TVNewsday AM reports that some newscasts around the country are using product placement as an added source of revenue.  Here’s how it’s being used at one station. 

Oh sure, you’ve seen the occasional Coke can in a movie shot or two.  But how do you feel about products placed on your local newscasts?  

I don’t have a problem with this, as long as the anchors and reporters near the products can hold on tight to their journalistic integrity. 

And–as long as the products aren’t FAKE and IGNORED!  C’mon! 

The anchors at the station above make no reference to the fake products.  I would find that EXTREMELY difficult!  C’mon!  If there’s a new product in front of you at your house, you’re going to at least acknowledge it.  You’re going to eat, drink, play with or explain it…something!   If not, it just seems so contrived!  If you’re going to put something weird on the set, don’t pretend like it’s not there!  How stupid do you think viewers are? 

Barack O’Bama smokes.  He’s admitted to the vice, saying he’s trying nicotine gum.

Maybe he needs to call my sister.

Suzie Talley is the only person I know who can quit vices faster than you’ll notice Kim Kardashian’s backside.  

It’s been a month since Suzie gave up caffeine, sugar, alcohol and processed food…all at once.  I tried that.  I caved after two days (and at the begging of co-workers and The Boyfriend who said, “I liked the toxic Sherri”).  I thought we’d never hear from Suzie again.  I was wrong.  

Have you tried to give up something?  Are you up for the challenge?  Here’s Suzie’s report: 

‘”As my month long experiment ends…(no coffee-caffeine/sugar or alcohol/white or processed food) I highly recommend it! 

At first, the caffeine withdrawal was awful.  I almost felt sick for the first 2-3 days.  This just confirmed to me that I was addicted to it.  It was by far the hardest of all the things to give up.

Sugar was the second, but something really awesome happened.  Before giving these things up, I felt roller coasters in my energy level throughout the day.  On this experiment,  my energy level is constant throughout the day.  My 5:00 p.m. everyday blood sugar dip went away as well.  This was the most amazing.  For example, this morning I got up at 6, went to gym and lifted weights, washed Scott’s car, cleaned out the garage and was on the phone by 9:00 for my first conference call.  At noon, rode my bike for an hour and 15 minutes and will do a run after work today.  My energy level is amazing now!!

Giving up alcohol had some effect on me.  My resting HR in the morning is 40 bpm.  At night after dinking wine, it was 55 bpm.  So no more heart racing which I attributed to alcohol.

I also noticed I sleep like a truck.  No waking up in the middle of the night and when I do wake up at 6 a.m., I am really up.

At first life seemed rather bland without my vices to spice things up, but after about 3 weeks, other things took their place, like the spike in my energy level.  I have felt the best I have ever felt.  I lost only 5 pounds, but weight loss was not my goal.

I can’t say I will give these things up for life, but it was a cool way of getting to know your body better.”

Is scarification sexy? Some anthropologists say scars signal resistance to infection and the wimp factor. More recent studies show that in tribal cultures, scars signal group commitment.  A University of Connecticut anthropologist looked at the intensity of male rituals in warring cultures and found the marks imply more of a sign of collective action.

Got scars?

Can you honestly list here your top five most recent Google searches?  Yeah, it takes courage to list them and invites many questions.   Truth or Dare?  I’ll take both!  Whatchu got?     

Armadillo claws

Armadillo paws

Cavanaugh Center

Spanish

YouTube

After I was patted down by security before a recent flight, I was in no mood to fight for space on the plane.  Just when I thought we were going to take off and no one would occupy the seat next to me, here he came.  And when Mr. I Have The Window Seat and Whatever Else I Can Get sat down, I had to move so far over, the snack cart clipped me everytime it went by.  I still have the bruises.     

I’ll be ready next time, Bro!  Brian Lam has come up with a crafty way to claim the armrest on a flight.  Click here to see it.  Could this work?  Or do you have some ideas of your own?  What about incessantly scratching and uttering something about that damn Ebola virus.      

So, I’m on the phone when I suddenly see two lizards going at it.  I feel like I’m invading their privacy and yet, I can’t look away. 

Easily distracted, I struggle to end the phone conversation, “…um…it appears some lizards are doing it on the front porch…I’ll call you back…and um…if you need to know more about that, go to nationalgeographic.com.”  Then, I go get my camera and take a picture of the intimate reptiles engaging in what appears to be very non cold-blooded behavior. 

Sure, I wouldn’t have gotten this close to their cousin, Komodo Dragon, especially if he were gettin’ it on with a Gila Monster, but I would still look.  You?  Admit it, you clicked on the picture so you could get a closer look, didn’t you? 

Don’t be a Flav Hater.  After extensive research, I’ve uncovered a gentler side of this family man.  Happy weekend…Booooyeeeeee! 

Someone did something very cruel and unusual to me.

Last night, I opened my freezer door to find several pints of ice cream I did not put there.  With the anxiety of being a part of the decision process in the courtroom for someone’s fate, I proceded to down an entire pint of double vanilla… even went for the chocolate syrup…poured it directly into the container of ice cream, which never saw a bowl.  It’s lucky it even met up with a spoon.

This is very strange behavior for me.  I usually belly-up to the bar at the old Strawn’s and order a cheeseburger and fries.  Hazel and Jimmy get the plate lunch.

Serve it up.  The best foods to turn to in times of personal drama!