16 Apr
Here are the list of the wealthiest fictional 15. Guess who made it to the top!
Net Worth: $950 million
Source: Real Estate
Age: 68
Marital Status: Married, five children
Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif.
Education: Unknown
Matron of dysfunctional real-estate empire revealed to be mastermind behind Bluth Company’s legal and financial woes. While husband and former CEO George Bluth served time for crimes including fraud, malfeasance and illegally building homes for then-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, estranged wife secretly consolidated family power, manipulated sons into running the company. Said to have squirreled away millions in Swiss bank accounts and inside the walls of family-run frozen banana stand. Federal investigators currently attempting to locate Bluth after she slipped their grasp and fled by sea; thought to be traveling southeast Asia with a one-handed man. Hobbies include drinking, plastic surgery and abusing her housekeepers. New Member.
Net Worth: $1 billion
Source: Racketeering, Investments
Age: 30
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: West Egg, N.Y.
Education: St. Olaf College, dropout
Mysterious Long Island billionaire famed for wild all-weekend parties, clothing collection that would put Imelda Marcos to shame. War hero reportedly miffed by Social Register’s refusal to list him, upset by establishment sneers about fly-over country origins, darker rumors of organized crime connections. Despite all, archetypical self-made man said to be hopeless romantic at heart. Member since 1925.
Net Worth: $1.1 billion
Source: Real Estate
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Manhattan, N.Y.
Brooding, manipulative heir to deceased New York real estate legend Bart Bass wrestled control of multibillion-dollar family empire at height of real estate market. Promptly sold majority stake in Bass Industries to stepmother Lily van der Woodsen. Used proceeds to buy Empire Hotel, where 80% average occupancy and weeknight $75,000 bar takings has coffers swelling. Willing to go to great lengths for press: launched illegal hotel speakeasy to much fanfare; kissed man in ploy to make rival jealous; dates New York society fixture Blair Waldorf. Obtained a trademark on the phrase “I’m Chuck Bass.” Says it often. Daytime wardrobe embraces three P’s–purple, plaid and preppy. For night, three V’s–vests, velvet and Valentino. Rumors birth mother may still be alive could throw wrench in plans.
Net Worth: $1.3 billion
Source: Energy
Age: 104
Marital Status: Single, one bastard child
Hometown: Springfield, U.S.A.
Education: Yale University, B.S.
Owner and operator of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant recently arrested by police for possession of stolen artwork; control of energy giant passed to longtime assistant Waylon Smithers. But jailhouse conversion to Christianity lost its luster, and Burns bought his way to freedom. Now returning to legendarily evil ways. Once blocked out the sun over Springfield to increase electricity use; constructed children’s hospitals for use as personal organ banks; releases vicious attack dogs on unwelcome house guests. Hobbies include taunting immigrant laborers, stealing candy from babies, making fur clothing out of puppies.
Net Worth: $1.9 billion
Source: Inheritance, Theft, Technology patents
Age: 15
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Education: St. Bartleby’s School For Young Gentlemen
Son of an Irish crime lord took over family business when his father disappeared. Rapidly expanded the syndicate, establishing new lines of business in Russia and the Arctic; stole famed work of art The Fairy Thief from an ultra-secure Swiss bank vault. Recently reunited with his father, Fowl now attempting to steer the business toward legitimacy; developing new handheld super-computer. A child prodigy with the highest-tested IQ in Europe, Fowl’s known aliases include “Emmesey Squire” and “Dr. C. Niall DeMencha.”
Net Worth: $2 billion
Source: Railroad, real estate
Age: 55
Marital Status: Married, children
Hometown: Island of Sodor, U.K.
Education: Oxford University, B.A.
Britain’s railroading billionaire boasts the world’s largest collection of vintage steam engines, which are the main mode of transport on Sodor, the island off the coast of Britain where he owns almost every square inch of property. Owns some diesel engines but insists that they will never take a place of honor on “his railroad.” Insists on giving directions to his engines, which he addresses by name as if they are people. Pride of his collection: a blue London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) E2 Class tank engine (“Thomas”) and a a 4-6-2 LNER A1 (“Gordon”) that resembles the famous “Flying Scotsman” engine.
Source: Howell Industries
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married, no children
Hometown: Private island, South Pacific
Education: Harvard University, B.A.
Reclusive billionaire lives on remote Pacific island, forces genius inventor known as “The Professor” to create green technology for Howell Industries. Recent product launches include coconut cell phones, bicycle powered washing machines, bamboo spacecraft. Rumored to be developing seashell-derived nuclear weapons. Company revenues were up 7% over the last year, but Howell’s personal fortune plummeted after a monkey tricked personal assistant Willy Gilligan into giving him Howell’s ATM code.
Net Worth: $3.9 billion
Source: Inheritance
Ageless
Marital Status: Single
Education: Harvard University, School of Dental Medicine
Mythological sprite recently gifted multibillion-dollar grant from Santa Claus (who remains off Fictional 15 this year due to volume of letters to Forbes from children insisting that he is real). Endowment sufficient to finance annual tooth collection duties out of interest alone; Claus insisted on legally binding covenant forbidding spendthrift “Toothie” from touching principal, noting she blew through $145 million last year, mostly in very small cash gifts. Rumored to sell baby teeth to gray-market Chinese labs researching human cloning; other theories hold teeth are an ingredient in Colonel Sander’s secret Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe.
Net Worth: $6.5 billion
Source: Inheritance, Defense
Age: 32
Marital status: Single, one son
Hometown: Gotham City, U.S.
Education: Princeton University, dropout
Gossip columnists having field day with Wayne, implying bachelor billionaire hangs around all day in “man cave,” dons flamboyant S&M-themed costumes at night, parties with teen boys he keeps as “wards.” Wayne dismisses reports as “batty,” files libel suit against New York Post’s Page Six. Family firm Wayne Enterprises thriving under leadership of celebrity CEO Lucius Fox; many details remain classified but has battery of lucrative Pentagon contracts, said to be working on unmanned drone that uses sonar to “see.”
Net Worth: $7 billion
Source: Marketing
Age: 47
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Education: Self-educated
Born into wealth, industrialist known as “the smartest man on the planet” inherited sizable fortune at age 17, gave away entirely to charity. Remade himself as costumed crime fighter “Ozymandias,” upon retirement, made another fortune marketing own heroic image. Massive merchandising business still prospering in weak economy; sales of genetically engineered pet lynxes soaring; tickets to 24-city OzyFest music and gymnastics tour sold out in under 10 minutes. Former hero now holed up in Antarctic retreat, reportedly developing plan to save the world, in consultation with Bill Gates and Bono.
Net Worth: $7.2 billion
Source: Oil & Gas, Banking
Age: 51
Marital Status: Widowed, one child
Hometown: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Education: Ozark Elementary, dropout
Price of crude oil nearly doubles in past year, and value of Clampett’s “Texas Tea” soars. Finally fulfills threat to fire longtime banker Milton Drysdale amid allegations of double-dealing; Granny snipes that Drysdale is “such a liar he has to get someone else to call his dog for him.” Extended clan thriving: Jethro parlayed sixth-grade education, family fortune into hit reality television dramaL.A. Shore; Elly May heading “treat the critters right” campaign for PETA.
Net Worth: $8.8 billion
Source: Defense
Age: 35
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S.
Billionaire arms manufacturer experiences turbulent year after confessing he is the armored super hero known as Iron Man. Called before Congress and urged to share the super-suit’s technical secrets; Stark declined, boasted that he has “privatized world peace.” Shares of Stark Industries stock up over 20% after the performance. Stark’s already legendary drinking and womanizing reportedly reaching new levels. Incurred significant fire damage to Manhattan pied-à-terre after attempting to smash open a magnum of champagne with an experimental plasma rifle; caught by paparazzi canoodling with all three Kardashian sisters in consecutive dates on the same night. Member since 1963.
Net Worth: $11.5 billion
Source: Inheritance, Conglomerates
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Richville , U.S.A.
Education: Richville Elementary
“The richest kid in the world” still most monied minor, despite slip in net worth due to bad investment in Chinese bow-tie factories. Future prospects better thanks to success of new Rich Industries robotic maids: over 2 million of the iron-clad matrons sold to date. Class action sexual-harassment suit filed by owners of Roomba vacuum cleaners to slow sales, dent Rich Industries stock price. Other businesses lagging but still profitable; analysts are bullish about market potential of Professor Keenbean’s latest invention, a fusion-powered ice cream scoop. At home, the boy once known for his extravagant parties (hot dogs sprinkled with gold dust, lemonade cooled with chunks of arctic ice cap) has been missing from Richville social scene since June: Reportedly still mourning death of close friend and “spiritual advisor” Michael Jackson.
Net Worth: $33.5 billion
Source: Mining, Treasure Hunting
Age: 81
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Duckburg, U.S.
The quacking Croesus saw net worth increase due to record-high price of gold; McDuck keeps most of his fortune in gold coins, all piled high inside his Duckburg “money bin.” Gains were crimped because of money spent having adventures with three nephews and bumbling personal pilot. Apologized to stockholders for temporarily abandoning penny-pinching ways; promises to be stingier in the new year.
Net Worth: $34.1 billion
Source: Compound Interest, Long-Term Investments
Age: 370
Marital Status: Married (4 adopted children)
Hometown: Forks, Wash.
Immortal vampire and small-town doctor has quietly amassed a fortune over three centuries. In 1670 received generous handout from Italian friends; put savings in bank, reaped billions in compound interest. Made shrewd long-term investments in steel, gold, oil, thanks to prescience of daughter turned financial advisor Alice; saw recessions coming, invested early in Wal-Mart, Apple. Earned doctor’s salary for 340 years without paying for groceries, health care expenses. Avoids sunshine and public displays of wealth, but owns several valuable properties, including yacht, private island, collection of Renaissance art.
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Topping the list this year is newcomer Carlisle Cullen, patriarch of the Cullen coven of vampires in the Twilight series of novels. Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion–much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future. Low-key and undead, Cullen has spent recent years posing as a mortal doctor in a small town in Washington State.
Chuck Bass, the brooding, manipulative heir to deceased New York real estate legend Bart Bass, makes his Fictional 15 debut this year with an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion. The Gossip Girl star and fashion icon (daywear, the three P’s: Purple, Plaid and Preppy; nightwear, the three V’s: vests, velvet and Valentino) recently sat for a Forbes Fictional Interview.
15 Apr
Another week of another exciting singing competition from your favorite Idols. This week’s theme was songs of the legendary and undisputed King of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Elvis Presley. This week two Idols were eliminated and they were Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia.
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1. Crystal Bowersox – Saved
2. Andrew Garcia – Hound Dog
3. Tim Urban – I Can’t Help Falling in Love
4. Lee DeWyze – A Little Less Conversation
5. Aaron Kelly – Blue Suede Shoes
6. Siobhan Magnus – Suspicious Minds
7. Mike Lynche – In The Ghetto
8. Katie Stevens – Baby What Do You Want Me to Do
9. Casey James – Lawdy Miss Clawdy
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AI – Top 9 [Studio Recordings] Part 2
12 Apr
Is there a reason why men cry? Of course especially when the reason is one below. I must say that some men shed a tear for almost all these reasons below. [Maxim]
9 Apr
What do women want? I’ll tell you what they don’t want: They don’t want to be bored. Sadly, most guys bore women to death, and then wonder why they never get a second date, or a second chance. The solution is to become a deeply interesting guy — the kind of guy women love to learn more about and can’t resist being around. Here are 10 powerful tips to make you more interesting in the eyes of women — and to take your success with them to the next level.
A fun thing you can do with a woman you just met, believe it or not, is to take her to run errands. It’s something that is nonthreatening, and that almost any woman will go do with you. As long as you have some rapport, a woman will go grocery shopping with you. Simply say: “You know what? I’m going to run down to the store and get some groceries. Come with me — it’ll be a fun little adventure for us.”
Then, when you get to the grocery store, do fun stuff. Go to the magazine rack, pick up a ridiculous magazine, and make fun of some star who was dumb enough to let a photographer get that close. Walk down the aisle, pick up the clam juice, and ask her: “So, what do you think is in here? What the hell is clam juice, anyway?” Everything can be a fun, unpredictable adventure — if you turn it into one.
We all want to feel something when it comes to the opposite sex. One feeling every woman wants is the feeling of fun. You can make anything fun by simply adjusting your attitude. Whatever you’re about to do, have the attitude of “let’s make this fun.” Why do I use the word “fun?” Go on any online dating site and read a woman’s profile; you’ll see that the one thing that women are looking for more than anything else is a “fun” guy. It’s a trait they’re all looking for. So make everything fun — you have the power to make it happen.
One of the ways you can leave her wanting more is to end everything she’s enjoying on an up note. If she asks you to teach her something, teach her something great that she loves; then, when she asks you to teach her more, tell her: “next time.” If you go somewhere really fun with her and she’s having a great time, right at the peak leave to go do something else, or tell her you have to go. When you’re talking to a woman on the phone for the first time, and the conversation is going great, that’s the time to let her know you have to run. This gets her asking herself why you didn’t ask her out, and if she’s going to get to talk to you again. And that’s a beautiful thing for her to be wondering about.
On your path to mastery, you’re going to have setbacks. You’re going to be off your game, or you’ll screw up some other area of your life and that’s going to screw up this one. When this happens, go back to the basics; do not act out of desperation. And don’t start looking for some crazy technique to fix things. Stick with the fundamentals, and you’ll ride out the storm. Don’t worry if you don’t understand this now. You will when you need to.
If you’re in a relationship with a woman you really like, and the relationship starts deteriorating, and you get that feeling that it might end, what should you do? End it.
Sit down with her and say: “I’ve been thinking about our relationship lately. I think we both know it’s not heading where we want it to. I care about you a lot as a person. I like you; you’re someone I want to know for a long time, whether we have a relationship or not. But I think it’s best if we take some time off. Let’s end this now and see what happens in the future.”
Step back and wait until she comes back to you. Why? If she doesn’t come back to you, then it’s likely she would have ended it with you anyway, and that would have messed with your head. In this case, by ending it yourself you have more control and you make it far more likely that it’ll work out in the future. It’s like pulling the “emotional drug needle” out of your arm: It hurts at first because you’re addicted to it, but it’s what you need to do for yourself before bad things happen.
I’ve said before that it’s important to become the kind of guy women like to be around. So here’s a homework assignment: Get three female friends that are like the woman you’d like to meet. Don’t try to date them, just make them your friends. Birds of a feather flock together, which for you means that your new friends will soon introduce you to their attractive, fun-loving female friends — no pickup lines required.
There will always be a few things that she really, really likes. It could be a certain kind of food, a certain way you touch her, a certain experience. When you find something she really likes, stop, pull back and make her really want it before you tease her with a little more. This can be the source of her greatest pleasure in the entire relationship.
Make the conversation an adventure. Learn to tell a great story and find topics that are naturally interesting to talk about. How do you get a better knack for this? It’s simple: Set yourself up in a place where you can hear the conversations women have. Listen to them talking to each other, see if you can notice the commonalities. But there’s a danger here: You don’t want to start acting like a woman’s “girl friend.” Yes, many women like to have gay friends, but that’s not what she really wants — and it’s not what you want to become. But do listen to conversations to get clues on how you can spice up your chats with women.
The renaissance was a period in history when many different things intersected: art, music, science, philosophy, math, and more. Cultivate all the different areas of your life: artistic, physical, relationships with different kinds of people, music, etc. Keep adding skills in different areas that you enjoy, and women will be magnetically attracted to you.
The most important thing you can do to become a more interesting guy — the kind of guy women love to have in their lives — is to invest in developing yourself. Read books, attend workshops, whatever it takes; get to know yourself, and develop all the different aspects of your life. If you do this, day in and day out, you’ll soon wake up and realize that you’ve become a more interesting person all the way around. You’ll realize you have way more women in your life than you ever had before. Do whatever it takes to make this investment in yourself — it’ll pays off in spades.
Source: Askmen.com
8 Apr
This 2010 hundreds of millions of people turned off their lights for Earth Hour as cities throughout the world encouraged their citizens to turn off their lights–from households to iconic buildings. Here are some of the world renowned places, and if you click on the photo, you’ll see its transformation to what it looked like during the Earth Hour.
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8 Apr
Another week of American Idol and the AI top 9 battle it up. This week’s theme was The Lennon/McCartney Song Book. The night was filled with very good performances and the game is on among the idols. This week, Michael Lynche was eliminated but was saved by the judges. So next week, two will be eliminated.
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1. Aaron Kelly – Long and Winding Road
2. Katie Stevens – Let it Be
3. Andrew Garcia – Can’t Buy Me Love
4. Michael Lynche – Eleanor Rigby
5. Crystal Bowersox – Come Together
6. Tim Urban – All My Loving
7. Casey James – Jealous Guy
8. Siobhan Magnus – Across the Universe
9. Lee Dwyze – Hey Jude
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AI – Top 9 [Studio Recordings]
AI – Top 9 [Studio Recordings]
6 Apr
According to Frisky, here are 6 reason why it happens and they’re explanation for it. [Frisky]
1. To experiment, duh.
“It was my freshmen year of college and I had no idea who I really was as a person, so I was really into experimenting in all different kinds of ways. So, one drunken night after partying in our dorm room, I had a threesome with my roommate and another dude who lived in the dorm, upstairs. It transpired organically, innocently even, and wasn’t premeditated. But I kinda knew this would happen between me and my roommate: she was very sexually open and adventurous and uninhibited, and I knew I would feel safe pursuing this with her. The experience served its purpose — it made me realize I was definitely not into women.”
2. For the boobs, baby.
“Women experiment with other women because boobs are inherently awesome. Women’s bodies are just better-designed than men’s bodies in the sense that they are more aesthetically pleasing.”
3. Because no one is better at cunnilingus.
“Women know how to please women, especially when it comes to oral sex. Who wouldn’t want to get with that? I’ve had ladysex four or five times and it was always fun.”
4. For the emotional and verbal connenction.
“[I experimented with a woman] because she could verbalize how she felt. We really connected. She was just as invested and I could really open up and trust … which is the key to good sex.”
5. To heal a broken heart.
“It was after a breakup and I was devastated. During the time we were apart, I wanted to have sex, but I didn’t want to be with a guy, because he was the only one I wanted, so I thought I’d hook up with a woman — since it could be all the same things and some new stuff. I did it because I wanted to have sex, but not be penis-ly disloyal to someone. And also to just get out all the things to do sexually before getting back with someone who I thought was going to be it.”
6. Because it’s … different?
“It’s hard for me to explain … it’s not a sexual attraction. Kinda like a respect/admiration attraction? Women are beautiful, soft, and smell great (think Katy Perry‘s ‘I Kissed a Girl’). Who wouldn’t want a girlfriend?!”
2 Apr
The little child whispered,
“God, speak to me”
And a meadowlark sang.
But the child did not hear.
So the child yelled,
“God, speak to me!”
And the thunder rolled across the sky
But the child did not listen.
The child looked around and said,
“God let me see you”
And a star shone brightly
But the child did not notice.
And the child shouted,
“God show me a miracle!”
And a life was born
But the child did not know.
So the child cried out in despair,
“Touch me God, and let me know you are there!”
Whereupon God reached down
And touched the child.
But the child brushed the butterfly away
And walked away unknowingly.
The Frozen Bloke 