HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2010!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to it! Welcome back to work and school! Looks like there will be loads of changes for yours truly for the New Year! Should be interesting!


Today's Brain Drain Question:






IT COULD BE WORSE ... THE BIGGEST LOSERS OF 2009

You might have had a crappy 2009, but it definitely could have been worse. Whenever you're down in the dumps about the utter worthlessness of your existence, consider what these guys are going through.
According to Gunaxin.com, here are the biggest losers of 2009:

1. Rod Blagojevich -- When the year started, he was the governor of Illinois. By the end, he was impeached for trying to sell Barack Obama's open senate seat.

2. Vince Offer -- You know him as the ShamWow guy and the SlapChop guy. He parlayed his undeserved fortune into slapping around a prostitute in Miami.

3. Howard K. Stern (Anna Nicole Smith's last boyfriend) -- Howard and two doctors were charged with conspiracy to prescribe controlled substances to an addict. In other words, they might have given Anna Nicole Smith the drugs that killed her. Oops.

4. Roman Polanski -- After about three decades of nobody caring, Polanski was again taken into custody for his 1977 crime of having sex with a 13-year-old. (Honorable mention: All the pathetic celebrities who came to the defense of an admitted child molester.)

6. Tiger Woods -- Maybe the loser of the decade? This guy lost BILLIONS for himself and his sponsors because he couldn't keep his pants on. That's billions. With a "B."

Source: Gunaxin (includes the list of 10 biggest losers of '09)




A NEW DECADE: How the World Has Changed In 10 Years

According to OnlineEducation.net, here are some ways the world has changed over the last decade:

There were 23 million marriages in America... and 12 million divorces.

Gas prices almost doubled, from an average of $1.29 per gallon to $2.52 per gallon.

1.12 million Americans died as a result of obesity.

The number of Internet users went from 350 million to 1.7 billion.

Cell phone use increased from one in 10 people in 1999 to two out of three in 2009.

8 billion songs have been puchased and downloaded.

Source: OnlineEducation.net




ON THE TUBE: Monday

Regis & Kelly (synd) -- Jake Pavelka (The Bachelor)
The View (ABC) -- The cast of All My Children (repeat)
Ellen DeGeneres (synd) -- Christian Slater (The Forgotten)
Jay Leno (NBC) -- Tim Allen (Toy Story 3)
David Letterman (CBS) -- Jenna Elfman (Accidentally on Purpose)
Conan O'Brien (NBC) -- Ethan Hawke (Daybreakers)
Jimmy Kimmel (ABC) -- Zach Braff (repeat)
Jimmy Fallon (NBC) -- Fred Willard (Youth in Revolt)
Craig Ferguson (CBS) -- Rosie Perez (repeat)
George Lopez (TBS) -- Larry David (repeat)
A-B-C brings back The Bachelor for a new season.
T-C-U and Boise State do battle in the Fiesta Bowl on FOX.


Have a great Monday
RC