Headline News 2007-02-06

From ABC News:
Haggard Says He's 'Completely Heterosexual'
Only has sex with other heterosexual men

From ABC News:
New Underwear May Help Women Feel Slim
Slim like it when women feel him

From ABC News:
Republicans Filibuster Bipartisan Resolution
Bipartisan means both the Bush-haters and the anti-Bush agree

From ABC News:
Nearly 1 Million Easy-Bake Ovens Recalled
To be repacked, sold as "My Little 'Lectric Chair"

From ABC News:
Study Says Kids Seeing More Porn Online
More teachers have Web pages

From ABC News:
Electrocuted Owl Cuts Power to 23,000
Calls for switch to lethal injection renewed

From ABC News:
Doctor, Deer Collide on Ski Trail
Sonny Bono reincarnation goes awry

From ABC News:
U.S. Teens Share Education With Kids in Cambodia
Have similar English skills

From ABC News:
Cambodians ponder an unfamiliar concept: cold
Can't get global warming right

From ABC News:
Paris Hilton Gets Ticket to Vienna Ball
Used to dealing with two balls

Blogrolling 2007-02-06

Items of interest from the blogroll.

• Jo's Cafe has an roundup of news about diabetes


• Jon Swift looks at blogrolls.


• Jack Army missed his anniversay, too.


• Jack Yoest (Reasoned Audacity) finds bloggers write just like real people.

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The Following Takes Place Between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM

Viewer discretion is advised

Tick tick tick tick tickticktickticktick

Previously on 24

Well, lookee there! Stuff that happened last week.

Karen forced out.

Walid gets his butt kicked.

Jack kicks brother's butt.

Dad saves the day.

Brother is really in charge.

The Following Takes Place Between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM

Watching the news. Still a mushroom cloud. All these hours later?

Headline News 2007-02-05

From ABC News:
20 Face Lashings for Dancing in Saudi Arabia
White folks aren't only ones who can't dance

From ABC News:
Mexican Seeks World Chili Eating Record
Already holds record for most relatives in a station wagon

From ABC News:
Feud Over? Original Singer Rejoining Van Halen
Proof drugs cause memory loss

From ABC News:
Murder Suspect Busted for Not Wearing Seatbelt
Flaunting traffic laws "last straw"

From ABC News:
Biden Tells Dems He Regrets Obama Remark
Hope he "didn't offend the Coloreds"

From ABC News:
Gambler Gives Birth on N.J. Casino Floor
Names daughter "Bette"

From ABC News:
9 U.S. Towns Ready for Atlantic Tsunami
Hopes global warming experts are right

From ABC News:
Woman Held in Daughters' Fatal Stabbings
Likes to be held

From ABC News:
Robots May Be More Like Caterpillars Than R2-D2
George Lucas re-edits Star Wars

From ABC News:
Bond Star Daniel Craig Named Best Actor
License to kill pays off

Blogrolling 2007-02-05

Items of interest from the blogroll.

• Chris Muir (Day by Day) goes to Iraq.
• Macker plays with trolls.
• Brian (Iowa Voice) has a positive feeling about the environment.
• Isaac Schrödinger says some people will believe anything.
• Carmen (I'll Do What I Wanna Do.....Gosh!) settles on a name. Maybe.
• Iowahawk had news nuggets.

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Cheesecake For Vets

It seems I missed the boat on a little project by Gina Elise.

Who's Gina Elise, you ask?

Well, she's an actress, model, and hostess. Not sure if "struggling" would be a good description, but she's not had a breakout just yet.

But, she has a project going that might be of interest. And that's the project I missed the boat on.

Iowahawk, Blackfive, and other bloggers wrote about her project back in December or early January. But that was an extremely busy time for me, and I missed it.

Shame on me.

But Gina (or someone on her behalf) contacted me recently about her project.

Here's the deal. Gina is doing 1940s style pinups for veterans.

Over the past year, I have heard and read incredible stories about the injured soldiers returning from military service. Their hardest battles have just begun, as they attempt to recover in Veterans Hospitals all across America . I was touched by each story, and knew that I had to try to do something to help our hospitalized Vets. I came up with an idea to recreate a World War II style pin-up calendar that would have the dual purpose of raising money for programs that support hospitalized Veterans, and also serve as a GIFT for each and every Veteran, as they recover in a Veterans Hospital. - from pinupsforvets.com

Sounds like a great project to me. And here's the kicker. She's not just selling calendars of herself. She's encouraging others to help vets in other ways:

Why not drop by the Volunteer Services at your local Veterans Hospital and sign up to become a volunteer. You will be giving something back to the men and women who served honorably in our nation's military. It is a great way to thank these hospitalized Veterans for their service, to acknowledge their contributions, and to brighten up a day for these wonderful people. I guarantee you will make some great new friends there, as well!

I like Gina's project.

That's why I ordered a calendar and had it sent to a vet. And so should you. Or at least help out a vet in one of the ways Gina suggested.

Blogrolling 2007-02-04

Items of interest from the blogroll.

• Irina Tsukerman (The IgNoble Experiment, a.k.a. Live Dangerously!) explains the whole dung beetle picture thing.
• Imagesmith shares a photo from a Colts game in the '70s.
• Frank J. (IMAO) knows satire when he sees it.
• Chad Evans (In the Bullpen) knows irony when he sees it.
• Interested-Participant looks at a family thing.
• ionetic wants the blame off the men.

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