PrepForOne

09.09.10 TODAY IS...

• Wonderful Weirdos Day to thank all the weirdos in your life
• National Hot Dog Day
• California Day - the 31st state in 1850

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POP QUIZ

Fat Albert came into our lives on this very day in 1972, 1979, or 1983?  

AUDIO

ANSWER

1972!  Fat Albert's friends were Weird Harold, Mush Mouth and Donald.  

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IN SEARCH OF

What folks are Googlin' this morning

"google instant"

Do a Google search today and you'll notice something different -- instant results.  Instead of typing in your search words and clicking the button, Google gives you results AS you type.  Example, if you type "w," you'll see instant weather results for this area.  As Google's Marissa Mayer told a crowd in San Francisco yesterday, "It's as you type, not after you type."  

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"rosh hashanah"

Sundown yesterday marked Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year.  No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in synagogue, where the regular daily liturgy is somewhat expanded.  Another popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year.  Rosh Hashanah ends at sunset tomorrow.

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"tropical storm igor"

A new tropical storm named Igor formed off of Cape Verde, Western Africa.  It is forecast to become a hurricane.  Track it here: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

"piers morgan"

Piers Morgan got the gig.  He'll take over for Larry King in January on CNN.  Morgan is best known in America as a judge on "America's Got Talent," but is a well known interviewer in the U.K.  Morgan compared his interview style to James Bond:   “smartly spoken, well-dressed, twinkle in the eye, and then shoot him."  

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PHONEBUZZ

Light 'em up!

Where do you wish kids would NOT be allowed to go?

Brenda Armes, owner of the Olde Salty restaurant in Carolina Beach, NC is now getting more customers than ever.  How?  TV and radio ad campaign, perhaps?  Nope!  A simple sign.  The sign on the front door reads:

"SCREAMING CHILDREN WILL NOT BE TOLERATED"

Armes posted the sign after hearing from too many customers about children misbehaving.  

Gary Gibson loves it:  "It's not very enjoyable when you hear a bunch of kids screaming. It's nice to see a sign like that up."

Ashley Heflin is offended:  "You can't help it if your kids scream"  

Armes says if children scream, she'll only ask parents to take them outside to calm down.  Nobody gets kicked out.  Of course, if you're a parent and someone asks you to take your kid outside to settle down, you're GONNA leave... http://bit.ly/9N0X4S

Would you ever date your boss?

At what point is it okay to accept a date with your boss?  At what point is it okay to actually ask your boss out? 

Would you ever date the man that FIRED YOU?  Kelly Irish from Zephyrhills, FL, actually married the guy that gave her the axe.  A year and a half after being terminated in 2007, she typed her bio into a dating website and took a personality test.  

The site said her perfect match was...guess who... the guy that sent her packing, Casey O'Keefe.  He says he was just following orders at the time, but admits he found her a little annoying.  The two were married last weekend. http://bit.ly/aW5mfx

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FACEBUZZ

Post this:  It drives you crazy when you see parents bring kids (where)...

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CELEBRITY TWEETS

• Michael Douglas spoke to reporters about his new movie "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" yesterday and they say he was upbeat even while battling stage four throat cancer.  He and his doctors are optimistic and admits spending most of his day watching tennis and football.  No photos were allowed.  more
  
  
• Will and Jada have another potential star in the family.  Willow Smith, their 9-year old daughter, has a new song called "Whip My Hair" that was leaked to the Web yesterday.  Some say she sounds like Rihanna.  Listen to it here
  
  
• A New Jersey judge called "Jersey Shore's" Snooki Polizzi a "Lindsay Lohan wannabe" and fined her $533 dollars along with two days of community service for disturbing the peace in July.  The judge called her "rude and self-indulgent."  Which, of course, pretty much is the plot around "Jersey Shore."  more
  
  
• Former SNL star Rachel Dratch had a baby boy August 24th.  The 44-year old will not reveal who the father is, but told People her pregnancy has a "crazy story" behind it.  more
  
  
• Jane Fonda admitted she had work done.  "I recently had plastic surgery," she told Entertainment Tonight.  She wanted to be truthful while writing a book about aging. "I just decided it was for me -- I don't want to have bags under my eyes that make look tired."  more

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CUTTIN CAKE TODAY

• Hugh Grant (50)
• Michelle Williams (30)
• Tom Wopat (59)

BIRTHDAY QUIZ

Look who's 44 today...

AUDIO

ANSWER

Adam Sandler from Happy Gilmore

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PRIMETIME, BABY!

ABC: Wipeout, Rookie Blue (NEW)

CBS: Big Brother (LIVE), CSI, The Mentalist

NBC: NFL - Vikings vs. Saints

FOX: Bones, Fringe

CW: The Vampire Diaries (NEW), Nikita (NEW)

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FUN STUFF

GOTTA SEE THIS

The Amazing Race premieres September 29th with fun and frivolity for all... except the contestant that gets a watermelon to the face.  OUCH!  "I can't feel my face," says watermelon head.  Check it out:  http://bit.ly/aLBxGu

DID YOU KNOW

It seems our confidence is growing as fast as our waist lines.  A new survey from MSNBC and Elle magazine found most of us would rate our looks at a 6 or 7 out of 10.  The under-30 crowd are especially in love with themselves -- with a third of men and women giving themselves an 8 out of 10.  

More here

WHO SAID IT?

"You grow up and you realize it isn't just about the aesthetic.  It's about whether or not that person makes you better and whether or not that person makes you happy. You're lucky if you can find it."

-Josh Duhamel talking to reporters about his wife, Fergie (they've been married a year-and-a-half)

JOKE OF THE DAY

A businessman comes into town and finds that the hotels are booked solid. Finally, one clerk says: "I have one room with two beds. I'm sure the other guy wouldn't mind splitting the bill."

The businessman says: "I'll take it!"

"Wait a minute," the clerk says: "This guy snores really loud. In fact, the other guests have complained about it."

The businessman says: "It doesn't matter. I'll take it."

The next morning, the clerk asks him how he slept. The businessman says: "I slept fine, the whole night through."

The clerk asks: "Didn't the snoring bother you?"

The businessman says: "No, when I walked into the room, the other guy was snoring, so I bent over and kissed him on the cheek, and said 'goodnight, beautiful.' Then he stayed up all night just watching me."

SURF THIS!

Very funny idea... people usually click videos on YouTube that are the most popular.  Well this site takes a different approach... they display videos that absolutely NOBODY has watched.  

http://zeroviews.biz/

DOGGIE BAG

• The Canadian Council on Learning says Canada's major cities will see a spike in adults with low literacy in the coming decades.  They haven't been able to rebound since Pamela Anderson moved to Los Angeles http://bit.ly/dkrAHp
  
  
• Google tweaked their search system so it knows what you want even before your done asking for it... It's obvious married men worked on this project...
  
  
• U.S. health officials are frustrated after finding out 21% of adults still smoke.  The smoking-rate has been flat since about 2004.   http://bit.ly/dofAy3
  
  
• A Chinese woman, knocked unconscious by a cat that fell from an apartment building, plans to sue all 200 residents.  “I was walking on the footpath under the building, and suddenly a heavy object hit my head. I remember nothing afterwards,” she said.  Nobody will admit to owning the cat, so she's going after all of them.  (Check out the great animation of a falling cat, btw) http://bit.ly/bYMKYd
  
  
• Moderate walking for 40 minutes three times per week for a year -- rather than just stretching and toning -- helped increase brain function in older adults. http://bit.ly/a8RBfz