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Bright Automotive is a very deserving new company. Check them out!http://www.mahalo.com/Bright_Automotive Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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I started a cooking blog this weekend if anyone's interested in checking it out: http://sixseveneightbythespitfiredragon.blogspot.com/ Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via blogs.sfweekly.com Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via perezhilton.com Rascal Flatts is one of the only Country music groups that I like...I've been hooked on them since I heard their first single "Prayin' for Daylight" what seems like a million years ago. Today they did something awesome to embrace ALL of their fans by releasing the song "Love Who You Love"... Check it out! Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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This is great! Warner Bros. just announced that they're opening up their vaults to allow people to order custom DVDs of movies that never made it to DVD. I can't wait to search the archives for some my favorite never-released-to-DVD films!! http://www.cinematical.com/2009/03/23/who-wants-a-custom-dvd-from-warner-bros/# Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via huffingtonpost.com Wow. Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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www.cracked.com/articleimages/ob/iss/magneto_header.jpg" height="200" width="480" />via cracked.com This is really fun... Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via foxnews.com This is a really fun article! I agree about Chris Martin. We saw Coldplay in November... Martin's a really bad dancer, but he's so enthusiastic and passionate about his performance that he's a really endearing performer. Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/3-18-09/Rinato.jpg" height="400" width="480" />via cracked.com Really funny article! This picture, which was ranked #18, is my favorite! Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via latimes.com This is a great article from the Los Angeles Times on the rise of the non-religious in American. Check out the interactive map...very cool! Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via americanreligionsurvey-aris.org Here's a link to the actual study if you're interested in perusing. Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via good.is This is more that just "Good"...it's great. The number of people in America who claim "none" as their religion has risen from 14.2% (in 2001) to 15% according to a 2008 study. Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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This is a great article. If only everyone who felt this way had the courage to come out!!http://www.atheists.org/atheism/coming_out# Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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Just when you thought the people at PETA couldn't be any more ridiculous...http://www.mahalo.com/CloFu Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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In February, Calfornia Democrat assemblyman Tom Ammiano introduced legislation to legalize marijuana and reap major benefits for the state by taxing the drug. Time magazine's awesome article asks the question: Can Marijuana Help Rescue California's Economy? In a word...YES. Read the complete Time article... http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1884956,00.html# Posted via email from

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Playboy's May Playmate Crystal McCahill will go to court next week to answer DUI charges stemming from a January 2009 incident. I really think this begs the question, what do you do with a drunken Playmate?http://www.mahalo.com/Crystal_McCahill Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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I am NOT a big gamer. In fact, in my 25 years I think I have finished a total of 2 video games: the Castlevania game for the Nintendo 64 and Resident Evil 4 for the Game Cube...which I beat 4 times. Because I LOVED Resident Evil 4 I am eagerly anticipating the release of Resident Evil 5, which comes out today...March 13, 2009. Now, I'd be doing back-flips that this game that I've been waiting for

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http://tinyurl.com/acwuq4 Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via thesmokinggun.com Gospel singer BeBe Winans assaulted his ex-wife during an argument last month. Hmmm...that's certainly not very Christian! Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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A survey of Boston teens by the Boston Public Health Commission finds that half of the teens in Boston think Rihanna was responsible for the *alleged* beating she received from boyfriend Chris Brown on February 8, 2009. That's a scary amount of stupid, stupid teenagers in Boston. Read the complete article... http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/031209_Rihanna_was_responsible# Posted via email

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via time.com Rush Limbaugh is a cancer. Read the article. Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via michaelmoore.com This is a great article. I like Michael Moore...always have. Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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I'll give you a hint...it's Utah. Second on the list is Alaska. Anyone find it telling that the places with the highest porn consumption are some of the most conservative?http://consumerist.com/5165087/which-state-consumes-the-most-online-porn# Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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via youtube.com Legalizing both marijuana and gay marriage would stimulate the Californian economy and put it back on track. If marijuana and gay marriage were legal maybe all you nice Californians would be getting actual tax refunds instead of IOUs! Posted via web from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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I'm the least Sports savvy person I know, so I can't say that this is something I've really been following. However, the Mahalo Sports Team has done an awesome job with their coverage of this event. Check it out! http://www.mahalo.com/NHL_Trade_Deadline_Live_Coverage Posted via email from thespitfiredragon's posterous

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It's that time again, Oscar season is upon us. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to help the Mahalo Entertainment team with some amazing Oscar pages. Here they are in all their glory:Oscar Winners 2009 Oscar Live CoverageOscar Nominations 2009 Best Picture Oscar Winner 2009 Best Actor Oscar Winner 2009 Best Actress Oscar Winner 2009 Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winner 2009 Best Director

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I didn't either...until I saw a picture. Pollak is an actor, writer and comedian who has appeared in numerous film. You may recognize him from his roles in the movies "A Few Good Men" and "The Usual Suspects". For more info on this interesting actor, check out his Mahalo page:Kevin Pollak

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Good news all you Street Fighter fans! The new Street Fighter game, Street Fighter 4, is out tomorrow, February 17th. For more information check out some of Mahalo's awesome Street Fighter 4 coverage:Street Fighter 4 AbelStreet Fighter 4Street Fighter 4 AchievementsStreet Fighter 4 AkumaStreet Fighter 4 Alternate CostumesStreet Fighter 4 BalrogStreet Fighter 4 BlankaStreet Fighter 4 C ViperStreet

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Okay, as much as I DO NOT care about sports...this weekend is the supposedly amazing NBA All-Star Weekend and my Mahalo co-workers and I have been working like crazy to provide the very best coverage. I worked on the Dwight Howard Dunk Contest page and the J.R. Smith Dunk Contest page...which is probably the most exposure to sports I'll have all year. But for those of you who are rabid sports

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Mahalo has great coverage of the Continental Flight 3407 crash. Check it out!http://www.mahalo.com/Continental_Flight_3407http://www.mahalo.com/Buffalo_Plane_Crash http://www.mahalo.com/Beverly_Eckert

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Mahalo has some awesome "How To" articles to help you do just about anything! There are even articles to help you save money during this tough economic time. How about making your own syrup? Or applying for a grant or a loan? Mahalo has you covered!How to Make a Friendship Bracelet How to Get PregnantHow to Draw MangaHow to Become a PharmacistHow to Get a Free Credit ReportHow to Get Out of

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This Sunday is the Grammy Awards. By the sound of things this year's award show should be pretty interesting. Rapper M.I.A. is scheduled to perform...on her due date. Hmmmm....maybe the network is thinking that a spontaneous live celebrity birth will boost ratings.In other Grammy news.... Joe Satriani, the guy who is suing Coldplay for plagiarism, had planned to serve the band with subpoenas for

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Well, once again the Super Bowl is almost upon us! Being a complete and total non-Sports person I didn't even find out which teams were playing until today...two days before the Super Bowl. What I'm really excited about this year are the ads. With the economic situation the way it is, advertisers have had to get creative. In fact, MillerCoors is releasing a one-second ad...probably because a

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I found the most amazing article on the Mahalo liveblog! According to some new research sex is nature's greatest cure-all. This article from Nerds Do It Better takes 25 common ailments and explains how a night of steamy, hot sex will have you feeling better in no time! I highly recommend... Nature's Nasty Cure-All

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As I spent most of my evening glued to my television, watching the electoral votes coming rolling in for Senator, now President elect Obama, I have never been more proud of my country.Having supported the Gore/Liberman ticket in 2000, and voted for the Kerry/Edwards ticket in 2004, there were times when I wondered if American politics would ever go my way. Tonight I watched history be made. I

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After what seems like the world's longest campaign season Election Day 2008 is FINALLY here! Though I'm definitely not a morning person, you're lucky to catch me out of bed before 11 am, my husband Ty and I sprang out of bed promptly at 9 am. That alone is nothing short of a MIRACLE! We did our morning workout, showered, dressed and headed out to our polling place: the Montana ExpoPark.Voting was

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My mom and I were having a discussion about some of the things she's been hearing from her crazy Republican friends about the election. She forwarded a couple of their emails, on the issues of Abortion and Gay Marriage, to me, and it angered the blogger in me so much that I had no choice but to spew out the following:Abortion is a funny issue. If you're the type of person that vehemently

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Don't believe the lies...learn the truth behind the rumors on Obama's Fight the Smears website!Fight the Smears

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I just read the most fascinating article on the Boston Globe website. In light of all the rumors circulating about both candidates this election year, the Boston Globe's Jesse Singal wrote an article about new research into the science of rumors. Check it out, it's amazing!Boston Globe: How to Fight a Rumor

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and it's about time! Three down, forty-seven states to go...

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Mahalo, the awesome people-powered search engine that I work for as a Remote Guide, debuted a slick new look for the site today. Not only does it look amazing, but the snazzy new look of the site has attracted the attention of some pretty high-profile publications. See what they're saying:Washington Post: Mahalo Sets Out to Liveblog the WorldL.A. Times: Mahalo Debuts News FeedCNET: Mahalo Gets

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...in no particular order(Click on the links to be whisked away to relevant Mahalo pages...)1. Sarah Palin Library Book BanAs mayor of Wasillia, Alaska Sarah Palin pressured librarian Mary Ellen Baker to agree to remove books containing "objectionable material". When Baker refused to participate in censorship Palin tried to have Baker fired, but backed off due to public outcry. After being

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Chocked full of sci-fi memorabilia and spouting more trivia than any geek could sneeze at, the Sci-Fi Museum was a fun place to be. We saw weapons, costumes, miniatures, and props from many different sci-fi television shows and films. I was especially excited to see the actual captain's chair from the original Star Trek...it looks pretty shabby these days but was a thrill to see nonetheless.My

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The Frank O. Gehry-designed Experience Music Project museum is the first thing we saw when we approached the Seattle Center. I don't know quite how to describe the building as it looks ridiculous/amazing. Regardless it was definitely worth seeing.We got into the museum and picked up our Seattle City Passes from the ticket counter there. The EMP is cool with lots of music trivia and memorabilia on

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Around eleven o'clock on our third and last night in Seattle I realized that I had not yet been to the one other place that I'd been dying to go to in Seattle: Kell's Irish Restaurant and Pub. Having been to Ireland and loved it I'm a sucker for Irish pubs and this one in particular had received high marks from all of the guidebooks I read. I was promised authentic Irish pub food, a delightful

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Having packed the entire Woodland Park Zoo, a mis-directional adventure, and a sushi stop for Ty it was around three o'clock when we sat down to eat at the Pike Place Brewing Company. This was one of the Seattle restaurants that I was really excited about. I'd read great things in numerous guidebooks about their tasty on-site brews and down-to-earth American pub food. Since I hadn't eaten yet

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On our third and final day in Seattle we decided to skip breakfast and head straight for the zoo. After the zoo we go back on the bus to go downtown, but got off at the wrong stop. I got turned around and we walked about eight blocks or so in the totally wrong direction. This would have been a complete tragedy had Ty not spotted this cute little sushi restaurant.Ty is the sushi man in our group.

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After another busy day exploring Seattle and the Progressive Nation concert that lasted until almost midnight we were back at our hotel, famished again. This time we decided to order from another late night delivery Italian restaurant, Milano.I ordered one of their pasta dishes, Tortellini Cream. This was cheese-filled tortellini in a garlic cream sauce served with garlic bread and Italian Turkey

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Ivar's has been a Pier 54 tradition since it opened in 1938. Mentioned in just about every Seattle guidebook you just can't leave Seattle without stopping at Ivar's. Because I don't care for seafood I sat this one out. Ty, who had the Fried Haddock and Chip, and Matt, who had the Clam Chowder in a bread bowl, throughly enjoyed themselves. Though we had just enough time for them to stop and eat at

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Situated in Pike Place Market is the three-story local favorite Lowell's. For years Lowell's has been voted the Best Breakfast in Seattle by Citysearch's Best Of and the New York Times. We arrived just after they'd finished serving breakfast so we seated ourselves in the full-service bar and prepared for a delightful lunch with beautiful views of the waterfront.We were in a bar, so with a sly "

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On our second day in Seattle we decided to explore Pike Place Market. We'd planned to wait to eat until we found a sit-down restaurant in the market that struck our fancy, but the glorious scent wafting out of Le Panier found us and it was clear we would have to have something.Ty saw brioche and that was that. We walked out munching on a couple of deliciously rich and buttery rolls.Not only were

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In Great Falls, Montana you only have a handful of choices for food after midnight. We've got our standard Burger King and Hardee's, both open 24 hours, a couple of gross run-down diners, and a truck stop restaurant by the airport. We understand how pathetic our lack of choices in after-hours dining is, but being in Seattle, with all their late night food choices, was like rubbing salt into a

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After having visited the Experience Music Project, the Sci-Fi Museum and Hall of Fame, shopped at the Westlake Center and explored downtown on foot, we were both hungry and exhausted so we ducked into the Elephant and Castle Pub located on the lower level of the Red Lion Grand Hotel.This British-style pub and restaurant is dimly lit for a comfortable, homey feel, and we were seated next to a

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While I didn't actually eat here I definitely have to talk about this little restaurant in the Westlake Center Food Court. We visited the Westlake Center several times because we used the Monorail from Seattle Center to Westlake Center to get to the downtown area. Regrettably, every time we were there we had either just come from eating somewhere or we were on way to eat somewhere. But the

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Just having arrived in Seattle, after checking into our hotel, we headed off to explore Seattle Center. We wanted to grab a quick bite to eat before going to the Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum so we made the food court in the Center House our first stop. So many choices, and everything looked delicious!My husband, Ty, and brother, Matt, decided to eat at Steamer's Fish

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We ate at tons of tasty restaurants during our stay in Seattle. The number of delicious choices vs. occasions for meals was ridiculously lopsided, forcing us to make some tough decisions about where to eat and when. Fortunately, we chose wisely and enjoyed our meals everywhere we ate. I'm going to review the restaurants individually, in chronological order.

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Though amenities weren't a concern for our one-night stay in Spokane Valley, it was another story entirely for Seattle. For accommodations during the main part of our trip I had three key factors to consider: price, location, and amenities, in that order. I spent literally hours online searching for reasonably-priced lodging, near attractions that we were interested in, preferably with a pool

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The drive from Great Falls, Montana to Seattle, Washington is a long one; just over 645 miles. Since we were leaving on a Saturday after work we didn't want to have to drive the whole way in one shot. I consulted Mapquest to find a half-way stopping point and decided on Spokane, Washington, which only left four and a half hours to be driven the next morning. Since amenities and exact location

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My husband, Ty, called me at work one day to excitedly tell me that his favorite band Opeth was playing in Seattle, Washington, as part of the metal Progressive Nation tour. Living in conservative central Montana metal acts, especially death metal ones, don't come near us often. As I said before, Opeth is Ty's favorite band, and has been for years. The opportunity to see them live defined

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When planning a trip I like to do my homework, so a couple of months before we set out on our journey I went to the library and checked out all the Seattle guidebooks they had. Then I spent some serious time online gathering all the information that I could. The following are resources that I found especially useful.GuidebooksFrommer's Seattle 2007 by Karl SamsonFrommer's Seattle 2008 by Karl

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My husband, brother, and I recently went to Seattle to see Dream Theater's Progressive Nation tour. It was not only a glorious respite from the terrors of our customer service jobs, but it turns out that Seattle is just as awesome as all the guidebooks promised. Though I'm a fairly seasoned traveler, every city is a different experience, and I plan to outline for you the good, the bad, and the

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