I was watching The Today Show this morning and I saw a strange story about hippopotamus sweat. It appears that the sweat of a hippo can help prevent skin cancer due to it’s natural sunscreening effect.
Now I guess my first question is how the heck did they figure this out?
Hippo Sweat Is Good For Your Skin
Published in January 18th, 2008
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Michael Vick Can We Spell Stoopid?
Published in January 17th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Celebrities
I know, this is old news, but I just got done reading an article where they interviewed Byron Morris about his time spent at Leavenworth. You can read the article here. It looks Michael Vick is in for a tough 23 months. Personally I think he deserves it. Not only was he stupid for [...]
O J Simpson, Need I Say More?
Published in January 17th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Celebrities
What the heck is up with this guy?
I was one of those who actually watched the trial of O.J. Simpson back when he was on trial for the murder of his ex wife. From everything that I saw put up by the prosecutio and the defense I actually believed he was innocent. Now I’m [...]
A Whole New Line Of Fuel Efficient Vehicles
Published in January 14th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Automobiles
Yesterday in Detroit the auto industry showed off their new line of fuel efficient vehicles. I have to words …. expensive and ugly.
The article is called Auto industry shows off fuel-efficiency and it talks about the new vehicles that are out this year. The ideas that they are coming out with are pretty good. The [...]
Cell Phone Discrimination
Published in January 13th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Advertising
Wow, now there’s a title you probably thought you’d never see. Cell phone discrimination, is it real, or is it just advertising?
The most well known is the one “If you are a Cingular user, text to XXXX and vote for your favorite Idol. Well wait a minute. What if I’m a US Cellular user? [...]
Killings By Veterans Is On The Rise
Published in January 13th, 2008
The title reads “Report: 121 veterans linked to killings”
First a little background on me. I am a veteran. I spent 15 years in the army some years back. I have a 17 year old son who is considering joining the military forces so I have spent some time with recruiters lately. So, I do know [...]
Christina Aguilera Is A New Mom
Published in January 12th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Celebrities
The news came out that Christina Aguilera gave birth yesterday.
You can read the full details here.
Christina has been quiet and out of the spotlight lately. She seems to be one of the few pop stars from that era that hasn’t completely lost her mind. I think that there is actually some hope for this child. [...]
Is Jamie Lynn Spears and Britney Spears Competing For Coverage?
Published in January 12th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Celebrities
Talk about a dysfunctional family. It almost appears as though Britney Spears and her sister Jamie Lynn are competing for publicity. Currently on ask.com Britney is ranked number 4 for the top searched news story. Jamie Lynn is ranked number 10. Both are in the top ten for all major searches on news stories. I [...]
Tata Nano The New Cheap Car
Published in January 11th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Automobiles
The Tata Nano. When you hear that name you may wonder did Apple came out with a new MP3 player. But, it’s actually that latest in inexpensive cars.
After reading about this new car here, I didn’t really know what to think. I was kind of split on my opinion of it. The car company [...]
Go Ben Go
Published in January 11th, 2008
I just saw a story on the local news station about a guy who is donating his weight to a local food bank. Well, not actually the pounds he’s losing, but an equivalent amount in food.
He has a website at http://donatemyweight.com/
Ben is not dong this for publicity. He’s not trying to make a buck. [...]
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