09.20.10:  TODAY IS...

  • Nat'l Woman Road Warrior Day honoring women who travel for business
  • Women's Friendship Day
  • Make Your Own Junk Food at Home Day

POP QUIZ

We saw this TV show for the first time tonight in 1984

AUDIO

ANSWER

The Cosby Show!

PHONEBUZZ

Light 'em up!

What school subjects are a serious waste of time in 2010?

Get this -- the Rockwood School District in Eureka, MO, has decided to drop mandatory spelling tests for elementary students.  According to a spokesperson, the tests develop "a lot of Friday morning spellers," meaning they memorize the words for the tests and then forget the lessons in their "authentic" writing like journals and daily assignments.

The district plans to teach proper spelling principals as they go along, but not test the students.

Here's the question, though -- do they have a point?  Think of the time wasted learning  spelling rules when there's a computer that will automatically correct those mistake for you!  

Think of all the lessons that were a complete waste of time when we were kids (speaking personally of my age, of course!):

  • The Dewey Decimal system.  When is the last time you were at a library, anyway?  
  • Programming computers.  In the 80's we learned DOS on the Apple II E... wow.  That's before they realized that 99.9% of us will NEVER use those skills.  Ever. 
  • Drivers Ed.  You took a course.  Took a written test.  Took a road test.  Then all of those rules went out the window the first time you realized everyone on the road IS INSANE!  It's now just survival.  

Here's what they should teach.  Courses to get you through "real life":
  • How to understand your taxes so you don't go to jail
  • How to  manage money so you retire with more than $7 and some coupons in your pocket.
  • How to golf -- realizing that most business deals are made on the golf course. 
  • How to not use the word "like" 65 times while you tell a story.   
  • What am I missing?  Have one to add?

Hey lefties -- what are you so angry?  Not politics, genius, I'm talking  LEFT HANDERS!  

A new study found left-handed people are angry.  

"Researchers found that among lefties, the two hemispheres of the brain communicate more with each other so have more interaction with the parts which produce negative emotions."

Of course, you'd be angry, too, if can openers, drinking fountains, garden tools and scissors weren't made with you in mind!

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Lots of things you do tick off waiters... bet you didn't even realize it, too.  Check it out here (insert your blog address)

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Restaurant etiquette!  
Here's what waiters want from us, and here's what we should get from them.  First, what they want from us:

  1. Let's all take it a little easy on wine knowledge, and our lack there of.  Wine is simple. Order within your price range and enjoy.

  2. Keep the cell phones off the table. All I see when I'm pouring water is a large ice cube creating havoc, forcing a tidal wave of water over the edge and onto your new iphone. I don't want this.   Let's keep it simple and follow the decade's new golden rule – keep it in your pants.

  3. The host / hostess is not your server, so don't order from them. Their job is to seat you, make sure you're comfortable, and that's about it. I don't mean to say this in a degrading way, but that's how it is.

  4. A starter salad is a starter salad. It's smaller than an entrée salad. Your server doesn't spend days with you, researching your appetite before your reservation, therefore we don't know how much you like to eat.

  5. If you pay with cash and desire change, say something.

  6. Listen. Listen to the greet, listen to the server's opinions regarding the menu. Listen. It is my job to fully understand your every word, and to have the same courtesy given is appreciated.

And now things you always deserve at a restaurant:
  • A water glass never less than half full.
  • Clean cutlery and table upon seating.
  • Your order completed correctly in an appropriate amount of time depending upon busyness of restaurant. Feel free to observe.
  • Honest answers and opinions.
  • One smile.
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CELEBRITY TWEETS

  • Katy Perry celebrated her bachelorette party with 25 of her friends, including Rihanna, over the weekend.  The day started at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel Beach Club pool, then moved to the MGM Grand Hotel to see Cirque Du Soleil's KA show later that night.  source

  • Perry's bachelorette party comes a day after her fiance, Russell Brand, was arrested for allegedly attacking paparazzi at LAX.  He posted $20-grand in bail and was released.  Perry defended her man by tweeting:  "If you cross the line & try an put a lens up my dress, my fiancé will do his job & protect me."  See the video here: go

  • If you care - People.com reports that Kim Kardashian and Miles Austin from the Dallas Cowboys have called it quits.  "Distance apart" seems to be the reason.  source

  • Lindsay Lohan admits that she failed a drug test and could be heading back to jail for another 30 days.  "This was certainly a setback for me but I am taking responsibility for my actions," she tweeted.  She admits she's a "work in progress."  http://twitter.com/lindsaylohan

  • Nicole Kidman is getting out of Nashville and moving to Broadway.  She signed to appear in Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth.  Look for her next fall.  more

  • Tonight during the premiere of Dancing With the Stars, look for mama in the audience.  Rumor has it Sarah Palin will be in the crowd supporting her daughter Bristol as she makes her dancing debut with pro partner Mark Ballas.  Security is apparently being beefed up for the visit.  Meanwhile, Vegas says Bristol has the best chances of all of them...to be sent home first!  source

  • Sad for the kids:  Nadya Suleman, the woman people call Octomom, is going on welfare, according to RadarOnline.com.  There's no TV deal, there's no merchandising deal and no publisher wants the book she's already written.  story

  • Ben Affleck's "Town" was tops at the box office this weekend.  Another debut, "Easy A" came in second, and M. Night Shyamalan's "Devil" came in third.  more info here

CUTTIN' CAKE TODAY

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  • Dr. Joyce Brothers (83)
  • Gunnar & Matthew Nelson (43)



PRIMETIME, BABY!

Check out all the new shows tonight!!!

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

FUN STUFF

GOTTA SEE THIS

"I thought it was peppa"



How to always avoid paying that $25 luggage fee.  Always.  

DID YOU KNOW

"A recent survey by Cincinnati Repair showed that office employees who deal with malfunctioning printers are likely to take out their frustration on coworkers, clients, employers, and even on spouses. The survey illustrated that broken office equipment is a large cause of stress, and that this stress can affect everything from job performance to family life."
-Survey paid for buy a PRINTER REPAIR business.  Full story here

WHO SAID IT?

"We're in the third trimester, and basically I'm dodging punches right now from my wife…She's completely over me and over being pregnant."
– Matt Damon, whose wife Luciana is set to deliver the couple's fourth child this fall

JOKE OF THE DAY

Q. What's the difference between a savings bond and a musician?
A. The savings bond will eventually mature and make money.
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DOGGIE BAG

  • A 71-year old South Carolina man fought off a masked home intruder with a Swiffer WetJet Wednesday night.  "You better get out of my house before I kill you," said Phill Graham to a man that looked as if he had a gun.  Good thing the man ran off, old Phil was packing a Dust Buster in his sock. go

  • The Air Force has come up with a program they call "BATMAN" which teaches soldiers to use  more gadgets in order to lighten their load.  The goal is for soldiers to complete their missions with less burden through BATMAN.  Makes perfect sense with today's technology.  The only thing soldiers are having trouble with is tripping over their cape.  go

  • A Roswell, NM school principal has demanded that a group of students stop handing out Krispy Kreme doughnuts with Bible verses to their teachers.  Ruben Bolanos demanded the students cease their "Christian" acts.  These student's obviously violated the Commandment that states "Thou Shall Not Deny Doughnuts to a Cranky Principal" go

  • A Massachusetts woman bagged a 13 1/2 foot, 1,025 pound alligator in South Carolina.  Maryellen Mara-Christian, who went gator huntin' with her husband, said it took two hours to secure the gator before she could shoot it.  Wow, this makes that trip to the beach with my wife look...even better now.  Picture: go

  • A British teacher is in trouble after homemade porn was found on her computer at school.  It seems Jane Moyle and her hubby have made 80 films at her home, nine of which were kept on her computer at school.  School officials became suspicious after so many dad's accompanied their kids to school on the day she taught sex ed.  go



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