09.10.09 "Clean up the house and... brown chicken, brown cow."

Yesterday I was reading an interview with Cindy Crawford in one of my wife’s magazines. She sure looks pretty amazing for a mom of two and has sure done well for herself since she ended her supermodel career and settled down with her hubby Rande. I told my wife that in the article Cindy mentioned that she and her husband go out on dates at least once a week. My wife and I now hate Cindy Crawford and her husband.

The other interesting article in this magazine was about the way married men can help their wives get into the mood. Apparently cleaning up the house when the wife isn’t there is a huge turn on. They called it “choreplay.”

For years there have been rumors that the French President Nicolas Sarkozy is really self-conscious about his height. Stuff like that he wears elevator shoes and uses step boxes behind podiums. But it’s all been rumor… until now. The other day he was speaking at a factory in France and part of it was a question and answer session with the press. A group of factory workers were chosen to stand behind him as part of a backdrop… and afterwards the workers chosen admitted that they were all chosen because they were short and they were needed to help make the French President look taller. Remember the last French leader who had a bunch of hang-ups about being short… Just be careful Sarkozy don’t pull a Napoleon…

The moose may be a majestic animal of the north woods to many but Canadian Eugene Nippard calls them land mines and wants their numbers limited. That's because moose are so huge they can mangle cars when the two come in contact on highways. So the Ontario man is lobbying provincial officials to allow hunters to kill more moose. His new campaign is called “Reduce the Moose.”

More than 20,000 people jammed Michigan Avenue for Oprah Winfrey's season kickoff party. And by people I mean maniacal, screaming women who would all like a free car.

Experts say couples should consider sleeping apart for the good of their health and relationship. Sleep specialist Dr. Neil Stanley told the British Science Festival how bed sharing can cause fights over snoring and blanket-hogging and robs precious sleep. One study found that, on average, couples suffered 50% more sleep disturbances if they shared a bed. Stanley, who sleeps separately from his wife, points out that historically we were never meant to share our beds. He said the modern tradition of the marital bed only began with the industrial revolution, when people moving to overcrowded towns and cities found themselves short of living space. Before the Victorian era it was not uncommon for married couples to sleep apart. In ancient Rome, the marital bed was a place for romance but not for sleeping. The doctor says, "It's about what makes you happy. If you've been sleeping together and you both sleep perfectly well, then don't change, but don't be afraid to do something different."

Ran across this list. It’s a list of signs that we are too lazy as a people. I bet if given the opportunity, we could add more examples. (By the way, all of these are true.)
1. Ballparks that now let fans order food by cell phone
2. Campbell's Soup at Hand, packaged in insulated sipping cups
3. Talking caller ID
4. The remote controlled den - lights, fireplace, fan, blinds, etc.
5. Pooper-scooper services