"Hey it's Cherai, loved your show last night. After the show the four of us Lasell College Campus Activities Board members were talking about how great you were. Thanks for the laughs!" Friends, Please check out the piece my friend Elayne Boosler (comedian, writer and animal rights activist) has up in The Huffington Post: Occupy Wall Street -- and What Charles Schwab Owes Kittens and Puppies. WOTD: euthanize: (YOO-thuh-nyz) verb tr.: Ending life for humane reasons, such as to avoid pain from an incurable condition. || Weight loss program for young people. Source: Wordsmith.org WOTD: lummox \LUHM-uhks\, noun: A clumsy, stupid person. || But he still had the courage to fight Mike Tyson. My friends seem to dig the fact that I now run to stay in shape. They encourage me and give me kudos all the time. But it drives me nuts when I hear them say, “Oh, ‘I’ could never do that.” I say, “Yes you can!” Because — as of this writing — none of my friends are paraplegics. As we used to say back in the day: there’s nothing to it but to do it. And here are a few tools to help. Study found a teen's IQ can rise or fall as much as 20 points in a few years. || Sorry, Ma. I was having a bad IQ day. Two senators plan to introduce a bill that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 on a house. || And just a visa bill to those who spend $50 or more at the Gap. The post office plans to raise rates, making the cost of a first class stamp to 45 cents. || What’s a stamp? The first vaccine against malaria showed progress in preventing the deadly disease. || In other news, the vaccine for poverty still years away. The State Department delayed an arms sale to Bahrain until it reviews a probe of alleged rights abuses. || They have to make sure they’re abusing them properly. Ugandan police accused opponents of plotting to over-throw the government. || It’s called an election. BlackBerry's offering free apps as part of damage control after last week's outage. || Dear RIM, is Angry Birds the best you can do? CDC says heavy drinkers cost the U.S. economy over $220B in lost productivity, higher health costs and a busier crime system. || What about heavy breathers? |