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Tiffani Amber Thiessen is the cute actor who appeared in her most famour role in Saved by the bell. I mean I still see this show sometimes early in the morning when I am getting ready for work. Read the rest of this entry »

Billed as the “modern alternative” to sugary soda pops, these all-natural sodas are flavored with fruit, flower and herb extracts and lightly sweetened. They ring up at 45-70 calories per 12-ounce glass (yes, GLASS) bottle and 14-16 g sugar, vis-a-vis around 140-180 calories and between 39-41 g sugar for conventional sodas. The company treats the soda as a spirit, giving food pairing notes and cocktail recipes on its website, but it is NOT alcoholic. Read the rest of this entry »

So I was a bit late to the game earlier this week when I blogged about the Vanilla Bean and Juniper Berry as being Dry Soda’s newest flavors. Today I got the chance to taste Dry Soda’s real newest flavor, Cucumber. Read the rest of this entry »

Hot on the heels of Vanessa Hudgens’ revelation that she “will show nudity in a film when the time is right,” her boyfriend Zac Efron offers support for his leading lady, encouraging her to show some skin in front of camera. He reportedly urges her to pose for a steamy magazine shoot or strip down for an on-screen sex scene with the intention to shed her image as a Disney tween queen. Read the rest of this entry »

PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL – Time is running out for viewers to enter the 2009 HGTV Green Home Giveaway. Fans can still enter to win the HGTV Green Home grand prize package valued at $750,000 once per day on HGTV.com or as often as they wish by regular mail until Friday, June 5, 2009 at 5 p.m. This year’s home, located in Tradition, FL, received a significant Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification and earned the Indoor airPLUS label from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Read the rest of this entry »

Bristol Palin’s baby daddy Levi Johnston poses with son Tripp in a photoshoot for GQ Magazine.

The 19-year-old opens up about his break up with Bristol saying, “we just kind of like drifted apart, as far as me and Sarah [Palin] and Todd. Then me and Bristol just started fighting more and more. I thought it was, like, ’cause she was pregnant, she was moody and that kind of thing. So I was dealing with it and stuff. But it didn’t stop after she had Tripp. Things got worse.” Read the rest of this entry »

Hmmm … not sure I’m buying that, MathGuy. In order for the $2 ticket to be mathematically better, you must be assuming a better winning percentage than I’ve experienced. In 100 tries (roughly), I’ve only had 1 winner, for the minimum. By your logic, I might have only had 50 tries that cost me $2 each. Read the rest of this entry »

The WakeEd blog is devoted to discussing and answering questions about the major issues facing the Wake County school system: the reassignment of thousands of students, the conversion of traditional-calendar schools to a year-round schedule, the district’s response to growth and the school construction program.

WakeEd is maintained by The News & Observer’s Wake schools reporter, T. Keung Hui. While Keung posts information and analysis on the issues, keep us posted on your suggestions, questions, tips and what you’re doing to cope with the changes in Wake’s schools.

Britain’s Got Talent star Susan Boyle was interviewed on Larry King Live. Watch Susan Boyle’s interview and see her sing “My Heart Will Go On” in video below.

Internet sensation and stunning singer Susan Boyle went on Larry King Live and even got a date with Britain’s Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan.

During her interview, Boyle said she had “a few months” of singing lessons over a two-year span. Wow! Read the rest of this entry »

The awards just keep coming: now it’s the turn of Courtyard Lofts, the colorful, daring, North Pine loft complex, recently honored by none other than the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for its fine design.

“Nobody’s gotten an AIA award out of Long Beach in years and years and years. The only bone of contention is that [fellow Long Beach architecture firm] Studio-111 started this project and it kind of died and then we picked it up,” says architect Jonathan Glasgow of Interstices, which has handled everything from the Kress Building revival a number of years ago to, well, the historically sensitive upstairs remodel of former Sachi kingpin Josh Lowenthal’s house.

That being said, there were no hard feelings; Glasgow made the April 29 trip to San Francisco to accept the award with Alan Pullman, a principal at Studio-111, which of course is currently spearheading both the Art Exchange project, and that condo complex at Anaheim Street and Long Beach Boulevard.

Comparing one architecture firm’s portfolio with that of another is always risky, but there are undeniable parallels between Studio-111’s incorporation of the Acres of Books building into the Art Exchange concept; and what Interstices ultimately did with Courtyard Lofts. Read the rest of this entry »