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Holiday gift lists shrink, but who makes the cut?

Gift givers are getting ready to cut.

Is Your Name on the Voting List?

Welcome to the first presidential election in which nearly every state must have a list of every registered voter. Here's the catch: if your name isn't on it, you may have trouble casting a ballot in this historic race for the White House.

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The 12 Days of Christmas...Movies

The beauty of film is that it affects each and every one of us in many different ways. During the holidays, it's no different.

The 25 Best American Breweries of the Decade (2000-2009)
Source: pastemagazine.com

Paste continues its "Best of the Decade" series with something they know nothing about: beer. Cheers!

10 'Facts' from Encyclopaedia Britannica 1768 - the first English encyclopedia contained almost as much fiction as truth
Source: Telegraph

Encyclopaedia Britannica have begun a search for the oldest edition still in private hands.

The Top 10 Things We're Glad the Recession Killed
Source: spike.com

With the near constant barrage of unemployment statistics, budget deficits, and bankruptcy announcements, it's easy to get swept up in all the doomsday rhetoric surrounding the recession. But not all the effects of the economic downtown are bad.

Top 10 Fascinating Facts About The Romans - Listverse
Source: listverse.com

In the past we gave you a list of ten myths about the Romans. Today, to complement that list we are giving you ten facts. Roman society existed in one of the most fascinating periods of history.

Top 10 Modern Human Addictions - Listverse
Source: listverse.com

Many people consider that an addiction must be physiological, but it has become very common these days to see the term used for anything which becomes obsessive.

Poll: Since Obama has an enemy list. Who in your opinion is Amerca's greatest domestic enemy.

Obama has his list. Now is your chance to voice your opinion. Who is America's greatest domestic enemy?

10 Extremely Weird Religions - Listverse
Source: listverse.com

We have previously published a variety of lists on strange religious practices, religions you never knew existed, and weird cults, but not a list of bizarre religions.

11 Bands Named After Places
Source: HowStuffWorks

"With all the pressure that comes with starting a band, who has time to labor over a name? The following 11 musical groups decided to keep things simple and named their bands after places."

25 Things We Miss In Football
Source: CNN

This article recounts 25 things that the author misses about football. I'm too young to remember very many of them, but the list was rather interesting. It includes, to name a few: Single-Bar Facemasks Quarterbacks calling their own plays Drop Kicks The Wishbone

The Ten Commandments Of The Republican Party
Source: Talking Points Memo

The phrase "Ten Commandments" is generally used to refer to similar passages in Exodus 20:2-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21. Some scholars distinguish between this "Ethical Decalogue" and a different series of ten commandments in Exodus 34:11-27 that they call the "Ritual Decalogue".

Ten unexpected places where obsolete technology lives on
Source: Times Online

Rat-a-tat-tat... ping! Can you believe it? At the New York Police department, forms are still being filled out on typewriters. This cutting-edge city – arguably the world's most cutting-edge city - spent $432,900 on maintenance for these old-school machines last year.

10 Fascinating Reattachment Surgeries - Listverse
Source: listverse.com

In the last several years thanks to the advancement of medical equipment and improved microsurgery techniques the success rate for limb reattachment surgeries has improved dramatically compared to when it was fist performed successfully almost 50years ago.

Top 10 Most Popular Lists Ever
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The best e-mail lists in politics - Kenneth P. Vogel - POLITICO.com
Source: Politico

To them, Clinton's vaunted list—estimated to include as many as 2.5 million email addresses— is a virtual license to print money for Democratic pols and causes.

10 Cases of Liberal Hypocrisy - Listverse
Source: listverse.com

Conservative senators taking bribes, televangelists with three mistresses in tow are scandal mainstays. They are rightly pilloried, and I encourage the practice.

Cricinfo - Has anyone born after 1990 played Test cricket?
Source: Cricinfo

When 17-year old Ahmed Shehzad was selected in Pakistan's Test squad for the home series against Sri Lanka in February, we checked out his profile and noticed he was born on November 23, 1991.

20 Things You Didn't Know About ... Death
Source: MSN

Death - a few things you might not know Just some trivial facts about a subject that tends to scare people to death LOL

Just because you're broke doesn't mean that you should stop going out on dates. Here's a list of creative date ideas that don't cost a lot of money.
Source: cakeround.blogspot.com

Whether you're in a relationship that needs some romantic rekindling or you're a single person looking for a swinging good time, these 30 creative date ideas should bring a low-cost spark back into your world.

30 Simple Tricks that Make You Look Smart - Neatorama
Source: Neatorama

Look like a genius using these secrets for navigating everyday life

The Most Ridiculous Domains, I've Ever Seen (#3. www.penisland.net is for the Pen Island website)
Source: cakeround.blogspot.com

The domain name you choose for your site is uber-important. Pick a really good domain name and folks will remember you for it. Pick a really bad one and folks will remember you for it too, but for all the wrong reasons.

10 Misconceptions About Common Sayings - The List Universe
Source: listverse.com

It is no secret that I love language and all things related it to. Also, being a bit of a pedant, I love to share titbits of information about words, phrases, and language in general.

Top 10 Bizarre Cases of Mass Hysteria - The List Universe
Source: listverse.com

Mass hysteria is the common term used to describe a situation in which various people all suffer from similar hysterical symptoms - either from a phantom illness or an inexplicable event.

An Attempt at a Comprehensive List of Films about Buddhism
Source: Elephant Journal

And just so we're clear: What follows is a list is of all the significant narrative films and documentaries I can find that are specifically about Buddhism.

Do you usually make lists to manage your day? (QD2- Poll)

I used to make lists religiously every day for everything I wanted to do and would try to attempt as many as possible. Of course, because I couldn't possibly do more than three or four tasks by the end of the day, I would feel even more inadequate or overwhelmed.

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