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Open Question: Am I Crazy for Being Jealous of My Husband's Trip Without Me?

My husband's cousin recently won an all expense paid trip to Switzerland. He's separated from his wife and my husband is one of his closest friends, so he asked my husband to go with him. My husband told him that I wouldn't be happy about this and when my husband told me, I wasn't. This is like a dream vacation for me. I have strong European roots and my husband and I have dreamed of going on a Euro trip for years. My husband has gone on several vacations without me - 3 weeks in Brazil, 2 weeks in Alaska to go fishing, 1 week in Arizona to go to Spring Training, so its not like I never let him do his "guy trips" - in fact he has at least one every year. And trust isn't the issue either - I totally trust him. I know his cousin really well, he's a good guy - I just don't want him to go without me. I have considered buying my own airfare and hotel and going with them, but 1) I don't want to intrude on "their" trip and 2) we have a very limited budget and we could never afford to go in the first place. I am really hurt by this, and my husband knows it, but I just feel like a b*tch. I feel like either way I lose. If he stays he'll be angry at me and feel like he's missing out, but if he goes I'll be upset and will always remember that he went on my dream vacation without me. What do I do? Am I being outrageous? Thanks in advance for your help.

Open Question: Hi, I´m from Brazil, how can I go to Alaska from Vancouver?

I want to get a ship to alaska, but I want to stay two days in Vancouver, I has never been there, please help me, I want sugestions of hotel and fun in vancouver, best months to travel. If you are a brazilian, answer in portuguese, and my apologyses for everybody my poor english language.

Resolved Question: Are the Tea Baggers falling apart already?

January 26, 2010 Tea Party Disputes Take Toll on Convention By KATE ZERNIKE A Tea Party convention billed as the coming together of the grass-roots groups that began sprouting up around the country a year ago is unraveling as sponsors and participants pull out to protest its expense and express concerns about “profiteering.” The convention’s difficulties highlight the fractiousness of the Tea Party groups, and the considerable suspicions among their members of anything that suggests the establishment. The convention, to be held in Nashville in early February, made a splash by attracting big-name politicians. (Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech.) But some groups have criticized the cost — $549 per ticket and a $9.95 fee, plus hotel and airfare — as out of reach for the average tea partier. And they have balked at Ms. Palin’s speaking fee, which news reports have put at $100,000, a figure that organizers will not confirm or deny. Tea Party events exploded last winter, as increasingly large gatherings protested the federal stimulus bill, government bailouts and proposed health care legislation. While they vary by name, specific tenets and relative embrace of anarchy, such groups tend to unite around fiscal conservatism and a belief that the federal government — whether led by Republicans or Democrats — has overstepped its constitutional powers. Tea Party Nation, the convention organizer, started as a social networking site for the groups last year, a kind of Facebook for conservatives to “form bonds, network and make plans for action.” But its founders, former sponsors and participants are now trading accusations. Philip Glass, the national director of the National Precinct Alliance, announced late Sunday that “amid growing controversy” around the convention, his organization would no longer participate. His group seeks to take over the Republican Party from the bottom by filling the ranks of local and state parties with grass-roots conservatives, and Mr. Glass had been scheduled to lead workshops on its strategy. “We are very concerned about the appearance of T.P.N. profiteering and exploitation of the grass-roots movement,” he said in a statement. “We were under the impression that T.P.N. was a nonprofit organization like N.P.A., interested only in uniting and educating Tea Party activists on how to make a real difference in the political arena.” Mr. Glass said he was also concerned about the role in the convention of groups like Tea Party Express, which has held rallies across the country through two bus tours, and FreedomWorks, a Tea Party umbrella. He called them “Republican National Committee-related groups,” and added, “At best, it creates the appearance of an R.N.C. hijacking; at worst, it is one.” Erick Erickson, the editor of the influential conservative blog RedState.com, wrote this month that something seemed “scammy” about the convention. And the American Liberty Alliance withdrew as a sponsor after its members expressed concerns about the convention’s finances being channeled through private bank accounts and its organizer being “for profit.” “When we look at the $500 price tag for the event and the fact that many of the original leaders in the group left over similar issues, it’s hard for us not to assume the worst,” Eric Odom, the executive director of the American Liberty Alliance and an organizer of the tax day rallies last April, wrote on the group’s Web site. Sherry Phillips, who founded and runs Tea Party Nation with her husband, Judson, said Monday that it is not a nonprofit group. Ms. Phillips said the American Liberty Alliance was “a for-profit company that takes donations.” The National Precinct Alliance, she said, demanded compensation of around $3,000. “Our budget on this convention is very tight and we could not afford them,” she wrote in an e-mail message. She declined to comment on Ms. Palin’s speaking fee. “If there is any profit,” Ms. Phillips said, “the money will go toward furthering the cause of conservatism.” Mr. Glass denied that his group had requested money and said convention organizers had asked his group to pay $2,200 to speak. As for FreedomWorks, it is not a convention sponsor. Tea Party leaders in training sessions at the group’s headquarters on Monday said their members, for the most part, could not afford the convention or were not interested. An earlier version of this article erroneously said that Sherry Phillips called the Tea Party a "nonprofit" group. This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: January 27, 2010 An article on Tuesday about concerns on the part of some Tea Party groups around the country over the cost of a Tea Party convention scheduled for early next month in Nashville paraphrased incorrectly from an e-mail message from Sherry Phillips, a founder of the convention organizer, Tea Party Nation. Ms. Phillips wr

Resolved Question: "Grass roots tea party" cost 600 a seat , why ?

The convention, to be held in Nashville in early February, made a splash by attracting big-name politicians. (Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech.) But some groups have criticized the cost — $549 per ticket and a $9.95 fee, plus hotel and airfare — as out of reach for the average tea partier. And they have balked at Ms. Palin’s speaking fee, which news reports have put at $100,000, a figure that organizers will not confirm or deny.

Resolved Question: Will the real Americans welcome back...?

the teabaggers after they realize that they are being scammed by the Republican party and their leaders so that they can make profits? "The convention, to be held in Nashville in early February, made a splash by attracting big-name politicians. (Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech.) But some groups have criticized the cost — $549 per ticket and a $9.95 fee, plus hotel and airfare — as out of reach for the average tea partier. And they have balked at Ms. Palin’s speaking fee, which news reports have put at $100,000, a figure that organizers will not confirm or deny. " http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/26/830367/-Tea-Party-Convention-Implodes-and-Collapses Just another Republican party scam.

Resolved Question: My list of things to do before I die... :-)?

Here is my list of things to do before I die. Me and my friend are gunna make a YouTube channel for it, and post a video everytime we complete something. Here is the list: 1.Sleep on the beach 2.Swim with Dolphins 3.Help build a house 4.Deliver a baby 5.Be in a protest 6.Go on a blind date 7.Destroy a hotel room 8.Host a radio show 9.Sky Dive 10.Go to the Grand Canyon and Scream at the top of your lungs. 11.Go to burning man 12.Fly in a plane 13.FLY a plane 14.Meet a celebrity 15.Spend a vacation with someone you don’t know 16.Jump in a pool with clothes on 17.Rap for a group 18.Cut the ribbon at a big event 19.Spend the day with a homeless man 20.Write a song and perform it 21.Wear a tux 22.Go to a Broadway show 23.Crowd Surf 24.Go to a huge concert with backstage passes 25.Help sick children 26.Help poor kids 27.Go ice-skating 28.Go to Ireland, Spain, Italy, Dominican Republic, Australia, New Guinea and Jamaica with no plans whatsoever. 29.Plant a whole garden 30.Get a college degree 31.Start a block party 32.Approach the cutest guy I’ve ever seen and kiss him 33.Give a stranger a $100 dollar bill 34.Send a message in a bottle 35.Send a message in a balloon 36.Get something named after you (Star, Kid, Clothing Line…) 37.Sleep in a haunted house or haunted building… like haunted jail. 38.Donate Blood 39.Spend a day in complete silence 40.Draw a mural 41.Take a sculpting class 42.Smash a guitar 43.Throw a successful surprise party 44.Take a random kid on a toy shopping spree (300 dollar limit) 45.Race a sports car 46.Be a contestant on a game show 47.Have a lemonade stand and make $100 48.Experience ZERO gravity 49.Go on a hot air balloon ride 50.Have your portrait painted 51.Watch and follow a football season 52.Tell a stranger the story of your life, sparing no details. Your friends, enemies and mistakes and this list. 53.Give my date roses  54.Ride a camel 55.Become a missionary and live in Africa for one year. 56.Go one year without lying ONCE. 57.Become awesome at swing dancing. 58.Shower in a waterfall 59.Spend New Years in an exotic location 60.Write my will 61.Drive the Autobahn – or be a passenger… 62.Make a successful raft 63.Sleep a night in a snow fort 64.Build a Tree House 65.Learn how to fake an English Accent. 66.Do 100 push-ups in a row 67.Yell "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" in a crowded area. 68.Hitchhike 69.Visit a real blues bar in Chicago 70.Scuba Dive 71.Adopt a Child 72.Climb an Active Volcano 73.Visit 30 different countries and spend a day with a family/tribe/village/person from each one 74.Teach English in a Foreign Country 75.Spend a month without a car, or bike. Use buses, trains and ferry’s only. 76.Become Drunk 77.Become a Mother 78.Make homemade bread and cakes 79.Spend the Weekend on a Yacht 80.Play with a baby Tiger, Gorilla, Lion and Bear. 81.Camp in each of America’s National Parks 82.Shoot a real gun 83.Go to all fifty states by car…or feet. 84.Do a cart wheel 85.Take a cake decorating class 86.Walk in the Breast Cancer 3-day Race 87.Take a photo shop class 88.Watch the Launch of a space shuttle 89.Explore the Amazon 90.Spend the weekend with an Indian Tribe and Learn about their culture 91.Save somebody’s life 92.Send a singing Telegram 93.Receive a singing Telegram 94.Invite all my friends to my 90th birthday party 95.Ride an Elephant 96.Take a trip on a submarine 97.Meet the Queen 98.Rid the Bullet Train 99.Build an 8’ snow man 100.Wear funny wigs every day for two weeks 101.Go one month wearing a cape 102.Go one year eating with only chop-sticks 103.Climb a pyramid 104.Live in a barn 105.Live in a mansion 106.Be the member of an audience of a TV show 107.Ride a cable car in San Francisco 108.Go to the top of the Sears Tower and yell. 109.Ride a mechanical bull successfully 110.Go exploring in a cave 111.Sneak Out 112.Go hunting 113.Keep a Vlog for one year 114.Write Parody’s of popular songs 115.Save up $1,000,000 in spending money. 116.Do a hand-stand 117.Go to a drive-in 118.Spend a week in Alaska in the Wilderness 119.Be awesome successfully 120.Get married, have a fairy-tale wedding in Ireland  121.Go to Disney Land for a weekend 122.Meet a male stripper haha 123.Learn to Break Dance 124.Go one year being a vegan 125.Go one year with no soda 126.Beat Someone up. 127.Jump off of a bridge into a lake, river, or ocean. 128.Try out for American Idol 129.Become a part of the “Free Hugs” Campaign 130.Pick Apples from a tree 131.Meet a Monkey named George. 132.Disguise myself as a man, and see if you can fool anyone 133.Be a Maid of Honor 134.Preach the wo more... it didn't copy the whole list o.O 134.Preach the word. 135.Give a new neighbor cookies 136.Dye my hair black 137.See a solar eclipse 138.Be in a commercial 139.Kiss a Whale 140.Climb a Tree 141.Swing from a rope into the lake 142.Collect a license plate from every state 143.Drive down Route 66 in a 50’s car 144.Learn to Juggle 145.Walk the Great Wall of China 146.Go White Water Rafting 147.Be in a Circus 148.Make a HUGE pillow fort that covers a football field 149.See the Northern Lights 150.Be on an The Buried Life episode 151. Have a food fight 152.Catch a fish with bare hands 153.Serve in a soup kitchen Okay, people, I am a fan of "The Buried Life", they're my insperation. But only like 5-10 of their things are on here!!! Geeze. There are 150 something on this list, and only a few are from them. Don't give me crap. :P

Voting Question: Should I stay downtown, south or north of Anchorage, Alaska?

I`m going to Alaska for 12 days in June, I`m looking for hotels but I am confuse on where I should stay, is there anything to do in downtown Anchorage? I see hotels a few miles south of anchorage and some a few miles north of the city, which one do you recommend?

Resolved Question: Which region is suit for me to stay in USA?

Hello, I am China. I gonna participate a Work&Travel program in June, and I would have have chances to choose one of places to stay and work in USA, such as Maine, Rhode Island, Alaska. At the same time, the managers of the program would provide different jobs to us, like processing fish products in Alaska, to be a waiter in fast-food restaurant, to be a house keeper in hotel. I wanna get a job which can let me contact with lots of American and experience the American culture and see some beautiful scene. It's said that there are much beautiful scene in Alaska, so I decide to go there, but I don't know whether there have authentic American culture, and not sure whether this job-processing fish can let me contact many local American. Please tell where should I go. Does Alaskan people speak American English? I want to contact much local people and improve my oral English. Is it diffiuclt to find job in Alaska? How's the weather in Alaska in June? Is it cold at that time?

Resolved Question: Where to stay in Anchorage, Alaska? Activities and Recommended Dining for one day stay...?

Hi! I'm flying to Anchorage, Alaska in May and staying for two nights before traveling to Seward to take an Alaska Cruise. I've been searching for a hotel to stay. I'm interested in a hotel that is well located walking distance to restaurants and "shops", a nice area to walk around during the afternoon/night. Of what I've researched, that area would be W 5th Ave and W 6th Ave...is this true? or am I complete off track? Also if someone can recommend what to do in our one-day stay I would greatly appreciate it...specially any local restaurant for lunch and dinner!!! Thanks a lot!!

Resolved Question: How to get cheap cabin in Anchorage, Alaska? Should we rent a car also?

My bf and I are going to Alaska (Anchorage) in June and we`re trying to get cheap hotels, but reading thru the internet we see that cabins are supposed to be cheaper. How can we get a good plan on what to see and where to stay and what to do of course without expending that much money.