Exploding Implants, Drinking Preggerz, and Goodbye French Job Comfort
The shock-and-awe editition... I just like to say that.
1. When taking your over-the-counter prescription cough and cold medications, make sure that your preferred drug does not contain phenylpropanolamine (PPA) as the FDA has been taking steps to remove PPA from all drug products since November 2000, which was probably precipitated by a Yale study showing risk of hemorrhages in woman. Men might be at risk as well, and overall risk seems to be low, though the FDA still has classified PPA as not "safe and effective." I don't know if this is good news for high school suburbanites or not.
2. Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson's space tourism company, wants celebrities to sign up for the flights with the regular rich folks (the two-and-a-half hour flight costs $200,000), but this could be problematic with just a minority of celebrities as yesterday it was also announced that breast implants on the flight was problematic. Company spokesman Will Whitehorn said, "They could well explode." Hmm...was that what happened to Vivaca A. Fox's? (UPI)
*Shudder*
3. Preggerz Gwenyth Paltrow shocked some fellow diners on Tuesday when she drank some Guinness. She was supposedly pissed at the unwanted stares as she was eating but she didn't drink out of anger but because some experts believe the high iron content from Guinness is good for expecting mums. Obviously. Gwennie is no drunkard! (Daily News)
4. The Smiths has been apparently offered more than $5 million dollars to reunite, as was the offer for last year's Coachella. Johnny Marr says that the group were offered twice as much to regroup at other venues, but Morrissey says, "Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." I might be a bigger fan of Cartman's "Whatever, I do what I want." It's just more versatile. (NME)
5. Reports on potential changes in French job laws are all over the papers, as current labor laws prevent employers from easily firing their employees. What caught my eye in the article was this:
1. When taking your over-the-counter prescription cough and cold medications, make sure that your preferred drug does not contain phenylpropanolamine (PPA) as the FDA has been taking steps to remove PPA from all drug products since November 2000, which was probably precipitated by a Yale study showing risk of hemorrhages in woman. Men might be at risk as well, and overall risk seems to be low, though the FDA still has classified PPA as not "safe and effective." I don't know if this is good news for high school suburbanites or not.
2. Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson's space tourism company, wants celebrities to sign up for the flights with the regular rich folks (the two-and-a-half hour flight costs $200,000), but this could be problematic with just a minority of celebrities as yesterday it was also announced that breast implants on the flight was problematic. Company spokesman Will Whitehorn said, "They could well explode." Hmm...was that what happened to Vivaca A. Fox's? (UPI)
*Shudder*4. The Smiths has been apparently offered more than $5 million dollars to reunite, as was the offer for last year's Coachella. Johnny Marr says that the group were offered twice as much to regroup at other venues, but Morrissey says, "Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." I might be a bigger fan of Cartman's "Whatever, I do what I want." It's just more versatile. (NME)
5. Reports on potential changes in French job laws are all over the papers, as current labor laws prevent employers from easily firing their employees. What caught my eye in the article was this:
Already, without a permanent job in France, it's nearly impossible to rent an apartment, buy a house or earn a bank loan. As a result, many French youth live with their parents throughout their 20s, drifting among unpaid internships, temporary jobs and the unemployment line.Sounds awfully familiar...
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