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Do Tell: Are You Enjoying the Simpler Life?
Layoffs, pay cuts, and stock market losses, oh my! It's a scary time for all, and though we left many bad times in 2008, we've still got a long way to go before we recover from these trying times. And since we're all undoubtedly money-conscious these days, many of us are going back to the basics.
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Front Page: Carrie Prejean Is Offered Millions For Sex Tapes
- Porn distributor Vivid Entertainment is offering Carrie Prejean millions of dollars to distribute her sex tapes. — Gawker
- Speaking to students in Shanghai, President Obama said it's better for society when everyone can use Twitter freely. — CNN
- The UK version of the marketing poster for Couples Retreat doesn't include the movie's black couple.
Front Page: Oprah Opens Up About Interview With Sarah Palin
- After wrapping up her interview with Sarah Palin, which will air next Monday, Oprah gave fans an idea of what to expect. — Twitter
- At least 4,000 swine flu deaths have been reported in the US. — MSNBC
- Balloon Boy's parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, are expected to plead guilty to criminal charges.
Uh Oh! Counterfeit Condom Factory Discovered in China
Condoms might top the list of things that should never be counterfeited. Unfortunately, there may be as many as one million ineffective knock-off condoms on the market in China right now.
Four people were arrested this week at a factory allegedly producing and selling condoms that provide little to no protection against disease or pregnancy.
Say What? Recession or No, Women Love Their Sex Toys!
"[Y]eah, money's tight. If people are going to spend their dollars, they want to know it's a good product. People are staying home more, so we've directed more marketing efforts toward cheap date nights — for the price of a movie and dinner, buy a vibrator, stay home and have fun."
Do Tell: Who Was Your Favorite Teen Heartthrob?
A heartthrob is defined as a man, typically a celebrity, whose good looks excite immature romantic feelings in women. Immature or not, almost every woman I know once crushed on a fresh-faced famous person with heavily-marketed sex appeal. In fact, some grown women currently lust for Edward Cullen Robert Pattinson.
Being Dumped: You May Want Him More — But Like Him Less
The Rolling Stones may have understood that you can't always get what you want — but it took a group of market researchers (who perhaps understand human desire better than Lacanian psychoanalysts?) to demonstrate that you don't always like what you want.
Although you may pine after and begin chasing someone who dumped you, a new study from the Stanford School of Business shows, you may not like him or her or lose interest once you get them back again.
“For many people, wanting and liking are two separate things that can become contradictory," according to researcher Baba Shiv, professor of marketing at SGSB.
A Doll of One's Own: Mattel Rolls Out New Black Barbies
Mattel has launched some new black Barbie dolls, and they're getting praised and dissed in equal measure. Grace, Kara, and Trichelle, created by Stacy McBride-Irby to give her daughter and other African-American girls dolls that resemble them, have been criticized by some for not being "black enough."
"I love the black Barbie.
Grab Bag: The Top 10 Things Guys Don't Get About Women
- The top 10 things men don't get about women. First on the list? Astrology.
iPhone App Helps Men Keep Score of Chicks They've Scored
Pepsi's Amp Up energy drink (another one?!) has created a free iPhone app that gives players "up-to-the-minute info, feeds, lines" so that they can talk to their favorite kinds of women — "24 in all."
Basically, men can either get tips before they score, or they can upload details of their hookups as a result of these indubitably useful apps after they score. Nice touch, Pepsi.
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