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A 9 to 1 Office Party Special… SOME STRONG BEER!

Monday, November 30th, 2009

A controversial Scottish brewery has launched what it described as the world’s strongest beer — with a 32% alcohol content. The BrewDog brewery has unveiled Tactical Nuclear Penguin. To put Tactical Nuclear Penguin into perspective, Tanqueray Gin is about 46% alcohol, and Jim Beam bourbon is about 40%. This means you should enjoy TNP in sips, not gulps; in ounces, not pints. Besides, at nearly $50 a bottle, who would want to slam back one of these?

Tiger Says Accident is His Fault

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Tiger Woods Sunday accepted full responsibility for the car accident that took place outside his Florida home but said he wanted to keep the details surrounding the incident private. Tiger hit a fire hydrant and tree as he pulled his Cadillac Escalade out of the driveway of his Florida house at around 2:25 in the morning on Friday. He was taken to the hospital with injuries and released. Tiger said on his website: “This situation is my fault and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again. This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way. Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible.”

On Sunday afternoon the Florida Highway Patrol was told for the third straight day that Tiger Woods would be unavailable to talk to troopers. Police probably have several questions for Tiger:

  • Where he was going at that time of the night?
  • How did he lose control of his SUV at such a speed that the air bags didn’t deploy?
  • Why were both rear windows of the Cadillac Escalade smashed?
  • If it was a careless mistake, why not speak to state troopers trying to wrap the investigation?

BUT WAIT… IT GETS BETTER…

The Tiger Woods car accident story just gets more and more dramatic. TMZ.com now reports that Tiger’s lacerations on his face were caused by his wife Elin after an argument over allegations that he is having an affair with nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel. Elin has also given two different stories to different law enforcement officers as to what exactly happened that night.

TMZ reports Tiger had a conversation with a friend, in which he said his wife had confronted him over reports he was involved with another woman… and that his wife scratched his face up during the argument. Tiger told the friend he then left the house, started driving off and his wife then came out with a golf club, striking the vehicle. Tiger then became distracted and hit the hydrant and then a nearby tree.

Meanwhile, The National Enquirer is standing pat on its allegations that Tiger has been having an affair with Rachel for quite awhile. Rachel denies she’s had an affair with Tiger, but the Enquirer says it has proof. The Enquirer is reporting exclusively in its print edition that the 34-year-old brunette, who has a reputation for dating married celebrities, has been telling friends about a jet-set liaison with 33-year-old Tiger that began in June.

The Enquirer says it has eyewitness testimony, polygraph tests and more to back up its allegations. (Let’s not forget that The Enquirer was absolutely correct on the John Edwards cheating story.) … Rachel Uchitel, the 33-year-old so-called mistress, completely refutes accusations of an affair and claims that the entire story was made up. “I never crossed paths with Tiger — not in a restaurant, not in the gym, not in the lobby, nothing.”

Tiger Woods 911 Phone Call Released

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The Tiger Woods 911 Phone Calls…

SNL GOES WITH TWILIGHT STAR

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Saturday Night Live is jumping on the Twilight bandwagon. The show will welcome New Moon star Taylor Lautner as well as Gossip Girl leading lady Blake Lively and General Hospital’s newest star, James Franco, next month. Lautner is set to host December 12 with performances from Bon Jovi.

LEVI JOHNSTON WOULD DO DWTS

Friday, November 27th, 2009

As an encore to his not-totally-nude Playgirl pictorial, Levi Johnston is toying with one potential option: Dancing with the Stars. Watching the show’s Tuesday finale, Johnston said, “I think if my phone were to ring right now, I would probably say yes.” The 19 year-old admits that he’s a novice dancer, but thinks his experience as a hockey player could help. “I mean, I’m pretty athletic so I think I could do just about anything.” His amateur dancing experience? He boasts that he can “slow dance like no other man.”

DWTS FINALE IS RATINGS WINNER

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Tuesday night’s Dancing With The Stars performed well for ABC. The two-hour finale, which saw the winner crowned, pulled in 19.19 million viewers between 8pm and 10pm (ET).

Hot Chicks Playin’ Football…..

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Check out the Picks of the HOT Chicks…..

OLYMPIC TORCH WON’T STAY LIT

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The 2010 Olympic Winter Games torch making its way across Canada has been blown or frozen out of service 12 times in its trek so far. Since the Olympic flame arrived in British Columbia from Athens October 30, hundreds of runners have carried the torch on what will be a record 28,000-mile journey through every province and territory — to 1,036 communities — and back for the opening ceremonies of the games in Vancouver February 12. A torch supervisor said the arctic part of the trek November 9 in the barren tundra near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, was the worst with temperatures near minus 40 and 40 mph winds. The torch wouldn’t even light. However, there is always a backup flame from Athens in the security vehicle that accompanies the relay and four other flames from Athens are burning in Vancouver, where the games will begin February 12.

WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN A JOB REFERENCE?

Friday, November 27th, 2009

When it comes to job references, everyone wants to be helpful and supportive to former employees, but in the end, they offer little substance to a new employer. That’s according to new research from the director of career development at DePauw University. Steve Langerud says employers are “more likely to check the informal, but tangible, behavioral reference sources like LinkedIn, Facebook, credit history [or] criminal history than the more subjective references provided by candidates.”

EXERCISE PREPARES US FOR STRESS

Friday, November 27th, 2009

For years doctors have recommended exercise to enhance our moods, but the reason it actually works has never been that clear. Thanks to a group of overworked rodents, we may be closer to finding out. Researchers (at Princeton University) recently conducted a study comparing sedentary rats with active ones. Both were dunked in cold water. It turns out that even though all the rats were equally stressed out swimming around in frigid water, the brain activity of the more active rats was calmer overall. The scientists say the rats had created, through running, a brain that seemed biochemically, molecularly, calm.