The Best Place For Your Second Date

10. Pool Hall

9. Shooting Range

8. The Beach

7. Wine Tasting

6. Broadway Show (Live Play)

5. National/State Park

4. Mini Golf

3. Picnic

2. Homemade Dinner

1. Movies

The Great Stock Market Crash

I'm sure we heard the news about the Stock Market going haywire in less than 3 days. So what does this mean? Is the economy that bad that banks are losing money? Or is this just another plan of the crooked government? No one seems to have an answer, all they know is that banks are is in trouble and you may see more and more closing or selling.

...But You Say He's Just A Friend

I don't really copy and post but I found it ironic that I was going to talk about a subject (Can Men & Women Really Just Be Friends) and I ran across it this afternoon. So I took it was a sign...read and learn.

Oprah & Friends XM Radio host Rabbi Shmuley Boteach talks about the ground rules for platonic relationships between men and women.

Can men and women be "just friends," or is sexual attraction between the sexes always inevitable? According to Rabbi Shmuley, men and women can be friends with members of the opposite sex, as long as they follow certain rules. He talks about platonic friendship between the sexes and shares his ground rules for opposite-sex friendships outside of marriage.

If a person isn't married, Rabbi Shmuley says it's perfectly all right to have friends who are members of the opposite sex. Society has moved away from polarizing the sexes, and today, men and women work together, go to school together and should be able to be friends, he says.

Things are different if you are married, Rabbi Shmuley says. It is possible to have an opposite sex friendship, but you cannot compromise certain borders:

You can't go out to late night dinners together. You can have lunch together in a public place, but you should not order alcoholic beverages. "The embers of attraction really can grow in situations like that, and suddenly it's not so innocent, it's not just friendship anymore," Rabbi Shmuley says.

You can't take long drives or long flights with the other person, even if it's for work. "Even if you have to work with a colleague [of the opposite sex], there are still certain boundaries you need to preserve," he says.

You cannot place yourself in any situation where romance can grow. "Romance grows when people are alone; romance grows when people tell secrets," Rabbi Shmuley says.

You can't share secrets with a platonic male or female friend that you don't share with your spouse. "Because then you're sharing an exclusivity with a member of the opposite sex that you're not with your partner, and that can lead to a big no-no," he says.

You should not be friends with ex-lovers.

So their you go.

Remembering 9/11: We Will Never Forget

Today is a day that will always be remembered, individually and in history. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was in class and all of a sudden you get the news that the Twin Tower gets hit by a plane. I then began to think, by a plane? how the hell could that happen? It must be a mistake, and then you turn on the TV and see the smoke coming out of Tower 1. You watch and you watch and then all of a sudden BANG!! the second tower gets hit by another plane. It was so surreal.

I wasn't in New York at the time but I got calls from nearly all of my family. Some of my cousins in Brooklyn said that the debris from the Towers reach all the way out their. My aunts in Queens knew people who worked in the buildings and so did my mom. Watching as people jumped from over 20 stories to a quick death and watching as the first tower fell and then the second make me fell like America isn't all that great after all.

I'm not even going to get into the Bush scandal that surrounds this story cause its bigger than that. Over 100,000 people lost their lives today over nothing and they deserve to be remembered. So to everyone who lost a family member, a friend, an associate of just a memory of what the old New York used to be like. Today is for you...matter of fact..today is for us. You Will Never Be Forgotten.

How To Tell If Your Significant Other Is Cheating

Protective of cell phones or other gadgets. You walk in the room and they close out of whatever they were looking at on the computer. Or their cell phone, e-mail, and myspace password changes out of the blue. They may even act defensive when you innocently touch their phone or computer. Now that doesn't mean you should break up with them because they wont let you check their text messages but that should raise a red flag in your mind.

They start to up the grooming. We all know that women talk forever to get dress and some guy are the same, depending on the person, but when they want every aspect of them to look perfect for a "girls/guys night out" then you may have a problem. I know people want to look their best when going out so don't let that be your only indication, but when they start doing unnecessary shaving or start going to the gym and smell differently, you then may wanna take special precautions.

Nothing bothers them anymore. You may push your boyfriend/girlfriend's buttons on purpose sometimes but when you do it and they just say whatever, leave the house, laugh, etc. then thats because their thinking about leaving anyway and they don't feel the need to address or get stressed out about the issue. Why get mad when the waiter gives you the wrong appetizer and you still have a main course to come?

They think your cheating. This really depends on the type of person you're with. If there laid back and now their always questioning where your heading or what your doing it could be because they feel guilty about something. It could also mean that they may be in the same spots that you're in and don't want word to get around, or worst, get caught red handed.

The Story Behind The Statue Of Liberty

We've all seen her before, either you visited New York City or you seen her picture in one of many places. Liberty Enlightening the World is her name and it was gift from France that is still appreciated today.

The Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor were it welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper-clad lady was dedicated to the US on October 28, 1886 President Grover Cleveland in front of thousands of spectators. The statue commemorates the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence and is a gesture of friendship from France to the United States.

The first model, on a small scale, was built in 1870. This first statue is now in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. A second model, also on a small scale, was further brought to Maceió, a city in the Northeast of Brazil. This model is in front of Maceió's first city hall, built in 1869, which is now a museum.

The statue arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885 on board the French frigate Isère. The Statue had to be reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates which was stored for eleven months waiting for its pedestal to be finished, was then re-assembled in four months.


Lady Liberty holds the torch of freedom in her right arm and a stone tablet in her left. The tablet contains the date July 4, 1776, which acknowledges and commemorates the American Declaration of Independence. The torch represents a burning passion for freedom and contains a flame that is coated in gold leaf. The broken shackles at the base of Lady Liberty's feet represent freedom from oppression.

The Statue of Liberty also functioned as a lighthouse from 1886 to 1902. At that time the U.S. Lighthouse board was responsible for its operation and the electric light could of been seen for over 24 miles (39 km) at sea.

In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was added to the list of World Heritage Sites and in 2007, the Statue of Liberty was one of 20 finalists in a competition to name the New Seven Wonders of the World.

The Best Place For Your First Date

10. Sporting Event

9. Lounge

8. Comedy Club

7. Bowling

6. A Local Dinner (Not Typical) 

5. Museum 

4. Live Music

3. Fancy Restaurant

2. Brunch

1. Coffee House