Sunday, November 8, 2009

Fashion industry's new reality

It's a reality most women have known for a long time. The women on the fashion runways do not look like most of us. The industry now knows the mathematics of size zero models do not add up.



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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009

White House Garden in the spotlight

The White House goes reality TV. The First Lady just taped an appearance on The Food Network's Iron Chef America .

The whole idea was to promote healthy eating. The chef's even used veggies from the Obama's new garden. No word on what the secret ingredient will be.
We do know there is some extra star power in the episode. In addition to Mrs. O, The New York Times reports two pairs of chefs will compete: Cristeta Comerford, the White House executive chef, and Bobby Flay against Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse.
It turns out this isn't the Obama Garden's first turn on reality TV, the garden gets a star turn on Tuesday night’s episode of “The Biggest Loser.”

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Sesame Street: For Adults Only


Big Bird and gang are turning 40 years old. As the show that changed children's television turns 40, we are learning that some classic Sesame Street episodes are not appropriate for kids.

As CNN reported, the set itself has received a makeover. The street, which was supposed to represent the inner city has been cleaned up.

But, what may surprise you is that even the sketches have been cleaned up.

You can now get the original episodes DVD, and the discs come with this warning "These early 'Sesame Street' episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child."

Some of the "questionable" content includes Cookie monster smoking a pipe while hosting "Monster Piece Theater." He then of course eats his pipe thinking it is a cookie. That was before we ever heard the words childhood obesity.

As CBS quotes Sherrie Rollins Westin, executive vice president of Sesame Workshop, "In the very first episode, Gordon takes a little girl's hand who he's just met on the street, befriends her and takes her into his home to give her ice cream... That's something we wouldn't do on the show today."

Even Oscar is no longer as mean as he used to be, and of course the kids were allowed to ride bikes without helmets.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Your Belly is Full of Junk!

This gets my vote for the strangest ad on the web I've seen in a long time.

"Your Belly is Full of Junk! Learn the trick to removing the undigested food inside of you..." The picture shows what appears to be a Big Mac and fries sitting undisturbed in a cutaway view of a woman's torso.

Send the Cops: I'm Drunk


Here's how you know you shouldn't be behind the wheel, you call 911 on yourself. According to KTLA a Wisconsin woman called 911 and told the dispatcher, "I don't want to hurt anybody. I'm drunk."


A deputy says her blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Click here to hear the 911 call for yourself.


Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Blog Update: Justice Who Refused to Marry Interracial Couple Quits

A quick update; CNN is reporting the Louisiana Justice of the Peace who wouldn't grant a marriage license to an interracial couple has resigned. Btw, the couple later did get a license in another parish.
The justice says he has no regrets. He was quoted by WAFB as, "It's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you haven't done wrong." He still says he is not racist and does not perform interracial marriages because of his concern about the children of such marriages.

Love is Blind

They say love it blind. For one lucky boy, that's a good thing.



Monday, November 2, 2009

How Madoff got away with a ponzi scheme

A ponzi scheme that Madoff himself hoped someone would discover.




Sunday, November 1, 2009

Slumdog trust fund may disappear

In order to keep their trust fund, the Slumdog kids must attend school. Two of the kids are in danger of losing their money.