Happy Wednesday!
I'm at work for 12 hours today after a week absence. Let's see how things go. My bosses have been AWESOME. A couple of my co-workers read this, so thanks to you too!!
We're cooling down to the low 90's/upper 80's today. Be aware of the wind chill factor today, please!!!
Today's the last day for free access on my local newspaper's website, www.greenvilleonline.com .
Along with the new ads for most grocery stores taking effect today, here's some stuff I saw on the ol interweb...
The US House has voted to extend the up to $8,000.00 homebuyer credit 3 months; giving new home owners until Sept. 30 to complete their purchases.
You may have already heard that this fall after 25 year, Larry King will hang up the CNN microphone. ALSO- people are already getting use to daytime w/out Oprah. Her ratings this year are the lowest in the 23 year history of her show.
Monday will forever be a sad day in KISStory. Bill Aucoin, who discovered the rock group Kiss and helped build them into a musical and merchandising juggernaut, died Monday in Florida. He was 66. Aucoin died at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Aventura of surgical complications from prostate cancer
There's a story that reports that meat flavored vodkas are quickly replacing fruity ones. The Alaska Distillery in Wasilla just recently launched its Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka, about a year after the Seattle-based Black Rock Spirits introduced a bacon-flavored vodka.Both savory spirits were intended to complement Bloody Marys, but are finding wider uses among mixologists.
British scientists are now saying the clean up effort in the Gulf may actually be doing more harm than good. The scientists believe that the oil coming out is light crude and the best thing to do is "leave it alone". according to their research, "It might have been better for the environment to have done nothing about the enormous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico except to keep the oil out at sea". Their findings indicate the aggressive cleanup operation, during which oil has been set alight and oil-dispersing chemicals have been dumped into the sea, might be more damaging than the oil itself. Previous experience suggests that containing the oil out at sea but otherwise leaving it alone to disperse and evaporate naturally is better in the long run but is regarded as politically unacceptable, they said. MEANWHILE a Venice, LA boat captain working to rescue sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico says he has seen BP ships burning sea turtles and other wildlife alive.
S Korea's CT&T is announcing plans today to locate it's zero emmisions electric car facility in Duncan SC (Spartanburg County) at Interstate 85 and Hwy 290. initial start up means 370 jobs at first.
"Glee" reality show will air on Oxygen as part of syndication deal for the show. There's also a plan that will allow cameras will go behind the scenes of casting call for new "Glee" singers.
I usually like Rush Limbaugh, but I wish he'd shut up about Elena Kagan. He's complaining she's a blank slate and too much of an unknown. Rush may be found out to be right a lot, but regarding the Kagan "dog and pony show", I say "BIG DEAL!". BTW, congrats on Rush getting married. The story about getting Elton John and his subsequent meetings, dinners with him is great.
20th Century Fox announced on Twitter that Andy Serkis is reteaming with the Weta Digital team ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, King Kong) for Rise of the Apes! He'll do the performance capture for Caesar, portraying the chimp who leads the simian revolt. Set in present day San Francisco, Rise of the Apes is a reality-based cautionary tale, a science fiction/science fact blend, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. For the first time ever in the film series, the movie will feature photo-realistic apes rather than costumed actors. Directed by Rupert Wyatt, Rise of the Apes stars James Franco, John Lithgow and Freida Pinto. The movie is scheduled to be released on June 24, 2011.
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) said Tuesday that it plans to release its own tablet, which will be targeted to the business community. The Cisco Cius, as it will be called, will get the networking-equipment maker into the tablet race
Megan Fox has tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Brian Austin Green.
From my "funny- not REALLY funny- only to me" file, Mexican singer Sergio Vega was murdered while on a national tour at the weekend, just hours after denying reports of his death, local Mexican media reported.
Believe it or not, 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' is actually struggling in the ratings. According to TV By the Numbers, new and reruns of 'Oprah' crashed to an all-time low last week, pulling in just a 3.0 rating for the worst figures in the show's 24 year history. And before you blame the rerun factor, consider that during the same week last year the show was also in reruns but still pulled in 23% more viewers. So who's the beneficiary of Oprah's woes? 'Judge Judy,'
The FDA has issued a bulletin urging producers to use less antibiotics in meat. The federal recommendation comes amid rising concern that the drugs in animals pose a health threat to humans
Online video site Hulu, under pressure from its media company parents to generate a profit, has launched a $10/month subscription service with access to older episodes of popular television shows. Hulu due for PlayStation 3 in July, Xbox 360 in 2011
Traffic Annie Robards remains the BEST local news anchor on AM 950 or 1330/106.3 FM Newsradio WORD. Catch her on the weekends on Rock 101.1 WROQ!!!
In other stupid movies-in-production news, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who adapted CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS into a film that was far better than it could've been, are taking on a Lego movie for Warner Bros.
The current number for Eclipse, the third movie in the Twilight Saga franchise opening Wednesday is 4,416 theaters in North America - the most theaters EVER. That passes Iron Man 2 which scored 4,380 venues.
Yeserday, MapQuest, the Denver-based mapping unit of AOL Inc. is testing a fresh look with features that some might say make it look a whole lot more like, well, Google Maps. The beta version scraps MapQuest's red logo in squiggly writing that general manager Christian Dwyer calls "cheap hotel" font. In its place is a simple font in shades of green and purple. MapQuest was long the leader among websites giving people online directions, but Google Maps surpassed it in 2008.
Researchers say they've found a 10,000-year-old hunting weapon that had been preserved in melting ice near Yellowstone National Park. The spear-like wooden dart was found in 2007, but the University of Colorado didn't announce it until Tuesday
Well, let's see how the day goes. Later!!
The Oprah is dead. Long live the Oprah! In syndication of course. Oprah is like those hotdog buns. If you don't use the whole pack, they sit there on the shelf for weeks and never seem to go bad except losing their freshness.
ReplyDeleteMeat flavoured vodkas? I gotta try that!
I think it is a big deal about Kagan getting to the Supreme Court but at the same time, there's nothing that can be done about.
I didn't know about the Rise of the Apes movie. It sounds good. I just rewatched the Planet of the Apes remake. I forgot how bad of a film it was. Hard to believe it was directed by Tim Burton. The science behind it was atrocious. The supposed blonde love interest was completely useless, not even eye candy.
One would think that with the overuse of antibiotics in meat would lead to healthier people but I think it has lead to more antibiotic resisant diseases.
10,000 year old hunting weapon. Feh. I'm waiting on the announcement of a 100,000 year old weapon.