According to popular myth, Barbie was invented in the late 1950's, quickly becoming the best selling doll of all time. However, the theory that barbie just appeared out of thin air raises some interesting questions. By the time of her conception (if you can call it that) in the 1950's Barbie was already a full-figured teen (she even carried two of ( Read more... )

Jim Kleimann here, reporting from the Senior Olympics in sunny Florida.

Our coverage starts with the opening speech from Senior Olympic Chairman Arthur Itus.

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In the political realm of the justification of war in Iraq, there is no grey region. You either sternly advocate the war or are animately against it. Those opposing the war number in the millions, yet are represented by a rather uninspiring few. Here, with the help of photography, we can fully understand why protesters' opinions are not, nor should ( Read more... )

I was reading through CNN today when an article caught my attention.
High levels of anandamide were found in young men who ran or cycled at a moderate rate for about an hour, according to a study made public this week by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Irvine...The study's findings, which were recently ( Read more... )

After a week of no LJing I click on my friends page and am instantly bombarded with either "Happy Valentines Day <3" or "I h8 Valentines Day" in every single entry. However, I think a lot of you people missed something. It is in fact Valentines Day, but it is not the only V-Day on the calender. Because today is the celebration of love, there are ( Read more... )

Here at the Louise Woodworth School of Childcare

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Mary Ellis Bunim, co-creator of MTV's "Real World", died after a long bout with breast cancer.

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - With self-refilling bowls of soup and jumbo buckets of stale popcorn, professor Brian Wansink has identified one culprit for U.S. obesity: excessive food portions.Man, I wish I had thought of that. Glad to see my tax dollars are going to research projects such as this one ( Read more... )