Chuck's Morning Bridge Blog

This lady explains the latest You Tube phenomenon... "Fashion Hauling" and even tries it for the first time.

She does a pretty good job, but I got a bigger kick out of the kids in the background!!

Barb and I were at the store the other day, and the nice lady offered me some Skippy Natural Peanut Butter... it was awesome, and only 2 bucks a jar! Then I looked at the ingredients:

Peanuts

Palm Oil

Salt

Sugar

This was some of the best peanut butter I've ever had, and it made me wonder... why didn't they just make it this way all along... rather than all the stuff in regular Peanut Butter:

Roasted Peanuts, Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (Cottonseed, Soybean and Rapeseed) to Prevent Separation, Salt.

As health concerns about sodium continue to rise, food manufacturers are scrambling to figure out how to reduce it -- without sacrificing taste.

CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY...AND THE SCIENCE!

The American Idol tour will kick off on July 1st in Michigan. The annual tour, which features the show's top ten finishers, will snake across North America all summer and conclude on September 14th in Pittsburgh.
The contestants participating are Didi Benami, Crystal Bowersox, Lee Dewyze, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Michael Lynche, Siobhan Magnus, Katie Stevens and Tim Urban.
July 2 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
August 29 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
September 4 - Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse

WHAT YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM SAYS ABOUT YOU!!

Vanilla lovers are bland, right??? Not so! Click above for a great article about what your favorite ice cream flavor reveals about you.

As I write this, I'm in the studio muching on Sunflower Seeds... love them, and believe that they (along with a small dose of Statins) have helped me get my cholesterol down from 235 to 189!

Here is a great article from Shine.com about the way to eat right on the job....

HOW TO EAT RIGHT ON THE JOB!

Benefit for Duluth Policeman Anton Mark
Friday, April 23, 2010 AT Roscoe's Pionneer Bar in Duluth
Anton Mark has been recently diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. Tickets are $10 and include cover and appetizers until they are gone. There will be raffles, and silent auctions, and possibly a live auction. All the money raised goes to help with medical costs.

The Blind Side is now out on DVD, and one person who is happy about that is
Five For Fighting's John Ondrasik. He contributed one of his latest singles,
"Chances," to the soundtrack and was thrilled to be involved in the Sandra
Bullock-flick about a rising football star.

Ondrasik tells us he hopes that there will be more films like The Blind Side in the years to come:

Here's a great article on keeping your kids safe from "Bully-cide"

ARE YOUR KIDS BEING BULLIED???

The Razzie Awards want Sandra Bullock to RETURN the Razzie that they gave her for "All About Steve" ... but it's not what you think:

Here's the link:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-sandra-bullock-asked-to-return-razzie-statue.html

Blogger Wonkette is giving the Speaker some flak over recent reports that Pelosi is supporting the biggest BAILOUT SCAM in history...the Radio Performance Tax. We'll watch to see how much MUSIC FIRST and their cronies contribute to her next campaign!

Here's the link to the story... and SHAME on Rep. Pelosi!!

http://www.rbr.com/radio/23471.html

From my pal Pete Petoniak this morning... A once-in-a-lifetime opporunity this morning, we may be able to see the space shuttle Discovery fly over the state this morning on its way to land in Florida. Shuttle can't land this pass... now the best chance for viewing will be 7:45 - 7:55am & we may even hear a sonic boom. Goes from West to SE. Here's a picture of the orbit.