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The Worst Gifts You’ve Ever Received

They say it’s really the thought that counts, and that you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth… but what if that horse has really bad teeth? We’ve all been there – smiling through gritted teeth as we profess great thanks for a truly terrible present. Madonna famously had a meltdown when she was given hydrangeas (everyone knows she prefers roses!). The Trojans got a giant wooden horse that led to the destruction of their city. That was definitely a bummer.

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Brooke Burke: My Booty Burn Playlist

Music motivates – here is my latest Booty Burn playlist:1. Do What U Want (Remix) – Lady Gaga feat R. Kelly & Rick Ross2. When I Get You Alone – Robin Thicke3. Hold On, We’re Going Home – Drake4. Give It 2 U – Robin Thicke5. Beautiful People – Chris Brown6. Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars7. Low – Flo RidaHere’s a Zumba Fitness video with DAR to this song that I love …

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What I Learned This Stressmas

On the Saturday morning before Christmas, I ran into a friend, the mother of four, ten years older and far wiser than I am.She had on a kelly green sweater, sparkly earrings, and MAKEUP. At 10 am on the busiest day of Stressmas – the frantic homestretch of shopping-cooking-decorating that accelerates up until December 25th every year.”Where have you BEEN?” was my first question.She rolled her eyes. “My neighbor’s holiday cookie exchange …

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The Middle Place

At a time when many memoirs are often either sappy exercises insentimentality or specious journeys into degradation – not to mentionsimply fake – along comes Kelly Corrigans The Middle Place, to remindus what the genre can really be. At 33, Corrigan, happily marriedsuburban writer/mother of two tiny daughters, adored daughter of a manwho believes everything she does is simply fabulous, wakes up todiscover she has breast cancer. Almost at …