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10 More Disney Trivia Questions

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Yesterday, I told you about the trivia contest that my daughter and I challenged each other to. I shared with you the trivia questions she came up with and now I’ll share with you the ones I wrote. These are a little more difficult unless you know some of the older films. 1. I’m not a teapot, but my master used me in the kitchen all the time. I had to go on an adventure to find him again. Who am I? Herbie Buddy Lumiere Toaster 2. I took the most beautiful dog I’ve ever seen out for dinner. We … Continue reading →

Free Kibble

Please help fill my bowl If you’ve been surfing the Internet for any length of time then you probably know about thehungersite.com, the earliest in a chain of websites that ask users to click on banners every day to donate food or other resources to worthy causes. The series of sites now include support for the rainforest, child literacy, shelter animals, women’s health, and more. It’s obvious with the various rescue sites where the money is coming from; once you’ve made a click you’re redirected to a page that’s plastered with ads. Advertisers pay that charitable money for us to … Continue reading →

A Study in Princesses: Pocahontas and Mulan

For the past two weeks I’ve been looking at the Disney Princesses: how they’re presented, how they change with time, and what they say about a woman’s role in society. For all of the princesses up until the mid-1990s, meeting and winning a man (or for Aladdin, a woman) was the fulfillment of their life’s journey. We start to see real change with 1995’s “Pocahontas,” a movie with which I admit I’m not as familiar. But it’s important for several reasons. Pocahontas continues with the recent trend of heroines yearning after lives of adventure, as opposed to waiting for men … Continue reading →

Contests Ending in June

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Capture Your Canada. Ends June 7, so hurry! Dig out that best shot of Canada for a chance at a $3,000 travel voucher or several Sony products. Enter digitally or with prints. $10,000 Health Valley Treasure Hunt. A thousand prizes to be given out, including $10,000 as a grand prize. Daily prizes in addition to the grand prize. Enter once per day through June 30, 2007. Mastercard’s Priceless Giveaway: Win $120,000! Enter online once a day, plus receive additional automatic entries for using your Mastercard during June. Ends June 30, 2007. No More All Nighters! FedEx/Kinko’s Contest: Win one of … Continue reading →