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Should You Put Your Keyboard in the Dishwasher?

In a perfect world, I would abstain from putting my feet on the coffeetable. I'd also not eat over my keyboard and sneeze all over it. Well, it isn't a perfect world and my coffeetable is all scuffy while my keyboard is so grimy that I train my eyes to look everywhere but down even as I type these words. While the sticky soda stains and cookie crumbs embedded in my keyboards nethers give me pause, what really makes me flinch is the thought of how many germs are crawling around on my office implements .

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Angelina Jolie is a Wisebread kind of Girl!

Angelina Jolie wore a vintage black dress to the New York premiere of her new movie "A Mighty Heart".  She got the dress from a secondhand store called Wastelend. How much did the dress cost?

$26!

Who knew that Angelina ascribes to our "Living large on a small budget" philosophy, too? Of course, her small budget is completely arbitrary and by choice, not necessity, and her Christian LeBoutin shoes cost more than what I earn in two months . .. but I still appreciate her gesture.

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Get $50 from JetBlue for flying on a $39 flight

Following the lead of the big airlines, JetBlue is starting their own frequent flyer program called TrueBlue. And to sweeten the pot, they are offering a $50 flight credit for travel in the fall if you join TrueBlue now and book a flight before June 1 (with travel by June 15).

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Stephen Colbert, the next K-Pop Superstar? Watch the Video and Decide!

As if I needed further reason to fall in love with Stephen Colbert!! Colbert is miffed that Korean popstar Rain beat him out in TIME mag's top 100 most influential list so what does Colbert do? He comes out with a k-pop video of his own! Stephen manages to work in references to Kim Chee, Hyundai and "MASH" the tv show .. all while singing in Korean. PRICELESS!

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Easy as Pie: Bring Mom to a Movie and Get a FREE Gift Bag!

Still need to make last minute plans for Mother's Day? Slacker! Still, it really is easy as pie: bring Mom to see a movie for Mother's Day (and one she'll probably like) and you both get free gift bags! Spend obligatory bonding time with Mom (without fighting the vicious Mom's Day brunch restaurant crowds!). Get free swag. Watch the oh-so-cute Keri Russell (or Nathan Fillion. Your preference!). Not a bad deal at all....

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Coca Cola, Renaissance Soda: Curls Hair, Removes Blood, Powers TVs!

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FREE 2-liter of Diet 7UP

This lady is going to great lengths to prove she is worth that lemon-lime soda. Oh, the sweet, sweet lemon lime nectar of the gods! And it is nice how 7UP has no caffeine and won't corrode pennies, t-bone steaks or your insides. And if you're counting calories, there's diet 7UP! Even better, here's a coupon for a free 2-liter of Diet 7UP . Any Wise Bread readers who feel like posting a picture up with their 2-liter balancing atop their head, please feel free to!

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For $11, Give Mom a Handpicked Pearl this Sunday

Remember how you would come home from school as a kid with a crummy stick figure scribble or an "African mask" made from macaroni and a paper plate . . . . and your mother just freaking loved it and stuck the 'art' on the wall immediately? Come on, admit it, even you knew back then your work was kind of chintzy but it just proved that Moms go gaga over handmade gifts!

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She Spent Only $20 on Clothes Last Year

Living on a $20/year clothes budget: Mission Impossible? No. Extreme, yes, but not impossible for one woman: Alex Martin. She spent only $20 last year on clothing. Granted, she only wore one basic piece of clothing the whole year, a little brown dress, but she rocked that dress every day and wore it for 365 days straight. Why? It was a feminist statement, an art statement and "also a let's stop wasting time and money thing". The craziest part? According to her, most people didn't even notice she was wearing the same thing day in and day out.

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