Month: April 2009

Can a Brazilian Bikini Wax Kill You?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 20, 2009
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Ladies – here’s a research paper that you might want to read before you go to the spa for your next wax job: SEVERE COMPLICATIONS OF A “BRAZILIAN” BIKINI WAX.

If your waxing goes awry, and it could happen, you could find yourself facing all sorts of nasty complications. The study focused on a 20-year-old Australian woman who had a Brazilian wax, but then started suffering from fever, swelling genitalia, and “copious vaginal discharge” in the days following. She didn’t seek medical attention until another week had passed. By the time she reached the ER, she was in so much pain due to the swelling, that she was unable to pee.

Tags Brazilian Wax, medical, News, Party Talk

10 Things News Websites

Playboy’s List of Top Party Schools 2009

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 19, 2009

Playboy has released their list of the TOP 10 PARTY SCHOOLS FOR 2009:

University of Miami
University of Texas as Austin
San Diego State University
University of Florida
University of Arizona
University of Wisconsin
University of Georgia
Louisiana State University
University of Iowa
West Virginia University

The criteria they used was based on 5 different categories, each worth 20 points total. The ultimate party school would, in theory, top the list at 100 total points.

Tags alcohol, college, News, Party Schools, Party Talk, playboy, website

Music News shopping

Today is Record Store Day 2009

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 18, 2009

RECORD STORE DAY 2009 takes place today.

It’s the day that celebrates all things vinyl and good about music.

Many artists are releasing albums (or re-releasing, as in Green Day’s case) on Record Store Day in order to increase awareness of how these independent music retailers are still a vital part of the music scene.

Heck, even the COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL will be running their own record store this weekend in honor of Record Store Day.

Some of the other artists releasing albums today include Bruce Springsteen, The Decemberists, The Smiths, Jane’s Addiction, and Bob Dylan.

How important are vinyl records to today’s musician? When CBS’s 60 Minutes recently interviewed Coldplay’s Chris Martin, the camera caught a glimpse of Coldplay’s “Rules”. One of the rules was “Promo/review copies to be on VINYL”. Makes sense, as that makes pirating just a bit more difficult than if the copies were sent digitally.

Tags Music, News, shopping

10 Things How To shopping

10 Things You Don’t Know About… Finding the Best Inexpensive Wine at a Restaurant

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 17, 2009

So you’re sitting at the fancy restaurant, and the waiter hands you the wine menu. If you’re like most people, you flip to the back page where the cheap stuff is, scan the page for the least expensive per-glass line, and order whatever it may be.

Yes, restaurants make a ton of money selling customers a bottle of wine at an incredibly high markup. The same bottle that can run $100 or more in the restaurant may only cost you $20 at the local wine shop…assuming the local wine shop even carries that label or vintage.

So how do you know which wine is a good value when you’re looking at the menu?

The Wall Street Journal has written a handy guide to help you SAVE MONEY WHEN BUYING WINE AT A RESTAURANT.

Tags 10 Things, How To, shopping, wine

TV TV Reviews

TiVo Alert: PITCHMEN on Discovery

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 16, 2009

Billy Mays (the bearded one) and Anthony Sullivan (the other guy) are two of those “As Seen on TV” pitchmen, shilling products ranging from stick-up lightbulbs to cleaning supplies to other handy household products.

Since these infomercials have become so ingrained in the public consciousness (“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”), The Discovery Channel has decided to make Pitchmen, a reality-TV show about what it takes to get a new product from the pitch to TV.

Similar in concept to the ABC program AMERICAN INVENTOR from a few years ago, people from around the country bring their inventions to a pitch meeting with Billy, Anthony, and the president of Tele-Brands in the hopes that they too have the Next Greatest Must-Have item.

Along the way, we learn a little bit about what it takes to be a successful telemarketed product, such as:

Tags advertising, marketing, reality tv, TV

Music TV

American Idol Singers Ranked

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 16, 2009

Victor Balta at Comcast has RANKED ALL 82 OF THE AMERICAN IDOL FINALISTS SO FAR, FROM WORST TO FIRST.

We can all agree that the top ten of all American Idols should be these folks, even if some of the specific ranking numbers may need to be tweaked a little amongst the top 5:

Kelly Clarkson
Carrie Underwood
Chris Daughtry
Clay Aiken
David Cook
Jordin Sparks
David Archuleta
Fantasia Barrino
Ruben Studdard
Tamyra Gray

Me, I would rank Archuleta, Fantasia, Ruben, and Tamyra a little lower into the teens. Just didn’t see what all the fuss was about.

Tags Music, reality tv, TV

Internet

Tweet Race 2009: @aplusk vs @cnnbrk (wins @EA loot)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 15, 2009

By now you’ve heard of the TWITTER RACE between Ashton Kutcher and CNN to be the first Twitter user to have 1 million followers.

The TWITTER RACE website, updated every 10 minutes, has CNN in the lead right now by about 21k followers (give or take a few as I type this).

Electronic Arts, the video game publisher behind the Madden franchise and other hit games, just tweeted that they were going to award Ashton Kutcher’s 1,000,000th follower a copy of every game EA makes in 2009 for the winner’s system, and will also be featured in The Sims 3 video game. They estimate that this whole thing will be over in the next 15-20 hours or so, at the current rate those two users are attracting followers.