up in the mass-media Tsunami created by The Da Vinci Code, now a movie starring Tom Hanks, so that we might all the better assist Hollywood in carting off its share of megabucks from this transient tempest for historical tots, let us […]

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The Mentally Fractured World Of “Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei”

The main difference, between Western and Japanese animation, some fans believe, is that the Japanese are willing to use even the most dangerous or complicated concepts as central themes. “Welcome to the NHK!” dealt with the social problem the Japanese call hikikomori. “Gunslinger Girl” touched upon the subject of government-sponsored assassination squads, as well as […]

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The Many Faces Of Face Painting

Face painting is one of the cherished activities of festivals, carnivals, parades and events across the country. More and more holidays are beginning to use face painting as a great activity for kids. Schools can also incorporate it as a station on their annual field day. Halloween may boast the most face painting out of […]

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