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It Happened to Me: My Boyfriend Died

It Happened to Me: My Boyfriend Died
He drank Mountain Dew Code Red. His favorite piece of clothing was a Dallas Cowboys T-shirt, because he was born in Texas. He used American Crew hair gel. He drove a red convertible. He died on his 26th birthday. These are the pieces of a life, and a love, you won’t find in an obituary. At 22, I was a nervous, anxious wreck. And so it came to pass that in March 1999, I met a very beautiful boy with black hair and blue eyes underneath the Macy’s men’s store sign on the corner of 34th Street and Seventh Avenue. He called the next day. Greg refused to take life too seriously. A few months after we began dating, I found out he was sick. That’s a lot to process, I said. You can break up with me, he said. It was a deal. A few weeks later, I couldn’t reach him on the phone. And things were better. Soon, however, we found out his body was rejecting the transplant. I got a call at work on February 25, 2002, that I needed to get uptown to the hospital as quickly as I could.

Top Earning Websites | Most Profitable Websites Today I created a list of the top 30 earning websites in the world, for some of these websites, $50 million in revenue a day is just a typical day, crazy isn’t it? And it was all created in the last 10 or so years! I usually would do a write up about how the list rocks and why you should do it to but I think the figures speak for themselves, enjoy! Since publishing this article, we have done an updated version called ‘20 Websites Making The Most Money‘. Before you see the list, who do you think makes the most money? 30 Websites That Make A Lot Of Money Online How Can I Make Money Online? Every great website, starts with an idea.

Inside Nike's &Adaptive Traction,& the Wolverine of Soccer... At a big, blow-out event in London last week, Nike unveiled its splashiest innovation, in advance of the 2010 World Cup: The Mercurial Superfly Vapor II football boot (or "soccer shoe," to Americans). Aside from the hotrod looks, the most intriguing innovation was the "adaptive traction technology," which allows the pegs of the cleats to actively adjust to turf conditions. Say what? "From pitch to pitch, and even within a single pitch, the ground conditions vary," says Andrew Caine, Nike's creative director for soccer footware. "In design, the simpler the mechanism, the better something works," says Caine. When a player steps into soft ground, the carbon sole flexes, pushing those columns down. After impact, the coating then pulls the pegs back into place, and keeps them from driving back up into the foot. The colors, meanwhile, are meant to be a performance enhancer for the entire team. Click here for our 2010 Most Innovative Companies profile of Nike.

month: "2010-03" As I waited in the emergency room, I tried to think of the best way to explain in one sentence how I ended up with a nail in my foot and a severe burn on my elbow. tags: pain clumsy emergency room [add] 2010-03-30 14:56:56 / Rating: 320.5 / Kiss After six shots, three beers, and some very sloppy flirting, apparently I had my first kiss. tags: drunk first kiss [add] 2010-03-30 14:55:49 / Rating: 362.75 / just a plastic tape player Fifteen years after my question crushed her foot, she called me from the chair lift, about to ski for the first time since I was three. tags: childhood recovery mother question car crash [add] 2010-03-29 14:08:38 / Rating: 390.5 / a dad Catching my sons vomit in my hand when he threw up last night made me realise just how far I would go for my children. tags: late night enlightment to protect and help vomit children parenting [add] 2010-03-29 14:07:13 / Rating: 649.5 / Crazy tags: funeral humor clowns mom [add] 2010-03-23 16:14:06 / Rating: 813 / SadInVa tags: miscarriage [add]

CogniFit's blog nails - Polyvore - StumbleUpon 520 214 516 278 567 107 831 1006 920 762 1273 472 570 715 1160 567 828 778 293 261 459 700 688 181 901 1206 1010 844 1145 641 824 308 174 53 300 63 830 4063 168 292 677 358 638 173 361 203 528 191 112 904 144 335 477 746 148 419 280 585 Reimagine :The Game: Design your own shoes | DIY | Custom Shoes Product Name: Sneaker Customization Kit Background research: As summer rapidly approaches, I’m beginning to notice that I need some new sneakers. But I’m starting to realize: either the shoes I like are too expensive or the ones that are affordable, I’m not so crazy about the way they look. Then it dawned on me, what if I were able to create a sneaker that perfectly matched my style & clothes that were already in my closet as opposed of buying a shoe, then having to go buy more things to go with it. Hypothesis: With the sneaker customization kit, I can create my own personal design to whatever sneaker I choose. The Experiment: I took a pair of sneakers that I barely wore, removed the laces, grabbed a couple of “sneaker preparation wipes,” cleaned off the sneakers, & let my imagination do the rest. Being that I am an artist, I analyzed the whole ordeal way too much, beforehand. Need some new kicks?

The Luxury Dhigu Resort, Maldives | Luxury Furniture, Property, Travel & Interior Design | Adelto - StumbleUpon The luxury Dhigu Resort, Maldives Anantara Dhigu Resort & Spa is encircled by mystic lagoons and unspoilt crystal shores, the resort is a heavenly sanctuary on a secluded paradise island, offering barefoot elegance in one of the world’s most celebrated tropical havens. Here the sparkling turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean offer an endless horizon of aquatic allure and the evocative location is matched by a tranquil island design style. Anantara Dhigu is a luxurious five-star resort hidden on tropical terrain on Dhigufinolhu Island in the Maldives’ South Male Atoll, a mere 35 minute speedboat journey from the island nation’s international airport, or a scenic five minutes by private chartered seaplane. Male-based architect Mohamed Shafeeq from Group X Design Associates and Thailand-based interior design company, Abacus, headed by John Lightbody, have styled the resort’s distinctive environment as a creative complement to the natural beauty of the island. Anantara Dhigu, P.O.

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