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On the lighter side – couple play piano at the Mayo Clinic

An elderly couple walked into the lobby of the Mayo Clinic for a checkup and spotted a piano. They’ve been married for 62 years and he’ll be 90 this year. Check out this impromptu performance. We are only as old as we feel, it’s all attitude. Enjoy! They certainly do

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Toyota announces global recall of more than 400,000 Prius, other hybrid cars

I really wonder what happened with Toyota that it would go from having some of the most maintenance free, high trade in value cars, to having so many recalls and so many problems.  I’d love to know if the recalled vehicles are from particular plants.   Is there any correlation to the problems Toyota was having [...]

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And the Saints go Marching In

The New Orleans Stains beat the favored Indianapolis Colts in a 31 – 17 win. It’s going to be a hot time in New Orleans tonight.
Woo Hoo

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When is it too much?

I’ve been working a part-time job. It doesn’t pay much of anything, but to be honest the money wasn’t the incentive. The weather has been so bad I was absolutely bored out of mind. Anyway, the job is working for ChaCha. If you don’t know what that is, don’t feel bad [...]

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Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Host ‘Tonight Show’ After Leno

I have to say that Conan O’Brien won me over when he moved to the Tonight Show.  I really didn’t watch him much before, but I was more than ready for a change.  I’ve never found Jay Leno to be funny.  His comedy borders on the juvenile and potty humor most of the time.  My [...]

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Where The Jobs Will Be this Decade

Notice that 6 of the top 7 jobs are still low paying jobs.  The job situation is still horrible around the area where I live.  What about where you are?
Top 10 List
Dixie Sommers, assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, recites a list of the 10 occupations that the BLS expects will provide the [...]

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Banks Roll Out New Check, card Fees

Don’t you just love America’s banks.  Always looking for a way to screw the customer in a new and improved manner.  If regulations clamp down in one area, they just  move on to another for shady practices.  Trying to reign these guys in is like playing wack a mole.
The nation’s banks will be bombarding customers [...]

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Don’t bring a gun to a snowball fight

Is getting hit by a snowball really cause for a police officer to draw his gun?  Really?  This is just one more example of police over-reaction.  A fun, innocent event turned into a police confrontation.

Photo Source Washington City Paper Blogs City Desk
During Washington’s record-breaking snowstorm on Saturday, a massive snowball fight was taking place at [...]

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Childhood diabetes blamed on food sweetener

Did anyone really think high fructose corn syrup was good for them?
Scientists have proved for the first time that a cheap form of sugar used in thousands of food products and soft drinks can damage human metabolism and is fuelling the obesity crisis.
Fructose, a sweetener derived from corn, can cause dangerous growths of fat cells [...]

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Guess who came to dinner

Is it true? We don’t know for sure, but regardless it’s a cute photo.

A fawn followed this beagle home — right through the doggie door — In the Bittinger, MD area. The owner came home to find the visitor had made himself right at home. This hit the 6 o’clock news big time. Sure [...]

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