What do Cher, Congress, Pigskins & Little Piggies have in common? Zoos - That’s what! Let’s start with Cher and her campaign to ‘Free Billy’. Billy being the Los Angeles Zoo’s last remaining pachyderm, who’s about to get a nice cushy $42 million pad.
But Cher and her Hollywood actor friends - Lily Tomlin and Tippi […]

Posted on January 31st, 2009 by Thomas
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Would you like to know what happens in the dark corners and nooks of zoos and aquariums everywhere? Would you like to ’study’ wild animal sex? 
Seriously, if you want to know more about new animals, new positions, new kinky information, ins & out, ups & downs of animal sex, then you’re cordially invited to celebrate a […]

Posted on January 30th, 2009 by Thomas
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Here’s the thing - The States are in trouble. Big trouble. Tax revenues have plummetted, businesses are going bankrupt, jobs are being lost. Its a vicious cycle - People don’t have jobs, so they don’t pay taxes, but they need unemployment benefits.
To prevent things form getting totally out of hand, the states are all looking at […]

Posted on January 29th, 2009 by Thomas
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Move over Riot House. Move over Hard Rock hotels. Move over Cleveland and San Diego. Heavy metal band Iron Maiden is opening Sanctum Soho, a hotel in London for traveling bands and musicians, in partnership with nightclub Mark Fuller. The £6.5m Sanctum Soho is a 30 room boutique hotel, and opens its doors on 21st March 2009.
But the Sanctum Soho […]

Posted on January 28th, 2009 by Thomas
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Christopher Rodrigues, head honcho of Visit Britain, says that British hotel staff are grumpy and surly, and offer shoddy service to tourists, which he says could cost up to 50,000 jobs in hotels and restaurants because foreign visitors to Britain are put off by poor service and high prices.
In an interview to the Independent (H/T Guardian), Rodrigues […]

Posted on January 27th, 2009 by Thomas
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Looking for a nice winter vacation? If you’re an environmentally aware traveler, there’s plenty of green hotels in Colorado, South Lake Tahoe, Reno and in the vicinity of most other winter ski areas. You can drive a prius and eat organic food. All well and good. But what about that snowshoe you’re using? Yes, I’m afraid […]

Posted on January 26th, 2009 by Thomas
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If you think it was cool that  a whole lot of people were smooching and stealing love on Times Square when the clock turned to 2009, then take a look at this - Mexico City is aiming for the biggest mass kiss in the world.
They’re aiming to break the guiness record for the most number of people […]

Posted on January 25th, 2009 by Thomas
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I know you’re suffering from an overdose of Obama news capsules, but believe you me - You really don’t want to miss this. Somaliland Press has an article about the world’s first Obama hotel. As in a hotel named Obama in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa.
The chairman of Obama Hotel, Dr Abdirahman Ahmed Shunuf, was educated in […]

Posted on January 24th, 2009 by Thomas
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Couple of days back, I wrote about Britney Spears’ autobiography and how she’s turning over a new leaf. But then… Oops! She did it Again. Brit-Brit shifts base from the Montage to the Peninsula hotel, and lands up in the middle of a tipping scandal.
Sometimes I feel sorry for her. I mean, everyone is just waiting for […]

Posted on January 23rd, 2009 by Thomas
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This is a ‘Believe it or Not’ post. First, there’s news going around the pueblo that Britney Spears is writing an autobiography. And she’s getting paid 10 million pounds for the publishing deal.
Apparently, the books (that’s plural, as in 3 to 5 books) will be written based on content from diaries she’s kept over the years. And […]

Posted on January 21st, 2009 by Thomas
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