PrepForOne

Friday February 4th, 2011

It's Homemade Soup Day, Bubble Gum Day, Spoiled Cats Day, and most important, National Wear Red Day! This kicks off the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women," a campaign that encourages you to help fight heart disease in women. Official site here.

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Pop Quiz

On Monday morning, 6% of people will do (what)? Call in sick, pay up on a bet they made, run out and buy a Black Eyed Peas CD?

Answer

Call in sick!

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Tease It! (facebook/twitter/show)

Believe it or not, a SWIMSUIT is being donated to the Smithsonian. Something from Michael Phelps, perhaps? WRONG! Head here to find out (insert blog address)

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The Most Famous Red Suit in History
The Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C. will soon display the most famous red swimsuit of all time -- the one worn by Farrah Fawcett on that 1976 poster. Ya know, the poster that sold over 12 MILLION COPIES!

 Bruce McBroom shot the photo on a whim. Farrah posed in her own suit in front of an old, dusty blanket McBroom grabbed out of the back of his truck. She was 29 at the time, and preferred a one-piece to a bikini in order to cover up a childhood scar.

The museum will display the suit along with scripts from the first season of "Charlie's Angels."

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You may not think you're cheating, but you are... here are 5 ways you're flushing your diet away (insert your blog address)

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5 Simple Mistakes That Ruin Diets
90% of us say we eat a healthy diet. Riiiight. Of that 90%, only 15% count calories, and only 58% eat the recommended five or more servings of fruits and veggies a day. We lie to ourselves all the time about food. Especially when we're on diets. From The Stir, here are five ways we're tricking ourselves:

1. We tweak the numbers to suit our goal "Even if a 3 ounce portion of chicken or 2 ounces of pasta is one serving, we figure just a little bit more won't hurt."

2. We cut carbs, but make up for it by eating more ... bacon! "Giving something up does not make us any healthier. It just makes us feel deprived. Plus, we'll often convince ourselves that we "deserve" a new evil when we've given up the original bad guy."

3. We drink "diet" sodas, eat "diet" pudding, "low-fat" granola bars, etc. "None of these are real food."

4. We pick "easy-to-go," "natural" snacks over an apple. "I know—fruit is just such a pain, right? Instead, we'll just get some pre-packaged dried fruit snacks or applesauces or something. It's gotta be the same, cuz it says "all natural," right?... WRONG. Just. No. Stop. Please."

5. Figuring we know it all, we remain blissfully ignorant. "Watching a whole season of The Biggest Loser doesn't make any of us a certified nutritionist or personal trainer. The good news is you can always tap the knowledge of someone who is one of those things ... via books, the all-mighty Internet, Twitter, whatever."

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Cuttin' Cake

Friday

• Natalie Imbruglia (36)
• David Brenner (66)
• Former VP Dan Quayle (64)

Saturday

• Bobby Brown (42)
• Jennifer Jason Leigh (49)
• Laura Linny (47)

Sunday

• Natalie Cole (61)
• Rick Astley (45)
• Tom Brokaw (71)

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Primetime, Baby!

Friday
ABC: Supernanny (new), Primetime: What Would You Do? (NEW), A Barbara Walters Special: A Matter of Life and Death (NEW)
CBS: The Defenders (NEW), Super Bowl's Greatest commercials (NEW), CSI: NY (NEW)
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are? (NEW), Dateline (NEW)
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares (NEW), Fringe (NEW)
CW: Smallville (NEW), Supernatural (NEW)

Saturday
ABC: Wipeout, Shrek The Third
CBS: NCIS, 48 Hrs (NEW)
NBC: Chuck (NEW), Law & Order: Los Angeles, Law & Order: SVU
FOX: Cops (NEW), Cops, America's Most Wanted (NEW)

Sunday
ABC: America's Funniest Home Vid's, Knocked Up (2007)
CBS: Undercover Boss, CSI: Miami, Hawaii Five-0
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?, Datline (NEW)
FOX: SuperBowl

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Gotta See This

If you keep the sound on you'll want to leap out of the nearest window, but if you mute it and watch the kid on the right, you'll get a good chuckle. Go Pack Go - Lady Gaga Style.



Are Great Britain, The United Kingdom and England the same places? Watch and learn, it'll be a jolly good time.

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Did You Know...

Super Bowl Food Facts (source)

• Most popular snack: Dips and spreads (30% with chicken wings at #2)
• Calories consumed by the average watcher: 1200
• Most popular take-out and delivery items: Pizza, chicken wings, and sandwiches

• Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest winter grilling day of the year
• Only on Thanksgiving do we eat more food
• Average # of people at a Super Bowl Party: 17
• Increase in antacid sales on Monday: 20%

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Joke of the Day

Jen's friend, Amy, was complaining about all of the stress in her life right now
So Jen offered up some advice -- "When I feel stress, I always turn off the lights and have a wild night with my husband. It works every time. You should try it."
The next day, they meet up and Amy is all smiles.
"How did it go? asks Jen.
"Wonderfully!" beams Amy. "Your husband couldn't believe it was your idea!"

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Surf This!

Wow, what a great idea just after the holidays. Check out ReadyForZero.com, a site that helps you eliminate credit card debt. From the site:

"ReadyForZero is a free online financial tool that lets you track your credit card debt, explore options, and make and follow a plan to eliminate it. This is a gimmick-free program, not a debt settlement or similar service. "

Check it out

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Doggie Bag

This is the first Super Bowl in its 45-year history that will be without... what? The answer is here!

Another fun fact for this weekend: Dallas is home to the world's oldest potbelly pig! Oscar turned 20 last October. These guy's usually don't see past 15. See a picture here.

Did you know Fox will fill the coveted "post Super Bowl" time slot with an episode of "Glee"? Interesting that, for years, networks thought nothing of the show following the big game. Here are 9 facts about this very topic