I Love Dr. Bronners!

I just read Alicia's Top Notch Cleansing Post and I had to co-sign.
I've got some Dr. Bronners sitting in my bathroom right now. There is nothing better to shower with on a hot summer day! The mintiness is so cooling and refreshing. As a matter of fact, I recently showered with some Dr. Bronners and then moisturized with the Bliss Minty Moisture Milk, that I had posted about a while ago. I just figured they would go together nicely as an all mint combo. I was FREEZING for like 30 minutes! There were minty icicles in my soul!
2 good products, please be careful using them in conjunction. LOL!

Diddy And The $750,000 Audition.

If you recall, a few weeks ago current James Bond, Daniel Craig mentioned that he would like to see the first Black James Bond, and that maybe Obama had opened the door for that to happen.
At SGHI we discussed a few names that had been tossed into the ring for your consideration, with Idris Elba being the only name taken seriously at that time.
Well, guess who wants to be taken seriously too? $750,000 worth of seriously?!
None other than Puff Daddy! Take that, take that!

Sean "Diddy" Combs is so sure he will be picked as the first black James Bond, he has splashed out $750,000 on making his 007 audition tape.

The hip-hop mogul has previously spoken of his desire to play an African-American incarnation of the suave superspy, and has set plans in motion to ensure he lands the coveted role.

Combs traveled to the luxurious South of France to film the promo near the Casino Royale, the inspiration behind current Bond Daniel Craig's debut film in the long-running franchise.

The rapper took to the skies in a helicopter, wearing a tuxedo and surrounded by his very own Bond girls.

And the star is adamant that after Craig has surrendered his license to kill, he will be in line for the part, because of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's historic victory at the American election earlier this month.

He tells Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "This is my audition tape for the next James Bond. There is a black president, and it's time for there to be a black Bond."

But he's facing some stiff competition -- R&B hitmaker Akon and Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx are also reportedly eager to play the legendary secret agent.
- San Fransisco Chronicle

You know what people? I'm not even mad at him. To be quite honest his persona has me sold. The way he lives his life, it would appear this is the role he was born to play...Unfortunately his lack of credibility as a real actor will probably make this $750,000 wasted.
Make no mistake about it, Diddy has done some serious acting. It is easy to forget his critically acclaimed (small) part in Monsters Ball and all the work he's done on Broadway, as well as the movie version of A Raisin In The Sun, I saw it, he was great! Diddy is no slouch in the acting game, but carrying a movie franchise with that much history? With that much money involved? His FIRST lead role? Nah. Plus I have zero faith that he could get the accent down.
Still though, on the off-chance he did get the part, he could definitely have my $11.00 for a ticket.

Tina Fey Explains Her Mystery Buck Fifty

Tina Fey interview W/ Vanity Fair: She finally talks about her scar! Sorry, I wanted to know...

Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an interview with Fey and her husband Jeff Richmond inside, her distinctive facial scar is finally explained as a random childhood slashing.

From the NY Post, which got an early look at the article:
...she and hubby Jeff Richmond note she's never talked publicly about a mystery slashing incident, which happened when she was 5.



"It was in, like, the front yard of her house, and some body just came up, and she just thought somebody marked her with a pen," Richmond says.

The "30 Rock" star has refused to discuss the scar. "It's impossible to talk about it without somehow seemingly exploiting it," she says.


The AP has more on Fey's scar from VF:
Says Richmond: "That scar was fascinating to me. This is somebody who, no matter what it was, has gone through something. And I think it really informs the way she thinks about her life."



Fey says talking about the attack would seem like exploiting it.

Says Fey: "It's really almost like I'm able to forget about it, until I was on-camera, and it became a thing of `Oh, I guess we should use this side' or whatever. Everybody's got a better side."

She also talks about her parents:
"I grew up in a family of Republicans. And when I was 18 and registering to vote, my mom's only instruction was 'You just go in and pull the big Republican lever.' That's my welcome to adulthood. She's like, 'No, don't even read it. Just pull the Republican lever."' (Fey made a call to arrange for Richmond's excited Republican parents and sister to meet Palin at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania.)
- Huffington Post

Energy Drinks Gone Wild!

Two new energy drinks have just hit the market and I know your nasty self can't wait to taste them. What is wrong with you anyway?

Booty Sweat is an interesting case of reverse product placement for the upcoming Ben Stiller flick, Tropic Thunder. The actors drink it throughout the film, and it's now being sold to the public, so you too can drink Booty Sweat. As if you don't already.

What is it?
a delicious and bump up struttin’ energy drink that will pump up a brotha’s ass right-pronto. This swill will crank yo’ metabolism up skippin’ right over jiggy to straight G-pimp level, word to your mutha. Brothas will be layin’ down the 2-3 on the wiggy jig focusing the energy flow into cold-face benjamins that will fill yo’ pimp pockets to burstin’. Damn straight! Booty Sweat will keep a brotha pitchin’ straight game all night to the baby-dolls.” (via AdAge)

On the other hand, the makers of Pussy Drink are merely going for shock value.
Pussy is a 100% natural drink. No nasty chemicals and nothing manufactured. It is made for people looking for a natural alternative.
The name Pussy shocks and demands attention - that's the point. Inhibition is a recipe for mediocrity. This is a premium energy drink named with confidence.
Pussy believes in natural energy - because it's better for you.

Don't hurt yourself rushing to the store, let me know how it goes...

Could you lay in bed for 3 months STRAIGHT for $10/hour?

$17,000? And it's really 4 months of allowing your body to deteriorate? Not worth it!
But what if you were really, really, broke? Maybe? Read on..

It may not sound like much of a job — three consecutive months in bed — but NASA says the participants in its bed rest study are providing valuable information for the space program.

The test subjects are paid $10 per hour, or about $17,000 over the course of the study, which is carried out at the University of Texas, according to a report by MyFOXHouston.com. They spend three months lying down, and the preparation and rehabilitation take up another month.

MyFOXHouston.com reports that NASA's Flight Analog Research Unit is looking for ways to minimize the debilitating impact of zero gravity in space, which can cause reduction in muscle mass and bone density. One way to recreate those conditions on the ground is for test participants to lie down with head slightly tilted back for 90 days.

"It's very relaxing at times. This is probably the most I've sat still in 10 years," participant Heather Archuletta told MyFOXHouston.com.

They can shower, surf the Internet and watch DVDs, all while remaining in bed. Afterward, the rehabilitation phase is key to the study, because NASA tests ways of bringing their bodies back to normal.

"I just wanted to help out the space program keep astronauts more healthy so we can make it to Mars," said Archuletta, who updates an online blog from her test bed.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395181,00.html