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While trolling the web for a much needed shot of cool, I came across this tasty idea - Dessert Shooters. These mini desserts provide all of the yummy goodness without all of the bulk - either in your tummy or on your waistline. For everything that you need to create your own Dessert Shooters, including dessert ideas, recipes and supplies, go HERE.

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It's no secret that I love coffee, k-cups and free stuff. And, now, they come together like a freshly brewed cafe au lait and piping hot, sugary sweet beignets in this very cool sweepstakes -The Perfect Cup. For the low cost of your email address, you will be entered to win free k-cups for life and can even play a fun game for the chance to instantly win your very own Platinum Brewer or FREE

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Most of us want to make the world a better place. Few of us have the resources to endow a foundation or add a new wing to a hospital. So, we help in little ways by volunteering our time or handing over our used items, or even giving away our hard earned cash. But, what if we could do good AND realize a return on our investment starting with as little as $20? We can: Microplace - a really

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Maybe I've been living under a rock and am the last to know about this really cool way to save big on items I use regularly - It's Subscribe and Save on Amazon. Basically, certain items are eligible for the Subscribe and Save program; when they are you save an additional 15% and get free shipping. Combine this with sales and sometimes even coupon codes and we're talking about more than cool;

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Groupon's Daily Deals let you buy services and stuff that you really want at 50% - 90% off. I've already gotten gourmet food delivered to my home and to start the new year out right, I signed up for two months of membership at Curves. I've even given Groupons as gifts.

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I like coffee, I like free. You can get both; just buy a CD! Free $5 Starbucks Card when you buy a CD this Sat and Sun. Hot Coffee; cool deal.

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It's been a bit too long since my last cool update. It isn't that I haven't come across plenty of cool stuff; it's that I've been busy writing fiction under my nom de plume. That brings me to an awesomely cool resource that I use frequently: Duotrope's Digest - a comprehensive online resource for writers featuring a database of publishers that is searchable by genre, theme, pay scale, media

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I've been enjoying my new Keurig single serve coffee system. I like having a fresh cup of coffee practically on demand and I really like being able to switch between a variety of coffee blends without having to make a whole pot of each. I discovered that this convenience comes at a price (think 50 cents per cup) so I went in search of K-cup savings strategies. I found three main ways to cut the

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It's Carnival Season and with the parades, parties and the purple, gold and green decorations also comes those delicious rings of gooey, sugary goodness - King Cakes. I've sampled four different King Cake's this season and while I'll have to say my favorite came from Manny Randazzo's bakery, I don't think there is such a thing as a bad King Cake and that certainly qualifies as cool.

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Free stuff is cool. Coffee is cool. Free Coffee? Uber-cool. Easy freebie. Get Yours.

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It's the beginning of the new year and like most folks, I took another stab at New Year's resolutions; this year, however, I decided to focus on resolutions that are pleasant rather than those involving deprivation. My first resolution is to eat more beignets - those delicious, powder-sugar covered confections that are served hot and often paired with cafe au lait. Happy Resolutions for a Happy

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Whatever your passion or hobby or field of expertise, Squidoo is an excellent place to put it. They offer a remarkably easy interface with a good number of plug and play modules to make your lens (that's what they call a page)interesting and interactive. Here's three more things worth noting: 1) It's totally free 2) You can earn income for all of that knowledge floating around your noodle 3)

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I hesitated to sign up for home delivery of movies because I tend to be rather spur-of-the-moment. Recently, I discovered that included with a nominal monthly subscription, I can watch an ever-growing selection of movies right on my laptop and that was cool. Very cool.So, I signed up for a free trial at NetFlix and to my amazement, it was actually FREE! I got to enjoy movies without even taking

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Typically, I'm a hard core coffee person - I like it bold; I like it black. Recently, however, I sampled a beverage that I now equate to "crack." It's called Vanilla Roobis Tea Latte and it can be found at Starbucks. The tea is full leaf African roobis paired with vanilla and cinnamon. It is supposedly loaded with anti-oxidants and it is caffeine-free; that certainly qualifies as cool. If you

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Notes from the Universe are unconventional, humorous, deeply insightful, and sure to inspire. Brief passages written by "The Universe," these notes are designed to remind you that you that you have been given dominion over your life.They certainly put a smile on my face every Monday through Friday. I'd say that's pretty cool.

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I've neglected updating this totally cool blog for too long. In fairness, I've been busy working on a number of really cool projects that have taken up a good portion of my time. To make it up to you, I'll share the cool stuff I've come across in my absence - starting with Geni.com.Geni.com is a free online genealogy website that is packed with easy to use tools that will have your family up on

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Do you need business cards, letterhead and other promotional items so that you can shamelessly self-promote your business, but you need them cheap and fast?Maybe you just need a personal calling card or want to wear a picture of your pet hamster, George, on your chest. Perhaps you want to publish and give away calendars with pictures of Aunt Ethel in her new swimsuit. You can get all of that and

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We all want to be confused for some good looking, famous celebrity; but, the odds are greater that people will most often comment on your remarkable resemblance to Aunt Edna or Uncle Henry, instead. Right?Well, here's your chance to show them all. Yes, you can prove that you are a dead-ringer for the rich and famous. Just upload your photo in MyHeritage.com and use their innovative

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Hulu is an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips — all for free.You can choose from more than 1000 current prime time TV hit shows like The Simpsons, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Office the morning after they air. You can also catch new and retro classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The A Team, The Addams Family and Married...with Children or watch movies

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Do you have too much time on your hands?You can spend those surplus minutes at this nifty site - Facade.com. They offer free readings and have some unusual, well rendered tarot decks available for purchase. You can also do the Runes, I Ching, Biorhythms and Numerology as well as other forms of spiritual introspection.Now you can get answers to all of your burning questions for those times that

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Yeesh. This is soon going to look like a Google shrine, but I stumbled upon yet another cool google tool - The Google Talk Chat Widget. Now your visitors can send messages directly to your Google Talk and they don't even need to have a Google Talk account themselves. They can just start writing a message directly into the widget which opens up a new window.Too busy to actually talk to your

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GOTCHA!APRIL FOOLS!YOU'VE BEEN RICK ROLL'DOkay, admittedly not everyone thinks getting Rick Roll'd is cool; but, I made this post to accompany an article that I wrote for Associated Content about April Fools' Day Pranks - and that is very cool. You can read the full article here. And, there's still time to get your dribble glasses and whoopie cushions; just visit the Consolidated Coolness Prank

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If you are reading this - for that matter if you are breathing - you've at least heard of Google. So, this is NOT an introduction to Google and the vast array of nifty, neato - I'll say it - cool services they provide. Rather, it seemed fitting to make them the first entry in Consolidated Coolness' Collection.Glitches and growing pains aside, all-in-all, Google provides an impressive and ever

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We all come across those things, events, people and moments that cause us to spontaneously blurt out, "cool." This is a repository for just that - Coolness in all of its forms.Yours truly will continuously canvass, collect, compile and communicate copious quantities of "cool" collated and compartmentalized in this compendium of coolness for your consumption and consideration. Yes, I think

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