IT'S SUNDAY, SUNDAY, GOTTA GET DOWN ON SUNDAY...

...no? Does it not work when you use Sunday? Well it IS still the weekend!

I BROUGHT GOODIES! Here we go...


THIS IS BAD NEWS FOR AMERICA...
I think we've actually reached a point in society where, for women anyway, gorging on food is LESS socially acceptable than having sex with a bunch of dudes. And this survey backs that up.

According to the weight loss company Atkins, 54% of women say they spend more time fantasizing about FOOD than about SEX. (They must be having BAD sex?)

More than one-third of women say they think about food more than they think about their boyfriend or husband.

A quarter of women say that they put more effort into their diet than they do into their relationship.

And now, the final kicker: One in ten women say they feel guiltier cheating on their DIET than cheating on their PARTNER.

The most common reason women gave for dieting was to try to get a perfect beach body. The second-most common reason was people making fun of them for being chubby.

The survey also found that at least 75% of adult women have been on a diet at least once in their lifetime.








FACEBOOK STATS
According to a research firm called SocialBakers, Facebook is still the king of social networks. Not that you are surprised by that at all.

As of the end of September, Facebook had 760 million users. That's more than twice as much as Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Plus combined. Twitter had 200 million users, LinkedIn had 120 million, and Google Plus had 30 million.

Facebook is so popular that the most-followed person on Google Plus is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, with 570,000 fans.

The most popular brand on Facebook is Coke, with 34.5 million fans. Disney, Starbucks, Oreo cookies, and Red Bull round out the top five.

Starbucks is the only brand of the five that also makes the top five on Twitter. They have 1.7 million Twitter followers, second to Whole Foods, with two million.

If you want to keep up with your favorite brand, the best day to check is Thursday. That's the most popular day for companies to update their social networking statuses. Sunday is the least popular day.

If you write to a company on Facebook, your best bet for getting a response is with a cell phone company or airline. They return messages to customers about a quarter of the time.

I would like to think I have a 95% response rate :)








HER PINKNESS ROCKS THE BIG SCREEN...
PINK has joined the cast of "Thanks for Sharing"...a movie about SEX ADDICTION. Sadly, it's not quite as dirty as it sounds. Pink will play a "free spirit" who bonds with a sex addict played by an actor named Josh Gad.

His biggest claim to fame right now is starring in "The Book of Mormon"...the Tony-winning Broadway musical from "South Park" creators TREY PARKER and MATT STONE.

Also in the cast are Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Joely Richardson and Mark Ruffalo.








RIHANNA AIN'T YO ROLE MODEL. WHICH IS GOOD...
RIHANNA isn't really a good role model for the girls of the world. And that's cool with her. Because she doesn't want to be an example for anybody else. And she adds that the Rihanna WE see isn't even real.

She says, "That's not me. That's a part I play. You know, like it's a piece of art, with all these toys and textures to play with.

"See, people...they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead. The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me, and [being a role model] became more of my job than I wanted it to be. But no, I just want to make music. That's it."

They EXPECT her to be a role model after "S&M"? ooook.

Meanwhile...Rihanna claims she didn't know until recently that the C-WORD was dirty. In fact, she says it's NOT offensive to people from her home country of Bardados.

She says, "You know African-Americans use the N-word to their brothers? Well, that's the way we use the C-word.

"When I first came here, I was saying it like it was nothing, like, 'Hey, [C-word],' until my make-up artist finally had to tell me to stop. I just never know."









WOMEN USE FB, GUYS USE THE PHONE
I had to laugh the other day when I saw a girl I know write on someone's FB that she sees EVERYDAY. Women are more likely to use Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks to keep in touch with people.

A study by the telecommunications company Rebtel found that 68% of women use social networks to keep in touch with friends, while 54% of men do.

60% of women use social networking to keep in contact with family members, compared to 42% of men.

At work, 34% of women use Facebook and other social networks to contact colleagues, while 22% of men do.

Men are more likely to use the phone or leave a voicemail to stay in touch with friends, family, and work colleagues.

That contradicts previous studies that found that men were better at using new technology to network.









LET'S TALK SAUSAGE!! HEY!!
If there's one area where you should trust an American's opinion, it's on the subject of greasy meats. We're all doctorate-level geniuses on that. So take this very seriously.

A new poll by the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council...which is a real thing...asked Americans to name their favorite type of sausage. And here are the results.

Breakfast sausage is America's favorite, at 27%.
Italian sausage came in a close second, at 25%.
Bratwurst is third, at 18%.
Kielbasa is fourth, at 14%.
And chorizo came in fifth, at 7%.

The remaining 8% said "andouille" or "other".

Overall, 82% of Americans, or more than four out of five, eat sausage. That's divided up into 87% of men and 77% of women.

54% of sausage eaters eat it most often at breakfast...4% eat it most often at lunch...and 26% eat it most often at dinner.

When they're eating breakfast sausage, links are more than twice as popular as patties.

mmmmmm, sausage!








CONGESTION!
If you've been sitting on 77 during rush hour this week, it's about time we saw a study about the most congested cities...nasal, not traffic.

Here's a list of the ten most congested cities in the U.S. based on pollen numbers, air pollution, climate, smoking rates, purchase of congestion products, and flu rates.

#1.) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
#2.) Birmingham, Alabama
#3.) New Orleans, Louisiana
#4.) Louisville, Kentucky
#5.) Memphis, Tennessee
#6.) San Antonio, Texas
#7.) Dallas, Texas
#8.) Charlotte, North Carolina
#9.) Houston, Texas
#10.) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania









DON'T HIT A DEER!
I'm ALL FOR hunting of deer. Not that I would ever go do it myself (that's silly, I can buy meat a place called Fishers, or Giant Eagle), but I sure as hell don't wanna HIT one of the stupid things going down the road at night! Hunting should be year round.

State Farm Insurance just released its annual report on car accidents involving deer. Which gives us a perfect opportunity to tell the people of West Virginia they need to STOP KILLING BAMBI'S MOM over and over.

The study found that almost 2% of drivers in West Virginia hit a deer in the past year...one in every 53 drivers had a car-on-deer accident. That's almost FOUR TIMES the national average, and 50% higher than the next closest state.

Iowa came in second, with a one-in-77 car-on-deer rate. South Dakota is third, at one in 81...Pennsylvania is fourth, at one in 86...and Michigan is fifth, at one in 91. Trust me, in Northern Michigan...there's a TON OF DEER, everywhere!

Overall, the nationwide average is one deer collision for every 193 drivers.

Hawaii...where there are fewer deer AND fewer drivers...had the lowest rate, at one in 6,267. That means you're 11,825% less likely to crash into a deer in Hawaii than you are in West Virginia.

Car-on-deer collisions have dropped the last three years. State Farm says that gas prices have led to fewer drivers, which has led to fewer drivers smacking deer.

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ADELE: CANCELS AGAIN
ADELE has been forced to cancel her U.S. tour...for the second time...because her voice is messed up. This time, she has a hemorrhage in her vocal chord.

She has posted a long apology on her site...saying that if she doesn't take a, quote, "extended rest period" now, she could permanently damage her voice.

She explains, "If I continue to pick up everything before I have properly conquered these problems and nipped them in the bud, I will be totally and utterly [effed]...I have absolutely no choice but to recuperate properly and fully, or I risk damaging my voice forever.

"I have great confidence in believing you know how much this upsets me, how seriously I take it and how truly devastated and annoyed I am by this...I will be back and I'm gonna smash the ball out the park once I'm touring again."

All the shows were sold out.

She also canceled a bunch of U.S. dates back in June when she came down with laryngitis. All those shows were sold out, too.

There's no word when she might be able to return to the road









WE FOUND RIHANNA...
RIHANNA has announced that her next album is called "Talk That Talk", and it'll come out on November 21st. It'll be her sixth album in seven years. Her last album "Loud" came out on November 10th of last year.








OLD SCHOOL MUSIC NEWS: GARBAGE
Remember GARBAGE? Of course you do, "I'm Only Happy When It Rains", "Stupid Girl", "Special", and several other mid-90's female-rock songs of AWESOMENESS!
Well, they've just announced plans to release their first album since 2005.

There isn't a title or a release date yet, but the band recently posted a Facebook message saying, "OK we're back in the studio today, we have 3 more weeks booked to hopefully finish everything!"








LEAF PEEPERS UNITE!
Sure, Hurricane Irene destroyed homes, killed at least 45 people, and caused $7 BILLION in damage...but WOW, look at those leaves in Vermont!

New England states are experiencing EXTRA COLORFUL and BEAUTIFUL fall foliage this year...and it's all thanks to Hurricane Irene.

The heavy rain helped keep the soil in the Northeast extra moist, which helps the leaves stay on the trees longer. There will be more leaves, brighter leaves, and a longer period with gorgeous foliage...and it's all thanks to Irene.

Foliage tourists...or "leafers"...are huge for the New England states. Every year, tourists who come to see the leaves on "leaf peeping" tours contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to the states' economies.









HERE'S WHERE YOU SHOULD AVOID GOING...
If you're going on a vacation soon and the boyfriend asks if you wanna hit the Motor City Casino...suggest WINDSOR instead.

"Forbes" magazine just put out a list of America's most dangerous cities, based on FBI statistics for four types of violent crimes: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

And the number one city is...yep. The DETROIT metropolitan area was named the most dangerous in the U.S. in 2010, thanks to its really high murder rate. Here's the full top 10:

#1.) Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan. 1,111 violent crimes per 100,000 people.

#2.) Memphis, Tennessee. 1,006 violent crimes per 100,000.

#3.) Springfield, Illinois. 855 violent crimes per 100,000.

#4.) Flint, Michigan. 827 violent crimes per 100,000.

#5.) Anchorage, Alaska. 813 violent crimes per 100,000.

#6.) Lubbock, Texas. 808 violent crimes per 100,000.

#7.) Stockton, California. 805 violent crimes per 100,000.

#8.) Tallahassee, Florida. 775 violent crimes per 100,000.

#9.) Las Vegas, Nevada. 763 violent crimes per 100,000.

#10.) Rockford, Illinois. 760 violent crimes per 100,000









THE LIFE OF STEVE JOBS
--1955. STEVE JOBS is born in San Francisco to a Syrian Muslim grad student named Abdulfattah, and an American classmate. They put him up for adoption.

--1972. He drops out of his first semester of college in Portland, Oregon, earns money by returning Coke bottles, and scores free meals at the local Hare Krishna temple.

--1974 - 1975. He quits his first job at Atari to backpack across India, take psychedelic drugs, convert to Buddhism, and shave his head . . . experiences that he credits with shaping his creative vision.

--1976. STEVE JOBS and STEVE WOZNIAK form Apple Computers and build their first personal computer . . . in Jobs' parents' garage.

--1977. Apple releases the Apple Two, which becomes the first widely-used personal computer in the world.

--1980. Apple goes public. After one day of trading, Jobs is worth $239 MILLION. He's 25 years old.

--1983. Apple announces "Lisa," the first computer to be controlled using a MOUSE. It fails. The mouse will go on to become a vital part of basically every computer made in the next 28 years.

--1984. Apple launches the Macintosh, a desktop computer with the screen built in. One year later, Jobs would leave Apple.

--1986. Jobs buys Pixar Animation Studios for $10 MILLION. In 1995 they release "Toy Story", the first movie made entirely with computer animation. It changes animation forever. When Pixar goes public, Jobs becomes a billionaire.

--1996. With Apple dying and about to be sold or killed off, Jobs returns, and becomes CEO. He takes a salary of $1.

--1998. Apple releases the iMac. It becomes the fastest-selling personal computer ever. Apple immediately returns to being profitable and makes money for four quarters in a row.

--2001. Apple introduces their first retail store and releases the iPod. There are now 357 Apple Stores. The iPod would capture more than a 75% market share and turned out to be the device that finally led digital music past the CD era.

--2003. Apple launches the iTunes music store. This began the transition away from illegal digital music downloading and toward people LEGALLY listening to music again.

--2007. Apple introduces the iPhone, the first phone with a touchscreen and no keyboard. It revolutionized the cell phone industry.

--2010. Apple introduces the iPad . . . a device no one even knew they needed until they tried one. Apple now has at least an 80% share of the tablet market and they're used at 92% of Fortune 500 companies.

--2011. Apple . . . the company Jobs started in his parents' garage . . . is briefly the world's most valuable company. On August 9th, for a few hours, Apple's market cap hit $342 BILLION while ExxonMobil's was at $341 BILLION.

That same summer, Apple lists more cash reserves than the U.S. Treasury









WHEN MEN AND WOMEN EAT TOGETHER...MEN EAT MORE, WOMEN EAT LESS
Sharing a meal with someone of the opposite sex affects how much we food we get...and it affects men and women in opposite ways.

Researchers from the University of Akron watched people in campus dining halls and kept track of how much food they ordered...and who they ate with.

Think about that, Akron students. People were spying on you while you ate and you probably didn't even know it!

They found that when men were eating with women, they ordered MORE food than they did when eating with other guys.

When women were eating with guys, they ordered LESS food than when they were eating with just the girls.

There's one major flaw: They only looked at how much food each person ORDERED...not whether they actually ATE it. So if a guy bought lunch for his girlfriend and brought it to her, he'd get credit for two meals, and she didn't get any credit.

The conclusion the researchers drew is that men don't want to come off as light eaters in front of women, because it would make them seem less manly. Women don't want to look like big eaters in front of guys.

Marcia Cottingham co-authored the study. She said, "You're more aware of gender when you're with the opposite gender and may want to prove your gender more." (Okay, got it...gender.)

Another theory suggested by the authors was that women focus on the social aspect of a meal when eating with the opposite sex...while guys just want to eat.










OUT THE WINDOW...
This goes against everything we think we know about men and women...but it's good news, so we're going to roll with it.

According to a nationwide survey by the people who make K-Y Jelly, women are now more SEXUALLY ADVENTUROUS than men...because they get bored with traditional sex faster than men. Here's what they found...

Women are more likely to report having sex outside the bedroom, 85% to 83%.

Women are more likely to TALK DIRTY, 76% to 63%.

Women are more likely to suggest WATCHING PORNO TOGETHER, 51% to 48%.

Women are more likely to have sex when there's a chance of being heard or getting caught, 68% to 55%.

Women are more likely to strip for their partner, 45% to 33%.

Women are more likely to have been in a THREESOME, 10% to 6%.

Women are more likely to have ROLE PLAYED, 23% to 17%.

And finally, women are more likely to have had BACKDOOR RELATIONS, 49% to 38%.


The survey also found that both men and women who did more experimental and adventurous things reported higher levels of sexual satisfaction...and relationship satisfaction...than people who didn't.

So, try something a little different tonight and spice it up a bit!








LOL....SERIOUSLY...
How many lives must Facebook ruin? There's blood on your hands, Zuckerberg.

On Monday, 36-year-old Benito Apolinar of Carlsbad, New Mexico posted a Facebook status update about the anniversary of his mother's death. And his wife, Dolores...who he just separated from after 15 years...didn't click "Like."

That sent Benito into a RAGE!!! He told his wife he couldn't believe so many other people "Liked" his status and she didn't. They argued, it escalated, and he ended up grabbing and pulling her hair.

She called the cops and he was arrested. He's now facing battery charges.

Seriously.