This is an episode of PAWN STARS…In this episode, a historical guitar owned by Mary Ford, Les Paul’s wife was brought in.

Watch and see  who gets the winning hand (and the better poker face?) below:

I googled American Politics for Dummies… and got this little gem.

DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You push for higher taxes so the government can provide cows for everyone.

REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So?

SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.

COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it. It is expensive and sour.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one. You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.

FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.

JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains. Most are at the top of their class at cow school.

ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows but you don’t know where they are. You break for lunch. Life is good.

RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You drink some vodka. You count them and learn you have five cows. You drink some more vodka. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.

IRAQI CORPORATION: You have two cows. They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.

POLISH CORPORATION: You have two bulls. Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.

CALIFORNIA CORPORATION: You have millions of cows. They make real California cheese. Only five speak English. Most are illegal. Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.

taken from : http://tipnpick.com/jokes/cm-politics_american-politics-for-dummies_183

Who buys white boots anyway? They dirty easily, they are hard to pull off unless you’re beautiful and model like and have a rockstar attitude and have lots of frilly white or pastel dresses to go with it. Or if the white nubuck leather just really matches your skin tone.

Apparently I am the idiot who bought white boots on a whim. Wore it once in the summer with a dress…  and found it was too hot.

But these are one of the most comfy boots I’ve ever purchased. It was not super cheap but cheap enough to buy on a whim. Hence, the decision for the makeover.

THE DIY PART

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

- pair of white or light colored boots

- dark dye (got mine from ebay, its a canadian brand that has an office in NY)

- sponge brush

- lots of confidence in yourself

STEPS:

1. Do your research. What dye, what process? Zelikovitz Leather and Crafts has an extensive array of leather dye and so far, they sell the most affordable sets.

2. Decide on a color and purchase your dye online. Got mine from Ebay, and it arrived a week or so after ordering.

3. Make time to paint, daytime if possible. Decide on outdoors. we have a tiny closed in apartment but i had a small balcony.

4. Cover your area where you will paint with newspaper or towels. Prepare a place holder for the brush.

5. shake the bottle, mix if the color is stuck at the bottom. * (I actually made a mistake with this because I got so excited to paint, i did the first coat at 7pm after work on a Thursday. The color barely showing as a murky green tinge. It  was pretty much the excess water that gathered on top of the bottle that i used to paint)

6. Paint all areas, like you would any craft. A second coat will solidify the color. Give enough drying time in between coats for a better hold.

So far so good. Gonna do the top and inner parts another time. For now, I’ll let it dry out.

Stay tuned!

1. the host is cute but forgettable. he has no personality whatsoever. where is seacrest? lol
2. simon is still a douche… i might love him less now (bec he is no longer spot on – he disappointed me massively when he chose the two talentless black girls over melanie amaro and the girl with the one-million tattoos.)
3. i like nicole. i think she’s very pretty
4. connie francis has the money notes. too bad half the time her timing lags and goes out of tune
5. there were a bunch of really good and interesting musicians
6. the pacing of the show was just right, kept it very pro
7. i also have a love-hate relationship with LA reid. i applauded him for calling out simon for his talentless black girl picks, but sometimes he just namedrops too damn much. and his nose is in a perennial flare.
8. melanie amaro def deserved the win. the top 3 during this comp was right. i think this show , having so many age groups, got the teens bored that real people voted in. now, people arent voting for cuteness, they are voting talent.
9. i really like josh’s voice, but not to watch (he doesnt even dance!)
10. chris rene is probably gonna be an inspiration… to all rehab junkies out there. seriously, he’s ok but not THAT great. lots of the contestants were like that. They have their money moments, but not on point during the other moments within the song. Only Melanie was spot on, so she really deserved the win.

Glad/Disappointed they didnt show DROP MY PANTS dude. the disgusting one in silver.

Oh and leona lewis… i was rolling my eyes at her whole performance… her shaky voice schtick was NOT GOOD — i cannot count how many other artists are so much better than her and all her vocal affectations are stolen from other artists. (okay, so she was  successful with the very last run, so okay, fine. and she did look good with her green contacts. merry christmas byotch!)

Here’s to AI season 11! lol

top 10 things about sabang, palawan

10. we stayed at daluyon resort which is beautiful
9. super great locals
8. beach front room baby
7. im up at 6am everyday, no time wasted! must be the air (my cough is getting better too)
6. got a massage, better than manila
5. isolated beach with occasional dangerous marine life scare
4. food goooood, pinoy gourmet fusion
3. solar powered/ generator resort (ZCR)
2. underground river, new wonder of the world
1. longest zipline in the phils, woohoo