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February 2009
Airline considers charging passengers to use the potty
Let’s just hope the penny pinching American airlines don’t read the London Telegram.
The newspaper reported Friday, Feb. 27, that low-cost European airline Ryanair might start charging passengers to use the potty.
Airline chief executive Michael O’Leary told the BBC that Ryanair might install a coin slot on the restroom door so that “people might actually have to spend a pound to spend a penny,” the newspaper reported.
When you think about it, I mean really think about it, is it that far a stretch of the imagination to think that American airliners would consider the same move?
Some already charge extra for headphones, checked bags, window seats and snacks.
Outrageous!
What do you think? What’s next, a $10 charge for TP? Comment below.
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TweetDirty computer screen? This pug is for you
Is your computer screen dirty? Do you like puppies?
The link that follows offer a surefire way to clean your computer from the inside out.
No, its not news, but it may put a smile on your face.
Click here to download puppy screen cleaner screen savers from the Movie “Must Love Dogs.”
What do you think? Comment below.
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TweetDECA mock trial team advances to state finals
When a group of high school students from Dayton Early College Academy entered the 2009 Ohio Mock Trial district competition last month, nobody gave them a whiff of chance.
That turned out to be a mistake.
A team from DECA not only toppled more experienced schools in its district and region but is now prepping for the state finals which begin Thursday, March 5 at the Franklin County Courthouse in Columbus.
“As a school this is only our second year competing,” said 16 year old mock trial lawyer Brittish Calloway. “Last year the DECA team didn’t even advance past the first round. But we worked very hard this year and I knew we had as much of a chance as anyone else.”
DECA social studies teacher and mock trial leader Michelle Szucs said the road to the state finals was not without potholes.
“We competed at the regionals Friday, Feb. 20, and were told that our teams failed to advance,” Szucs said. “However, on Monday, Feb. 23, I got a phone call from the State Mock Trial committee.
They said there had been a scoring glitch and we actually did win our trial. We’re going to the state!”
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TweetBeavercreek Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt interviewed by fight site
Beavercreek Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Mike Patt offers a training update in an article on fighthype.com, a boxing and mixed martial arts news website.
Patt, a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter and UFC light heavy weight, is set to fight Brandon Vera 10 p.m. March 7 at UFC 96 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
Patt, the owner of Beavercreek Martial Arts, said he is working out with taller fighters.
And he gives people at the gym a shout out in the article.
What do you think? Are you a Mixed Martial Arts fan? Comment below.
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TweetWill you head to Mexico for spring break despite the Travel Alert?
Spring breakers might want to give up the margarita and taco dreams.
The U.S. State Department last week issued a Travel Alert for those heading south of the border as Mexico gets deeper into a bloody drug war.
The alert supersedes the alert for Mexico issued October 15 and will end on August 20, 2009.
Travel alerts are not as serious as Travel Warnings. As bad as things are there, Mexico is no Pakistan , Iraq or Afghanistan.
Alerts warn about short-term conditions that present imminent risks to U.S. citizens.
“Large firefights have taken place in many towns and cities across Mexico but most recently in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez,” the advisory said.
“Mexican and foreign bystanders have been injured or killed in violent attacks in cities across the country, demonstrating the heightened risk of violence in public places. In recent years, dozens of U.S. citizens have been kidnapped across Mexico,” the alert said.
Thousands of American college students flock to Mexico for spring break annually.
Should the travel alert change their plans? What do you think? Comment below.
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TweetMystery all but solved, Obama said to be seeking a Portuguese Water Dog
Could months of uncertainty and debate soon come to an end?
First lady Michelle Obama reportedly told “People” magazine that her daughters in April will be getting the hypoallergenic dog they were promised.
Read Associated Press story here.
The president promised Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, a doggie after he was elected.
Michelle Obama told People in an item posted Wednesday, Feb. 25, that her family seeks a rescue Portuguese Water Dog and is tossing around names.
They’ve already ruled out “Frank” and “Moose” which are fine names, but don’t exactly go with the last name Obama. Moose Palin maybe.
The family had considered a fancy pants mutt, the Labradoodle, a Labrador retriever mixed with a poodle.
The seafaring Portuguese Water Dog is apparently a substantial breed.
What do you think? What should the family name the dog?
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TweetMiamisburg woman meets “McDreamy”
Actor Patrick Dempsey put his arm around Lynn Kerschner and the Avon district sales manager from Miamisburg turned into a total goof inside.
“I don’t even remember what I even said to him,” Kerschner’s said Wednesday, Feb. 25.
She fought to maintain her professionalism as an Avon executive was nearby.
Other Avon reps weren’t as outwardly cool and collected.
“These women started screaming and jumping up,” she said. “It was like they couldn’t stay in their seats.”
As part of an Avon sales contest, Kershner was selected to attend a cocktail party and dinner Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The “Grey’s Anatomy” star, who helped Avon launch its new cologne “Unscripted,” was the main dish.
It is Avon’s top selling men’s fragrances.
About 200 Avon division sales managers, district sales managers and Avon representatives were chosen based on their fourth quarter sales performance compared to prior year, the company said.
In addition, Avon leadership representatives who helped recruits advance during that period were also selected for the honor.
Dempsey visited with the women at the event and posed for pictures.
Kershner stood next to him at his vintage Mercedes Benz during her group’s photo.
Dempsey, whose character is nicknamed “McDreamy,” was completely gracious, Kershner said.
Kershner, who doesn’t even watch Grey’s, said the scruffy faced Dempsey was “drop dead gorgeous.”
She was blown away to be so close to a star. “You just wanted to run your fingers through his hair, she said with a slight laugh. “He looked pretty hot.”
“It just an experience I will always remember.”
What do you think? Comment below.
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Tweet‘Happy juice’ linked to cancer in women
Maybe all that booze you toss back for your um… health isn’t a good thing after all.
Thirty percent of certain cancers may be linked to even moderate consumption of happy juice, according to a study of British women released Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Read Associated Press article here.
University of Oxford researchers suggest that even a few drinks a day can increase the risk of breast, rectal and liver cancer, the Associated Press story said.
Women who drank two or fewer drinks a week were compared to bigger boozers.
It didn’t seem to matter what kind of alcohol was consumed or in what order - beer before liquor, liquor before beer, wine when you dine, etc.
The findings of course tick off wine lovers and runs counter to the popular notion that a glass of wine a day can help keep a heart attack away.
U.S. health guidelines recommend that women consume no more than one drink a day. Men should drink no more than two a day, the Associated Press reported.
What do you think? Will you change your drinking habits? Do you drink?
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TweetLincoln money, contest open
Essays are been sought for the 25th Annual Dayton ASALH/DLAMC-DEA Essay Contest.
This year’s theme is “The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas: From Slavery to the White House - What a Story!”
Cash awards ranging from $100 to $25 will be award for five grade groups - college undergraduate, grades 7 through 9; grades 10 though 12; grades 4 though 6; and kindergarten through 3rd grade.
The essay is part of local efforts to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s 200 birthday and his visit here 150 years ago.
It is a program of the Dayton Association for the Study of African American Life & History , and the Doris L. Allen Minority Caucus/ Dayton Education Association.
Send your essay to Essay Contest, 1312 Princeton Drive, Dayton, OH 45406 or to mpeters0312@sbcglobal.net by March 20. Include your name, grade, teacher/mentor and school/organization.
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TweetCell phones vs real live women in poll
If it weren’t hard enough to be a woman, it turns out women have cellular rivals for male affection, according to a recent survey by Energizer Energi To Go battery-driven phone charger of male smart phone users age 25 to age 35.
When asked to pick between their significant others and their smart phones, 45 percent of participants said they would either give up their significant other or “I’ll have to think about that one,” the survey says.
-A whopping 45 percent of men said they “can’t live without their smartphone.”
-And 47 percent said they spend three or more hours day on their smartphones.
Don’t fret real live women. All is not lost.
Fifty six percent of respondents said they’d give up the smart phone if they had to pick.
What do you think? Are you in a cellular romance?
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TweetSocks: First White House cat, champion to cat-kind dies
With paws of thunder, he reigned over the Clinton White House as First Cat, doing battle with arch nemesis Buddy.
Socks the cat outlived Buddy, but he could not beat death.
The American Shorthair, a hero to all who prrrrr, lost his battle with cancer Friday, Feb. 20, in Hollywood, Md.
The 18-year-old was put to sleep.
Read Associated Press Article here.
The Clintons outraged the cat-kind when they took Buddy, the chocolate retriever they adopted in 1997, with them when they left the White House in 2001.
Socks, originally Chelsea Clinton’s furball, never, ever, ever liked stupid, stupid Buddy and moved with Bill Clinton’s secretary, Betty Currie, to Maryland.
“I’m trying to work that out,” then-president Clinton joked about the relationship between his kitty and doggie. “It’s going to take a while. It’s kind of like peace in Ireland or the Middle East.”
Currie dotted on Socks and was heartbroken over his demise.
Despite their mutual animosity, Socks and Buddy shared a tittle of a book, Hillary Clinton children’s book “Dear Socks, Dear Buddy.”
In his lifetime, Socks appeared in parades, aided animal groups and stood often on the shoulder of at least one American president.
Socks was a pioneer who opened the door for Bush era cat India who died Jan. 4 at age 18. Ironically, India was also overshadowed by canines, the adorable Barney and so-so Miss Beazley.
Socks enjoyed sitting in the sun, eating chicken dinners and symbolizing justice and peace.
What do you think? Who was the best White House pet? Comment below.
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TweetSuper President! Obama beats Jesus on hero poll
President Barack Obama beat the big guy - yup, J.C. - in a poll asking American adults who they admired enough to call hero.
Martin Luther King followed Jesus Christ in the Harris Interactive poll that asked participants to name their hero, according to a February 19 press release.
No list of names was offered. The research company says heroes were named spontaneously during the online survey of 2,634 adults age 18 an older conducted in January. Ronald Reagan came in fourth followed in order by George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain, John F. Kennedy, pilot Chesley Sullenberger and Mother Teresa.
Nearly 90 percent of participants said that “doing what’s right regardless of personal consequences” makes a hero a hero.
When asked who use to be a hero but has fallen from grace, participants mentioned the following people: Colin Powell, George W. Bush, John McCain, Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy.
The poll was first conducted in 2001. That year, Jesus was the number one hero and the nation had not been introduced to Obama.
Other heroes included God, 11; Hillary Clinton, 12; Billy Graham, 13; Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi, 15; Colin Powell, Bill Clinton and George Washington, 16; Condoleeza Rice, 19; Oprah Winfrey, 20; Sarah Palin, 21; and General George S. Patton and Bill Gates, 22.
What do you think? Comment below.
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TweetBattered photo of Rihanna leaked, LAPD investigating
The Los Angeles police department is investigating who leaked a photo of a battered and bruised Rihanna to the entertainment website TMZ.
TMZ.com Thursday, Feb. 19, posted a photo it says is of Rihanna snapped after R&B singer Chris Brown allegedly beat her Sunday, Feb. 8.
In the photo, the pop princess’ face is badly bruised and her lips are swollen.
LAPD has launched an internal investigation. It has not officially named the “Umbrella” singer as the victim in the assault.
Brown was arrested on a domestic violence charge and later released on bail.
Rihanna’s injuries have been described as “horrific.”
TweetInternational designer adds line to discount store
Now here’s a way to get a big name designer in your closet without breaking the bank or committing a crime.
Target has partner with top labels before, but Alexander McQueen is among the best.
The “hooligan of English fashion” on March 4 will launch his rock n’ roll inspired McQ for Target line on Target.com and in select Target stores nationally.
The line is inspired by the Duke of Spirit, an alternative English rock act. A Duke of Spirit compilation disc is being sold online and in Target stores.
Liela Moss, the band’s lead singer was McQueen’s inspiration for the youthful, punkish collection features tunics, leggings, shorts, dresses and slacks in white, pink, cobalt blue, black and grays.
It will be available through April 14.
What do you think of the collection? Comment below.
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TweetWhat would you do it you won Friday’s $120 million Mega Millions drawing?
Friday’s estimated Mega Millions jackpot is far less than the $390 million record set in 2007, but I’d take it.
Boy would it be nice to have an extra $120 million under the mattress.
Mega Millions is the nation’s most widely played multi-state jackpot game.
It is played in Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Virginia, New Jersey, Washington, Texas and California
What would you do if you won the jackpot? Will you play? Comment below.
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TweetCenterville man wins national photo contest for ‘Sunwatch’ shot
Photographer Jim Crotty of Centerville won the Midwest division first place prize in the National Historic Landmark Photo Contest for a shot taken at SunWatch Indian Village and Archaeological Park in January 2008.
The winning photo of the reconstructed “Big House” across a frost field is on the cover of the 2009 National Historic Landmark Calendar. It is also the featured image for December.
The calendars retails for about $7.50 and can be purchased from the National Park Service or the U.S. Government Bookstore.
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TweetVatican: Men more lustful than women, women prouder
As it turns out, confessions are down and both sexes are pretty darn naughty.
Sin is in and men do it differently than women, according to a London Telegraph article.
A Catholic Church report based on a study on confessions led by 95-year-old Fr. Roberto Busa says that the top sin for women is pride.
The top sin for men was the urge for food ahead of the urge for hanky to the panky.
Top sin for men in order are lust, gluttony, sloth, anger, pride, envy and greed.
Top sins for women pride, envy, anger, lust, and sloth.
And now there are even more ways to sin.
According to the article, the Vatican updated its list of sins last year to include the following: genetic modification, experiments on the person, environmental pollution, taking or selling illegal drugs, social injustice, causing poverty and financial greed.
What do you think? What sin tops your person sin list? What would you add to the church’s list of sins?
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TweetOwner of rampaging “Old Navy” chimp: “I had to stab him”
Sandra Herold in an interview that aired on the Today Show Wednesday, Feb. 18, said she had to stab her pet chimp Travis Monday.
The 200-pound animal viciously attacked 55-year-old Charla Nash in Stamford, Conn.
Herold said Travis was tearing Nash apart.
In the interview (see it below) she told how she whacked Travis with a shovel and stabbed him with butcher knife as he attacked Nash.
Herold said she gave the chimp the anti-anxiety drug Xanax shortly before the attack, but didn’t think that was a factor.
Read Associated Press article here.
Herold said she loved the chimpanzee and thought of him as a child.
Travis, who was killed by police, often lived a high life, dinning on lobster tail and filet mignon.
The veteran animal actor appeared in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola.
“I’ll miss him for the rest of my life,” Herold said in the Today Show interview.
What do you think? What would you do if your pet attacked someone?
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Tweet‘Fa la la la’ time has past, take down those Christmas decorations
The time for ‘holly and jolly’ is long over, but some folks are finding it hard to give up the fa la la la la la.
Christmas lights hang from porches and some Dayton area homes still display Christmas trees, snowmen and reindeer.
I say ba humbug. It is February 18 people. The world has moved on to Easter bunnies while you are still thinking about Dancer.
You can carry Christmas in your heart, but we - the public - shouldn’t have to see it on your front yard.
Is Christmas in February outrageous or am I just being a Grinch? Comment below.
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TweetPalin daughter says abstinence unrealistic
The creepy Octo Mom isn’t the only new mother making headlines.
In an interview Monday night with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren, new mommy Bristol Palin, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter, said abstinence is “not realistic at all.”
The younger Palin said she loves being a mom, but it is not glamorous and is a lot of hard work.
Palin encourage others to learn from her experience and to wait to have children.
“I think everyone should just wait 10 years,” she said. “It’s so much easier if you’re married, have a house and career. It’s just so much easier.”
Palin was pregnant, unmarried and 17-year-old when her mother was announced as the Republican’s vice presidential pick and a pitbull with lipstick.
Palin, now 18, said the baby was unplanned and despite her hockey mother’s anti-abortion believes, it was her choice to have the baby.
“It doesn’t matter what my mom’s views are on it. It was my decision, ” she said.
She said she hopes to marry the baby’s daddy in the future, but is now focusing on school and caring for her son.
“I am not living for myself anymore, I am living for another human being,” she said.
What do you think? Is Bristol Palin correct. Is abstinence unrealistic?
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TweetYoutube hit: watch woman freak out after missing flight
Missing a flight is apparently a very good reason to scream like a banshee and charge at bewildered security guards.
A Chinese woman relived her childhood after missing a flight earlier this month at Hong Kong’s international airport.
During her historic tantrum, the woman flung her body about and rolled around on the terminal floor.
The royal freak-out was recorded and is now a YouTube.com hit with 1.5 million views since Thursday.
See article Reuters article here and video below.
The woman left on another flight about three hours later, according to CNN.
What do you think? What was the strangest thing you’ve ever seen at an airport? You ever freak out?
Maybe they should have given her an extra bag of peanuts.
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TweetTaco Bell fire: Where will club-goers, UD students get late night munchies
The Taco Bell at 1000 Brown St. is down for the count at least for the time being.
See story about Feb. 13 fire here.
The location was a hot location for Oregon District party-goers and University of Dayton students seeking a late night run for the border.
Tom Jansen of Ark Construction company said the business could reopen as early as next week.
Where will you get your ‘Fourth Meal’ until the restaurant reopens? Where is the best place for post party grub?
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TweetThe Octo Mom asks for donations, dumped by pr firm
The egg-citing adventures of Octo-Mom continue.
Nadya “Octo Mom” Suleman has launched a website seeking ‘momentary’ contributions to help her care for the 14 children she conceived through vitro fertilization.
The site features pictures of crayons, blocks and the eight itsy bitsy hospitalized babies Suleman bore Jan. 26.
The site was set up a few days ago by the Killeen Furtney Group which on Saturday, Feb. 14, announced it would no longer represent Suleman because it had received bucket loads of death threats.
See Assocated Press article here.
Suleman and her tiny whiffle ball league are now represented by Wes Yoder, the agent behind the McCaughey septuplets.
Having eight babies in one sitting has made her famous, but Suleman is not married to Brad Pitt.
The seemingly child obsessed Angelina Jolie sort of look-a-like receives about $500 in in food stamps and federal supplemental security income for three of her six older children.
What do you think? Do you think Suleman should receive the public’s help? Will you open up your wallet?
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TweetAykroyd plays Boehner on SNL
Actor Dan Aykroyd played Republican minority leader John Boehner of West Chester in a semi funny Saturday Night Live sketch Feb. 14.
The sketch included several SNL cast members as Republicans and opened the show.
The funniest moments came when the ‘Republicans’ debate whether Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh were smarter and how best to take down the Obama daughters - especially Sasha.
What do you think? Who is smarter, Hannity or Limbaugh? Comment below.
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TweetViagra for Votes?
With election season fast approaching, the mayor of Mexico City has found some rather creative ways to to put smiles on the faces of would-be voters.
According to the New York Times, Mayor Marcelo Ebrard has added sand to public pools and banned cars from major roads on Sunday for cyclists.
Oh and he started an ‘inflation’ campaign that gives free - that’s right free - Viagra,- that’s right Viagra - to poor men age 60 and over.
Levitra and Cialis are also up for grabs.
Ebrard has said his stimulus plan is a way to bring smiles to the face of those who have reached the golden years, the Times article published Friday, Feb. 13, said. Read it here.
“Everyone has the right to be happy,” the mayor said. “They don’t have medical services, and a society that doesn’t care for its senior citizens has no dignity.”
What do you think? Comment below.
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TweetNo other Joker? Should Heath Ledger be the last Joker?
Batman has squared off against other Jokers, but a group of Heath Ledger devotees said he was the best and should be the last actor to play the super villian.
A trio from Buenos Aires, Argentina recently launched the petition website “Heath, The Ultimate Joker” .
It calls for movie studios to withdraw the demented clown from any future Batman movies.
The petition had 17,541 just before 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13.
“Can you imagine the super human efforts film companies would have to go through to find a fourth Joker after Heath Ledger? Is a better Joker even possible to imagine? Entertainment producers ‘sorry, but it’s simply impossible’ It’s impossible to imagine, impossible to draw or dub much less repeat the performance,” the website says.
Ledger is a hot contender to win a posthumous Oscar at the Academy Awards later this month for his portrayal of the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.”
Ledger died of a drug overdose in January.
Cesar Romero played the Joker in the 1960s Batman TV series and Jack Nicholson portrayed him in Tim Burton’s Batman
What do you think? Are the website’s creators on to something? Was Ledger the best Joker ever? Should the Joker be retired?
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TweetAussie buys Dayton talent agency
One of Dayton’s largest talent and modeling agencies has been sold to an Aussie.
Veteran Cincinnati-based talent agent Peter Condopoulos has purchased the Roof- Goenner Talent Agency.
Condopoulos, who was born in Australia, will eventually change the name of the firm to the P.C. Goenner Talent Agency.
He bought the agency two weeks ago from Marsha Roof who purchased it in 2003 following founder Jo Goenner’s death.
Roof and longtime talent agent Jim Payne have retired, Condopoulos said.
The agency moved from its Webster Street location Sunday, Feb. 8, and is now temporarily located at 1000 Dutoit St., Dayton.
Condopoulos is considering locating the Dayton office in the Oregon District.
The agency also operates an office in Columbus.
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TweetSpringfield’s ‘small, dried child, crumbled’ recipe makes Letterman
Crumble one small, dried child and hear about it for years.
An error that appeared in a Feb. 21, 2007 “Springfield News-Sun” column written by Kim Frazier made its way to the David Letterman’s “Small Town News” segment Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Frazier’s article, “A little garlic can give any meal lots of flavor,” had the following line in a recipe for spaghetti with garlic and oil:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 small dried, child, crumbled
1 pound spaghetti 6 large garlic cloves, smashed and minced
Salt and pepper
½ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese ½ cup minced fresh flat-leaf parsley
Letterman was a little late, The News Sun made fun of itself the very next day in an item on the Opinion page:
“Dried child a matter of taste
It didn’t take very long for readers to spot the mistake in Wednesday’s News-Sun recipe ingredients for Spaghetti with Garlic and Oil.
It turns out that even one small, dried child is hard to find, even in a specialty market.
Add to that the instruction that the dried child was to be crumbled, and we believe that most of our readers could see a culinary disaster in the making.
Nevertheless, we especially apologize to anyone who managed to make the recipe as written, to anyone included as an ingredient or to anyone who may have been served this meal.
We hope that everyone felt free to make substitutions. A dried chili comes to mind.
Our lesson? Never trust a computer spell checker to do the right thing.
Quotes: ‘That … we shut down our nuclear fuel cycle program to let talks begin. It’s no problem. But justice demands that those who want to hold talks with us shut down their nuclear fuel cycle program too. Then, we can hold dialogue under a fair atmosphere.” — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “It was absolutely bizarre. I was thinking ‘he’s got too many legs’ and I kept counting ‘one, two, three, four.’ ” — Nicky Janaway, a duck farmer in England, who discovered a duckling on his farm had four legs.’”
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TweetValentine’s Day gift idea: Bacon Bra
Looking for a Valentine’s Day gift that’s both gross and Atkins friendly?
He likes bacon and he likes um well … bras. Why not combine the two and treat your special fellow with a bacon bra.
As far as we can tell, you just fashion more or less a pound of bacon into a bra and served.
Not for vegetarians.
What do you think? Comment below.
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TweetChris Brown apparently Facebook breaks up with Rihanna
R&B singer Chris Brown has apparently Facebook broken up with pop princess Rihanna.
According to the New York Post, Brown changed his relationship status on his private Facebook.com page to “single.”
The page is listed under his full name Christopher Maurice Brown, the Post reported.
He allegedly left an update on his Facebook page that reads: “You’ll begin to see her true colors. Believe it!”
Brown was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 8, on a domestic violence charge. He was later released on bail.
The victim was reportedly 20-year-old Rihanna, Brown’s girlfriend.
A Rolling Stone article described Rihanna’s injuries as “horrific.”
The singer was swollen and bruised. Her lip was split, her nose was bloody and she had contusions on both sides of her face, the website reported. Rihanna had several bite marks on her arm and fingers.
Neither Brown nor Rihanna have been seen in public since.
They is speculation that Brown beat Rihanna after she confronted him about a “booty call” text message.
What do you think? If Rihanna and Brown are really broken up, will they get back together?
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TweetWhat was up with Joaquin Phoenix on last night’s David Letterman?
Did you happen to catch Joaquin Phoenix on last night’s “The David Letterman Show”?
With a seemingly tick infested beard, the 34-year-old actor looked like a young Grizzly Adams in dark sunglasses on the show.
He chewed gum throughout his interview Wednesday, Feb. 11, and responded to questions with one or two words.
“What can you tell us about your days with the Unibomer?” Letterman cracked.
Phoenix, a two time Oscar nominee, recently announced he was retiring from acting for a career in hip-hop.
Letterman praised Phoenix for his acting skills and said he hoped he would return to the field after taking just little time off.
“I think you’re taking little time off tonight,” the talk show host said.
Phoenix was on the show to promote his new film “Two Lovers.”
What do you think? Is Phoenix off his rocker or was it just an act? Was Letterman mean? Comment below.
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TweetGive a radio shout out to your lover
From Laura Dempsey, Dayton Daily News Staff Writer
Everybody wants to hear their name on the radio — OK, a lot of people want to hear their name on the radio, and if one of those people is somebody you love, here’s your chance to make their dream come true.
For a $25 contribution to Classical 88.1 FM (WDPR), the station will air a message to your beloved on either Friday, Feb. 13 or Saturday, Feb. 14 — which, you may recall, is Valentine’s Day. You pick the time they’ll air the message, which will also appear on the station’s Web site, www.dpr.org.
The annual Be Our Valentine campaign allows contributors of $100 or more to come on in to the studio (126 N. Main St., Dayton) and record a greeting there.
The deadline is Thursday, Feb. 12. Call (937) 222-9377 or visit www.dpr.org to make your pledge.
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TweetChris Brown told Tyra his mother was a domestic violence victim
Actor and R&B singer Chris Brown discussed his sad childhood and a violent relationship his mother had on an episode of the “Tyra Banks Show” that aired in late 2007.
In the clip (see it below), Brown said seeing his mother being abused taught him to never hurt a woman.
“I treat them differently, because I don’t want to go through the same thing, I don’t want to put a woman through the same thing that person put my mom through,” Brown said.
Brown said he saw his mother victimized when he was between age 7 and age 13. He said he was scare and timid as a child and use to “pee in the bed.”
Brown was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 8, on a domestic violence charge. He was later released on bail.
The victim was reportedly 20-year-old pop princess Rihanna, Brown’s girlfriend.
A Rolling Stone article described Rihanna’s injuries as “horrific.”
The singer was swollen and bruised. Her lip was split, her nose was bloody and she had contusions on both sides of her face, the website reported. Rihanna had several bite marks on her arm and fingers.
When asked why his mother took the abuse during his interview on Tyra, Brown said “I guess when a woman’s in love, she don’t look at it right.” What do you think? Comment below.
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TweetNo calorie cupcake
From Meredith Moss, Dayton Daily News Staff Writer
Here’s a yummy cupcake treat that has absolutely no calories!
The cute and cozy lounge socks from KN Karen Neuburger come packaged to look like a single cupcake - complete with a cherry on top.
They come in a polka dot package tied with a matching bow and a coordinating gift card and would make a great little Valentine’s Day gift.
The new “Feet Treats” sell for $15, one size fits all, and are available in five different colors - lavender, pink, green, blue and cream. They’re made of a polyester/spandex blend and are machine washable.
The cuddly socks are available at Elder-Beerman and Dillard’s and online at www.karenneuburger.com
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TweetMichelle Obama Vogue cover girl, is she the new Jackie O?
She has her critics, but now there is even more proof that Michelle Obama has fashion icon potential.
The mom-in-chief appears on the March cover of “Vogue” magazine in a magenta silk dress designed by Jason Wu. She likes Wu.
Obama wore a white gown designed by Wu to the inauguration balls last month.
Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz took portraits of Obama for the magazine.
The cover reads: “Michelle Obama the first lady the world’s been waiting for,”
“Mrs. Obama’s lithe frame—an uncommon figure for an American First Lady, let’s be honest—and her ardent championing of new names in American design have induced many to describe her as a potential ‘new Jackie Kennedy.’ But that really isn’t her. Pragmatism, not glamour, is what matters when she gets dressed,” the Vogue article written by Andre Leon Talley says.
Obama, a trained lawyer, is only the second American first lady to make the cover of the fashion and lifestyle magazine.
Hillary Clinton made the cover in 1998 which does help the case for those who believe you have to be a fashion plate to appear on a Vogue cover.
No matter how much you like Hillary and her pants suits, you’ve got to admit she’s no Abigail Adams.
What do you think? Is Michelle Obama the next Jackie O? Comment below.
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TweetFinally, a cell phone that makes coffee
If an ultra thin, touch screen cell phone with global positioning, harmonica music playing, web browsing, coffee brewing, beard shaving and wide screen move projecting capabilities sounds too good, that’s because it is.
The Pomegranate NS08 is part of Nova Scotia, Canada’s rather clever $300,000 “Come to Life” ad campaign.
The campaign aims to build interest in the province.
The ad says that finding everything you want in one device might be a stretch, but you’d be surprised by how much you can find in Nova Scotia.
Check out the fantasy phone here.
What videos below.
What features would your perfect phone have? Comment below.
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TweetNo city slickers allowed, matchmaking site for farmers only
Lonely farmers no longer have to turn to corn, chicken and cows for companionship at night.
Launched three years ago, FarmersOnly.com is dedicated to hooking up lonely people who live down on the farm.
Check out the commercials below.
The site, an exclusive dating service for “farmers, ranchers, and those who can relate to the rural and country lifestyle,” has more than 100,000 members, according to a press release.
“There have been at least 75 marriages since FarmersOnly.com began,” said site founder Jerry Miller.
Membership is $15 a month or $45 a year after a three-day free trial.
Miller, who lives in a Cleveland suburb, created the site after hearing a divorce farmer complain about online dating services crawling with clueless city slickers.
No city folks are allowed on the site. FarmersOnly.com’s slogan is “City Folks Just Don’t Get It!”
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TweetGroup wants you to help stop stimulus package
A small conservative group wants you to help stop this whole economic stimulus to save the country mumbo jumbo.
An Americans For Prosperity petition is circulating around the web.
Read the petition below. Find out more about it here.
The U.S. Senate Tuesday, Feb. 10, approved a $838 billion economic stimulus bill.
House and Senate negotiators will have to work out the final details before shipping it off to Obama.
Read an Associated Press story about the bill here.
Americans For Prosperity, the grassroot group behind the website NoStimulus.com, still hopes to stop it.
Nostimulus.com has been wildly popular in recent days. At one point, the the site crashed.
Americans For Prosperity hopes the site became “a focal point for all of the groups and individuals that want to fight back,” the website says.
What do you think? Comment below.
Follow the jump to read the petition addressed to senators.
The petition reads as follows:
Dear Senator:
On behalf of the members of Americans for Prosperity, I am writing to urge you to vote against the so-called American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Congress should not enact an expensive spending bill under the pretense of stimulus or recovery. No matter which amendments pass, the fundamental approach of dramatically increasing federal debt and spending is a mistake. We therefore urge you to vote NO and will rate a vote against the so-called stimulus as a Key Vote for Prosperity in our Congressional ratings.
As I write this letter, more than 42,000 (ed. 60,000 now) Americans have signed a petition on our web site, NoStimulus.com, and thousands more will likely sign it before you read this letter. They represent a growing majority of the American public who agree with the petition text:
“Congress should not enact an expensive spending bill under the pretense of stimulus or recovery. We cannot spend our way to prosperity, and such an expansion of the federal government will put a crushing burden on taxpayers in the long-term.”
Central planning and bigger government cannot solve our problems. Excessive borrowing to fund consumption was a major cause of our current economic crisis. The first rule of holes is to stop digging, and more than $1 trillion of additional borrow-and-spend big government will only throw more good money after bad. Instead of trying to pick winners and losers from Washington, Congress should cut spending, strip down burdensome regulations and allow individuals and free enterprise to flourish.
We therefore urge you to vote no on the stimulus, regardless of which amendments pass and regardless of any individual provisions that may look attractive.
Sincerely,
Tim Phillips, President
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TweetCompany offers ways to decorate ‘your other’ hair for V-Day
Betty brand color for hair down there (yeah, there… you get the picture) is touting yellow as 2009’s “it” color for clothing and well, other areas.
It will eclipse purple, 2008’s preferred color, according to the company that sales natural and not so natural shades of “region” hair dye.
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Offerings include black, aqua blue, brown, orange, lilac, green, blonde and auburn.
Betty has also introduced Betty Charm cils. Each shaving stencil kit contains a lightning bolt, a flower, a star, a bow tie, a heart, a peace sign, a money sign and lips.
And in honor of Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14, each LOVE Betty (red) kit and Fun Betty (pink) kit will include a heart-shaped stencils.
Betty hair color kits retails for about $15 each. Charm cils kits are about $10 . For more information, visit www.bettybeauty.com.
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TweetPolice: man arrested for parking lot love-fest with blowup dolls
You can call it a menage tois, but that wouldn’t be exactly accurate.
In a rather inflated show of public affection, a 51-year-old underwear-less man was arrested Wednesday, Feb. 4, after families told police they spotted him getting it on with two blowup sex dolls in a Florida grocery store parking lot.
Witnesses said they saw George Bartusek making out with the dolls, bouncing them up and down and otherwise simulated sexual activity inside a car, according Florida’s News-Press.com and other reports.
See article from News-Press.com here.
See TV news story below.
Bartusek allegedly told police he was in the area to buy his plastic lady friends clothes at a nearby Target.
He was charged with breach of peace.
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TweetFAA: celebrity pilot made inflight porno
Well, I suppose it’s a good thing he can multitask.
A chopper pilot to the stars is in hot water with the Federal Aviation Administration for allegedly making a sex tape with a XXX porn actress during a 2007 flight over San Diego.
The FAA is also investigating allegations that David Martz, with rocker Tommy Lee on board, recently flew too close to a Los Angeles police chopper, San Diego’s KFMB-TV reported Thursday, Feb. 5.
A heavily edited tape showing apparent sex acts between Martz and topless porn star Puma Swede is on TMZ.com.
When confronted by TMZ, Martz reportedly said “that’s how we roll… It’s no big deal.”
Martz and Swede were all smiles and giggles during the naught flight, but the FAA is not happy, not happy at all.
“Generally speaking, a pilot should be focusing on the act of flying and not be distracted by anything else,” FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said told the California TV station.
What do you think? If guilty, what should be David Martz’s punishment? Comment below.
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TweetGo Red today for women’s heart health
Today, red is the new black.
Wear a red dress. Wear a red shirt. Wear a red pin.
Whatever you do, don’t forget to wear red today, Feb. 6.
Today is National Wear Red Day. Show support for the Go Red for Women campaign and American Heart Month 2009.
The local event kicked off Thursday with Dayton Goes Red sponsored by the Kettering Medical Center.
One in three women has cardiovascular disease, and every minute one woman dies as a result of this health threat, the American Heart Association says.
The education campaign intents to save lives.
Click here for more information on a heart disease.
What do you think? Has your family been affected by heart disease?
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TweetWhat would you give up to have an ‘awesome Valentine’s Day?’
It’s far from Lent, but women are apparently willing to give up a lot to have “an awesome” V-Day, Feb. 14.
Forty five percent of the women to respond to the January “Valentine’s Day: Heaven or Hell?” online survey by BlogHer and iVillage said they would sacrifice “something” for a month to have “an awesome Valentine’s Day.”
- 8 percent said they’d give up “anything.”
-10 percent said they would give up chocolate
9 percent said they would give up alcohol
5 percent said they would give up TV
5 percent said they would give up sex
5 percent said they would give up coffee
3 percent said they would give up the Internet
But fret not V-Day haters. You were represented.
Nineteen percent of survey takers said they wouldn’t give up anything because the holiday is meaningless.
I’d give up washing the dishes.
What would you give up for a month to have an awesome Valentine’s Day?
Do you consider Valentine’s Day an expense holiday invented by the wicked greeting card establishment to drive women crazy and bankrupt men?
Comment below.
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TweetWorth Collection comes to Oakwood
Fans of The Worth Collection should pop by On the Avenue, 2515 Far Hills Ave, Oakwood, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. by Feb. 12.
The Worth Collection is a New York City based company that designs ready-to-wear women’s clothing.
Sara Feldmiller of Oakwood has rented the space to display and sell items from the Spring 2009 Worth Collection daily, except Sunday, through Feb. 12.
Several Oakwood businesses are also involved in special events. Central Perc, Oakwood Florist, From Inside Out, La De Da and Getting Dressed will present programs from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Lori Sowder Interiors, Megan Diodoardo Interiors and Michelle’s Skin Care will present programs from 11 a.m. to noon Monday.
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TweetHappy Weatherman Day weather peeps
They occasionally get it very, very wrong and they are not as adorable as groundhogs, but for the most part, weather people keep it real.
These fine men and women are there to tell if we are going to need an umbrella, a jacket or Cuddl Duds.
Without weather peeps, some people just wouldn’t know which shoes to wear.
Today, Thursday, February 5 is National Weatherman’s Day.
The day commemorates the birth of John Jeffries in 1744. Jeffries was one of America’s first weather observers.
Salute a weather person.
Who is your favorite local forecaster?
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TweetCertain phones, computers to visually ‘track’ lovers, friends, kids
“Big Brother” might not be watching, but your parents, friends and lovers maybe.
An upgrade to Google’s mobile maps dubbed “Latitude” will allow users to see just were friends and family members are by plotting their locations on a map with a photo personal picture.
For now, the service which can be installed on personal computers, will work with only certain cell phones. There are plans to expand it. See the Associated Press story here.
It will make it harder for husbands to secretly visit strip clubs. Boy-crazed teenage girls won’t be able to falsely claim they slept over Jenny’s house when they really spent all night making out with that kid with the peach fuzz and sideburns.
The software, which uses GPS, cell phone towers and Wi-fi connections, was introduced Wedneday, Feb. 4. The system can follow people’s travels in the United States and 26 other countries.
To avoid a backlash from privacy advocates, the AP reports that Google is requiring each user to manually turn on the tracking software and making it easy to turn off or limit access to the service.
Google also promises not to retain any information about its users’ movements. And each user will decide who can monitor their location, the AP reported.
Still sounds a little “Enemy of the State” to me.
Besides, does anyone really need to instantly know if you are at Taco Bell again or near the OBGYN’s office in Kettering.
What do you think? Is this creepy or cool?
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TweetAll the mice you can eat, woman finds mouse in plate at buffet
Have a hankering for rodent? Drive to El Paso, Texas and stop by Lin’s Buffet.
If Marie Gonzalez’s allegations are true, the buffet specializes in mouse.
Gonzalez told a KFOX 14 reporter that she found a dead, smothered and covered mouse in her food and guess what, it wasn’t cute like Micky and didn’t have a bow like Minnie.
“I took a closer look and I saw its tail and I started throwing up,” Gonzalez told the reporter. “He gave me my money back. He just wanted me to leave. I asked him for a to go box and he said to just take the plate and leave.”
The business’ manager said the woman could have put the rat in the food herself. Lin’s has had several health code violates, according the report.
See article here and video below.
What do you think? Comment below.
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TweetBellbrook woman shows Sundance stars her ‘Killer Kuffs’
From Meredith Moss, DDN staff writer
Bellbrook’s Diane Plument showed up at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January to promote her “Killer Kuffs,” the faux fur boot accessories that we’ve written about in the past in the Dayton Daily News.
The cuffs are made locally and were given to stars at the Sundance Media Center, where casts and crews were photographed.
Diane personally gave the new product to Susan Sarandon, Trudie Styler, Denise Richards, Tea Leoni, Ashton Kutcher for Demi Moore, Brittany Snow, Kevin Bacon for Kyra Sedgwick and more.
Diane says Nigel Barker, photographer and judge on America’s “Next Top Model” and a spokesperson for the Humane Society Fundraiser, especially appreciated the faux fur trendy concept.
Killer Kuffs, which sell for $40-$65, can be purchased online at KillerKuffs.com, in Dayton at Envy at the Greene, Bello One, Cottage 68 and The Gypsy.
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TweetKidney delivered through vagina, donated to niece
Of all the things to come out of one’s vagina, doctors on Tuesday, Feb. 2, reported the delivery of a healthy (hopefully it wasn’t bouncing) kidney through a donor’s lady business.
The fist-size kidney weighed about one pound.
No word on gender or if the doctor smacked the kidney on the bottom after its birth.
The kidney was donated to the donor’s niece which sort of sounds creepy but really is a nice thing to do when you think about it.
More than 78,000 people are on the national waiting list to receive kidneys from deceased donors.
Cancerous and non-functioning kidneys have been removed from vaginas in the past. But this is the first time a donor’s healthy kidney was “born” this way.
Vaginas deliver more than you may think.
Gallbladders and appendixes have also been removed through vajayjays.
Read The Associated Press story here.
Donor Kimberly Johnson, 48, and her niece, Jennifer Gilbert, 23, were both doing well following operations Thursday Jan. 29.
“Removing the kidney through a natural opening should hasten the patient’s recovery and provide a better cosmetic result,” Dr. Robert Montgomery, Johns Hopkins Medical Center chief of transplant surgery, said in a John Hopkins press release. And the hits from Montgomery kept coming.
Johnson said it was easier than giving birth and gall bladder surgery.
Doctors hope the operation - which was less invasive in the medical sense than traditional surgeries - will encourage others to donate.
The surgery left three pea-size scars on Johnson stomach. One is hidden in her naval.
Traditional kidney removal surgery leaves a 5- to 6-inch scar.
What do you think? Would you be more likely to donate an organ if you could do it through your vagina?
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TweetWhen Groundhogs Attack: NYC mayor bitten by groundhog
Looking for entry on the Snuggie? Click here.
Here is why you shouldn’t tease animals with corn.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was bitten by Staten Island Chuck Monday, Feb. 2, during a Groundhog’s Day celebration at the Staten Island Zoo.
The weather-predicting rodent was apparently upset that Bloomberg had teased him with a corn-on-the-cob.
He nipped the mayor’s hand, drawing a little blood. The mayor faces no risk of rabies because Chuck has lived his whole life in captivity, Bloomberg.com said.
See video of the event below.
What do you think? Was the mayor asking for it?
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TweetRestaurant to offer free breakfast Tuesday
Denny’s restaurant will give away free Grand Slam breakfasts at participating locations 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, according to its website and a commercial aired during the Super Bowl.
A Grand Slam includes sausage, bacon, eggs and pancakes. Click here for more information.
Offer lasts only while supplies last so get there early.
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TweetSNL’s offers solution to environmental issue - edible diapers
The geniuses at “Saturday Night Live” offered an answer for three troubling problems - dirty diapers, overflowing landfills and world hunger - in a sketch that aired Saturday, Jan. 31.
You can probably figure out where I am going here (the tagline is “smells like dinner time”), but see the hilarious bit staring Kristen Wiig for yourself. The chewable pampers clip is below.
What do you think? Is the clip funny or just gross?
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