Celebs Celebrating Birthdays Today

Benji & Joel Madden 31; Twin band members of Good Charlotte

Today is National...

Drean 2010 Day

Johnny Appleseed Day

Name Tag Day

According to the Associated Press, earlier this morning two more earthquakes shook Santiago, the capital of Chile. The quakes measured 5.1 and 7.2 magnitude, they rocked buildings and rattled windows. This all happened as dignitaries were arriving for the inauguration ceremony of the President-elect Sebastian Pinera.
More details on this will be coming soon.

Itawamba High School in Jackson, Mississippi has cancelled its high school prom for this year citing "Distractions to the educational process caused by recent events.'' Well what are these recent events that can cause such distraction as to cancel the high school prom? Well it turns out that 18 year old Constance McMillin is the one who has caused this suppposed distraction. Word got out that McMillin was planning on bringing her lesbian girlfriend as her date (dressed in tuxedo) to the prom. The school board jumped all over this saying it was against school policy, the policy states that prom dates must be of opposite sex. McMillin says that the policy violates her constitutional rights. Now she is the target of retaliation among the other students for being the reason the dance was canceled. The only hope the kids have of getting their Junior/Senior prom is if someone hosts it privately.
What do you think... is the schools policy outdated and unfair?

National unemployment is very high, approximately a 9.7% unemployment rate, meaning 1 in 10 people are out of a job. Even though the job market it tight right now according to Investopedia there are 6 career fields that are looking for employees.

1) Health Care; the industry has created 280,000 jobs in the last 13 months and continues to grow. The industry is looking for physician office , practitioner office, and home health care employees.
2) Federal Government (excluding US Post Office); Last months employment went up by 15,000 jobs, with large portion going towards helping with the US Census. Outlook is very good in the near future for employment as many older employees are scheduled to retire soon.
3) Social Assistance; Created 82,000 jobs in the last 13 months. This field includes family, community, food, housing, and emergency services.
4) Employment Services; Provides human resources to businesses. While most jobs are temporary, it can be a stepping stone to full time. This service has produces 44,000 jobs in the last month.
5) Education Services; This field has created 179,000 positions in the last year.
6) Computer Systems Design & Services. This field does require special skills, but has created 8,000 jobs in the last year. It is also on the list of the top 10 fastest growing careers in the US.

Celebs Celebrating Birthdays Today

Carrie Underwood 27; Country Singer

Timbaland 39; Music producer and singer

Prince Edward 46; English royalty

Sharon Stone 52; Actress from 'Basic Instinct'

Chuck Norris 70; Martial Arts Master & Actor

Today Is National...

Learn What Your Name Means Day

Paper Money Day

Telephone Day

Registered Dietitian Day

After the scary retaliation crash between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski last weekend, NASCAR has stepped in with consequences for the wreck. NASCAR has put Carl Edwards on a three race suspension, which will include the race at Bristol, Martinsville and Arizona Motor Speedway. On top of the probation, NASCAR also wants to clear the air between Carl and Brad, so a meeting has been scheduled to include NASCAR officials, team owners, and the two drivers. NASCAR President Mike Helton said, "We want to get this matter resolved between the two drivers, clean the slate, if you will, so that they can both go back to some hard, competitive, side-by-side racing that is NASCAR."
Do you think this will help?

According to OMG by Yahoo; earlier this morning 80's actor Corey Haim passed away at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank California, at age 39. Haim shared an apartment with his mother, and she called the paramedics this morning when he collapsed. His mother said he had been feeling ill with flu like symptoms for the last few days, but when he got up out of bed this morning he felt weak and fell to his knees. Authorities found four prescriptions in his apartment but nothing illegal.
Corey Haim was an actor from the 80's, some of his movies include 'Firstborn', 'Lucas', 'Dream a Little Dream', and most popular, 'Lost Boys'.

78 year old Ernest Nitzberg was surprised to open his credit card statement from Chase.. this was a brand new credit card that he applied for but hadn't even received yet. The statement said he owed $6200 for charges he racked up in one day. Obviously since he hadn't even received his card, how could he spend the money? Nitzberg says that "Someone from Chase, or a friend of someone from Chase-- There's no other way to explain it-- had gotten hold of my never-received debit card and all my personal information including my PIN and went on a spree."
When he contacted Chase to get his money back they said they would do an investigation. After the investigation they said he would not be getting his money back because they believe that he could have made the charges (which included 3 trips to Toys-R-us and Saks 5th Ave). Frustrated, Nitzberg told his story to huffpost.com which made its way back Chase.
Only once the bad publicity hit did Chase decide to credit back his money.

Whats the lesson? Watch your statements and fight til you get what is yours!

Celebs Celebrating Birthdays Today

Julia Mancuso 26; Olympic skier, won medal in Vancouver

Emmanuel Lewis 39; Child actor from TV show 'Webster'

Today is National...

Organize Your Home Office Day

Panic Day

Anniversary of the Barbie Doll

On February 27th the 5th largest earthquake shook the South American country of Chile. The quake was 8.8 magnitude and caused many deaths, lots of damage, and a city to be moved. Scientists have been studying the earthquake and calculating measurements and have found that the city of Concepcion Chile has geographically moved 10 feet to the west. Scientists along with GPS systems are able to take measurements after a quake and compare them to before and figure out the results of the earths movement.
The earthquake also effected other areas of South America;
Buenos Aires the capital of Argentina (on the other side of the continent) moved 1 inch to the west. Chiles capital, Santiago moved about 11 inches west-southwest.

That is crazy that the ground can move that much!

According to Self Magazine you can make yourself happier just by adjusting your thoughts, and there are 4 tips to help you achieve that.
Tips to happiness..
1) Too much of a good thing is bad. Basically it is nice to be the person that is there to help everyone else, but sometimes you can give too much and deplete your own well being. Don't wear yourself too thin.
2)Now is the moment, Enjoy it. To put it simply, The destination is great but make sure you slow down and enjoy the journey. Slow down and take pleasure in the little things each day.
3)Find your 'mouse hole'. No matter how much of a people person you are, everyone needs some moments alone each day to recharge.
4)Conflict can be ok. We have all had a friend or coworker mad at us of the other way around, remember how hard it is to confront that person? Then remember how good you felt after you made up? Making up is good healing for happiness.

So remember these simple tips next time you're grumpy :)

This is ridiculous! Lindsay Lohan is suing the finance company E-Trade for $100 million, she claims that they used her name in their latest commercial and she is insulted. Remember back to the Super Bowl commercials and the new E-Trade ad with the talking babies? Well in the commercial the little boy was apologizing to his girlfriend for not calling her, the girl responds, "and that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over". Well Lohan saw that commercial and thinks they are making fun of her. Lohans lawyer said, "Many celebrities are known only by one name, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit." she also said, "Everybody is talking about it and saying its Lindsay Lohan."

* Now really how desperate are you to sue a company for using a name in their commercial that just happens to be the same are yours (and 30 million other peoples). Maybe Lohan feels threatened because maybe she had her own issues with alcohol and the comparison to being a "milkaholic" hits to close to home... What do you think?*

Celebs Celebrating Birthdays Today

Kat Von D 28; Celeb tattoo artist

Freddie Prinze Jr. 34; Actor

Today is National...

Fun Facts About Names Day

Girls Write Now Day

International Working Womens Day

*Thumbs up to working women!*

We have all heard the rumors that a magnet can deactivate the strip on your credit card, making it unusable. So the folks at creditcards.com put this rumor to the test. They took three different credit cards with three different magnets and exposed them to each other. They used a refrigerator magnet, a mid-strength magnet, and a high powered junkyard magnet. They swiped the magnets across each then tested them in a credit card machine. Of the three tests only one card was deactivated... to most peoples surprise only the card exposed to the mid-weight magnet didn't work. Why did it only happen to one? Well it turns out that it is not the power of the magnet your card comes in contact with, but the length of exposure. As it turns out they redid the test and all three cards were deactivated when the length of time exposed was extended.
Just something to think about the next time your hanging out with your credit card at a junkyard or thinking of purchasing a magnetic money clip.

Putting aside the controvery of the big crash someone did win the NASCAR race yesterday. Kurt Busch won his 2nd consecutive spring race at Atlanta, he made his big move during the green-white-checkered restart.
Racing action continues of March 21st from Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500.

What an exciting day for NASCAR fan yesterday during the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. After quite a few lead changes and caution flags the race was progessing like usual... until cars started flipping. Carrying on with a long time feud between Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski, things came to a crashing halt when Edwards cut up on Keselowski at 195 MPH, sending him into a very dangerous flip resulting in him crashing upside down onto the outside barricade then landing right side up. The crash was actually very scary and could have ended in a very bad way, fortunately Brad walked away unharmed. Instantly fans were throwing accusations that Edwards did it on purpose. Responding via facebook Edwards confirmed that he did do it on purposed. He basically said that yes it was payback for all the times Brad spun him out, but he did not intend on it resulting in a flip.
Do you think he went to far?

Celebs Celebrating Birthdays Today

Niki Taylor 35; Model

Eva Mendes 36; Actress

Today is National...

World Prayer Day

As it is getting closer to the new season of 'Dancing With the Stars' it is only fitting for Kate to get a makeover.. but it is not for her, its for her house. Yesterday TMZ photogs caught workers carrying in building supplies to the Gosselin home. She is having a dance floor built into her basement so she can still be home watching the kids while shakin it.
Do you think it is great that she is so excited and enthusiastic to be on DWTS, or is it just another thing to get her name out there?

The folks from TMZ caught Tiger practicing his golf game yesterday. They got the first unstaged photos of Tiger since his little 'situation' occurred. He was practicing with two other guys on a golf course by his home in Isleworth all day... he was constantly working on his game from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
I guess this just reinforces what TMZ reported earlier, that Tiger will be back on his to compete in the Tavistock Cup which is a tournament held right there on that same course.

Celebs Celebrating Birthdays Today

Chaz Bono 41; Child to Sonny and Cher

Patricia Heaton 52; Actress, played Debra on 'Everybody Loves Raymond'

Today is National...

Do Something Day

Grammer Day

*To celebrate... Do something with grammer*