http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,92731.0.html

I would buy the Special Offers edition along with an Amazon gift card for the difference in price and tell them they can use it to remove the ads or buy new books.

How can that many people have so much to say about bags?

Well, here is one example. A purse connoisseur needs help finding the perfect brown purse.

http://forum.purseblog.com/handbags-and-purses/on-the-hunt-for-a-brown-bag-495366.html

I’m sure she already has great ones in all of the other 38,000 colors. I just hope she waits until after Labor Day to be seen with a brown one.

Earthbox.com has a forum for fans to share their experiences with the Earthbox.

In this thread, a Chicago man shows off his rooftop garden.

http://forum.earthbox.com/index.php?topic=1654.0

Chicago Earthbox garden

Go to the forum to see beautiful updated photos of this garden.

A couple is going through a divorce. The divorce is only days away from being finalized, and yet they still live in the same household.

They both refuse to pay the electric bill, so he threatens to run a generator instead. One day he fires it up, and the fumes get into the house and irritates her and the dogs.

http://www.divorcesource.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=505458&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

Remind me to never get married.

By the way, STBX means “soon to be ex”. I had to look it up. It’s not the stock symbol for Starbucks. That would be SBUX. Yes, I just looked that up, too.

http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Discussion:Massage_therapist_laundry_deduction

Yes, it might cost that much at a laundromat, but $4.00 seems high to me. I’m not a professional, so there is a good chance I am wrong, but I have learned a few thing by doing my own taxes with software. I think at best, she could deduct a percentage of the depreciation on the washing machine, and deduct the laundry detergent if she purchased separate products for her business washings. Deducting part of the water bill would not be possible unless she is able to claim a home office, which isn’t always easy to do.

Another member couldn’t resist inserting a “happy endings” are messy joke.

Here is a link to download tax software:

In this thread, they watch and discuss the Wil Smith movie, “Seven Pounds”.

http://onlinemovieforum.com/watch-2008-2009-movies/11795-seven-pounds-2008-a.html

Most of the time, this chatter is just routine directions given to the pilot by air traffic controllers. Occasionally, less boring conversation can be heard.

That’s what today’s Thread of The Day at FlyerTalk.com is for:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-mileage-plus/726789-consolidated-fun-things-heard-channel-9-thread-merged.html

The other members quickly offer their love and support.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/newcomers-recovery/169575-i-blew-big-time.html

It’s great to see people come together to help one another in times of need.

May God bless “Nickishine”  in these difficult times.  She may not realize it now, but her bravery is encouraging to many other people battling addiction.

For Valentine’s Day, amazon.com is giving away a free MP3 of Marvin Gaye’s classic lovemaking song “Let’s Get It On”. Click the banner above to get it.

The members of SlickDeals.net discuss.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1187713

Happy Valentine’s Day to everybody.

Border towns like Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez have been the hardest hit by this war. It seems there are executions almost daily, including beheaded bodies left on the street, and barrels of acid left on sidewalks with bodies in them. The gangs are sending their messages loud and clear. Stay out of their way.

The police are sometimes part of the problem and many officers are on the cartels’ payroll.  The ones that aren’t are often found dead.

Fortunately for sunseeking tourists, the drug war has mostly spared Cancun. Unfortunately, this immunity may be ending.

The mayor of Cancun, Gregorio Sanchez,  recently hired a retiring general, Mauro Enrique Tello, to assemble a task force for keeping gang activity under control.

Somebody did not like this idea at all. The first day on the job, General Tello, his bodyguard, and driver were all kidnapped, tortured and executed.

The Cancun police are suspected of being involved. Mexican Army troops quickly seized the Cancun police station and arrested it’s chief, Francisco Velasco Delgado, and other officers. The military is now in charge of policing this mega-resort city and their presence is highly visible. Heavily armed, masked soldiers are everywhere which understandably may make some tourists uncomfortable.

Today’s Thread of the Day is at TripAdvisor.com where Cancun lovers discuss these latest developments.

http://cancun-hotels.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g150807-i8-k2524066-Mexico_Drug_War_Spreading_to_Cancun-Cancun_Yucatan_Peninsula.html

I believe as long as you are not involved with disrupting the drug trade, or a member of a cartel encroaching on another’s territory, so far Cancun is just as safe as most of our hometowns.

But….

Things can change quickly and this bears watching, especially if you have a trip booked to that area in a few months like I do. Let’s hope this situation gets better before it gets worse.