Shear Genius Winner 2010: Brig Van Osten

Shear Genius Reality Show Season 3 Ended and Brig Van Osten Announced as WinnerBrig Van Osten was announced as the winner of Shear Genius season 3 against Jannie and Matthew. For the final show, the stylists had to style the hair for six model for Henry Duarte's runway...

National Popcorn Day: January 19

Well, it's officially January 19, 2009 and apparently that means it's also National Popcorn Day. Although the origins of the pseudo holiday are unknown beyond the sheer deliciousness of popcorn, honestly, who needs...

Whole Grain Cereals and Popcorn Surprisingly Rich in Antioxidants

Scientists found snack foods like popcorn and breakfast cereals contain "surprisingly large" quantities of antioxidant substances "polyphenols". The study was revealed today at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). " Polyphenols are a major...

Diet Don't : Popcorn’s deadly butter-vapor diacetyl

A decade after safety concerns were first raised by experts, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted public hearings on Diacetyl – a chemical widely used to flavor microwave popcorn. The public comment period ended on April 21st. Recent...

Cinemas ban popcorn

A UK cinema chain has branded popcorn a 'noisy, messy' snack and is to ban it from its theatres. One of the joys of going to the cinema is buying overpriced tub of popcorn and munching through it as the film...

Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos

"Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Videos By Jenna Wortham June 09, 2008 | 5:37:20 PMCategories: Advertising, Video, Viral, Web/Tech   YouTube videos that show a group of friends...

Popcorn with the cell phone -

Watch these videos of cell phones poping corn!Just to add another thought to the discussion, wasn't it August 2005 when the sun's magnetic shield flipped? The earth's magnetic shield is slowly shifting. I've heard it said that this will cause birds to become "confused",...

MTV Movie Awards a fiery snooze-fest

A quick perusal of news on last night's MTV Awards reveals an unfortunate truth--an accidental fire in a nearby studio may have been the most exciting part. A Boston Herald review, below, is one of the more...

Kernel-Loving Man Sues Over 'Popcorn-Lung' Disease

As we reported in September 2007, Wayne Watson was diagnosed as the first consumer known to have contracted  "popcorn-lung," or bronchiolitis obliterans, due to consuming massive amounts of microwave...

Blogs and Popcorn

" . From the ‘Vantage’ poin of view of CNNMoney.com (January 11, 2008)  I quote ..”Blog news travels faster than dry leaves can ignite into a wildfire.”. The explanation...

Popcorn fumes cause cancer: study

Chemicals used in flavouring microwave popcorn may have caused the first case of "popcorn lung" (lung cancer from chemical fumes related to microwave popcorn production) in a consumer. The disease is already...

Microwave Popcorn Linked to Disease

I actually despise bringing attention to this bit of unhealthy news. Life has it's special pleasures that in someway make everything more bearable. One of those for me (cough) has since childhood (cough) been the...

Rejected in Front of Thousands

I always wondered what would happen if she said "no"... Now I know. This is horrible, like, time-stands-still horrible. Like show-up-for-school-in-your-underwear horrible.During a Houston Astros baseball game, a fan proposed to his girlfriend, and it all went wrong:" With...

Finding The Fairest Prices For Student Loans

"Can you imagine someone ripping you off for a Payday candy bar? Something close to that apparently has been happening at the University of Texas, where the financial aid office maintained a list of the freebies showered on the staff by student loan companies. Payday candy...

It’s All About Sight & Smell At Globalshop 2007 :: Symblogogy

"Just walk the floor of the Globalshop 2007 and have your senses be assaulted. Long held as one of the most visually appealing tradeshows in the western hemisphere, Globalshop brings together every enterprise...

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