Marriage Majestic. William-Kate Wedding to cost $70 million

The wedding of the year is finally here! Prince William will finally tie the “Windsor Knot” with Kate Middleton, at Westminster Abbey, in the presence of 1,900 people.

And while the couple has been reportedly trying to keep their budget tight, cost estimates of the wedding hover at between $50million to $80million.

Modest by royal standards? Maybe.

But given Britain’s current economic situation, a $70million long bill, for a wedding that will be attended by almost 2000 guests, still seems pretty stupendous. Putting this total cost in perspective, Chelsea Clinton’s wedding in June last year cost only around $5million.

So what’s the split-up of the immediate costs related to this very wow-inspiring majestic marriage cost? How much of this are taxpayers going to pay for? And, which businesses are going to benefit the most from this shebang?

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Royal wedding day air set to be sold in bottles

Presumably in a bid to produce the most bizarre royal wedding souvenir, a firm has announced it will sell bottles of ‘Royal wedding day air’.

On the big day a team of “trained professionals” will apparently be out in London collecting samples of the air to capture the essence of the day.

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Wake N’ Bacon Alarm Clock: The Best Sleep-Ending Device Ever

Could there really be a Wake N’ Bacon Alarm clock, which wakes you up with the intoxicating porky bacon smell? You put a slice of frozen bacon in the clock’s chamber when you set the alarm the night before, and voila, you wake up to the wafting smell of a cooked piece of bacon.

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 ”101 Movie One-Liners Everyone Should Know” by John Fitzgerald, says we all know some of the famous on-liners from the movies, but some of them are so commonplace that you may not even know that it’s a quote from a movie or from which movie it originated. But there are some quotes from movies that everyone should know. Some of them have really stood the test of time and are very old. Ironically, these are sometimes the ones that we know the best. Here’s a list of one-liners that everyone should know and also which movie it came from and who in the movie said it. I’ve started with the earlier movies and have continued to go in chronological order.

• Frankenstein, (1931) “It’s Alive! It’s Alive!,” Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive)
• Every Day’s a Holiday, (1937), “You ought to get out of those wet clothes and into a dry martini.,” Larmadou Graves (Charles Butter worth)
• Gone With the Wind, (1939), “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn,” Rhett Butler (Clark Gable)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (1939), “Elementary, my dear Watson,” Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone)
• The Wizard of Oz, (1939), “There’s no place like home,” Dorothy (Judy Garland)
• Casablanca, (1942), “Here’s looking at you, kid,” Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)
• Casablanca, (1942), “Play it again, Sam,” Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)
• Casablanca, (1942), “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship,” Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)
• Psycho, (1960), “We all go a little mad sometimes,” Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins)
• Dr. No, (1962), “Bond. James Bond.” James Bond (Sean Connery)
• Goldfinger, (1964), “Shaken – Not stirred,” James Bond (Sean Connery)
• Cool Hand Luke, (1967), “What we have here is a failure to communicate,” Captain (Strother Martin)
• Dirty Harry, (1971), “Do ya feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk,” Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)
• The Godfather, (1972), “I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse,” Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)
• The Godfather: Part 2, (1974), “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer,” Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)
• Rocky, (1976), “Yo, Adrienne,” Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone)
• Taxi Driver, (1976), “You talkin’ to me,” Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro)
• Star Wars, (1977), “May the force be with you,” Hans Solo (Harrison Ford)
• Apocalypse Now, (1979), “I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory,” Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall)
• The Empire Strikes Back, (1980), “Never tell me the odds,” Hans Solo (Harrison Ford)
• The Shining, (1980), “He-e-e-e-re’s Johnny!,” Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, (1982), “E.T. phone home,” E.T. (Pat Walsh)
• Poltergeist, (1982), “They’re here!,” Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O’Rourke)
• Scarface, (1983), “Say hello to my little friend,” Tony Montana (Al Pacino)
• Sudden Impact, (1983), “Go ahead. Make my day,” Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)
• Ghostbusters, (1984), “Back off, man. I’m a scientist,” Peter Venkmen
• Karate Kid, (1984), “Wax on, wax off,” Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita)
• The Terminator, (1984), “I’ll be back,” The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger
• The Terminator, (1984), “Hasta la vista, baby,” The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
• Crocodile Dundee, (1986), “You call that a knife? That’s not a knife. This is a knife,” Michael “Crocodile” Dundee (Paul Hogan)47. Ferris
• Top Gun, (1986), “Take me to bed or lose me forever,” Carol Bradshaw (Meg Ryan)
• Top Gun, (1986), “I feel the need – the need for speed,” Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise)
• Die Hard, (1988), “Yippe-ki-yi-yay, Motherf*cker,” John McClane (Bruce Willis)
• Ghost, (1990), “Ditto,” Sam (Patrick Swayze)
• The Silence of the Lambs, (1991), “I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner,” Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins):
• A Few Good Men, (1992), “You can’t handle the truth,” Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson)
• A League of Their Own, (1992), “There’s no crying in baseball,” Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks)
• Wayne’s World, (1992), “Schwing,” Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers)
• The Shawshank Redemption, (1994), “Either get busy living, or get busy dying,” Ellis “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman)
• Apollo 13, (1995), “Houston, we have a problem,” Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks)
• Braveheart, (1995), “Every man dies. Not every man really lives,” William Wallace (Mel Gibson)
• Jerry Maguire, (1996), “Show me the money,” Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise)
• Titanic, (1997), “I’m the king of the world,” Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio)
• Gladiator, (2000), “At my signal, unleash hell,” Maximus (Russell Crowe)
• Bruce Almighty,(2003), “You can’t leave me! I’m the Alpha, lady! I’M THE Omega, Baby,” Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey)
• Pirates of the Caribbean, (2003), “Ye’d best start believin’ in ghost stories, Miss Turner. Yer in one,” Captain Barbosa (Geoffry Rush)
• Forrest Gump, (1994), “My mama always said life was like a box a chocolates, never know what you’re gonna get,” Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)
• Forrest Gump, (1994), “Stupid is as stupid does,” Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)

Sweet little Annie is looking for her forever family! Could she come live with you?

Annie is a 10 week old redbone hound puppy.  She is shy, but extremely cute. She is one of three puppies that were tossed in a carrier over the fence at Animal Services.  She and her siblings were very sick and were scheduled to be euthanized.  The puppies ewre rescued by the Alachua County Humane Society and treated until they recovered.  Her two siblings have been adopted and Annie is still waiting to meet her own family!  Could you give her a chance at a good life?

For more information about how to make Annie the newest member of your household, call the Alachua County Humane Society at 352-373-5855.

Costumed celebrants take to S.F. streets

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 (UPI) — San Franciscans wearing everything from bunny suits to Carmen Miranda costumes participated in the 11th annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel derby, observers say.

“It’s total chaos — everyone’s screaming and laughing, people are spinning out, going down backward,” said Alon Zaslavsky, a first-time participant. “It’s great. The whole point is to crash.”

The derby attracted more than 2,000 celebrants to Sunday’s event taking place on Vermont between 20th and 22nd, one of the curviest, steepest streets of San Francisco.

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Woman named Easter wins Good Friday lottery

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga., April 25 (UPI) — A Georgia woman with the surname Easter said it was a Good Friday miracle when she won $1 million from a Georgia Lottery instant game.

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The Ultimate Consumerist Guide to Fighting Back

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A Dozen Recipes for Leftover Easter Eggs

Got a few too many leftover Easter eggs on hand? The good news is that, if left in their shells, hard-boiled eggs will keep in the fridge for up to a week. But with the 12 hard-boiled egg recipe ideas here, they’ll likely disappear a lot faster than that. In fact, you might find yourself boiling another dozen. (A note on safety: Be sure to use food-grade dye for your eggs and don’t eat eggs that have been out of the fridge for more than two hours total.)

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Top 10 Ways to Donate to Charities Without Spending Any Money

Natural disasters, disease, war, accidents, domestic violence, addiction, homelessness, animal abuse, the list goes on… We are all affected by the tragic stories that stream into our homes daily via television and the Internet and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

According to crisiscounseling.org, “when tragedies are covered by the media, people everywhere can feel less safe… Helping others can be a good way to feel better and recover.”

Strapped for cash? Here are 10 ways you can give without spending any extra money.

Read ‘em all here.