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Ashes – Anti-Smoking Advertisments

Alexandra — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:57:14 +0000

Smoking cigarettes is not always a death cause. But SOMETIMES IT IS. I used to know people who had been smoking since ever and lived many, many years. Even if they didn’t smoke their life, they smoked their health, their money, their youth.

I still can’t understand what is the pleasure of throwing money on ashes and inhaling smoke. Life is full of beautiful things that can make us overcome stress. Then.. why cigarettes?

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Haunted Las Vegas

Alexandra — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:27:19 +0000

Despite my many travels and the fact I have never entered in a casino and I’m not even curious, always desperately wanted to see Las Vegas… not necessarily for the bright lights and glitter, for the magnificent shows or famous blackjack games, but for that hidden side that very few people know, its weird sites – haunted Las Vegas.

The Sin City has many hot spots where unsettled spirits hide their shadows: schools, boulevards, hotels and casinos. I could find information about a few such kind of strange and mysterious places so here it is – maybe just rumors or plain scary truth… who knows

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Pencil Sharpeners – Since The Beginning

Alexandra — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:08:37 +0000

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A few of the most interesting and amazing pencil sharpeners from 1860 until now.

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Old Creepy Ads

Alexandra — Sat, 05 May 2007 16:19:59 +0000

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Sometimes it’s really scary what human mind can conceive for advertising. If you are a vintage ads freak, you can find some more over here: Vintage Prints & Advertisments or you can have this wonderful book:
Those Were the Days: Weird and Wacky Ads of Yesteryear

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