Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Frazzled
Health and Beauty Tip -- Stop Frizzy Hair
If you've got a problem with frizzy hair -- especially if your hair is naturally curly -- limit use of any heated styling tools (including blowdryers) to 2-3 times a week. Let your hair air-dry for the rest of the week
Monday, August 30, 2010
Five, Four, Three, Two, One ... Zero
'Five second' rule on dropped food unsafe
CHICAGO (UPI) -- The "five second" rule that says quickly retrieved dropped food is all right to eat should be a "zero second" rule because of bacteria, food scientists say. Clemson University food scientist Paul Dawson found that salmonella and other dangerous bacteria can remain alive up to four weeks on dry surfaces -- like floors -- and can be instantly transferred to dropped food, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday. Location, not time, is the critical factor, researchers say. Brushing off a bagel you dropped on the sidewalk and eating it is probably safe because the pavement is cleaner than a kitchen floor in terms of the kinds of bacteria found there, Dr. Harley Rotbart, a professor of microbiology and pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Colorado, said. "The kitchen floor, however, is probably a zero-second zone because the bacteria from uncooked meat and chicken juices are more hazardous than the 'soil' bacteria outside," said Rotbart. Bathroom floors are also zero-second zones because they're "a great potential source of bacteria and shorter-lived viruses that can cause gastrointestinal illness if ingested," Rotbart said.
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
What Else Grew?
When did pinball machines first become popular?
The pinball machine was one of the few successful industries that grew out of the Depression in the United States. The early models typically charged 5 cents for 10 balls, did not have side flippers, and the player had to add up his own score. Because it offered inexpensive and interactive entertainment value, the pinball machine remained popular for decades, until the advent of electronic video games.
Shrinkage Maybe?
Undertakers report that human bodies do not deteriorate as quickly as they used to. The reason, they believe, is that the modern diet contains so many preservatives that these chemicals tend to prevent the body from decomposition too rapidly after death.
Do You Hide Your Clitty?
If you have dark hair on your face, don't shave it! It doesn't grow in thicker, as many think, but it feels like it does as the shaved ends are coarser. In-home waxing can be painful, and salon waxing or hair removal tend to get pricey (especially the latter). Many women are better off simply lightening the hair to make it less visible.
How Tough Are TGirls?
The flamingoes of East Africa have few natural enemies. In general, the only predators an adult flamingo need fear are the fish eagle and the marabou stork.
No Respectful TGirl Goes Commando!
How popular is 'going commando?'
Per a 1995 poll, 3.9 percent of the women surveyed said they don't wear underwear.
Per a 1995 poll, 3.9 percent of the women surveyed said they don't wear underwear.
What Fades In Six Weeks?
Didn't choose your color so well? if you've done a home dye job with semipermanent color, use dandruff or clarifying shampoo to strip out the color (the exact reason you're often told not to use it!).
Semipermanent color takes about 48 hours to set, so make sure you shampoo in that time. If not, it should fade in 6-8 weeks.
What Part?
Health and Beauty Tip -- Doing Your Part ...
... in your hair, that is. If you have a long or oval face, a side part works best -- line it up with arch in your eybrow. Round or square faces can be made to appear longer with a middle part, and prominent foreheads or chins appear smaller with a part that's just slightly off-center. Make sure to part your hair while it's wet, so it dries in place.
... in your hair, that is. If you have a long or oval face, a side part works best -- line it up with arch in your eybrow. Round or square faces can be made to appear longer with a middle part, and prominent foreheads or chins appear smaller with a part that's just slightly off-center. Make sure to part your hair while it's wet, so it dries in place.
Doing The Girls .. Oops ... Girls Doing Him!
Blowing into your hands to check your breath doesn't really do any good. Try this: lick the back of your hand and let it dry. Provided you haven't used any heavily-scented soap, this will let you know exactly how your breath smells.
Today's Word "prestidigitation"
Prestidigitation \pres-tuh-dij-uh-TAY-shuhn\ (noun) - Skill in or performance of tricks; sleight of hand. "He was the man who had sat alone in a room for hundreds and hundreds of hours, his fingers manipulating cards and coins until he had learned and could perfectly reproduce every form of prestidigitation found in books of magic lore." -- Brian Moore, 'The Magician's Wife' Prestidigitation was adopted from French, from preste, "nimble, quick" (from Italian presto, from Late Latin praestus, "ready at hand") + Latin digitus, "finger." One skilled in sleight of hand is a prestidigitator.
What is it like the first time you take a man's thingy into your mouth?
Awesome! It's a cock when you take it your mouth sissy!
Hi there, I am seriously considering giving oral - doe slipstick help as im scared of messing up
Why are you scared ... it's a perfect scene with smeared lipstick all over your face with his cum mixed in!
My MISTRESS is taking me to be fitted for a corset and wig soon. i can't wait
As it should be slut! Not frilly enough for you sissy!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Cleaning My Tools
Make sure your makeup brushes and tools are always clean -- it ensures maximum performance and reduces the likeliness of blemishes. First, hold them under warm, running water (soaking them may loosen the glue that holds them together). Using the soap of your choice, lather them up and rub gently to remove makeup and dirt. Rinse out all the soap, and allow to air-dry overnight.
Looking For Cream
The creme filling used in Oreo cookies one year could ice all the wedding cakes served in the United States for two years! That's 4,724,000 three-tier wedding cakes.
Need New Lipstick Now!
Ended up with a shade of lipstick you don't like? Don't throw it away -- blend it with one of your favorites. Blending several shades of lipstick is very trendy right now, especially when you layer matte and shimmering colors. It's also a great way to find a custom shade that suits you.
Today's Word "bootless"
Bootless \BOOT-lis\ (adjective) - Unavailing; useless; without advantage or benefit. "I have seen a swanWith bootless labour swim against the tide."-- Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III Bootless is from Old English bot, "advantage, profit" + -less, from Old English from leas, "without."
Speechless Today
You are quick to act but must also put attention on thinking quickly. Keep silent just when you want to give a quick reply. Be sure of your facts. Do not say anything hurtful.
She Ooooooooooooozes Sex
Because of their acute sense of smell, dogs are trained to sniff out everything from drugs to bombs to iron ore. In Ontario, Canada, instruments couldn't locate where natural gas was escaping from a pipeline buried 18 feet underground. Trained German shepherds were brought in. The dogs worked in sub-zero temperatures and covered nearly 100 miles of frozen ground, ultimately finding more than 150 gas leaks
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
City plans two more street urinals
VICTORIA, British Columbia (UPI) -- Officials in the capital of British Columbia said the Canadian city's first street urinal may soon be joined by two more, including one for women. Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin said the urinal, installed in September at the intersection of Government Street and Pandora Avenue, has been successful in helping to curb public urination after bars close and officials are looking to add two more street urinals to the city's arsenal, the Victoria Times Colonist reported Thursday. Fortin said at least one of the new urinals is to be modified for use by women, including adding a gate to the green steel poles surrounding the urinal for added privacy. "We do have to reflect the comments of so many women, which was either you put a gate on it or I'm not going to use it," Fortin said.
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
Do Blondes Have ...
Health and Beauty Tip -- Would You Be a Good Blonde?
Can't decide whether to go blonde? If you were as a child, you have the right skin tone to pull it off now. If not, trust your stylist's judgment.
Can't decide whether to go blonde? If you were as a child, you have the right skin tone to pull it off now. If not, trust your stylist's judgment.
But ...
A squirrel has no color vision, it sees only in black and white. Every part of its field of vision, however, is in perfect focus, not just straight ahead, as with humans.
What About Waking Up A Sleepy Person!
According to the National Safety Council, coffee is not successful at sobering up a drunk person, and in many cases it may actually increase the adverse effects of alcohol.
Which One?
Which muscle is longest?
The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. This narrow muscle of the thigh passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps rotate the leg to the position assumed in sitting cross-legged. Its name is a derivation of the adjective "sartorial," a reference to what was the traditional cross-legged position of tailors (or "sartors") at work.
Then Just Dance
Health and Beauty Tip -- Alternative to Toner
If you're not satisfied with your toner, or want to try something different, use lemon juice instead. Its natural disinfecting and cleaning properties are popular with models, and is a refreshing alternative to other toners. Make sure you don't have any lemon or citrus allergies first.
Pretty In Pink!
Doodling elevates creative thinking
OAK BROOK, Ill. (UPI) -- Doodling is thinking in disguise that elevates creative thinking and is often used to achieve breakthrough ideas, a U.S. doodling expert says.
Sunni Brown -- self-proclaimed leader of the Doodle Revolution and author of the book "Gamestorming: A Playbook for Rule-breakers, Innovators and Changemakers" -- says the doodle on a student's homework may not be an absent-minded distraction. Many of the world's leading innovations -- from the light bulb to the telephone -- began with use of simple visual language, or doodling, Brown says.
Doodling shouldn't be confused with daydreaming, Brown says. It can jump-start memory and increase concentration and focus, so teachers and parents shouldn't discourage doodling in learning environments -- although attentive, intentional listening should be an integral part of the process.
"Doodling can actually be a successful multi-modal learning exercise," Brown says in a statement. "So it's OK when a review of 'Romeo and Juliet' in English class, for example, might get played out via a doodle in students' notes. The graphic, visual representation can actually help with recall and memory."
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
OAK BROOK, Ill. (UPI) -- Doodling is thinking in disguise that elevates creative thinking and is often used to achieve breakthrough ideas, a U.S. doodling expert says.
Sunni Brown -- self-proclaimed leader of the Doodle Revolution and author of the book "Gamestorming: A Playbook for Rule-breakers, Innovators and Changemakers" -- says the doodle on a student's homework may not be an absent-minded distraction. Many of the world's leading innovations -- from the light bulb to the telephone -- began with use of simple visual language, or doodling, Brown says.
Doodling shouldn't be confused with daydreaming, Brown says. It can jump-start memory and increase concentration and focus, so teachers and parents shouldn't discourage doodling in learning environments -- although attentive, intentional listening should be an integral part of the process.
"Doodling can actually be a successful multi-modal learning exercise," Brown says in a statement. "So it's OK when a review of 'Romeo and Juliet' in English class, for example, might get played out via a doodle in students' notes. The graphic, visual representation can actually help with recall and memory."
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
Nice Legs
You are feeling confident and comfortable today. Your lack of anxiety makes it easy to express yourself well and calm others' nervousness. You can see that common courtesy goes a long way toward good living.
There's nother Alternative
Health and Beauty -- Vitamin C Before Bed?
If you take a vitamin C supplement, make sure to take it earlier in the day. Taking vitamin c late at night can actually contribute to sleeplessness.
If you take a vitamin C supplement, make sure to take it earlier in the day. Taking vitamin c late at night can actually contribute to sleeplessness.
The Four O'Clock Blues!
When are people most irritable?
Based on research with the human body's internal clock, the period between the hours of 4 and 6 in the afternoon is when people are the most irritable. Evidence has shown that more human bites are treated in hospitals at this time of the day than any other
Did You Say Somehting About Whiskers?
How many whiskers does a walrus have?
A walrus has about 400 to 700 vibrissae, or whiskers, in 13 to 15 rows on its snout. Vibrissae are attached to muscles and are supplied with blood and nerves. A walrus moves its snout through bottom sediment to find food. Abrasion patterns created by their tusks show that they are dragged through the sediment, but are not used to dig up prey.
Today's Word "agon"
Agon \AH-gahn; ah-GOHN\ (noun) - A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
"Conflicts about moral claims are part of what it means to be human, and a political ideal stripped of sentimentality and the utopian temptation is one committed to the notion that political life is a permanent agon between clashing, even incompatible goods." -- Jean Bethke Elshtain, 'Real Politics'
Agon comes from Greek agon , "a struggle or contest." It is related to agony .
"Conflicts about moral claims are part of what it means to be human, and a political ideal stripped of sentimentality and the utopian temptation is one committed to the notion that political life is a permanent agon between clashing, even incompatible goods." -- Jean Bethke Elshtain, 'Real Politics'
Agon comes from Greek agon , "a struggle or contest." It is related to agony .
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