Syl and I swapped so I could be in the Wedding at the Mall! I’ve done every Saturday shift this month. We will soon settle down and be back to the 2-6p!
Who are the mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games?
A: Miga, Quatchi and Sumi are all Inspired by Pacific Coast Indian legends.
Miga is a young sea bear who is part killer whale and part bear who lives in the ocean out past Vancouver Island. Quatchi is more famously known worldwide as Sasquatch or Bigfoot, and has been the subject of hundreds of sightings for centuries throughout the Pacific Northwest. Sumi is part orca whale, part phoenix and part bear, considered a “guardian spirit” by Pacific Northwest Indian tribes.
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A new dating site called I Love Your Accent pairs U.S.- and U.K.-based singles and we know how American women love a guy with an English accent so do you think this site will be successful? Would you go to England if this site matched you with the person of your dreams?
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A marathon game of Trivial Pursuit between the sexes has finally ended after five months - with women proving to be cleverer than men.
The female of the species narrowly clinched victory after the online contest which featured more than 15 million questions conducted in nine languages.
Women answered 4,088,139 questions correctly, compared to the 4,077,596 right answers given by men, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The most popular overall category was Entertainment, followed by Science & Nature, Sports and Leisure, History, Arts & Literature, Geography and finally People & Places.
Women were strongest when answering questions from Entertainment. They answered twice as many from the category, traditionally characterized as pink, as men with 56.8% of answers given correctly.
The best categories for the men were Science & Nature (57% accuracy). They answered twice as many questions on Sports & Leisure as women with a 54.8% success rate.
The next battle planned is between the generations - between the under 30s and the over the 30s. It will begin in mid-March 2010, find more details here!
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The Famous Last Meals of MJ, Julia Child, JFK, and 8 Others from shine.yahoo.com
Cleopatra
Despondent over the death of her husband Anthony, Cleopatra requested a final meal of figs — with a side of deadly asp. Yes, she elected to perish by snakebite, choosing this particular method so it wouldn’t mar her features in death. Centuries, and one Elizabeth Taylor epic later, this decision paid off.
Robert E. Lee
In 1870, after the Civil War’s end, Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee suffered a stroke. He subsisted on brandy and beef soup for weeks, which was believed to be his final meal. His last words? “Strike the tent”, which meant, in faithful Southerner terms, it’s time to move on to a better place.
Titanic passengers
The first class passengers on this doomed vessel went out in high culinary style. The menu for the final dinner service on the Titanic reads as follows: Consomme Olga, poached salmon with mousseline sauce, lamb with mint sauce, roast duckling with apple sauce, sirloin of beef with chateau potatoes, stuffed summer squash, creamed carrots, green peas, foie gras, Waldorf pudding, chocolate and vanilla eclairs, peaches in chartreuse jelly and ice cream.
Jimi Hendrix
Uncontested guitar god, Woodstock icon, college-poster stalwart, and counter-cultural hero Jimi Hendrix had a rather less-than-revolutionary final meal before his accidental overdose of sleeping pills in London in 1970: A tuna-fish sandwich.
Timothy McVeigh
Before Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed on June 11, 2001 in Terre Haute, Indiana, he requested, and polished off, two pints of Ben & Jerry’s mint chocolate-chip ice cream.
Allen Ginsberg
The renown poet, author, activist, and patriarch of the Beat movement cooked — and consumed — a delicious fish chowder before his death, in 1997. Two gallons of leftover chowder were later discovered in his freezer and are, rumor has it, still preserved in anticipation of a museum exhibit entitled “The Last Soup of Allen Ginsberg.”
John Belushi
After consuming massive quantities of alcohol and illegal substances, legendary comedian and Saturday Night Live star John Belushi had a soothing bowl of lentil soup just before his untimely death at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood.
John F. Kennedy
JFK’s final breakfast, consumed at a meeting with supporters before his fateful Dallas motorcade, was typical of the pragmatic President: Orange juice, coffee, soft-boiled eggs, bacon, and toast with marmalade.
Michael Jackson
Apparently this fact is widely known, but in the post-memorial mayhem I somehow missed the details of M.J.’s final meal: Spinach salad with chicken breast. A healthy and antioxidant-rich meal.
Perry Smith and Richard Hickock
The infamous Kansas murderers immortalized in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood shared everything, including a final meal of shrimp, french fries, garlic bread, ice cream, and strawberries with whipped cream before their sentence was carried out, death by hanging.
Julia Child
One of the world’s most beloved culinary figures departed the earth not after a grand soufflé or boeuf bourguignon, but, fittingly, after a classic, simple, savory bowl of French onion soup.
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