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04.09.10: THE WEEKEND!

-Friday National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
-Saturday Dust the Ceiling Fan Day
-Sunday 8-track tape day. Still have one around?

IN SEARCH OF

What folks are Googlin' this morning

"ups jobs" - Jobs jobs jobs.... UPS announced they'll hire 25-thousand employees over the next five years. UPS drivers, on average, make around $70-grand a year, so look for website delays when you click here. Gosh, $70-grand AND the opportunity to wear brown shorts? Does it get better?



"maters leader board" - The Masters Leaderboard for 2010 has Fred Couples on top as we start round 2 this morning at 7:50. Notable start times today:
Vijay Singh at 8:56 am
Fred Couples at 9:40 am
Tiger Woods at 10:35 am
Bernhard Langer at 11:30
Tom Watson at 12:25 pm
Ernie Els at 1:20 pm
Angel Cabrera at 1:31 pm
Phil Mickelson at 1:42 pm

LIVE UPDATES HERE


"tiki barber" - As you probably know by now, former NY Giant Tiki Barber left his wife -- sorry, PREGNANT WITH TWINS wife, Ginny, for a 23 year old blonde who used to intern for NBC. According to the NY Post, her name is Tracy Lynn Johnson, and apparently her interests are television, and stealing famous husbands that have 2 kids with two more on the way. The Post reports that Ginny found out about the mistress sometime last year, just before Tiki moved out. The only comment Barber is making at this time is a statement he released yesterday: "After 11 years of marriage, Ginny and I have decided to separate." This will no doubt be a very, VERY expensive divorce for Tiki.

PHONE BUZZ

Light 'em up!

What living celebrity do you honestly think may be an alien?
Do something for me -- if you're around 5 people, look at them right now and realize that at least one of them believes aliens walk among us disguised as humans. Out of 23-thousand adults who were polled in 22 countries, those most likely to believe in clever aliens are men under the age of 35 that live in either China or India. Most of the non-believers are women. (Which we should then suspect ARE the aliens!)
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How far have you gone to fight a traffic ticket?
Now this is either brilliant or stubborn... you pick. A Florida woman got busted running a red light by one of those automated cameras. She wasn't pleased. In fact, she thought the ticket was unfair because, in her opinion, the yellow light was too short. And to prove it, she recruited her math tutor husband to time the yellow light with a stop watch. He discovered the lights at that intersection were eight tenths of a second shorter than county rules. Eight tenths. Case dismissed. The county has promised to check all lights.
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FACEBUZZ

Post this: What's your current game addiction? You play this online day and night...what?

CELEBRITY TWEETS

An Emmy Award winning Hollywood producer is a suspect in the death of his wife. Bruce Beresford-Redman, producer of the show Survivor, is being questioned by police after his wife's body was found in a sewer at Cancun's Moon Palace. A witness saw the couple arguing Sunday.
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Rihanna finally admits she has a boooyfriend. L.A. Dodger star Matt Kemp is the man - the same one she's been around since January.
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Michelle Obama says living in the White House is "kind of cool." She told a travel magazine that when you pull up to the historic home, it's hard to believe that (quote) "this is my house. This is where we live. Kind of cool. It's beautiful.


Carrie Underwood tells E! News that she plans to marry fiance Mike Fisher this summer in Nashville.
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Glenn Beck made $32 million last year, according to Forbes.
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Kate Gosselin is getting her own show on TLC. Look for the series "Twist of Kate" later this summer. It'll feature women that have been inspired by Kate's life and the challenges they face.
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I'M ON TV!!!
Stumbled on a great list from Guyism.com of the 8 game Shows that Every Kid Wanted to Be On. We've all had a dream of taking a shot on at least one game show, right? Here are the top 3:


#3 - Double Dare: "... arguably the greatest show to ever appear on Nickelodeon. It had trivia, it had slime, it had physical challenges, an obstacle course and if you won you got to go to space camp."



#2 - Press Your Luck: "This was one of those shows that you caught when you were sick and stayed home from school. It was the only game where you could press a magic button and get a sailboat. There was yelling and little cartoon men who stole your money and you could slam down on the button as hard as you wanted. This show was tailor made for kids with ADD (like me). No whammies, no whammies, no whammies…"




#1 - Guts: " Kids would get all bungee corded-up to compete in awesome games like “Slam Dunk,” where kids would jump off that wall and try to dunk over the other competitors. The games on this show were basically everything you ever wanted to do with bungee chords, but where unable to because local laws and insufficient funds."



Get the entire list of 8 here.


NEW THIS WEEK: Flicks
"Date Night" starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey

CUTTIN' CAKE THIS WEEKEND
Friday
Dennis Quaid is 56
Hugh Hefner turns 82
*The latest: Hefner's reaction to having Kate Gosselin in Playboy? NO! NO! NO! Read it
Jesse McCartney is 23

Saturday
John Madden turns 74
Steven Seagal is 59
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds 53

Sunday
Joss Stone is 23
Lisa Stansfield turns 44


BIRTHDAY QUIZ: Our birthday boy turns 56 today... Remember Dragonheart from 1996?

ANSWER: Dennis Quaid


PRIMETIME THIS WEEKEND!
Friday
ABC: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (NEW), 20/20 (NEW)
CBS: Ghost Whisperer (NEW), Medium (NEW), Miami Medical (NEW)
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?, Dateline
FOX: House, Kitchen Nightmares (NEW)

Saturday
ABC: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (2004), Castle
CBS: CSI: Miami, Criminal Minds, 48 Hrs Mystery (NEW)
NBC: Parenthood, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU
FOX: NASCAR Sprint Cup: Subway Fresh Fit 600

Sunday:
ABC: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (NEW), Brothers & Sisters (NEW)
CBS: The Amazing Race 16 (NEW), Undercover Boss (NEW), Cold Case (NEW)
NBC: Minute to Win It, The Celebrity Apprentice (NEW)
FOX: The Simpsons (NEW), The Cleveland Show (NEW), Family Guy (NEW), American Dad (NEW)

FUN STUFF!

GADGET OF THE DAY
Boil some water - charge your phone. That's the idea behind the Biolite Camping Stove which promises to cook your food, and then use any remaining energy to power up your electronic devices via USB. Still in development so stay tuned!
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GOTTA SEE THIS
Fellow geeks, could THIS be the iPad killer? A tease from HP:



But if you're not willing to wait for the new HP, and you're on the fence about the iPad, maybe this "Flowchart to Determine if You Should Buy an iPad" will help. Click here


DID YOU KNOW?
Really? This was studied?
"Given an option, men prefer one-night stand (‘hooking up’) to dating, while women prefer dating with the prospect of a relationship to causal sex, a new study has shown."
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WHO SAID IT
I'm not going to lie: There are times I play mind tricks on myself, like that the french fries are poison. With desserts, I'll let myself have just one bite, but I'll look like a freak when I'm eating it, like when I did Duncan Hines commercials as a kid, just savoring every morsel."
-Fergie to the May issue of Elle


JOKE OF THE DAY
Wife: “There’s trouble with the car. It has water in the carburetor.”
Husband: “Water in the carburetor? That’s ridiculous.”
Wife: “I tell you the car has water in the carburetor.”
Husband: “You don’t even know what a carburetor is. Where’s the car?”
Wife: “In the swimming pool.”


SURF THIS!
Tiger is back in the Masters this weekend, and if you'd like to follow his progress, the official site for the Masters Tournament is here. You can also watch the action live, learn about the player, and glance at some amazing photos.

AND FINALLY -- Headline of the Day: