PrepForOne

10.14.10 TODAY IS

• Be Bald and Be Free Day!
• Ride a Bicycle Somewhere Day
• National Chocolate Covered Insect Day

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POP QUIZ

The U.S. is now catching up on a trend that's been popular in Europe and Asia for a number of years.  In fact, a recent survey found 1 in 5 Americans now do this...

HINT

It makes calling in sick while you're on the beach very difficult...

ANSWER

Make video calls!

source

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PHONEBUZZ

Should there be a sectioned off family-area on an airplane? 

Bob Saget thinks so!  In fact, the guy that used to host a family-friendly video show on ABC posted his own video on Twitter -- of screaming babies on a 6-hour flight.  Watch

A recent survey is on Saget's side with 60% of travelers in favor of putting families all in one section.  20% would like the option of flying on a kid-free flight.  

Airlines say it's impossible to set aside a section without knowing how many families will be on a flight.

So what's the compromise here?  Are parents not trying hard enough, or are single travelers too cranky and unforgiving?  

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FACEBUZZ

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Want to know what makes a man REALLY happy?  Here are the top 10 (insert your blog address)

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10 Things That Make Men Happy

Before you run off assuming men are selfish pigs, take a look at this list of the top 10 things that make them happy -- and sex isn't even close to #1.  It's there, of course, but not #1.  

10. Being a Top Dog -- Not rich...just richer than everybody else he knows.  

9. Sex -- Duh 

8. Being Young and Being old -- Happiness is U-shaped.  We're happy when we're young; it bottoms out in our mid-40's (hello mid-life crisis), before rising again as we get older

7. Living Close to Work

6. Marriage -- stop laughing.  We're serious

5. Volunteering

4. Being In a Job You Love, Regardless Of the Pay

3. A Happy Partner

2. Good Health

1. Friends

Source: AskMen 

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CELEBRITY TWEETS

Robert Downey, Jr talks drugs with Playboy Magazine this month.  He says he's been away from drugs for "literally 5 or 6 years" which is a "lifetime."  "I think of myself as someone

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who has no desire, use for, or conscious memory of that life. And yet I don't shut the door on it, and I don't pretend it didn't happen." source

I'd tell ya all about the host and judge's for Paula Abdul's new reality show "Dance to Live," but I guarantee you've never heard of any of them.  Meanwhile, there are open casting calls to appear on the show... good luck and click here

Matt Damon spilled the beans to USA Today -- his wife is having another girl.  The two are parents of stepdaughter Alexia, 12, and Damon's biological kids Isabella, 4, and Gia, 2.  source

Hide the kids because "30 Rock" is going LIVE tonight!  The cast will do two live episodes, one for each coast, tonight at 8:30 with special guest Matt Damon.  Tracy Morgan says they should've never agreed to take them live...it's be "Dirty Rock."  Watch: go!

Justin Bieber, Bon Jovi, U2, AC/DC, Lady Gaga, Brad Paisley and Taylor Swift are all up for the 2010 Billboard Touring Awards.  The awards are based on global box office numbers over the past year.  Speaking of Bieber, Justin mania hit Tokyo yesterday where he greeted fans, performed a few songs and received a gold record for his sales in Japan.  Check out this pick from Japan -- trendy or geeky? 

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CUTTIN' CAKE TODAY

• Harry Anderson (58)
• Sir Roger Moore (83)
• Usher (32)

BIRTHDAY QUIZ

The guy that starred in (this) show is 58 today... name the show or star...

AUDIO

ANSWER

Harry Anderson starred in "Night Court" playing Judge Harry Stone from 1984 through 1992.  

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PRIMETIME, BABY!

ABC: Grey's Anatomy, Grey's Anatomy (NEW), Private Practice (NEW)

CBS: The Big Bang Theory (NEW), (blank) My Dad Says (NEW), CSI (NEW), The Mentalist (NEW)

NBC: Community (NEW), 30 Rock (LIVE), The Office (NEW), Outsourced (NEW), The Apprentice (NEW)

FOX: Bones (NEW), Fringe (NEW)

CW: The Vampire Diaries, Nikita

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FUN STUFF

GOTTA SEE THIS

Wow, if you think photoshop has been bad for reality, then check out what's around the corner.  It's a program called MovieReshape that manipulates a VIDEO image to whatever shape you want it to be.  Need your subject to have a little bulk?  Just adjust the sliders and his biceps bulge.  It's in the research phase now, but check out what it can do:

watch

What's the first part of your body YOU would reshape?

DID YOU KNOW

How do you get ahead in the corporate world?  Take it off!  According to a new survey, 17% thought having an affair with the boss could lead to a better position, and 7% admit to actually acting on their hunch (no word if it worked). 

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WHO SAID IT?

"I accidentally read a review, and it was really positive, but at the end it said, 'We don't really know if she has the best voice.' Which is bull... That's the one thing I'm most confident about. I don't have the best body in the world, but I know for a fact that I have a really good voice."

-Ke$sha in November's "Seventeen"

JOKE OF THE DAY

A boss concludes a job interview with a college grad by discussing salary.

"I'll give you eight bucks an hour starting today and in three months I'll raise it to 10 bucks an hour,” he says: “So when would you like to start?"

The college grad thinks about it for a moment and replies: "In three months."

SURF THIS!

eType is a free download that helps you enter text into everything --  word processor, Twitter, Facebook -- anything.  As you type it constantly provides feed back with a drop-down box that takes a little getting used to, but has some helpful features like auto complete, spellcheck and a thesaurus.  Check it out here

http://www.etype.com/

DOGGIE BAG

Did you know the sunglasses those rescued miners were wearing came from Oakley?  The Oakley company provided $450 sunglasses for the men to wear as they emerged to protect their eyes from ultraviolet light.  Now some are wondering if it was nothing but a marketing scheme.  CNBC reports the worldwide coverage of the event is the equivalent to buying $41 million worth of advertising time.  It's like buying an add on the Superbowl without being judged by USA Today's add-o-meter!  go!

The iPad is coming to Walmart!  Starting tomorrow you'll be able to buy Apple's iPad on Walmart's website, and then on shelves of their 23-hundred stores by years end.  Great, so on my shopping list of milk, stretch pants and motor oil, I can add the iPad... Take that, iSnobs! go!