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You’re not following fashion trends if you’re still wearing mismatched bras and panty sets

Santa Underwear
Santa Underwear

If you’re a fashionable lady and are continuing to wear mismatched bra and panty sets, you are no longer a trend-setter.

Because while the fashion trend over recent years has been to proudly show off your underwear choices (where it was critically important to ensure that your bra was somewhat matched to your top – and not as important whether your panties were in the same style… if you wore underpants at all) — retailers are claiming that WOMEN ARE BUYING MATCHING UNDERWEAR SETS IN GREATER NUMBERS.

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Help set the Dodgeball World Record

A Dodgeball
A Dodgeball

It’s time to try and set another World Record.

This time, the world record is for the LARGEST SINGLE DODGEBALL GAME IN HISTORY.

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Proof that what your parents name you will dictate how successful you’ll be in life

The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed
The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons
from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed

Web Watch knows that you are an aggressive workaholic, just trying to make a name for yourself in this crazy world.

But have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you had a different name entirely?

Would you be happier having a more unique name, unique spelling?  Would you be happier being another Tom, Dick, or Harry in the room?  Today’s parents have any number of Baby Naming books available to them, but maybe they need to think beyond the immediate need of naming their newborn child and think long into the future.

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Reasons NOT to date a porn star. (As if you had a chance anyway)

Entourage
Entourage

Vince had it rough last season on Entourage.

He started dating former porn star Sasha Grey, and then had a whole hissy fit when she ended up being, you know, into porn.

Hey Vince – the grass isn’t always greener on the other side, is it?  What’s the old adage – no matter how pretty someone is, somebody still has to put up with their crap?

Web Watch is not saying that porn actors/actresses or other adult entertainment celebrities (either former or current) are not datable.  They are, most certainly.

But when works in that industry, there’s a certain amount of …. let’s call it “baggage”… that comes along with it, that someone from outside the industry will still need to deal with at one level or other.

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The 2011 Top 100 Restaurants in the World

NOMA: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine
NOMA: A Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine
(a look at the World’s Best Restaurant)

If you, like Web Watch, like to travel to the Best Places in the World, then you have most definitely heard of Denmark’s Noma, a 12-seat restaurant just outside Copenhagen.

Of course you’ve heard of Noma – it’s only been named the BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD for 2011.   Still doesn’t ring a bell?  Does it help if it also earned the Best Restaurant title in 2010 also?

Yeah, now you know what we’re talking about.

So while RESTAURANT magazine can’t go and visit every single restaurant in the world, they do have a pretty good handle on who the top chefs are and what makes them tick.  Sure, the majority of these top places are located in Europe, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying to make your way to any of these fine establishments for a gourmet meal that you’ll never forget.

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The Top 100 Banned Books, 2000-2009

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

The American Library Association (and the nation’s libraries in general) have a tough job – they need to make available practically every book ever written, yet they get yelled at for making certain books available.

Unfortunately, books don’t come with parental ratings guides. The best that a parent can hope for is that a particular book has been classified correctly into “children’s”, “young adult”, or “adult” material – but even then, there’s rarely a problem with a youngster deciding to read at a level above their head. It’s oft viewed as a sign of advanced brain development.

So when it comes to deciding what books their children should read, it really should be up to the individual parents to determine.  Parents have control over what media their children have access to at home, so books should be included in that material. 

There’s nothing wrong with a book being written and made available in a library or local bookstore. If you don’t believe that a particular book is for your child, then take the book away from them – but don’t force the issue by making those books unavailable to everyone else who may be interested (or not offended) in reading the same material.

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You can’t be a successful musician until you’ve gone bankrupt at least once

The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

There are lots of financial obligations when you’re a solo musician or in a band.

You have to worry about getting gigs, writing music, obtaining copyright or other legal paperwork.  Then there’s the infighting, splitting appearance fees, and paying for samples in your hit song that borrowed liberally from clips you found on YouTube.

Yeah – music royalties may not pay a lot, but they do end up paying something.  But sometimes, what you get from those royalty checks isn’t enough to make ends meet.

But all is not lost if you have to file for bankruptcy.   All sorts of extremely successful and well-respected artists have had to make that financial sacrifice in order to continue their careers later.  If you end up having to file bankruptcy, at least you’d be in good company.

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Underpants sales are up! (How does this affect the economy?)

Nice Underwear welcome mat
Nice Underwear!

You may recall a few years ago when Web Watch told you about the Hot Waitress Economic Index and the Underwear Economic Index

That’s right, folks – if you’ve been following along with Web Watch over the years, none of today’s post will be news to you.

CNBC is reporting that now,  UNDERPANTS SALES ARE RISING.