How weird is this story getting.  Cnn is reporting that Anna Nicole Smith collapsed and died at the Hard Rock Hotel in Florida.  This comes months after her son died mysteriously after she gave birth to a child who’s father remains disputed.  I really don’t know what to make of the entire affair, I know she was still litigating to get more of the money due to her from the death of her billionaire ex-husband.  I guess since the new baby would be the only living heir to her money, she would get the fortune?  I don’t know.  If Howard K Stern is really the father of that child I would assume he had power of attorney over that money as well.

Its going to be interesting to see what the ultimate cause of death is.  You may remember that she was a spokesperson for Trim Spa a diet product advertised on television and in print.  The diet product business has always been a dicey area since many of the herbs used in these formulations are untested and have side-effects unknown.

One thing I could never figure out about the human body (amongst other things) is why do you feel groggy after too much sleep.  It doesn’t make sense, you have too little sleep you are tired, too much and you’re groggy.  What a cruel irony that too much of something that you need will make you feel worse.

I tried to do some research on this topic and I found some articles on the correlation between length of average nights sleep and early death.  Basically it said of the people they studied those the got on average greater than 8 hours of sleep a night lived much shorter lives. The study didn’t prove a causation between the two variables so I don’t think its fair to make that leap.  It makes me wonder if people start using more of these sleep aids chronically will this eventually lead to a nation of depressed people?

As a true sushi attacker I had to blog about the rumors of a new frozen sushi product. I read about this on Slashfood and I personally was shocked. I don’t know how they could possibly perfect the rice in order to allow it to freeze properly. My guess is they are going to bastardize the rice somehow sort of like Okami brand “sushi” where they rice is just a mushy mess; but It doesn’t dry out in the refrigerator. Another interesting part of the puzzle that is sure to make any Japanese trained Itame have an instant heartattack is that this product is being distributed by True World Foods.

Regardless, I will definately buy this when it comes out and give it a fair review.

Yahoo has an article entitled 4 Ways to Ruin Valentine’s Day — and How to Avoid Them. In this piece by a Men’s Health columnist, this male expert offers four key ways to improve a guy’s chances at scoring bonus points with his girlfriend on Valentine’s day. It might not be obvious from my name, but I’m a girl, so I’m filled with all of that illogical nature that SushiAttack rants about. So you can take my word when I say that this guy doesn’t know jack about how to impress a woman at all, and I pity whatever poor sap tries to “wow” his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.

Let’s start off with what this guy suggests men should do. 1) Instead of getting the girl a card, write her an *email* describing your top 10 reasons you love her. 2) Instead of roses, buy her orchids because they’re exotic, not cliche, and will last longer than roses. 3) Instead of going out to a restaurant for dinner, order take out foods. FINGER foods that require you to feed each other using your hands. 4) Instead of lacey lingerie, buy her comfortable cottom boy shorts and a tank top.

Okay, so now that he’s set up his suggestions, let me tell you why a girl would NEVER EVER EVER appreciate this approach:

• The most important thing a guy needs to remember about any type of special occassion is that thought and effort are paramount. A guy really needs to have some sort of tangible item to present to his girlfriend. An email won’t cut it. Cards are cheesy and have nothing really meaningful at all in them. But that’s why you write a message inside of the card. Take those top 10 reasons you love her and write it in the card. Or, if you don’t like cards, write it on stationary and leave it for her in front of her keyboard. An email is too convenient and lacks a certain amount of thought and effort. It’s like why 99% of women would never consider ever sending an evite in lieu of a paper invitation to their wedding. Electronic format lacks a level of specialness and it shows that you can’t even take the time to walk to a grocery or drug store. In this case, form is only slightly less important than substance.
• Next: Pay attention to what your girlfriend likes. If she’s the traditional type, roses are likely exactly what she likes and she’ll like them on Valentine’s day. If she’s mentioned that she doesn’t really like flowers b/c they die so quickly, maybe get her something else that she would prefer. A gift of something that she’s really been wanting is probably going to be more appreciated than a mere traditional token that she doesn’t really like anyhow. If she does like orchids, then go for them. If you don’t know if she likes flowers, err on the side of caution and get her some. It’s a rip off on Valentine’s day, but the thought and effort are always going to be appreciated. No guy ever really got slammed b/c he was thoughtful and got his girlfriend the traditional expensive sign of love. Only true bitches can voice that complaint. If she does, you’ll still win if you spin it as I said. If not with her, then in the publicity war if she complains to anyone else. They’ll just think that she’s selfish and you’re a sweet, thoughtful, romantic boyfriend.
• Think about the mood that really turns your girlfriend on. If she is a foodie, she’ll likely love to go out on Valentine’s day and try out some new restaurant. If she is more of a homebody and really hates crowds or is just really zonked from work and being out all the time, then ordering in is likely a good option. Just think about what types of foods she would want. Finger foods can be possibly arousing for desserts, but I doubt anyone is really into the idea of feeding each other the entire meal. I mean, in reality, nobody’s really jonsing on the idea of eating eggrolls and sushi that’s shoved in their face by their boyfriend. And please, if you’re going to handfeed each other, don’t try anything messy like buffalo wings or swedish meatballs. You’re just asking for more gross and sloppy than erotic there. BUT, something that every guy should consider is some sort of chocolate covered dessert to hand feed each other. A little bit of feeding each other is good. An entire meal is unnecessary. And dessert is the end, so you can still end up with some great intimacy to segue into more interesting activities.
• TRY to imagine what your girlfriend might think of the message you’re sending her with the gift. Okay, lacy lingerie is without a doubt really for the guy. Nobody can argue against that. But women do like to feel sexy and feel that their boyfriends still think that they’re sexy. Giving her boyshorts and a tank top instead of lingerie trades the sexiness for the dumpiness too much. A woman will think for at least a split second that there’s some sort of unpleasant negative connotation in such a gift.

Okay, so now that I’ve addressed this article’s suggestions, here are a few more tips on what to do for a girl’s special occassion.

• Try to take queues from your girlfriend. If she mentions that she wants something, write it down. Or, even better, Amazon now has a great feature called Gift Organizer. You can create separate entries for each person in your life and save various items for them as potential gifts. That way, if there’s no special occassion immediately approaching, you’ll have saved yourself some headache in the future.
• Learn from history. It gets said all the time, but take what you know from the past and adjust accordingly. Also, your girlfriend will likely hope/expect for the same amount of effort and thought that she put into your birthday or whatever last special occasion. If it was pretty laid back, you should at least try to meet that baseline. You will have the higher ground if you at least met the level of effort and thoughtfulness that she put into doing something for you.
• Remember that all girls are different. These suggestions are pretty true as a whole, but of course all girls are different with different levels of expectations. I’d say that I’m a pretty low maintenance girl. I don’t expect to have really expensive gifts or dinners liek some skankyass gold digger, and I’m pretty chill with my demands. Take these suggestions as the minimum. Your girlfriend may have higher expectations than me.

Anyhow, this post may prove SushiAttack right about the illogical nature of girls, but regardless, we’re here, and if you want to have a decent relationship with a girlfriend, you just have to accept the fact that your’e dealing with someone who’s not always the most logical person in the world.

I love it, Chris Matthews in the middle of a tirade against GW drops the F bomb that gets played live on MSNBC. You can see it here. I love that Imus woke out of his drug induced haze long enough to question whether or not the comment got bleep. Oops!

I’ll be honest, I’m not THE Japadamus(the owner of this site) but I like to also think of myself as someone able to make interesting observations about the future and present day.  Case in point, look to my post here, where I talked about how all women are insane.

Its been all over the news lately, so you are probably already familiar with the NASA astronaut story so I won’t bore you with the details.  Just let me beat my chest for a second, I was right!  Women are crazy, this story just proves my theory.  The only question is now, what is the solution?  No TJFKAK its not “deeznuts.”

CNN reported today that many of those faux fur coats being sold by places such as Macy’s and Burlington Coat factory are actually “real” fur coats  from an animal called the raccoon dog.  Dog fur coats?  That sounds pretty luxurious except when you at a look at these little suckers.  That begs the question, what is  the better animal to save?  The mink which is a glorified rat or the raccoon dog.  I’m voting for the raccoon dog because 1. Dogs are man’s best friend and unless you are Buffalo Bill  you probably aren’t looking to wear your best friend on your back.  2.  I don’t understand  how we got off the subject of using mink fur anyway.   I may be misguided but it seems  a little silly to worry about the mistreatment of rats.  When was the last time a rat came when you called him?

I was reading up on Raccoon Dogs on Wikipedia and it mentioned that Sean Jean and Rocawear were found to be using dog fur on some of their coats.  I thought their brand image was all about balling out, not just faking the funk with the neighborhood stray.  I guess it adds a little more meaning to the hip hop greeting “what’s up dog?!?”

I wouldn’t call myself someone that lives vicariously through others but as most people know, I’m pretty fiscally conservative (cheapskate.)  I guess because of my tendency to rarely buy nice things, when I know friends that have purchased something cool, I get really excited to see it.  This behavior leads me on a rollercoaster of emotions one of them being frustration if my friend hasn’t setup the new gadget yet.  Although they might have good reasons not invest the time in getting up and running, all I can think about is let me see this thing in action.  Especially if this is a purchase they’ve been planning a long time.  Maybe one day when I truely think I’m balling out I can relax and buy some stuff, until then, the message I have for my friends are: SETUP THAT SHIT ALREADY!

Anyway I’ll step off my soapbox now.