09.29.10: TODAY IS...

  • National Women's Health & Fitness Day
  • Make a List of the Ten Happiest Days in Your Life Day - Do it while you can still remember!

POP QUIZ

This was invented on this day in 1950

AUDIO


ANSWER

The answering machine!  Bell Laboratories introduced the first answering machine and nobody admitted to ever being home again...

PHONEBUZZ

Light 'em up!

Should a teacher be fired for something illegal in her past?

A NYC public school teacher recently admitted she used to be a stripper AND prostitute.  The 30-year old elementary school teacher opened up about her past online:

"From October 2006 to January 2007, I accepted money in exchange for sexual services I provided to men I met online in what was then called the 'erotic services' section of Craigslist.org," wrote Mellisa Petro on The Huffington Post, using her real name and photo. 

Parents are obviously upset:

"She's not a good role model. I do not want my daughters to find out about this," said one.

Petro has been reassigned to administrative duties pending an investigation.  Should she be fired, or is the past the past?  Would you want your boss to know EVERYTHING about your past?

FACEBUZZ

Post this on Facebook/Twitter

Find out how my bad driving has affected our state's ranking on the "worst drivers" list here (insert your blog address)

Post this on your blog

The Daily Beast broke down accident data to rank the states with the worst drivers ever... And that state is (drum roll, please) NORTH DAKOTA!  North Dakota, with 473,000 issued driver's licenses, had 116 fatal crashes over a year's time.  

  1. North Dakota
  2. Montana
  3. Kentucky
  4. Louisiana
  5. Oklahoma
  6. Alaska
  7. Missouri
  8. Delaware
  9. Idaho
  10. Texas

Get the rest of the list here: gallery

CELEBRITY TWEETS

  • Fox's "Lone Star" is the new TV season's first causality.  It was dropped from the lineup and will be replaced with "Lie to Me" starting Monday.  source

  • Jenny McCarthy told Oprah yesterday that her break-up with Jim Carrey happened weeks before the official announcement.  In fact, McCarthy says almost all celebrity break-ups happen way before they're announced.  "No matter what, your heart still needs to mend. ... So I feel like we really had some time to … heal a little bit."

  • Speaking of Oprah, she took the opportunity during relationship talk with Jenny McCarthy to announce that she and Stedman are still together, and in fact never broke up despite the rumors.  "We've never broken up once. They're always lies," said Oprah, adding, "I do regret ever mentioning him" in the press. source

  • Remember Sawyer from "Lost"?  He found new work!  Josh Holloway is in final negotiations to join the cast of Mission: Impossible 4 with Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner.  Look for the flick in December of 2011. source

  • Nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced yesterday and include Alice Cooper, the J. Geils Band, Dr. John, Donna Summer, The Beastie Boys, Bon Jovi, Chic, Neil Diamond, Donovan, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Joe Tex, Tom Waits and Chuck Willis.  500 voters will determine the class of 2011.  source

  • Fantasia Barrino announced a 30-city tour yesterday that kicks off November 4th in Richmond, VA.  Tour stops here: go

  • James Van Der Beek is a daddy.  His wife Kimberly had a healthy baby girl they named Olivia on Saturday.  "Had the blessing of becoming a father over the weekend... Couldn't come close to describing this bliss even if I had 140 million characters," he wrote on Twitter. source

CUTTIN' CAKE TODAY

  • Bryant Gumbel (62)
  • Jerry Lee Lewis (75)
  • Jill Whelan (44)

BIRTHDAY QUIZ

Jill Whelan is 44 today... it's probably a name you haven't heard in a while.  She's best known for playing Vicki Stubing on (what) TV series?

ANSWER

The Love Boat!  According to Wikipedia, Jill now lives in Yardley, PA, and hosts a Sunday afternoon radio show in Philadelphia.  She also teaches acting to children and teens.  

PRIMETIME, BABY!

ABC: The Middle (NEW), Better With You (NEW), Modern Family (NEW), Cougar Town (NEW), The Whole Truth (NEW)
CBS: Survivor: Nicaragua (NEW), Criminal Minds (NEW), The Defenders (NEW)
NBC: Undercovers (NEW), Law & Order: SVU (NEW), Law & Order: Los Angeles (NEW)
FOX: Hell's Kitchen (NEW)
CW: America's Next Top Model (NEW), Hellcats (NEW)

FUN STUFF

GOTTA SEE THIS

Gloria Estefan gets locked in her suite at the Miami Dolphins game Sunday night, so she escapes by climbing out the third-level window into the suite next door.  


DID YOU KNOW

A new report found laws banning texting-while-driving are "ineffective" and may even ENCOURAGE the behavior.  The theory is drivers are hiding their phones from view while they text which increases the risk of an accident even more.  
Full story here

WHO SAID IT

"If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through."
-LL Cool J via Twitter

JOKE OF THE DAY

As a drunk guy staggers out of the bar one Friday evening, a fire engine races past with its siren wailing and lights flashing.

Immediately, the drunk begins chasing the engine, running as fast as he can until eventually he collapses, gasping for breath.

In a last act of desperation, he shouts after the fire engine: "If that's the way you want it, you can keep your bloody ice cream!"

SURF THIS!

I may have found the all time greatest website of 2010 -- LucyPhone!  How annoying is it to call a company only to be put on hold for what seems like light years.  LucyPhone does the waiting for you.  It works like this:

1- Type in the company's phone number
2- Type in a phone number where you can be reached
3- When Lucy finally gets a live agent on the line, the site will call you.

No more waiting... does it work?  Only one way to find out!

DOGGIE BAG

  • According to a judge, schools need to do more to make it clear to teachers that sexual relationships with their students are illegal.  See, I told ya they don't teach the basics anymore!  go!

  • A Richmond Township, PA farmer is in good condition this morning after falling into a manure pit.  28-year old Michael Martin fell into about 2-feet of cattle waste before being rescued by firefighters.  His wife has already set up his new sleeping quarters in the garage...  go!

  • A study found busy bodies make happy humans.  People find meaning in seemingly insignificant jobs, and even trivial tasks make us far happier than no tasks at all.  Which explains Farmville if you ask me! go!

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