As we close the book on 2008 and look with hope towards 2009, our thoughts naturally turn to new year’s resolutions!You might not know that the tradition of the New Year's resolutions goes all the way back to 153 B.C. Janus, a mythical king of early Rome was placed at the head of the calendar. With two faces (sounds like a few old boyfriends), Janus could look back on past events and forward to the future. Janus became the ancient symbol for resolutions and many Romans looked for forgiveness from their enemies and also exchanged gifts before the beginning ...

I'm wrapping up my time here in Holland with packing up my suitcase tonight, filling up my iPod for the flight home and saying lots of goodbyes. Yesterday, I went to the Bijenkorf in Amsterdam, which is one of the few department stores here in town. Lots of books, fashion, modern furniture and, surprise, a very nice selection of CDs. Check out the photo above of the store's weekly CD top 10. Keane, Amy McDonald, Seal and The Killers are big sellers here. (Note the prices of CDs in Holland. They cost almost 20 euros each. That converts ...

Why don’t you make your next summer sexier or dare to be sexy? Yes indeed, let’s check out the 2009 hot collection from ·ES·Collection, a sexy spanish underwear and swimwear for men with wonderful and exciting design which makes you feel confident while you wear it. Surprisingly a lot of the models in ·ES·Collection’s campaign are stunning looking with powerful attractiveness. They really inspire each of us to fuse our body fat and get some more exercise. As we told you in this post, that’s right, we ...

We found him from Fitlads Magazine and thought he is really hot!, so we would like to share this picture with you all. By the way, Fitlads is a gay chat and dating site from UK. That’s all. ...

New Mayor Sam Adams has already had his hands full with the winter weatherYou have less than half an hour to get all the way down to Parkrose High School (12003 NE Shaver) to attend new Mayor Sam Adams' swearing... ...

Legendary porn director Chi Chi LaRue now has her own retail space in West Hollywood and James St. James was there to cover the opening. Watch the video after the jump (NSFW because porn star Barrett Long flashes the camera with his giant dong for a few seconds).... ...

Startled by a strongly sadistic fantasy. Not typical of my happily perverse imaginative life. ...

Fantasticsmag reminds you that you've got a big year ahead...365 New days to wear 'something'. In featured fashion by Christian Audigier, Obey, and Mek, photographer Tate Tullier and model Mark Larmeu offer up some ideas for dressing up, and dressing down.  More ideas on the NEXT PAGE.See also: Fantasticsmag | Tate Tullieir | Fantasticsmag @ EthanSays.com ...

I know: could anything be less worthy of your time than a critical defense of an already reasonably well-received Sam Mendes prestige pic? Reviews have been mostly positive, per-screen grosses have been okay; yeah, it's not setting awards' season aflame, but that's probably fair: If you judge a film by the impact of its final act, Revolutionary Road is a dud. As it reaches the finish line, Mendes' faultless-to-a-fault direction can't help but scream "This is important, goddammit!" when a more appropriate response to the catastrophic denouement of Frank and April Wheeler's marriage is probably a (terrified) ...

It’s new music week here at omgblog.com! Yes, we’ve dumped our 2008 playlists and are starting afresh by listening only to music set for release in the year ahead. So, each day this week we’ll post a track by a hotly-tipped musician, band or DJ that we think you should know and like. First up is Lauren Flax, a Brooklyn-based DJ who is on the ‘90s like Delta Burke on Major Dad. Not only... ...

Very cool photos of frozen soap bubbles… It’s very cold tonight, so we played with bubbles. If you blow them upwards enough they have time to freeze on the way down. And this… Chasing bubbles round a very icy garden (we’d made an ice-slide right down the path), in the dark while looking through a viewfinder is surprisingly [...] ...

This is a clip from Damian Crosse. He's so cute, I like when he act's like a kitten! To see all his videos on YouTube - go here. ...

I've been reading Lasica for years. His 2001 essay, Blogging as a form of journalism is what turned me on to the whole blogging movement. His Our Media project is invaluable. The video below is part of a fine on-the-ground report from the West Bank. Here's some of the background on the city of Hebron, gleaned from his observations and BBC reports:Israeli policies have radically changed the face of Hebron's city center. For the most part, due to security concerns, only Jewish settlers are allowed to use main streets in the city. Palestinians are not allowed to ...

For Parts 1 & 2, see posts below… Carol Burnett’s conversational nimbleness started early. Her parents suffered from acute alcoholism, so she was raised by a movie-mad grandmother, first in San Antonio, then Hollywood, and later quipped her way through high school and college. Her Texas connections are now scattered. But her house in San Antonio — where she lived in the 1930s — was rescued, moved to a different district and repurposed as a school. “It was an old Victorian house with a wrap-around porch on West Commerce, which was, even then, not the best neighborhood. More recently, all the houses ...

D.C. Mayor Fenty to meet with Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV) over increase in anti-gay bias crimes on January 16th. Is there an ancient Stonehenge at the bottom of Lake Michigan? Richard Gere frolics in the surf. Toronto-area man shot after homophobic altercation at massage parlor. Three men in custody following drunken air rage flight from Manchester UK to the Dominican Republic: "The trio were allegedly drunk, violent and abusive and the captain was so concerned about fighting on board that he had to divert and land in Bermuda. A 35-year-old man ...

The mountains of snow blanketing Germany are rather impressive—it started snowing a couple days ago and hasn’t really stopped since. Saturday I wore my pair of hiking sneakers when I went downtown—in Müller I noticed lots of dirty tracks under my feet, and I thought to myself that some earlier customer sure was messy. Then I visited WeimarColleague’s flat, where I took off my shoes and had a lovely meal. When I stood up and put on my shoes, I realized I’d left a lake of dirty messy water under my shoes. I’d managed to forget that these shoes hold dirty ...

John McNally, ever the self-promoter (just like moi), had sent me a copy of his new book and asked me to write a review of it in Amazon. Honestly, I try not to write the straight review, because that's just not me, but I don't think the readers on Amazon would get my usual style, so here I am.To his credit, John didn't say that I had to write a good review, but he did sweeten the pot by offering me his autograph. Anyway, I read the book, which is a short collection, and I enjoyed it immensely. In my ...

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