PrepForOne

Show Starters Thursday

cuttin' cake

Kate Beckinsale is 39
Jeremy Piven from Entourage is 47 (coffee!)
Sandra Bullock turns 48 (birthday wish)
Kevin Spacey is 53 (don't interrupt)
Helen Mirren turns 67
Mick Jagger is 69 (stones)
Today is Aunt and Uncle Day

primetime thursday

abc: My son will go nuts with a 2-hr Wipeout tonight! A new Rookie Blue follows
cbs: Big Brother is Live at 9 followed by the premiere of 3 (3 women in a luxurious lakeside home in Chicago meet men from across the country. Yes, yet another dating show. See preview below)
nbc: There's a new Saving Hope and Rock Ctr with Brian Williams tonight
fox: Don't be too depressed over the finale of Take Me Out
cw: reruns

on this day in music

Prince's movie, "Purple Rain" (play) premiered in Hollywood, California on this day, what year?

1983
1984
1985

Answer: 1984! The soundtrack had two #1 hits, "When Doves Cry," and "Let's Go Crazy," while "Purple Rain" reached #2.

joke of the day

A man at the airline counter tells the rep. “I’d like this bag to go to Berlin, this one to California, and this one to London.

The rep says, “I’m sorry sir. We can’t do that.”

The man replied: Nonsense. That is what you did last time I flew with you.

&$#@!

If you want to keep your job, or at least get a promotion, you better clean up your language! A new CareerBuilder survey discovered that 57% of employers are less likely to promote someone that uses salty language. More than half say it makes an employee look less intelligent.

Top three cities needing a little soap in the mouth:

Washington, D.C.
Denver, CO
Chicago, Il

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Hotel Motel Holiday Inn

Staying away from home is more miserable than ever, apparently. Hotel services and facility ratings have dropped to their lowest level in 7 years, and that includes everything from checking in and out, to the pool and room. The industry is blaming staff cuts during the economic downtown for our dissatisfaction. One of our biggest gripes include charging for Internet access.

Phones/Facebook: What's your biggest hotel gripe?

Best Headline Ever

Congrats to George, who was for a day, the studliest man alive.

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Are you 'Invisible'?

Dating coach Ronnie Ann Ryan says too many women, especially women in their 40's, suffer from Invisible Woman Syndrome. IWS happens when you start blending too much into the background and stop being noticed in your professional and personal life. This is especially hurtful to women that are on the dating scene in their 40's. Here's how you know you're suffering from Invisible Woman Syndrome:

(1) You stop getting "dolled" up;
(2) You choose a hairstyle based on easy maintenance instead of how it looks on you;
(3) You haven't updated your wardrobe in the last few years;
(4) You tend to throw your hair in a ponytail and fly out the door;
(5) You think lipstick is more optional than ever;
(6) You might not be in the same shape you were five years ago;
(7) You may have gained a few pounds;
(8) You wear baggy clothing that covers up changes in your shape.

Here are the 5 places you probably feel invisible:

(1) Grocery store check-out when the clerk doesn't even look at you in the eye
(2) Waiting in line when someone cuts right in front of you;
(3) When you have your hand up to hail a cab and get passed by;
(4) At a singles dance when you don't get asked to dance;
(5) With online dating sites where you hardly get contacted.

Can you be cured? Of course! It comes down to one word: Confidence! Men like confidence. Confident women dress up, wear colors that bring out their features, stand straight and maintain good posture (did you do what I did just now, and sit straight up? It's amazing how lazy we can get!)

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