How Are Easter And Passover Related

How Are Easter And Passover Related, Easter time is historically a widespread celebration of spring and rebirth. Some say the name "Easter" derives from old Teutonic mythology, from Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the month of April was dedicated.

Peeps Dioramas

Peeps Dioramas, Peeps, the ubiquitous marshmallow treats that are as much a part of Easter celebrations as eggs and bunnies, tend to bring out the creative side of Peeps enthusiasts around the world. Check out these amazing dioramas from across the country. Plus, try Peeps trivia to see just how much you know about the quintessential Easter treats.

Greatest April Fools Pranks

Greatest April Fools Pranks, Famous April Fools Jokes, Is there any occasion that people look forward to less than April Fools’ Day?

Christmas perhaps, or Valentine’s Day if you’re single, but aside from the few skilled pranksters among us, we dread the humiliation that April Fools’ Day jokes can bring.

Known in Quebec as “Poisson d’Avril,” it’s a day devoted to playing practical jokes on one another until noon, and similar days are practiced in several cultures. It is similar in form and function to ancient Rome’s Hilaria, a day of merriment that honoured the god Attis. Iranians, too, play pranks on each other during Norouz, the Persian New Year.

Here are a few April Fools’ jokes that have hit right on target over the years.

Canada's Most Dangerous City

Canada's Most Dangerous City, Gang wars, drug abuse and a serial killer guaranteed Prince George, B.C., the top spot. Most days, after Doug Leslie is back from work at the molybdenum mine in tiny Fraser Lake, B.C., he sits at his computer and writes a chatty little note to his 15-year-old daughter Loren. It’s a catch-up on the day, and maybe a bleat about those times he pulls the night shift, or about the cold of a northern B.C. winter, or about how quickly days fly by now that he shoulders the destiny Loren has inspired. “Loren, can you do anything about this weather?” he asked her recently. “It’s snowing and I hate winter, it’s cold and damp, and you are not here to warm up the room.” Invariably, he tells Loren how much he misses her, before signing off, “Love Dad.”

Extreme Hoop Skirts

Extreme Hoop Skirts

There are two enduring wedding clichés: All brides are beautiful, and all bridesmaid dresses are ugly, unless it’s Pippa’s. But some bridesmaid dresses go beyond ugly to truly hideous. We’ve assembled a small collection of dresses that are sure to make you cringe. See if you can guess which movie or TV show they are from, or which stars are wearing them.

Pew Study + Facebook Users Get More Than They Give

Pew Study + Facebook Users Get More Than They Give, Facebook study + more takers than givers. Facebook givers & takers, Facebook is made up of two kinds of people: people who give a lot, and people who get a lot. That is one of the findings of a recent report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which identified Facebook users in a national phone survey, asked their permission to examine their activity and then did the analysis. We take a look at what the survey revealed. Pew Internet and American life project

Amazing Hotel Bathtubs

Amazing Hotel Bathtubs, Amazing Hotel Tubs, We appreciate the art of a fine bath and how it fits into a hotel room, too, considering it's our No. 1 way to relax when we're not at work. We scoured the 2,000-plus hotels we cover to find the five most incredible tubs for you to dive into

Unique Love Stories

Unique Love Stories, Love stories i have ever read. Stories that show love in new ways. Stories that make love: "Love is strange," according to a popular song from the '50s . And true love, like truth, is often stranger than fiction. The following stories, some old and some new, show the weird, wacky and sometimes wonderful sides of love.

Gayest City 2012

Gayest Cities in America, 2012

It’s no secret that megalopolises New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles have robust LGBT life — and we’ve even heard tell of little queer hoods like the Castro and P-Town. This isn’t that list.

There’s the official census with information on same-sex couples as a percentage of the population, then there’s our accounting of the gayest places in the USA — and we know the twain shan’t meet. But do we really need another article telling us that the homos gather in West Hollywood and Hell’s Kitchen? That Northampton, Mass., is still Lesbianville, USA? (Don’t get us wrong, we love those places.) Instead, in our third annual accounting of the gayest places in America — according to our totally accurate if decidedly subjective criteria — we look at the per capita queerness of some less expected locales.

 

Favorite Books Of The Famous

Favorite books of the famous, +Celebrities Favorite Books 2011, To honor National Read a Book Day, we take a look at the favorite books of famous people – from musicians and actors to business leaders and politicians.

Famous comic strip artists

Famous comic strip artists, The recent death of "Family Circus" creator Bil Keane reminds us how the pen-and-ink antics of our favorite comic characters have brought mirth to our mornings, and inspired postage stamps and even public art.

Find out more about the artists behind the newspaper comic strips, past and present.comic strip classics stamps.

Comic strip classics stamps

Comic strip classics stamps, The Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative postage stamps was issued by the US Postal Service in 1995 to honor the centennial of the newspaper comic strip.

Restricted to strips created before 1950, the series featured drawings of comic strip characters with their logos. The stamps were arranged in five tiers with four stamps to a tier. The featured strips are listed here in the sequence as published:

+Creating a hack-proof password

+Creating a hack-proof password, Create Hack Proof Strong Passwords easily. Creation of strong passwords is the key to online safety these days. With the rapid increase in the web applications, which require you to register with them, there are virtually hundreds of passwords, which an average Internet user has to create to sustain his online presence. Remembering these passwords is a bit tedious work, and because of this, most of us tend to create passwords, which are just easy to remember, often overlooking whether somebody can hack passwords or not. And also repeat these passwords for more than one services.

Marc Jacobs collection stolen train paris

Marc Jacobs collection stolen train paris, Marc Jacobs' spring collection stolen, Marc Jacobs' Spring Collection Reportedly Stolen in Paris. After the spring collections are debuted on the runway, most brands host a more intimate press day for editors to get up close and personal with the goods. The pieces that are shown are samples -- typically one of a kind pieces that end up shipped to various publications to be photographed for shoots or kept in a showroom for drop-in visits from editors.

Dell'Orefice lost life savings to Bernie Madoff

Dell'Orefice lost life savings to Bernie Madoff, World’s oldest working model? Still modelling after 65 years. A Vogue cover girl when she was 15, Carmen Dell'Orefice is still on the catwalks at 80. Lisa Armstrong asks her the secret of her enduring success. Stiff hips be damned: Carmen Dell'Orefice is still modelling 65 years after she first hit the catwalk.

It isn't that Dell'Orefice is a raving, cockeyed optimist. But she has taught herself to winkle out the positive. "The alternative, at my point in life," she remarks laconically, "is unacceptable."

11/11/11 numerologists lucky day

11/11/11 numerologists lucky day, Talk about good timing. It's Valentine's Day and, as luck would have it, couples looking to have an 11-11-11 baby should get started tonight.

Any baby conceived right around Feb. 18 has a good chance of being born on 11-11-11 according to Dr. Samuel Pang, medical director at the Reproductive Science Center of New England.

Harry told to keep hands off?

Harry told to keep hands off? Prince Harry Warned Against "Fornicating" With Local Girls by Mayor. Keep it in your pants, Harry! After four weeks at the El Centro base near San Diego, Calif., Prince Harry has now moved to tiny Gila Bend, Ariz. for the final two months of his Apache helicopter training -- and the hamlet's mayor, Ron Henry, is concerned that the fun-loving redhead royal, 27, will get too wild during his stay there.

Christo artwork a step closer

Christo artwork a step closer, I would like to offer another take on Mr. Keefe's interpretation of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's environmental art. I see their artwork from a completely different perspective. It is not imposing or garish in any form. Their art is a celebration of the natural beauty of the subject, not an attempt to hide it. The art is showcased to allow visitors and viewers to see that which had been previously unnoticed.

Serial killer pens kids' book

Serial killer pens kids' book, Amazon Under Fire for Selling Kids’ Book Written by Convicted Serial Killer. Here’s one book to leave off your Christmas list this year: Amazon is reportedly selling a children’s book that was penned by convicted serial killer Charles Kembo.

Glutino PB&J sandwich

Most American pie? Apple. Most American sport. Baseball. Most American sandwich? According to a new poll by Canadian bread company Glutino, PB&J is the most American sandwich.

Glutino is about to release a new gluten-free bread, and the company was curious to see what it would be used for. They conducted a telephone survey of 1,006 adults to come to the conclusion that Peanut Butter and Jelly is the most American Sandwich out there.