According to Ryan Murphy from askmen.com every guy needs 11 friends...

1. The Drinking Buddy, the right-hand man when it comes to drinking yourself silly.
2. The Loveable Loser, he still lives with his parents and you will always be more successful then him.
3. The Mentor, he's cool and you aspire to be like him
4. A Girl (friend), she tells it to you like it is--just don't screw it up by sleeping with her:(
5. The Admirer, he wants to be you and he makes you feel sometimes better then you are.  Be nice to him...
6. The Single Guy, he answers to no one and he remains always cool.
7. The Connected Guy, he knows everyone and he helps you to know them too.
8. The Rich Guy, you can borrow his toys and hang out in his hip pad.
9. The Fitness Guy, he keeps you motivated to stay in shape
10. The Hapless Married Guy, he reminds you of why you want to stay SINGLE
11. The Wingman, his goal is to make sure you get lucky and he is always willing to take one for the team

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And now from The Sweet Potato Queens (www.sweetpotatoqueens.com) the five MEN we must have in our lives at ALL TIMES...given that it is not possible to find all needed attributes in any one man, a smart and savvy chick understands that she needs her own posse of men to keep her happy...

1. a man who can fix things
2. a man who can pay for things
3. a man you can dance with
4. a man you can talk to
5. a man to have great sex with

Now, if you are really LUCKY, you may find a man that has several of these attributes...

James Bond is one of my favorites...he is like Zorro, the perfect man.  What's great about BOND?

-he's sexy

-he's smart

-he's a spy-so he's mysterious

-he is always dressed to kill (pun intended)

-he drinks martinis

-he has the coolest cars

-he is always getting lucky

-beautiful women fall all over him

-he has the COOLEST cars and guns

-he always has the best gadgets

-he is always fighting for what's right

-he never lets the bad guys win

-he never dies

-he never sweats

-he is always cool, calm and collected

-he always gets the GIRL

I just couldn't pass this one up...a Victoria Secret style fashion show in PRISON????

Angolan inmate Angelica Nsangu, 23, walks on the catwalk during a beauty pageant held at Carandiru Complex prison to choose the most beautiful inmate of Sao Paulo state, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2004. Nsangu won the contest.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Well Kids, the Blessed Virgin Mary seems to be upset about something and that bothers me as I am one of her biggest fans...perhaps she is sad about the lack of the TRUE meaning of Christmas these days.  The real spirit of Christmas is about giving of yourself to others--we all need to practice this more often and Christmas is a great place to start...let's all try and be more generous and kind this season and perhaps Mary will stop crying.

Visitors to the Vietnamese Catholic Martyrs Church, of Sacramento, Calif., gather around a statue of the Virgin Mary that has red stains running from the left eye, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005. According to Anthony Nguyen, a deacon at the Church, the stains first appeared Nov. 9th, but they were washed away. The stains reappeared a week later. Visitors have been coming to the church to see what many call ' a miracle.'(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)