I've been seeing the TV commercials that the folks at Disney started airing on September 18, 2008.

So I looked up details about the Free Disney Ticket On Your Birthday special online.

Looks good to me! No catches that I can see... other than the fact that you'll be obligated to buy a full-price ticket for anyone who accompanies you on your visit to either Disney World in Orlando or Disneyland in California. But that's to be expected. Plus, it's only good on your actual birthday in 2009.

Jim and I both signed up for a free ticket at each of the different parks on each of our birthdays. Who knows if we'll actually be able to get away when the time comes (Mar 2 and Nov 14), but it's worth considering, if you ask me.

You're allowed to sign up all your kids. May as well encourage your closest friends and relatives to sign up too! It's only 3 very simple steps. And no, you don't have to sign up for their optional "birthday club". We didn't.

When I was a kid, my friends and I used to like to dress up as a group for Halloween. We'd pick a theme such as a favorite cartoon or movie, and then pick characters from it that we would all dress up as and go out trick-or-treating -- as a group.

These days, lots of adults have fun dressing up as group for Halloween, as well. And since many people participate in at least one Halloween party where it's required to dress up, finding group Halloween costumes is one way to make the evening even more exciting.

Here are some ideas for group Halloween costumes for adults and kids that you can buy... or make yourself!

Hasbro's newest Monopoly Board Game is the "Here & Now Edition".

In short: the classic monopoly game has gotten a facelift. No, wait... I guess it's more like a complete makeover!

They asked people to vote on which properties they wanted on the Here & Now Edition of Monopoly. (More than 3 million online votes were cast!)

As a result, there are 22 new properties...

The biggest day in board game history is... Friday, May 12, 2006.

According to the folks at Hasbro, anyway.

That's the day that America decides which streets to place on the brand new edition of the Monopoly game board.

Tired of seeing the same old "typical" Halloween costumes year after year?...

Me too.

I mean, even this little piggy has a new Halloween mask this year!...

Listen to Bud Light's Real Men of Genius "Mr. After Halloween Costume Shop Salesman":

Following are all the best funny, sexy & do-it-yourself Halloween ideas for kids, adults, couples, and their pets -- including some of the coolest dog costumes around.

Whether you choose to purchase one of these out-of-the-ordinary Halloween costumes online, or decide to try & make one yourself, you're sure to get a lot of attention wearing one of these!

Funny Halloween Costumes For Adults
Adult Costumes For Couples & Groups
Plus Size Costumes For Adults
Adult Sexy or Risque Costumes
Pet Costumes For Halloween & Other Occasions
Easy-to-Make Costumes For Kids

On our recent trip to Arizona (including Sedona and the Grand Canyon), we were talking about the Grand Canyon being one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Turns out, it's not. The Grand Canyon is one of the Seven NATURAL Wonders of the World instead! (There is a difference.)

The Grand Canyon is a stone formation that has been carved by water, winds, seas and sands that gets more then 4 million visitors a year. It is 277 miles long, 18 miles wide and 1 mile deep.

Anyway, it looks like I'm not alone. Many people wonder about the top wonders of the world, and there's even a catch-all list of sorts called the "Top 100 Wonders of the World" that's been created -- probably so people can just say that they've been to one of the Top Wonders of the World or something... Count me in!

All this "wondering" led me to consider the many places that I have been -- far and wide -- and I began to wonder where those places rank on the "Top 100 Wonders of the World" list.

Want to see if the places you have been appear on the Top Wonders of the World list?