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After spending a sometimes large amount of money on your smartphone, you do not want to have to let it sit and collect dust when you move on to something else. However, there were not many uses for a retired smartphone- until now.

With older versions of the cell phone, you had to trade them in, or donate them, if you didn’t want to start a collection. With the newer versions, they are capable of doing more. Therefore, they can come in quite handy when you are no longer using them on a cellular plan.

One use for such a smartphone would be a GPS Navigator. By using an old smartphone, you save yourself the trouble of running your operating phone out of battery. You can keep your current phone charged while using your old phone to navigate with. You can download a GPS app that stores the maps for use. TomTom for iPhone, iPhone and CoPilot for Android all have apps that don’t need WiFi for operation. If you need the windshield mount, these can be found on eBay. (more…)

Breakfast reveals a big decision.  Before breakfast is on the table Julie has a talk with Bethenny and tells her that she is literally blown out and can no longer stay in the city so at the end of the year she plans to move back to Pittsburgh and start her life with her fiancé Drew.  Bethenny appears to take the news well and support Julie 100 percent in her decision.

The two inform the rest of the crew of Julie’s decision leaving Jason upset, Maggie in tears and Jackie overjoyed by her new promotion.  Bethenny is concerned over Maggie’s emotional state and wonders whether or not she will be able to take on the pressures that the job entails.

There is some underlying tension between Jason and Bethenny over their work situation.  Jason wants to help out with Skinny Girl but Bethenny is not so sure that this is the right decision for their relationship.

Balancing a business, marriage and child are not the only areas that Bethenny is juggling.  Now that her business is growing Brooke, Bethenny’s interior designer, is attempting to upgrade her apartment with 22,000 dollar lamps and 70,000 dollar mirrors. (more…)

Disappointed by the new film, “The Three Stooges” and the fact that it is not what it used to be, many will not be welcoming the old favorite as it hits theaters.  It seems the Catholic League released a statement that criticized the comedy as well as accused 20^th Century Fox of making the new version of the legendary program an insult to Catholics.

It appears that the group felt that the old “Stooges” was a well written script and had the characteristics of no rude and crude behavior as well as carried a certain respect for religion during the Hollywood golden age. Catholic League President, Bill Donohue makes claims that the new version of comedy has a faithful resemblance to modern comedians as it mocks nuns and shows babies urinating in the face of Stooges. The main objection to the film was a story of the Stooges in a fundraiser for an orphanage that boasts Kate Upton in a “nun bikini” with a rosary necklace. This same League offered up their disgust of another drag nun who is named Sister Mary-Mengele, later known as a Nazi war criminal.

According to Donohue, this film is not a good remake of the earlier “clean” version of  the Stooges, but depicts a sociological significance as it attempts to mark culture in a modern world. He doesn’t think it offers anything encouraging to the change occurring in today’s world. (more…)

In this week’s episode of “30 Rock” there was plenty of racial card throwing and overly exaggerated characters and a hint of actual substance.

It was self-evaluation week.  Everyone’s self-evaluations failed to convey their true selves’ except for Jenna’s which was completely honest only because she was under the influence which disjointed her normally faulty judgment. However, Jenna managed to steal back her form and throw it away before any real damage could be done.

The writers played yet another trick on Jenna by making her think that they were a famous director and encouraging her to paint herself blue and do cartwheels in the middle of time square.  After she figured out she had been tricked she dedicated herself to revenge at any rate, which happened to come in the form of Kenneth.

As the new janitor Kenneth revealed to Jenna that he knew everyone’s secrets simply by looking through their trash.  Jenna then schemes to get back at the writers by looking through their trash and finding their darkest secrets. (more…)

In just a couple more episodes, ABC’s Sunday night hit series Desperate Housewives will end in its final episode much to dismay of DH followers.  However, the crazy women of Dallas, in a brand new show-stopping replacement, GCB, based on the book Good Christian Bitches by Kim Gatlin, is gearing up to slide into the popular spot giving viewers a good comedy-drama to fill the void after eight seasons. The show first aired in early March as a mid-season replacement show, but has grown in popularity since the premiere.

Breaking every commandment in the Good Book, yet justifying every evil trick they pull on scripture from it, the Dallas crazies are full of gossip and malice towards their old high school mate as she gets caught up in the drama after her late husband’s criminal financial woes and moves back in with her mother in the Dallas neighborhood where she grew up.

The show stars Leslie Bibb as Amanda Vaughn, former high school “Queen Bitch” and recently widowed mother of two who moves back to her hometown. Amanda lost it all when her rich husband was caught taking billions from investors and dies in a car crash, along with his mistress. In the first two episodes, Amanda is constantly running into riffs with her former schoolmates she used to make fun of: Charlene Cockburn, the “new Queen Bitch;” Sharon Peacham, a real beauty in high school, but is now heavy and insecure and is Charlene’s sidekick; the town gossip Cricket Caruth-Reily who is married to her secretly gay husband Blake; and the fence riding pal, Heather Cruz, a mighty Dallas Real Estate Exec. (more…)

This video is popping up all over the web. It is 29 minutes and 59 seconds long. It doesn’t contain performances by world-famous actors or politicians. It doesn’t feature something big out of the newest trend. What does it have to offer people that are just trying to get through their day? Why should anyone take the time to watch this?

As soon as the video starts, there is a straightforwardness that grabs the viewer. This is not a “smoke and mirrors” production. There is not a lot of hype and fanfare to wade through.

The narrator, Jason Russel, offers a simple, honest look at the impact of Joseph Kony’s actions over the last 20 years. It outlines the horrors that have been inflicted on the children of Uganda, Africa, for the sake of power.

These children have had to endure loss in unfathomable proportions. Joseph Kony, founder and head of the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) turns the young girls into sex slaves and Ugandan boys into soldiers. They are forced to perform as Kony demands, killing parents, participating in the degradation of their young girls, and going from place to place to torture, rape, abduct and destroy. Those that do survive these attacks bear the scars of horrific mutilations on their faces for life. There is no forgetting and moving on.

Until Jason Russel took steps to make his Kony known, the world was not even aware this was happening. (more…)

Get ready! CW’s “Vampire Diaries” is back, starting Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 8:00 pm. The month-long break left fans clamoring for the rest of the season to resume, mainly for the purpose of answering all the teaser questions the last episode didn’t answer.

The newest episode promises to be something special, with flashbacks to 1912 and the ever-present tension between the turned, but young, vampire brothers, and their love, Elana.

In this episode, the lovely Elena is surprised to receive an invitation to Klaus’ mansion. He apparently wants to show off all of the new renovations. She graciously accepts, much to the consternation of Damon and Stefan. The two insist on going with her. Also, Damon is reminded of Sage, an old friend.

As for the unanswered questions? Well, Julie Plec, executive producer for the show, says they will be answered… eventually. The good news is that this episode starts the series back up, so lingering questions can finally be answered, one episode at a time. (more…)

Did you miss last nights live performances on “American Idol”? Read the details here.

The results are in for the “American Idol” Top 13! The Top 13 are listed here, in the order that they performed in. The good news is there is a strong chance for a female winner this season (if Jessica Sanchez or Hollie Cavanagh have anything to say about it). Don’t miss the “safe” picks at the bottom.

Contestants in the order they performed: Joshua Ledet, Elise Testone, Jermaine Jones, Erika Van Pelt, Colton Dixon, Shannon Magrane, Deandre Brackensick, Skylar Laine, Heehun Han, Hollie Cavanagh, Jeremy Rosado, Jessica Sanchez and last, but not least, Phillip Phillips.

Joshua Ledet sang “I Wish” by Stevie Wonder. The 19 year old from Westlake, California has been compared to Fantasia Barrino, one of his biggest idols.

Elise Testone sang “I’m Your Baby, Tonight” by Whitney Houston.  Elise is from Charleston, SC and 28 years old.

Jermaine Jones, from Pine Hill, N.J., sang “Knocks Me Off My Feet” by Stevie Wonder. Did you know he is 6’8 ½”? He is 25 years old. (more…)

How much more do you want? Several different networks are announcing their plans to launch new reality programming in the coming seasons. The new shows will follow hits like “Pawn Stars”, “Storage Wars” and “American Pickers”.

Staying with the demand, newer shows will branch into sub-categories, or niche programming, like “Baggage Battles”, showing on the Travel Channel or “Thrift Wars”, airing on Oxygen. “Baggage Battles” will follow the auctions that sell airline baggage no one has claimed. “Thrift Wars” offers a look at the New York thrift scene, as dedicated thrift-seekers look for the vintage items they are after. The items are bought in an effort to sell them and make a profit, so the cheaper, the better. (more…)