Polar Vortex FREEZES Niagara Falls
Date posted: January 10, 2014
The Province reports, “The falls have frozen over. As the so-called “polar vortex” has sent temperatures plunging throughout most of North America in the past week, visitors to Niagara Falls in southern Ontario have been treated to a rare sight: chunks of ice clinging to the rocks where water usually...
If You’re a Shorter Man… Avoid the Big Apple
Date posted: December 16, 2013
The New York Post warns, “It’s a tall order dating women in the Big Apple. The likelihood that a man under 5-foot-9 is contacted by a Manhattan or Bronx woman online is a scant 1.2 percent, with Brooklyn coming in with a paltry 2.4 percent response rate, according to a...
Tips for Staying Warm in the Cold
Date posted: December 9, 2013
Here are some tips for staying warm in the cold! We hope they are of help as our clients have been telling us how much worse they have it all over Canada and the States, in Saskatchewan, Calgary, Montana, etc.! Brrrr. “Hypothermia and frostbite can be avoided by following the guidelines...
Prince George’s First Christmas!
Date posted: December 2, 2013
From Yahoo!, “A baby’s first Christmas is usually a festival of fun and family. But when your great-grandmother is the Queen, it’s also a holiday steeped in decades of tradition and etiquette. That’s the dilemma facing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they prepare to celebrate little George’s first...
Michelle Obama’s 50th is Around the Corner!
Date posted: January 10, 2014
The Daily Mail UK reports, “Michelle Obama’s ensuing 50th birthday party has already wreaked havoc for Hawaiian locals as security checkpoints have created traffic around Oprah Winfrey’s home. The Queen of Talk is hosting the seminal birthday celebration for the First Lady, who stayed on in the Maui after President...
“I’ve never lived like this”
Date posted: December 3, 2013
Via MetroNews Vancouver, “The incessant drone of the power generators at the Beladean Trailer Park in Surrey is loud enough that, standing outside, 88-year-old resident Lillian Bailey has to shout over them to be heard. Not that Bailey, who has lived at the park for 22 years, ever really feels...
Americans Really Hate The Thanksgiving Shopping Creep
Date posted: November 26, 2013
“Although retailers have started creeping into Thanksgiving by pushing Black Friday openings earlier and earlier, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds that a big majority of Americans think retailers should stay closed on Thanksgiving so workers can have the day off. According to the new poll, 62 percent of Americans think...
Kate Middleton and Prince William Rile Their Neighbors
Date posted: December 9, 2013
Mirror News reports, “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been slammed for turning their country manor into a “Barratt home.” The new roof at magnificent Anmer Hall – a vast listed Georgian pile on the Queen’s 20,000-acre Sandringham Estate – has been branded “vulgar” by disgruntled neighbours. (Photo: Albanpix)...
Baby ‘dumping centre’ to open in China
Date posted: December 3, 2013
Via Ninemsn, “Authorities in China have created a “baby dumping centre” where parents can anonymously abandon their children. The secure facility, which looks like a small shed, is intended to allow mothers and fathers to give up their children in a way that protects the health of the unwanted child....
Love Can Even Heighten Sense of Sweetness
Date posted: January 24, 2014
Kai Qin Chan, a doctoral candidate at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands found that even water tastes sweeter when you’re in love. (Image: shutterstock) However, not every emotion heightens the senses. Jealousy did not bring out bitter or sour tastes, despite predictions it may. Kai Qin Chan found these results by...