10.18.10  TODAY IS...

  • Alaska Day - the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the U.S. happened on this day in 1867
  • World Menopause Day
  • Nat'l Chocolate Cupcake Day

PHONEBUZZ

Besides firing people, what's the most annoying workplace trend over the last 10 years?

"Sitting is the new smoking," according to a Washington Post article reporting on the popularity of standing at raised desks all day at work.  10% of employees at AOL are now standing, and a company that makes fancy waist-high desks say sales will triple this year.

Lots of studies support the idea of standing while working.  Research discovered sitters show higher rates of diabetes, obesity and heart disease.  

But others disagree.  One ergonomics expert calls standing at work "one of the stupidest things one would ever want to do."  He says standing will cause more back injuries, and more incidences of varicose veins among women.  

But then again, an expert at the Mayo Clinic says important biological processes take a nap while we sit.  An enzyme that helps fight fat only works while we're upright, and standing also helps produce the good brand of cholesterol.  "Human beings need to stand." 

Anyone stand while working, or is this yet another stupid workplace trend?  Can a you name a few others office trends that bother you? source

FACEBUZZ

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Get the feeling he's leading you on?  Here are 9 reasons he may be! (insert your blog address here)

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He's Leading You ON!
Even the best of us can be fooled... it's part of life, right?  But the great thing about getting older is learning from our mistakes.  If we pay attention, there are certain red flags that indicate they're not in this for the long haul.  From Marie Claire, here are 9 reasons a person might lead you on:

  1. They Are Too Nice
  2. They like the attention
  3. They are confused
  4. They are playing the field
  5. They're taken
  6. Because they can do it
  7. They are mental
  8. They don't think they are leading you on
  9. They want sex (and guys are most guilty of this, they say)

So what do you do if you suspect you're being dragged along?  Two things:

  1. Call them on it.
  2. Get out of there

Get more on each of these here: go!

CELEBRITY TWEETS


Congrats to Alicia Keys and hubby Swiz Beats who are new parents to a baby girl.  Keys gave birth to Egypt Daoud Dean last Thursday in NYC.  source

TMZ reports Oksana Grigorieva has hired 39 lawyers to wage a legal war on Mel Gibson.  18 of the 39 have submitted more than a million dollars in legal bills to the court -- which they want Mel to pay, of course.  source

Lindsay Lohan's mother is denying a TMZ report claiming she's looking for someone to pay her a five-figure deal for an interview after she visits her daughter in rehab.  The deal includes allowing cameras to film her as she enters the Betty Ford Clinic, and then a interview shortly after leaving.  Sounds ridiculous, but then again, would you put it past the Lohan's? source

Rumor of the weekend -- Taylor Swift in Glee?  Swift confirmed reports that she's in "conversations" to appear in an episode of "Glee." source

Sad:  Mrs. Cleaver died.  Barbara Billingsley who played June Cleaver in "Leave It to Beaver" died on Saturday at age 94.  Of course, some may know her better as a jive-talking elderly passenger in the 1980 flick "Airplane!."  audio!

Neil Patrick Harris is a first-time daddy.  He tweeted Friday that he and partner David Burtka's surrogate twins arrived October 12th:  "Babies!!  On 10/12, Gideon Scott and Harper Grace entered the Burtka-Harris fold. All of us are happy, healthy, tired, and a little pukey." source

Something to watch -- Justin Bieber is supposedly under investigation for hitting a kid while playing lazer tag in Canada.  The Royal Canadian Mounted police confirmed they were investigation an incident at the facility, but would not say whether Bieber was involved.  TMZ has a photo of someone they say is Bieber.  Check it out here go!

"Jackass 3D" is your #1 movie, America!  Yes, for a third time, the Johnny Knoxville franchise debuts at #1 bringing in more than $50 million.  The movie could hold the record for the biggest October opening of all time, beating 2003's "Scary Movie 3."  Here's something that should worry you -- women accounted for 40% of the audience!  The Bruce Willis drama, "Red," opened a distant #2 with $22.5 million.  source

CUTTIN' CAKE TODAY

  • Chuck Berry (84)
  • Zac Efron (23)
  • Erin Moran (49)
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme (50)
  • Mike Ditka (71)

BIRTHDAY QUIZ

Our birthday boy turns 23 today...

AUDIO

ANSWER

Zac Efron as Mike O'Donnell in "17 Again."    BONUS:  We all can't stand something about our body... for Zac, he can't stand his huge (what)?  ANSWER:  Head!  “What do I think when I watch myself on screen? ‘My head is huge!’"  source

PRIMETIME, BABY!

ABC: Dancing With the Stars (LIVE), Castle (NEW)
CBS: How I Met Your Mother (NEW), Rules of Engagement (NEW), Two and a Half Men (NEW), Mike & Molly (NEW), Hawaii Five-O (NEW)
NBC: Chuck (NEW), The Event (NEW), Chase (NEW)
FOX: House (NEW), Lie to Me (NEW)
CW: 90210, Gossip Girl

FUNSTUFF

GOTTA SEE THIS

Even pumpkins have BieberFever.  Matt McFarland spent four hours on his Bieb-o-lantern...and oh, so worth it.  link 




Hey look!  It's a parakeet playing fetch.  A PARAKEET... playing FETCH!  You know you want to watch, and you're welcome. 


DID YOU KNOW

According to EatWithASpork.com, you only need to eat 476,991 Big Macs in order to win $500 in McDonalds Monopoly promotion.  Along the way you'll spend $1,779,176 and pack on 73,592 pounds.  Totally worth it!

WHO SAID IT?

"I'm completely for sexting, I just thing we need to keep it headless and keep it with our loved ones. And keep it interesting, like four o'clock in the afternoon!"
-Diddy talking about Bret Favre's recent scandal

Read more: go!

JOKE OF THE DAY

A drunk walks into a bar, sits down and demands a drink.

“Get out!” yells the bartender: “I don’t serve drunks here.”

The guy staggers out the front door, comes in through the side door, sits down, bangs his fist, and loudly demands a drink.

“I thought I just told you to get out,” says the bartender.

So the drunk gets up, stumbles out the side door, and returns through the back door. He again sits down and angrily calls for a drink.

The bartender walks over to the guy and says: “I told you, no drunks allowed. Now get the heck out!”

The drunk looks up and slurs: “Hey, buddy, how many bars do you work at, anyway?”

SURF THIS!

Communicating with the dead is only a download away!  "Ghost in the Machine" is an iPad app that allows ghosts to talk to you ... How a ghost uses a touch screen I'll never know, but somehow he makes it work!  Boo!

DOGGIE BAG

Headline of the day... hey...she SMELLED dead! 





A woman recently suffered injuries to her head, neck, upper back, left shoulder, arm and forearm, left leg, chest, left hand, index finger and right foot.  She also broke four ribs and has post-traumatic stress disorder.  Pop quiz:  Did she get those injuries from  A)  fighting in Afghanistan, or B) after a bathroom stall door at McDonald's came unhinged and fell on her.  (hint:  she's suing McDonalds for $300-thousand!)  go!



Speaking of fast food -- what has Burger King been up to lately... well, this!  The creepiest pillow case ever in the history of pillow cases.  go!





Police in Rochester, NY, says a comic book collector hired a 17-year old to break into an old man's house to steal his valuable collection of comic books.  Drop this audio   source


Annapolis, MD, Woodstock, VT, and Asheville, NC, are 3 of 10 great places to retire, according to the finance wizard's at Yahoo.  I am trying to look up what this mysterious "retire" word means!  Get the rest of the list year go



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