100 Places To See In Your Lifetime#83-Isle Of Wight,England♥-"Lying off the southern coast of England, in a turbulent part of the English Channel known as the Solent, this diamond-shaped island has long been a popular vacation destination. The landscape is unusually diverse-its nickname, England in Miniature-with soft cliffs and fetching coastlines accentuated by the Needles, three chalk pinnacles in the west that rise to 100 feet."

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#82-Tuscany, Italia♥,-"It is fitting that this sublime region of central Italy♥ played such an important part in the Renaissance♥, for it is nothing short of a masterpiece, with it snow-peaked mountains across its rolling hills and tilled fields, its unforgettable cypress trees, and finally, its romantic coastal towns on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Art, wine, food, castles, all of them nonpareil." What can I say??? This was my dream country, I ended up living here for 3 whole wonderful years, and it is still my dream country...I want to live here forever someday to be around this forever and ever and ever....I love it sooo much there, and it aches and hurts like crazy to see pictures that I should be in.....I miss the Italian countryside compared to always being here in busy city life here in Okinawa, and I never get to see places like these....I really hope the next place after this one, after next year is another dream come true and not one they just put us in to get us out of the way or something....Just a few more days until my trip I'm dying of course cause I can't wait.... 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-1. Worst Beverage in America Cold Stone PB&C (Gotta Have It size, 24 fl oz) 2,010 calories 131 g fat (68 g saturated) 153 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 30 Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies In terms of saturated fat, drinking this Cold Stone catastrophe is like slurping up 68 strips of bacon. Health experts recommend capping your saturated fat intake at about 20 grams per day, yet this beverage packs more than three times that into a cup the size of a Chipotle burrito. But here’s what’s worse: No regular shake at Cold Stone, no matter what the size, has fewer than 1,000 calories. If you must drink your ice cream, make it one of the creamery’s “Sinless” options. Otherwise you’d better plan on buying some bigger pants on the way home.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#81-Buenos Aires,Argentina♥-"This capital city reaches from the Rio de la Plata to the pampas, Argentina's extensive, fertile plains. Buenos Aires is rather unique for South America in that it is dominated not by the typical Spanish colonial feel but rather a strong European heritage and an architecture informed by high rises as much as older. ornate palatial mansions-in short, a very winning melange of cultures." Love this place it reminds me a bit of Sydney being in the center of the city, and also on top of the trainstation...I'd have noooo problem going there for about a week and a half cause I'd love it too much just like every other place....So I'm taking a guess that flu season is just around the corner, or it's already here, since they are pushing the flu shots on everyone here... I can't stand those things, but they make us take them anyways, esp. if we are working here and around other people...etc...etc...we all know the drill....I go and take that thing today...it wasn't even half an hour later, and I was dead sick and it involved everyone around me at the time, and I wanted to die I had never been so embarrassed.....I couldn't believe I got that sick over a ridiculous flu shot...then I remembered they combined the thing with another one, so it wasn't just one shot but TWO...I get sick over everything, and that was no different....I'm home for 2 days now trying to get over this sick feeling from that thing....It used to make me even sicker than this... like it gave you the flu first then it was supposed to protect you, which I still don't understand at all.....I just got over a disgusting sick feeling with that mold...I didn't expect this to come around just getting a shot....I'm glad I only have 2 more months left here, but this month just seems to refuse to end...... 20 Worst Drinks in America 20102. Worst Smoothie Smoothie King Peanut Power Plus Grape (large, 40 fl oz) 1,498 calories 44 g fat (8 g saturated) 214 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 20 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups If Smoothie King wants someone to blame for landing this high on our worst beverages roundup (and truth be told, its entire menu is riddled with contenders), the chain should point the smoothie straw at whichever executive came up with the cup-sizing structure. Sending someone out the door with a 40-ounce cup should be a criminal offense. Who really needs a third of a gallon of sweetened peanut butter blended with grape juice, milk, and bananas? Sugar-and-fat-loaded smoothies like this should be served from 12-ounce cups, not mini kegs.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime#80-Dubrovnik,Croatia-"The Pearl of the Adriaticis in Croatia, in the area known as Dalmatia. Despite being hit by earthquakes, fire, war and tidal waves, Dubrovnik is an exemplar of medieval urban planning. Sited on a promotory overlooking the sea, the city lies within fortifying walls, and is a paradigm of narrow, twisting, endlessly attractive streets holding gardened villas, monasteries and palaces.♥" Hmmm I would take a palace anyday, but of course we don't have those in the states, and I don't see them shipping me one piece by piece..... I love this place, Its really gorgeous, and the beaches look actually normal with sand and are actually CLEAN......NO NOT ALL BEACHES ARE LIKE THAT...I got laughed at before by some hot heads here when I noticed that about another place I went and compared to the junk places here in Okinawa...The beaches here DO NOT have sand..they are filled with very sharp and pointed rocks with jelly fish all over the place, trash caught in along the rocks, and it's just miserable..I hardly ever go there cause I can't stand looking at any of that...They are junky looking and just plain depressing....THEY DON'T HAVE SAND I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SHOW IN THE PICTURES OR THE TOURISTS BOOKS!!!! The only beach that I went to that had nice clean sand was at the Renaissance Resort/Hotel and there were people out there keeping up the beach 24 hours a day...even in the middle of the night, there were people out there combing the beach I guess they call it, picking up the smallest of smallest pieces of trash that they could find, and the only ones that could go to that beach were the ones that were staying there....I loved that beach that was the best beach I have seen over here, but any of the others are totally junky and nasty....The ones in Croatia actually look beautiful and worth going to....I'm not much of a beach person cause I sunburn so easily which makes me mad, cause beaches can be gorgeous if you go to the right ones...I'd love to go here one day, it looks awfully crowded though, just like any other place that has beaches.....I just have one question....If I clean my house every other day here, get nearly every single cleaning product on the shelves in the stores, keep everything spick and span and don't put up with mess or trash or junk laying around etc..etc...etc....then can somebody please tell me...WHERE ARE ALL THESE LITTLE BUGS AND FUZZY LITTLE WORMS COMING FROM?!?!?!?!?!? I HATE THOSE THINGS AND THEY WON'T GO AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love Love LOVE these awesome songs from Glee it was too sweet tonight....can't wait to watch it again tomorrow night...wish that I could bring it to Tokyo with me, but I definately know better than that!!! good night everyone!!! 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-#3.Worst Drive-Thru Shake McDonald’s Triple Thick Chocolate Shake (large, 32 fl oz) 1,160 calories 27 g fat (16 g saturated, 2 g trans) 168 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 13 McDonald’s Baked Hot Apple Pies There are very few milk shakes in America worthy of your hard-earned calories, but few will punish you as thoroughly as this Mickey D’s drive-thru disaster. Not only does it have more than half your day’s caloric and saturated fat allotment and more sugar than you’d find in Willy Wonka’s candy lab, but Ronald even finds a way to sneak in a full day of cholesterol-spiking trans fat. The scariest part about this drink is that it’s most likely America’s most popular milk shake.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#79-Jigokudani National Park, Japan-"Found in a national park in central Japan, Jigokudani translates as "Hell's Valley," perhaps an odd name for includion in this volume, but an eden for those who enjoy fantastic winter landscapes and animal events that border on the dreamlike. IN the cold months, hundreds of Japanese macaques come down from the frigid forest to luxuriate in hot springs bubbling to the surface. The monkeys are quite accustomed to the sight of humans happily watching them being happy." WOW I have never heard of this either, but I can imagine it has a smell to it that you would remember for a lifetime...esp. me being so fussy about everything when it comes to stuff having a smell to it....I would just like to see the cute little baby ones since the adult ones are pretty mean and nasty flinging stuff at people like they do here at the zoo in Okinawa...Not talking about pieces of trash either!!!! I'll leave that to everyone's imagination!!!!


20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-4. Worst Frozen Fruit Drink
Krispy Kreme Lemon Sherbet Chiller (20 fl oz)
980 calories
40 g fat (36 g saturated)
115 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 16 medium-size chocolate eclairs
Imagine taking a regular can of soda, pouring in 18 extra teaspoons of sugar, and then swirling in half a cup of heavy cream. Nutritionally speaking, that’s exactly what this is, which is how it manages to marry nearly 2 days’ worth of saturated fat with enough sugar to leave you with a serious sucrose hangover. Do your heart a favor and avoid any of Krispy Kreme’s “Kremey” beverages. The basic Chillers aren’t the safest of sippables either, but they’ll save you up to 880 calories.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#78-The Maldives-"The flattest nation in the world, the 1,190 islands that are the Maldives rise no more than six feet above sea level. The tsunami of 2004 was able to deliver a fierce blow to this cluster of Indian Ocean gems, but they have recovered very well. These once little known pieces of paradise are increasingly accesible to visitors eagar to sample their vivid lagoons and reefs." Oh WOW, I have never heard of this place ever, but LOVE IT!!!!


20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-5. Worst Float
Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Soda (vanilla ice cream and cola) (large, 28.6 fl oz)
960 calories
40 g fat (25 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
136 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 9.7 Fudgsicle fudge bars

Done right, an ice cream float can be a decent route to indulgence. Go to A&W and you’ll land a medium for fewer than 400 calories. Order it with diet soda and you’ve dropped below 200 calories. So why can’t Baskin-Robbins make even a small float with fewer than 470 calories? Because apparently the chain approaches the art of beverage-crafting as a challenge to squeeze in as much fat and sugar as possible. Whatever you order, plan on splitting it with a friend.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#77-Sydney Harbour,Australia- "Yes, it is justly renowned for its unmistakable Opera House and important single-span arch bridge, but Sydney Harbour has much else to recommend it. Sailing in its aqua waters is a delight for residents and tourists alike, while S.H. National Park affords memorable views of islands. cliffs and beaches." I HAVE BEEN HERE!!! AND I LOVED IT!!! EVERY SINGLE MINUTE AND MOMENT OF IT!!!!! I don't regret going there to my gorgeous Sydney, Australia at all....I miss it greatly, and it aches to see these pics now of Sydney Harbour, and look again at Darling Harbour how everything just stays so beautiful and perfect and no one ever messes anything up....I absolutely LOVE this outstanding city....I couldn't get enought of this place, I feel so fortunate that I got to go here at least while I was here, even if it was for a short time....You have to experience it for yourself to really get the true feeling of it and how it is there in Sydney Harbour and along the waterfront...I went there every single day that I was there I loved it so much.. I couldn't stay away....I still would be going there if that were possible, and I could go and just sit in parks the whole day long....Ohhhh how I miss those times!!!!!!!!!!! Oh and WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT!?!? THEY FOUND MY PACKAGE HERE...My package that was missing for over 2 weeks almost going to be 3 weeks as of tomorrow, they sent an email today saying they found it, or it had ahem "turned up" and to come and get it, or they were threatening to send it back where it came from when they were the ones who lost it to begin with..I'm having anything and everything else sent home in the states for the rest of the time I am here, and when I get there, everything will just be waiting on me...There is NO WAY I am putting up with this stupid post office losing my things anymore then playing all innocent about it....It was just one of my many movies that I am forced to order here, cause they don't have anything where I'm at...but still I don't like them playing games with me like that....That has happened toooo many times here to me, and I don't know why they can't stop doing that...That would frustrate anyone I'm sure, and it's just plain rude to do that to people who aren't even from this country and they think it's funny to play jokes on me like that.. So no more I'm done with having stuff sent here.. I'll just have a whole roomful of packages to open for Christmas I guess whenever I get there...Suits me just fine, but I've totally had it with these people...I thought it ended with my laptop, then it was several other things I still have no idea what they were, and now it's turned into loosing my packages 2 almost 3 weeks at a time...WOW this place sure takes it for being the worst I've even dealt with....have a good weekend everyone...I watched this movie tonight since it came with one of my others 80's movies I ordered as a double-feature movie, and I loved it...ohh wow, does anyone remember this song?!?! I was very very young....I remember it very clearly, but it was so long ago...brings back such great memories..I'm not even sure if skating rinks are even around anymore... 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-6. Worst Margarita Traditional Red Lobster Lobsterita (24 fl oz) 890 calories 0 g fat 183 g carbohydrates Carbohydrate Equivalent: 7 Almond Joy candy bars Of all the egregious beverages we’ve analyzed, the Lobsterita surprised us the most. The nation’s biggest fish purveyor is one of the few big players in the restaurant biz to provide its customers with a wide selection of truly healthy food options. We would hope they’d do the same with the beverages, but obviously not. Drink one of these every Friday night and you’ll put on more than a pound of flab each month. Downgrade to a regular margarita on the rocks and pocket the remaining 640 calories

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#76-Tasmania,Australia-"A triangular island lying off the southeast coast of Australia, Tasmania has a large, wondrous eucalyptus forest that counts among its denizens such colorful birds as parrots, honeyeaters and cockatoos. The isle's distinctive mammels include the tiger cat, wombat, playpus, and the Tasmanian devil. Culture also plays an important role here, not least the very fine symphony orchestra." OH WOW check out my new page!!! is this gorgeous or what!!! =) this is my first time seeing it and i couldn't catch my breath for a minute!! what a fabulous surprise to come home to after all day long!!!! I only have next week here, and then leave for Tokyo the next week sometime in the middle of the week..I can't waitttt....I HOPE that it turns out well, and the weather cooperates..I"m soooo excited about going to Tokyo Disneyland, and whatever else they have there...We all tried to go last year, and the whole trip got knocked out by the fake typhoon....It was just wind and rain, but absolutely nothing happened, but still they called off the entire thing, and I was furious for about 2 months and wasn't able to go anywhere, or do anything, then I just packed up and went to Australia this year, and I'm glad that at least worked out....When I was actually in Australia, we didn't go to Tasmania, I had no idea that was its own island, now that I look at where it is....We stayed right there in Sydney the whole time, and I learned my way around the very first day and LOVED IT...It was like I had been there a thousand times before, but it was easy cause everything just stays the same...It's pretty simple to go by landmarks to learn your way around, and that's what I did, so it wasn't any problem...I'd take a chance on going here though....It looks so beautiful.....I leave Japan in 2 months...I can hardly sleep at night sometimes now....I just have Halloween and Thanksgiving left, and we'll be home before Christmas this year...I've spent the last 7 Christmases overseas and alone, around people I don't even know and who are mad all the time, or that's how they sure seem to be...I"m sooooo excited to finallyyyyyy be getting away from them.....I don't even care if I get anything this year, I'll just be soo happy to be back around my friends and everything familiar again for a whole year......=) Everyone back home is missing all the fun we used to have since they haven't been able to hang out with me...I can't wait to pick up on that again and make all new friends all over again, but won't have to worry about some language barrier, or problems understanding the English pronounciation......Japan is one of the most difficult, and they get mad at YOU if you don't understand THEM.... I'll do Tokyo, big city life of course, and that's it for me over here in Japan...no more of this mess....it's not for me, and I don't want to keep hearing people go on to me about how I should at least try and like sushi when I don't like anything to start with...I met someone today who doesn't like mustard....Mustard is one of the few things that I do actually like...honey mustard is better to me, cause I like the sweet...but it just seemed kind of funny to me...I said I totally understood, cause I didn't like anything hardly and we had a good laugh....I'm too ready for the weekend...I got sucked into having to go to some breakfast tomorrow when I don't even have breakfast hardly...not the kind of junk they do here....it's all this truck-driver sized meals and I have no idea who can eat like that....I really dread having to go to those things, and am much more happier whenever they are finally over...I went to a dinner here the other night with my group here to the club...we had an awesome time...they are all so much fun to hang out with, and we all get along incredible....Let me see if I can pull up the picture that was taken.....=) uuuuggghhh neverrrrrrrrr mind!!!! I can't stand how I look in that thing, and I know if I put it on here, it will drive me crazy, and keep me awake all night, until I get up and delete the thing completely off of here!!!! Next month I will try again to take a better picture since we're going for PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!


20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-7. Worst Frozen Coffee Drink
Dairy Queen Caramel MooLatte (24 fl oz)
870 calories
24 g fat (19 g saturated, 1 g trans)
112 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 12 Dunkin’ Donuts Bavarian Kreme Doughnuts

Coffee-dessert hybrids are among the worst breed of beverages. This one delivers 1 gram of fat and 4.6 grams of sugar in every ounce, making even Starbucks’ over-the-top line of Frappuccinos look like decent options. Maybe that’s why DQ decided to give it a name that alludes to the animal it promises to turn you into. If you can bring yourself to skip DQ and head to a coffee shop instead, order a large iced latte with a couple shots of flavored syrup and save some 600 calories. But if you’re stuck where you are, you’re better off pairing a small treat with a regular cup of joe.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#75-Potala Palace,Tibet-"Set on a hill overlooking Tibet's Lhasa valley, Potala Palace has been the winter palace of the Dalai Lama for centuries. Divided into the White Palace(sacred), and the Red Palace(sacred), the complex includes more than a thousand rooms with exceptional murals, carved columns, and statues and decorations ablaze with gold, silver, and pearls and other gems."

20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-8. Worst Frozen Mocha
Così Double Oh! Arctic Mocha (gigante, 23 fl oz)
662 calories
26 g fat (15 g saturated)
88 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 19 Oreo Cookies

The good news here is that this drink used to be twice as bad - and used to contain as much sugar as in 41 Oreo Cookies (pictured). The bad news is that even though it's halved the calories, it's still a piece of work. A frozen mocha will never be a stellar option, but we’ve still never come across anything that competes with this cookie-coffee-milkshake hybrid from Così. Essentially it’s a mocha Blizzard made with Oreo cookies and topped with whipped cream and an oversize Oreo. The result is a beverage with more calories than two Big Macs and more sugar than any other drink in America

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#74-Guadalajara,Mexico♥-"Known as both The Pearl of the West and The City of Roses, Guadalajara, in west-central Mexico, has all the amenities one would expect from a city of six-million, yet it remains the intimacy of traditions that have survived for centuries. The many plazas have their own character, and the streets, filled with cathedrals, mansions and theatres, are lined with trees and plants. As a tangy fillip, the city is famed for its mariachi bands and tequila." I would love this place because I would be surrounded my Mexican food and not have to worry about having to look for it like I do here every week, which is still a struggle...Japanese don't know anything about Mexican anything so of course it's not going to be big here...I'd love this place no doubt cause it's so old, and I have no problem getting along with others from other countries at all...I was out with a huge group of friends all evening, so my night

is pretty much gone now...I only came home long enough to change clothes, feed my cats, grab a Dr. Pepper, then I was gone again out....I had a complete blast and loved every minute of it, and I love having something like going to dinner in the middle of the week to kind of take the stress out of things.....I came home, and just found out moments ago when I'll be leaving this place for good...I couldn't speak for awhile, now I'm just thrilled to pieces, and don't feel so hostile anylonger since I know my time is soon to be coming to an end....It's just taking forever and driving me out of my mind while waiting....I'm too happy..I hope everything flies by now, cause I've had it with being here, there's no point to me being here anymore...I miss all my friends back home, ones I went to school with, ones I've known since I was growing up, ones I met here we will always keep in touch♥, I have no problems making friends, it's just trying my hardest to keep up with everyone....=) hope u all are having a great week, mine is turning out fabulous....=)love this song as well...love that pic it's too beyond funny...I have no idea who would go around spelling like that wow...and to think who is actually living next to those people in real life...LOVE IT....can't wait to get back to this kind of humor back home where people are actually FUNNY and don't go around MAD all the time like here..everyone is so dead serious here and miserable they act like they only have seconds to live until they completely kill over dead or something....I was thinking, and since I'll be there with my friends I haven't seen in forever...I want to go and get best friend pictures made all together at the mall...hope we can work out some kind of a schedule where that can work out cause I"m still going to be jet-lagged on Japan's time difference for about 2-3 months with as long as I"ve lived over here....I can't wait to see everyone again.. I'm so excited I haven't been able to stop freaking out for the past 4 hours now...hope that doesn't turn into all night....muuuahhh good night all....miss u alwayzzzzzzzzzzzz 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-9. Worst Hot Chocolate Starbucks White Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz) 520 calories 16 g fat (11 g saturated) 75 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 9 Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats See that stack of Rice Krispie Treats? It’s just three treats shy of two full boxes. Unless you were a contestant on Fear Factor—and there was a sizeable monetary prize on the line—you’d never even consider noshing down that much sugar at once. But here’s what’s interesting: While that stack is the sugar counterpart to this atrocity from Starbucks, it still has 40 percent less saturated fat. Makes us wonder what’s going on in the hot chocolate. Stick to beverages with single-flavor profiles instead of pile-on recipes like this and you’ll fare better every time.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#73-Bermuda-"If your idea of heaven is nude beaches by day and nonstop discos by night, steer clear of Bermuda. However, if trim gardens, pastel cottages, welcoming shops and oodles of pink sand beaches leading to Gulf Stream waters sound good, then this is just the ticket. About 650 miles off North Carolina, Bermuda is actually scores of islands and islets, the largest connected by causeways and bridges. The rest you'll have to reach by boat." Yes, this is gorgeous, but I've been on an island so long, that they all look the same to me..They don't excite me, and really don't have much to offer...beaches, and more beaches and just circle around, and you are right back where you first got off the plane when you got there to begin with...I just can't get excited about places like this yet until I've been off an island for a few years...I guess I feel like the ones who live or have lived in Florida...they either love it, or are sick to death of it there...hard to explain really..I guess it's just a "Love/Hate" relationship....I started watching my first disc of "glee" tonight, and the "Pilot" episode was completely AWESOME... I loved it, and am hooked...I'm not sorry that I bought it...I wasn't sure how I would like it since I had never really seen it, just looked up things on here because of the music and things like that...now I have the whole first season, and can't wait to come home everyday and get everything else taken care of so I can continue watching a program a night....=) I don't have to worry about when they will come on here, or what time, or if I will be missing any in-between....It's totally impossible to try to keep up with anything over here, it may come on in the middle of the night or something...I caught some of the MTV Awards yesterday sometime..I thought those had been over weeks ago...It didn't make very much sense to me whenever I saw it mostly because we are so behind....Now I finally have another show to watch since they got rid of making my "FRIENDS" episodes...I've got every single one of those too...all 10 seasons...I really missed having a tv show to come home to and watch, or just one to look forward to every week to enjoy it...I'm sure anyone else knows the feeling who keeps up with watching anything.....They are awesome though, and I had no idea they were on Oprah before either....I'm not even sure when that comes on here....I just can't help thinking how whenever this month ends, I could just be weeks away from leaving here...The answers are so slow on coming though I want to scream it's so frustrating.....good night everyone hope you have an incredible week...=) http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/how-to-buy-lost-luggage-bargains/1 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-10. Worst Lemonade Auntie Anne’s Wild Cherry Lemonade Mixer (32 fl oz) 470 calories 0 g fat 110 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 11 bowls of Cookie Crisp cereal There is no such thing as healthy lemonade, but Auntie’s line of Lemonade Mixers takes the concept of hyper-sweetened juice and stretches it to dangerous new levels. See, sugar digests faster than good-for-you nutrients like protein and fiber, which means it’s in your blood almost immediately after you swallow it. Drinking the 3 or 4 days’ worth of added sugar found here jacks your blood sugar and results in strain to your kidneys, the creation of new fat molecules, and the desire to eat more. Ouch.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#72-London, England♥"One of the world's great cities, London has a plenitude of famed landmarks, like Big Ben, Westminister Abbey and Buckingham Palace, but it also has everything else one looks for in a premier urban environment. The architecture is varied, the parks are well placed, the culture is unsurpassed, and now even the food is superlative. London is.....well...LOVERLY....I hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend to the extreme...I am trying my best, and loving it, knowing that I could only be sitting here one more month on this boring island, and then taking off by plane never to see this place again.....I am hoping that what I heard actually goes through, and instead of waiting all the way until the end of this year, I will get to leave in November....That would just leave NEXT MONTH....I go to Tokyo, Japan then come back and start getting ready to leave....at least that is what I am hoping for....I"m toooooo excited....I won't miss this place at alllll...love this song by the way....=) 20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-11. Worst Espresso Drink Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz) 660 calories 22 g fat (15 g saturated) 95 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 8½ scoops Edy’s Slow Churned Rich and Creamy Coffee Ice Cream Hopefully this will dispel any lingering fragments of the “health halo” that still exists in coffee shops—that misguided belief that espresso-based beverages can’t do much damage. In this 20-ounce cup, Starbucks manages to pack in more calories and saturated fat than two slices of deep-dish sausage and pepperoni pizza from Domino’s. That makes it the equivalent of dinner and dessert disguised as a cup of coffee. If you want a treat, look to Starbucks’ supply of sugar-free syrups; if you want a caffeine buzz, stick to the regular joe, an Americano, or a cappuccino.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#71-Lake Lucerne,Switzerland-"Switzerland is justly famed for its putlchritudinous waters, but surely this is the fairest of them all. Located in the heart of the country, Lake Lucerne is bounded on all sides by limestone mountains brimming with forests that often reach right down to the waters. Its irregular shape guarantees scenic diversity, set within an atmosphere suffused with the legends of William Tell."
I watched this movie tonight and it was so sad and so touching...I've never heard of it, or seen it, because we didn't have it here of course..I still find that completely ridiculous with us being the 2nd largest shopping area in the world apart from Germany, and still I order everything....I love this movie, and can't wait to get the book...another few weeks waiting.....=p The disaster that happened last weekend with my house flooding and running to my carpet, etc etc...it made it smell like old rotting fruit, and of course made me sick...I have this breathing problem now that I didn't have before I came here, and still find it hard to believe that a climate can do this much damage to someone's health....I think a few more days and I should be okay, but I don't like facing breathing problems...We threw out that carpet, and cut around the part around the tv since it didn't reach there, so now my living room floor is just bare again, but it's so much better than having that thing in there....I never thought I would become so sick over a SMELL, but I get sick over anything and everything if I can't stand it.....I may get to leave here a month early and I can hardly sleep at night if that really happens....I would just have next month, then get to leave sometime in November and I won't ever have to see this place again.....I was toooooo happy, but still am not sure yet if that will go through, but I'm hoping it does since I'm actually allergic to this place being forced to live here....I think now they are finally starting to believe me....I got my movies and a few other things I ordered to do on the plane and my books♥♥ today...they at least didn't loose those...I still haven't had my package turn up from last week...I have no idea what their problem is here, this isn't the first time they have swiped my mail and said they couldnt' find it, or that they never got it....I can't stand dealing with such a rotten post office like the one here....The first season of Glee came out, and I can't wait to start watching it now since there is no way I can keep up with tv programs whenever they actually do come on tv......I go to Tokyo in just a few weeks..I absolutely cannot wait to get off this island and see something else, even if it is the mainland part of Japan....anyone who would like me to send them a postcard from Tokyo Disneyland I would be thrilled to do that, just let me know where to send it!!!!! muuuahhh talk with u all soon!!!!


20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-12. Worst Juice Imposter Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (1 can, 23 fl oz) 345 calories 0 g fat 81 g sugars Sugar Equivalent: 7 bowls of Froot Loops The twisted minds at the Arizona factory outdid themselves with this nefarious concoction, a can the size of a bazooka loaded with enough of the sweet stuff to blast your belly with 42 sugar cubes. The most disturbing part isn’t that it masks itself as some sort of healthy juice product (after all, hundreds of products are guilty of the same crime), but that this behemoth serving size costs just $.99, making its contents some of the cheapest calories we’ve ever stumbled across.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#70-Taj Mahal, India♥ "Twenty thousand workers were called upon in the 17th century to build this monument for the Mogul empress Mumtaz Mahal, in Agra, in northern India. Made of white marble on a platform of red sandstone, the tomb is part of a complex of such divine harmony and fluidity that it stands as one of man's greatest achievements." I LOVE this country..I love this gorgeous monument Taj Mahal....I love it, and everything that is there....I can't find one country that I have been disappointed with...I can't wait to visit this one one day whenever life takes me there, and can't wait to spend an entire day there, then go back again before I leave like I did with the Sydney Opera House......What a gorgeous everything about this.....love it love it love it...not even sure what to say.....hmm...I may be ending up leaving early here....maybe about November...something else just came up here, that I was just told to today, and if that goes through, I could be leaving a month early than what I was supposed to.... I was halfway shocked but then tooo happy, cause this place had made me sick all over again..I was sick for 3 weeks with I have no idea what, then again now from when my house got flooded last weekend, and it ran to our carpet, and it made it smell like old, rotting fruit....soooo nasty.....=p and I can't stand anything, and the smell was horrible, and it affected my breathing....I've never dealt with a mold problem, or me having
suffereed from it, so I have no idea how long it takes for that to clear up when a wet smell makes you sick and causes allergies to act up to their worst....I reallyyyyy hope by the end of this month all this sickness with anything here, wet, dry, hot and humid nasty island climate will leave me by then...I don't want to be dealing with this while traveling....Even more of a miserable feeling being up in the air feeling sick than being on the ground!!!!! Maybe now people will start believing me that I can't stand or take being at this place...=p I have no idea what's going to happen next, but I'm too excited and won't be sorry at all to leave here....This is the worst place I have ever lived in my entire life, and I'm not just saying that because I feel so hostile towards here!!!! I can't help thinking what is going on back in Italy now!!! I miss it too much there!! They are about to have Oktoberfest up in Munich, Germany....how fun was that whenever I went!!! I still have the pic from then with me and the group I met and their hat they put on me...Loved it...I haven't had anything like that here, cause everyone is so miserable all the time!!!!!


20 Worst Drinks in America 2010-13. Worst Functional Beverage
Arizona Rx Energy (1 can, 23 fl oz)
345 calories
0 g fat
83 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 6 Cinnamon Roll Pop-Tarts

Obviously Arizona took great pains in making sure this can came out looking like something you’d find in a pharmacy. But if your pharmacist ever tries to sell you this much sugar, he should have his license revoked. And if it’s energy you’re after, this isn’t your best vehicle. Caffeine is the only compound in the bottle that’s been proven to provide energy, and the amount found within is about what you'd get from a weak cup of coffee.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime-Heaven On Earth#69-Churchill, Canada-"Autumn is a good time to visit this town on the Hudson Bay. It has one of Canada's finest museums of Inuiy art, and you may catch sight of arctic fox, snowy owl or the northern lights. But the real reason to go is that Churchill is the Polar Bear Capital of the World, and during that time you will see polar bears, maybe more than a dozen a day, as these magnificent creatures gather here waiting for the bay to freeze."



20 Worst Drinks in America 201014. Worst Kids' Drink
Tropicana Tropical Fruit Fury Twister (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
340 calories
0 g fat
60 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: Two 7-ounce canisters Reddi-wip

Don’t let Tropicana’s reputation for unadulterated OJ lead you to believe that the company is capable of doing no wrong. As a Pepsi subsidiary, it’s inevitable that they’ll occasionally delve into soda-like territory. The Twister line is just that: a drink with 10 percent juice and 90 percent sugar laced with a glut of artificial flavors and coloring. You could actually save 200 calories by choosing a can of Pepsi instead.

Favourite Japanese Stories Kintaro's Adventures "Once there was a woodcutter and his wife living at the foot of a wild mountain called Ashigara. This woodcutter had once been a noble warrior and had lived in splendor in Kyoto, which was then the capital of Japan, but his enemies had become so strong that he finally had to flee with his wife into the mountains in order to save his life. Soon after they came to live in the mountains the woodcutter's wife gave birth to a baby boy. The woodcutter was so happy that he named the baby Kintaro, which means "Golden Boy," saying that his baby son was more precious than all the gold there was in Kyoto. His mother took one of her favourite jewels and hung it about the baby's neck. The jewel was made of a piece of red coral. Then she prayed: "Please help this baby boy to grow up to be a good man , a strong and healthy and fine man." A few weeks after Kintaro was born, his father went far into the mountains one day to cut wood. His mother put the baby Kintaro in his crib to sleep while she went down to the mountain stream to wash some clothes. Suddenly, as she washed, she heard Kintaro crying loudly. "What can be the matter?" she said. And when she turned to look toward the cabin, she saw a terrible thing. A huge bear suddenly came running out of the cabin, carrying the crying baby in his arms. Holding the baby tightly, but gently, the bear went running with it toward the mountains. "Help! Help!" Kintaro's mother screamed with all her might. And she went running straight toward the bear. When the bear saw the angry mother come running toward him, he turned and jumped down a steep cliff, still holding Kintaro in his arms, and then went running down the valley toward the distant mountains. "Help! Help!" the mother cried again. "Kintaro has been stolen." Just then Kintaro's father returned. Seeing what was happeneing, he picked up his broad ax and went running after the bear. As he ran he kept shouting out for help and other woodcutters and farmers along the way joined in the chase, running after the bear with axes and sickles and clubs. The bear ran faster and faster, and finally he reached a deep, deep ravine with a rushing river in it. The only way across the ravine was a long, narrow log. The bear ran nimbly across this log; then he stopped and picked the log up and threw it down in the river. Then the people who were running after the bear couldn't get across. They stood screaming on one side of the ravine, and the bear walked calmly on to his home, carrying Kintaro with him. The bear's house was a cave deep in the mountain. There in the cave the mother bear was crying because her baby cub had died right after he was born. Father Bear came into the cave and said: "Look! I've brought a baby back for you." "Oh! What a darling!" Mother Bear said, taking Kintaro happily into her arms. She was so happy to have a baby to love again, and she took very, very good care of Kintaro, so that day by day he grew bigger and stronger. Father Bear was the King of the Forest. All the animals of the forest came often to the cave with presents of berries, fruits, nuts, and honey. Each time, Father Bear would bring Kintaro out to show him to the other animals. He would say very proudly: "Look! Isn't he a handsome healthy boy! Someday this boy will take my place as King of the Forest." Mother and Father Bear cherished their new son. Mother Bear fed Kintaro on bear's milk, and Father Bear taught him how to wrestle. By the time he was five, Kintaro could beat all the other animals, at wrestling. He won easily from the monkey, and the fox, and the badger. They all liked him so much that they helped and taught him everything that they could do. After a few months of hard practice Kintaro learned from deer how to make great leaps across the ground. And he could climb any steep cliff as easily as the mountain goat, leap wide rivers, run as fast as the rabbit, swim like the otter, and even see in the dark like an owl. When Kintaro was about eight years old, Father Bear, the King of the Forest, became very sick. Kintaro was very worried and went all over the forest to gather food and berries for Father Bear. But nothing did any good and Father Bear got sicker and sicker. One day when Kintaro was at home in the cave taking care of Father Bera, a fierce, ugly wolf stuck his head in the entrance. He had come with many of his friends and servants. He glared in at the poor, sick bear and said: "Hey! You've become old and weak! You're no good any more. From now on I"m going to be king of this forest. Come, tell everyone that I"m their new king!" The sick bear raised his head and looked at the wolf. "A mean thing like you can never become king." he said. "All right then," said the wold. "I'll wrestle you, and if I win, then you'll have to admit that I'm the new king." Father Bear got out of bed, ready to wrestly the wold. But Kintaro said: "You're too sick. Father Bear. Please let me wrestle the wolf in your place." "No, no." said Father Bear. "I'm still King and I can still whip such an insolent wolf. So the bear and the wolf started wrestling. The bear quickly caught the wolf in his strong arms and lifted him up high over his head. "Now!" roared the bear; "how do you like this. If you don't give up, I"ll throw you into the bottom of the ravine. But just then the wolf's friends and servants all jumped into the fight too. They forced the bear to the ground and he couldn't get up, no matter how much strenght he had. "Oh, you cowards," cried Kintaro. And he jumped into the fight too. Letting fly with his fists, he beat up one wolf after another, until they all went running away into the forest with their leader running the fastest of all. "Thank you very much for saving me, Kintaro," said Father Bear. "You did very well. From today on, I make you King of the Forest. You must rule all the other animals justly and wisely and protect them from the wolves." And with these words Father Bear rolled over and died. Then Kintaro became King of the Forest. And what had been happening back at Kintaro's real home all this time? His parents searched for Kintaro for a long time, but they could never find him and finally gave him up for lost. A little while later, a girl baby was born to them. They named the baby Misuzu, and one day, when she was just six years old, her mother called her to her side and gave her a jewel of white coral to hang around her neck. "Listen to me very carefully," said the mother, "and I"ll tell you something you must never forget. Before you were born, you had a brother named Kintaro, but he was stolen away by the bears." "A brother!" said Misuzu. "Oh, how I should like to meet him." "Perhaps you shall someday," said her mother. "If he is still alive, he should be wearing a coral jewel around his neck. It is just like yours, except red instead of white, and that way you'll be able to recognize him if you should ever see him." One day a few days later, Misuzu went up on the mountain to pick some berries. But she couldn't find any good ones and kept walking and walking until at last she was far into the forest where she had never been before. All at once she saw a beautiful waterfall. And there in the pool at the bottom of the falls she saw a boy about eight years old playing with a bear and a monkey and some other animals. She looked and looked, and suddenly she saw the boy was wearing a red coral jewel around his neck. "Oh, it's my brother-it's Kintaro!" she cried. So she began shouting down to the boy: "Kintaro! Kintaro!" Kintaro, now the King of the Forest, was surprised to hear a human voice. It was a sound he couldn't remember ever having heard before. And he looked up toward the top of the cliff where Misuzu was. But he couldn't understand human speech and so could only look up at her, wondering what she was saying. Then, all of a suddne, something made a rustling sound behind Misuzu. Just as she looked around, a wolf jumped out and grabbed her. "Help! Help!" she cried, as the wolf started to carry her away. "Oh, how terrible!" cried the monkey to Kintaro. "That's the little girl who lives at the foot of the mountains. We must save her from the wolf!" So Kintaro and the monkey and all the other animals climbed quickly up the cliff and began running after the wolf. The wolf, still carrying little Misuzu, ran across a log bridge over a deep ravine and was rushing away into the mountains. "Stop! Stop!" they yelled after him. The monkey reached the log bridge first and started to run across it. But just then the wolf grabbed a hornets' nest from a tree and threw it at the monkey. Hundreds of buzzing hornets flew at the poor monkey and he was so surprised that he slipped right off the log and tumbled down into the rushing river, head over heels. "Help! Help!" the monkey cired. He was a bad swimmer and was being swept away by the rushing current. Kintaro didn't know what to do. Should he keep running after the wolf who was running away with the little girl, or should he stop and save the monkey? Finally, he said to himself: "I'll save the monkey first, becasue he's my good friend, and then I"ll save the little girl." He dived quickly into the stream and went swimming as fast as he could after the poor monkey. It was a terrible struggle, but Kintaro finally caught hold of the monkey and barely managed to pull him out onto a bank. When they climbed out of the ravine, they couldn't see the wolf and the little girl anywhere. "What a shame!" said Kintaro. "In a minute we could have saved her." So he walked sadly back along the log bridge, and there he found a white coral necklace. "The little girl must have dropped it." he said to the monkey. "Look, it's just like mine except that it's whilte instead of red." "Oh," said the monkey, "that little girl must be your sister. She had a necklace just like yours, and she looked very much like you." This made Kintaro want to save the girl even more. So he called a big eagle, and told him: "Fly away and see if you can find the little girl." The eagle flew up high into the sky and went whirling away. Presently he returned and told Kintaro: "The wolves have a castle over beyond the third mountain. They've locked the little girl in a tower at the top of the castle." "All right then," said Kintaro, "let's go save her." So Kintaro started for the wolves castle. The bear and the wild boar and the lion and the monkey and all the other animals of the forest went with him. The eagle flew in front of them, showing them the way. Suddenly the great eagle came flying to Kintaro and said: "Quick! Quick! There's a forest fire and if we don't put it out right away, all the trees will be burned down." Kintaro hurried over to the general of the wolves and said to him: "Quick! If we don't put out this forest fire, al the forest will be destroyed. You must come and help us." "All right," said the wolf general. "Everybody follow me to the river, where we'll all wet our bodies." So they all went to the river and jumped in. When their fur was completely wet, they climbed out of the river and ran and rolled on the grass in the path of the fire. By them wetting the grass they hoped to keep the fire from spreading. When the animals were wetting the grass some woodcutters came running up from the lowlands. The leader of the woodcutters was Kintaro's father. He and the other woodcutters cut down the trees in the path of the fire, and then at last the forest fire was put out. Kintaro, and his followers, and the wolves as well, breathed great sighs of relief. Just then Misuzu came running out of the wolves' castle. "Father! How glad I am that you've come!" That little boy there is my brother, Kintaro. Look! Isn't he wearing a red coral necklace just like my white one? He's become the King of the Forest. Let's hurry over and talk to him." Misuzu led her father over to where Kintaro was. But Kintaro couldn't understand human speech. So by gestures Misuzu persuaded Kintaro to come home with them. It was now ten years since Kintaro had been kidnapped from his home by the bear. But Misuzu gave him lessons every day, and soon he learned how to talk. So, now, whenever Kintaro and his father go to work cutting trees in the forest, Misuzu comes and brings them tea while they rest. Just today she brought them their tea there and found all Kintaro's friends waiting to drink tea and eat rice-dumplings with them. There was the monkey, and the deer, and the wolves, and many more. When they saw her coming, they all cried out: "hooray!!" and they they began a feast, there in the beautiful forest where the autumn leaves were turning scarlet.

100 Places To See In Your Lifetime#68-Seychelles-"Orginally settled by the French, this nation of some 115 islands lies in the Indian Ocean 1,000 miles east of Kenya. The very pleasant climate of the Seychelles is home to forests, fishing, diving and outgoing natives. Anyone who longs for the feel of high hanging gardens adjoining powdery white-sand beaches with turquoise waters may want to seriously consider spending some time here." WOW this is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why haven't I ever heard of this place?????? I have heard of Kenya plenty of times, but never have I heard of Seychelles...(I'm guessing this is pronounced Sy-chelles since this is a French island with French spelling....=) still gorgeous no matter which way you look at it....still a beautiful place I wouldn't have any problem going here, it's just out in the middle of nowhere, and that sick feeling I can't seem to
keep away always haunts me everytime I even think about those places...I just can't stand the thought of being stuck somewhere and if something were to happen, there is no way out of there except by plane like here where I'm at.....ugghhhh so maybe this would be fine for a week, then that's it.....lol...oh did anyone else see what Oprah did???? I didn't find out about that until last evening, a day after it had already happened...it was on the morning show here (at night for us) on the tv broadcasting from the states, and I had to look it up on here, and about died...wow what a surprise of a lifetime...if that ever happened to me, someone would definately have to revive me from fainting cause I'm so obsessed with going all over the world to all sorts of different countries....wow what a wonderful gift to give ones u don't even know....going to a beautiful country that you won't ever forget.....I loved it there in Australia totally unforgettable.....loved the way they planned that out though...it was soo funny...loved the mock up of the plane, loved how everything came together....wow u sure can get people's attention when u talk travel....=) that comes on here I think in the middle of the afternoon, or in the middle of the night....=p I hardly ever watch tv anyways....my dvd movies I order on the weekends, then the theatre sometimes, and that's it...tv for me is mostly for the radio station......

Favourite Japanese Stories-Saburo the Eel Catcher-"Once there was a man named Saburo who was a famous eel catcher. He was such an expert that eels couldn't resist his hook and so he always caught a lot of them. And when he caught one, he'd run right home and put it on the fire. Then when it was done, he would take it off the fire, put it on his rice, and eat it up, smacking his lips all the while. He thought that eels were delicious. One day when he was fishing he felt a great pull on his line. "Oh, this one must be enormous!" said Saburo to himself as he pulled back with all his might. "Yo, heave, ho!" he shouted, and pulled out of the water just about the biggest eel that he had ever see. "What an enormous eel!" cried Saburo, as the eel flashed out of the water. But he was pulling so hard that the eel flew right over his head and landed, with a big grunt, in the field behind him. "Funny," said Saburo to himself as he looked for the eel. "Eels can't grunt. At least I don't think they can. Now, let's see. Where could he have gone to?" And Saburo began looking around the trees, in the tall grass, and under the big stones.. But he couldn't find the eel anywhere. "Odd," he said, scratcing his head. "I guess I pulled too hard and he went flying over the mountain." He kept on looking and suddenly saw something big and long and black under a bush. "Aha," said Saburo rushing at it. But when he got there, he found it was only a big, black stick and no eel at all. " I never knew sticks and eels looked so much alike." he said, scratching his head. Just then he saw a wild boar asleep in the grass. "Oh, my, I"d better be careful; wild boars are pretty dangerous." So he began tiptoeing around the sleeping boar, when all of a sudden he tripped over a stone and fell down with a thud. "Oh, that's done it!" said Saburo, trembling. The boar didn't move, though ordinarily the noise would have been enough to being him charging through the grass at poor Saburo.. So Saburo walked closer and saw the eel lying on top of the boar. The boar was lying very still on its side, and the eel was sort of coiled on top with his head hanging over the boar's shoulder. "Oh, that's nice," said Saburo. "They've gone and made friends with each other. But I never knew eels and boars were friends before." But then he looked more closely and saw that the eel and the boar were both quite dead. "Well, this is curious," said Saburo, "for I distictly heard the eel grunt." Then he stopped, scratched his head and thought: "No, I know what it was. The eel landed on the boar and the boar grunted. That's more like it. THen the eel died because he was out of the water and the boar died of fright." And that is just what had happened. The eel had gone sailing through the air, turning end over end, and had finally landed with a big thump right on the back of the sleeping boar. Now boars, even though they are fierce, are very sensative. The surprise had been just too much for its nerves. "Oh, what luck!" said Saburo to himself. "Both eels and boars are delicious. OH, what a feast I'll have!" The he stopped and wondered: "How on earth can I get the boar home tonight?" He scratched his head. "I guess I"ll have to make something to carry the boar with . Here're some vines. I"ll take some of these and use them to strap the boar onto my back and that way I can take him home." So he pulled at the vines, but no sooner had he taken hold of one than it came loose and he saw it had wild yams on the end. "Oh, how wonderful," said Saburo, "wild yams. How delicious they will be!" Usually wild yams are hard to pull from the ground, but today they came loose as easy as anything. Saburo said: "Now I have an eel and a boar and lots of wild yams, but I"ll have to make something to carry the yams in. Here are some reeds. I"ll use these." So he set to work picking reeds. He would grasp a thick top and pull violently; then they would come loose. He pulled one and it squawked once and then lay still in his fist. "What's this?" wondered Saburo. "A reed with feathers? But it wasn't, it was a pheasant-a nice, plump pheasant with a lovely green and red head, brown wings, and long, long tail feathers. "Well, what a nice bird you are, " said Saburo patting its head, but the bird didn't move. In pulling he had wrung its neck. And there at his feet was a nest with thriteen big shiny eggs in it. "Oh, thirteen must be my lucky number today," said Saburo. "Here I have a boar, an eel, lots of yams, a nice plump pheasant, and thirteen eggs! What a feast I"ll have when I get home!" Then he stopped. "But how to get them home I wonder," he said. He thought and thought and thought about this big problem. There really seemed to be much more than one man could ever hope to carry. But he was determined not to leave any of these wonderful things behind him. Finally he took some of the reeds and wove a basket with them. He wove it wode and deep and strong, and then he put the pheasant and the eggs in the basket, packing them carefully in moss. Then he put the boar across his back and tied it firmly with the vines. Then he tied the yams around his neck and let them hang down over his shoulders in the front. And finally, using still more of the strong vines, he tied the eel to one of his hands. When he was all finished, he was indeed a funndy looking sight, but everything was quite safe. And that's the way he went home, carrying the eel and the wild boar, and the yams, and the nice plump pheasant, and the thirteen eggs. All the way he kept imagining the wonderful feast he woud have when he got home. His mouth was watering and he felt so happy tha the didn't even notice how heave a load he was carrying. When he reached his house, he put all the things down on the kitchen floor and then just stood there thinking about what had happened to him. The more he thought about it, the funnier it seemed to him. He began to laugh a little, at first just a few chuckles, but soon he was rolling on the floor with laughter. When he could finally talk through his laughter, he said: "I'm a pretty good eel-catcher-that I am!" And laughed all the way through the wonderful feast he had that night."


20 Worst Drinks in America 201015. Worst Beer
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (1 bottle, 12 fl oz)
330 calories
0 g fat
32.1 g carbohydrates
9.6% alcohol
Carbohydrate Equivalent: 12-pack of Michelob Ultra

Most beers carry fewer than 175 calories, but even your average extra-heady brew rarely eclipses 250. That makes Sierra’s Bigfoot the undisputed beast of the beer jungle. Granted, the alcohol itself provides most of the calories, but it’s the extra heft of carbohydrates that helps stuff nearly 2,000 calories into each six-pack. For comparison, Budweiser has 10.6 grams of carbs, Blue Moon has 13, and Guinness Draught has 10. Let’s hope the appearance of this gut-inducing guzzler in your fridge is as rare as encounters with the fabled beast himself.