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Nine Signs You’re Happier Than You Think

Are you already having one of “those” kind of days? Perk up, buttercup –you may have more happiness in your life than you ever realized! The folks over at Prevention magazine discovered a few, small factors that play a major role in your overall disposition.

1. You Were a Smiley Student. Adults with the biggest grins in their college yearbook pictures tend to have five-times the success in marriage than their grumpy counterparts.

2. You Have a Sister. The British Psychological Society discovered that a little extra estrogen in your family tree can mean you have better social support, more optimism and better coping abilities.

3. You’re Not Glued to the TV. The happiest people on earth turn off the tube and engage in ”real life.”

4. You Keep Souvenirs On Display. Photos and mementos are reminders of great times –DR. SONJA LYUBORMISKY from UC Riverside says that fond memories remind you of your “happiness potential.”

5. You Make Exercise a Priority. Hit the gym, go for a walk or just mowing the lawn can make you less stressed and more satisfied with life.

6. You Have a Healthy Love Life. Never underestimate the power of physical intimacy –married folks get thirty-percent more nookie than singles –which could be part of the reason they’re just plain happier.

7. You Hang Out With Happy People. Great news if you’re one of the lucky few that has a positive B-F-F within a half-mile of your home –your happiness quotient rises a whopping forty-two-percent. The key is simply geography –live closer to your great buds and you’ll see them more often.

8. You Stay Warm With Hot Cocoa. Toasty beverages have a fabulous side effect of positive feelings. Heat up that iced tea and you could feel more generous, trusting and appreciative.

9. You Have Two Best Friends. A pair of pals –not including your spouse–is the magic number to remember. One study shows that people who have two strong, loving buddies are more likely to enjoy a strong sense of mental well-being

Gloria Estefan Makes Daring Escape

Dolphins Part-Owner Trapped In Suite
Miami Dolphins part-owner Gloria Estefan wouldn't let anything get in her way when it was time to appear during the halftime show Sunday night.  The musician became locked in her suite at Sun Life Stadium during the Dolphins' game against the New York Jets.



After a locksmith, security officers and firemen tried unsuccessfully to unlock the door, Estefan had to take an alternate exit: the window, according to justnews.com.

Just minutes before she was set to introduce Enrique Iglesias during the halftime show, Estefan kicked off her Dolphin green Yves Saint-Laurent pumps, and out the window she went. She climbed into the window of the suite next door, ran out the door and across the field and made it onstage just in the nick of time.

A cell phone camera captured video of Estefan's escape.

Bing Crosby: Game 7 Of '60 World Series

FROM NYTIMES:  A reel of the entire broadcast of the 1960 world series has been found almost perfectly restored in the late Bing Crosby’s wine cellar!

This broadcast was thought to be lost forever but you’ll be able to see it soon…

Crosby was part owner of the Pirates at the time and was too nervous to watch the game live so he had the game recorded so he can watch it IF the Pirates won.

The five-reel set is the only known copy of the broadcast, in which Bill Mazeroski his that famouns home run to beat the Yankees.

Many say that game 7 was “the best game ever played” and you will finally get to see it on the MLB Network later this year!

Octomom Desperate For Cash

FROM NYDAILY NEWS:  In a desperate attempt to keep a roof over her children's heads, Octomom Nadya Suleman threw a yard sale in front of her La Habra, Calif., home on Saturday.

AP Photo

Among the items for sale, the cash-strapped mother of 14 was willing to part with everything from an autographed nursing bra to the red bikini she once wore on the cover of Star magazine flaunting her postpregnancy body, RadarOnline.com reported.

Also up for grabs were 14 tiny devil costumes the octuplets wore last Halloween, a refrigerator that once stored baby formula and a tiny "timeout" chair given to her by Oprah Winfrey after her appearance on the daytime talk show.

Suleman, 35, even reportedly autographed a pair of white underwear that she wore when she was pregnant and put them up for auction. Another article of clothing, though not as vulgar, was Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers jersey, which Suleman signed and sold for $120.

She also appeared to have made money by charging $10 to have a photo taken with her, and $100 to pose with her and her octuplets.

Katy Perry Headed For The Simpsons

Katy Perry will capitalize on her “Sesame Street” cleavage controversy by guest-starring in a Christmas-themed “Simpsons” episode.

To go with the “Sesame Street” theme, she’ll star in a live-action segment, and not as a cartoon, that features “Simpsons” characters as puppets.

“Simpsons” producer Al Jean explains “In the wake of Elmo’s terrible betrayal, the Simpsons puppets wish to announce they stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Katy Perry.”

Segway Co. Owner Dies Riding 2-Wheeled Machine Off Cliff

Jimi Heselden, the owner of the Segway company, has died after riding one of the two-wheeled machines off a cliff and into a river.

According to the London Telegraph, the multi-millionaire businessman, 62, fell into the River Wharfe while inspecting the grounds of his North Yorkshire estate on a Segway.

The Segway is a motorised scooter which use gyroscopes to remain upright and is controlled by the direction in which the rider leans.

A passer-by found Heselden alongside his Segway in the Boston Spa area at about 11.40am on Sunday.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "Police were called at 11.40am yesterday to reports of a man in the River Wharfe, apparently having fallen from the cliffs above on a Segway.

"He was pronounced dead at the scene."

Read more here.

Katy Perry’s Too Hot For Sesame Street

FROM MEDIAITE: 

Katy Perry was supposed to star on the New Year’s Eve episode of Sesame Street, but apparently the cleavage-revealing dress she wore for the taping isn’t sitting right with parents.

It was after Sesame Street posted a segment of Perry’s episode to YouTube that the complaints started rolling in. TMZ reports:

The song made its way to YouTube Monday and racked up nearly a million views. But some parents started complaining her cleavage was too front and center. We’ve learned producers have decided not to air the song on the show.

As TMZ sagely points out, Perry’s décolletage is actually covered by fabric — though what they call “flesh-colored,” we call “see-through.”

The New York Times has published the following statement from Sesame Street:

“Sesame Street has a long history of working with celebrities across all genres, including athletes, actors, musicians and artists. Sesame Street has always been written on two levels, for the child and adult. We use parodies and celebrity segments to interest adults in the show because we know that a child learns best when co-viewing with a parent or care-giver. We also value our viewer’s opinions and particularly those of parents. In light of the feedback we’ve received on the Katy Perry music video which was released on You Tube only, we have decided we will not air the segment on the television broadcast of Sesame Street, which is aimed at preschoolers. Katy Perry fans will still be able to view the video on You Tube.”

UPDATE: Unfortunately, in between the time we read this story and posted it, Sesame Street had pulled from YouTube!

Cleavage Comes to Sesame Street

Days after her fiance, Russell Brand, was arrested for attacking a photographer who aimed a camera up her dress, singer Katy Perry appeared in a new "Sesame Street" promo video in an outfit that could raise the ire of viewers' parents, moms for sure.

The 24-year-old singer is seen in a low-cut yellow-green heart-shaped dress with a shear piece of material covering her ample cleavage. The wedding veil on her head is part of a dress-up game with Elmo that has gone awry.

She proceeds to chase the "Sesame" regular while singing a version of "Hot N Cold" that focuses on the puppet waffling over their play date instead of an up-and-down relationship.

Tommy James Shocking Book

'60s/'70s singer Tommy James visited the studio of Dan Taylor at 101.1 WCBS-FM in NYC Friday.  Tommy talked about of forthcoming movie based on his book. He also performed "I Think We're Alone Now".

Also read here:  Artie Wayne on the Web

The Worst Of The Worst Songs

What do Vanilla Ice, Helen Reddy, MC Hammer, the Black-Eyed Peas, Limp Bizkit, and Lindsey Lohan (pictured)  have in common?

They all have songs that made AOL‘s list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever.

Which song is the absolute worst of the worst? (Hint: It's not "Feelings" by Morris Albert)

Click here.

Another Reason I Don't Watch The Weather Channel

I found this at www.weather.com. They must be starved for hurricane action to hype their ratings. So far all the storms have been staying in the Atlantic or pretty much to to south of the states.  However, someone must have gotten this idea to show the size of the storm superimposed over the eastern States.  Obviously, a scare tactic designed to keep watching The Weather Channel, because, after all, the next one could be coming right down your street.

If that wasn't enough, check out these graphics used on air.  These supposedly show the area that could have suffered death and destruction IF the storm came down your street.

The reality is...Igor isn't coming right down your street.  If any storm would be directly headed our way, these comparisons would be legit.  Until then, I see this as a media perpetrated scare tactic.

Just two things are missing:  a man-made climate change tie-in...or blaming George W. Bush.

Fortunately, there are other, better, sources for weather news.

Get Ready For Sky Rider

As If Air Travel Wasn’t Hard Enough

It’s like riding “sidesaddle”!  Manufacturers of Sky Rider say it’s a comfortable ride for a 2 to 3 hour flight.  Look for airlines to squeeze more of us in per flight soon.

Have Teleprompter, Will Talk

Here is video from a recent Obama School Speech in Philadelphia before an audience of children. This video does not use as tight a shot of Obama as most. It clearly shows TOTUS (Teleprompters Of The United States) that Obama takes with him literally everywhere – from parking lot remarks to remarks in front of school kids.

Behind The Numbers

http://www.walletpop.com/ has done some investigating toward the mysterious numbers used for some products:

• The number “33” printed on each bottle of Rolling Rock beer indicates the 33 word “pledge of quality” they promise
• Formula “409” represents the 409 tries it took two Detroit scientists to get the formula for the cleaner right

• It only took “40” tries to get WD-40 right
• The “23” on the Dr. Pepper bottle indicates 23 secret flavors used by the creator
• Henry Heinz thought the number “57” was lucky, so he created the slogan “57 varieties” even though at the time he had more than 60
• “7-11” stores got their name from the hours of operation – 7am to 11pm, most are open 24 hours now but the name sticks

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9/11 Video: Required Viewing

FROM:  Andrew Cohen has served as chief legal analyst and legal editor for CBS News and won a Murrow Award as one of the nation's leading legal analysts and commentators:

"The video ought to be required viewing for every member of our vast national security force, including our current members of Congress and especially those who came to their jobs after 9/11. This is what chaos looks like. This is what bad intelligence brings. This is what happens if you don't do your job."

Amen.

'Feud' Moves To Orlando

With the new TV season starting, you might want to check out the venerable TV game show "Family Feud".  It's now taped at nearby Universal-Orlando with new host Steve Harvey. The move was made to accommodate Harvey who lives year-round in Atlanta, where he hosts a nationally-syndicated radio show.

Shooting some 165 episodes began in mid-July and ends Sept. 19th.  The show was taped during long Friday-Sunday weekends.

The TV Guy at orlandosentinel.com writes executive producer Gaby Johnston said she is thrilled with the results. “This is the funniest and most lively ‘Feud’ ever, thanks to Steve Harvey onstage and the fantastic Orlando audiences that pour into the studio for each taping.”

Tourism in Central Florida could benefit in others ways from the local production. “Family Feud” will carry a plug for Orlando several times a week. And the TVguy says $150,000 to help the game show relocate came from the city of Orlando, the Downtown Community Redevelopment Agency and the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.