What I’m Doing – Guinness Book World Record!

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

This morning on Regis & Kelly, I was one of 380 bodies that helped break the Guinness Book of World Record for Largest Human Mattress Dominoes. It was fun (I was behind Kelly Ripa, who was the first to fall, and next to Anderson Cooper, the last to fall.) Thanks to my friend producer David Mullen for inviting me. It was my first foray into the world that is Guinness Book of World Records. It was the book in childhood that I asked for every Christmas. Now that I’m officially a record holder, I can give up my long held consideration to grow out my fingernails to outdo Lee Redmond, whose nails measure a combined 24 feet 7.8 inches. She hasn’t cut her nails since 1979.

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Garage Sales – Treasure filled weekend

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

I’m finding that in this economy people are continuing to clean out their houses looking for valuable things they can drag to the lawn and sell! If you’re in the northeast, don’t miss this weekend’s Stormville Airport’s Ultimate Yard Sale and the first weekend in October you’ve got to go to the World’s Largest Garage Sale in Warrensburg, New York. You won’t believe the treasures. If seeing is believing, here’s a clip of me on the Today Show proving it. Get out this fall and find some treasure! You’ll spend the least…and have the most fun. That’s a promise.

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Dinner Party Talk – For your weekend

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Oprah’s Long Goodbye. The Big O has begun her swan song. In honor, go Oprah-fy yourself!
The VMAs (that’s Video Music Awards if you’re over 30) were suddenly popular this year. Lady Gaga made the political statement of the night by asking gay soldiers to escort her on the white carpet: Take that Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell!
Rafael Nadal won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam. But the Open didn’t seem to get quite as much attention this year as the World Cup. Maybe they need to allow the Vuvuzela.
Peer pressure! 85 percent of American adults now wash their hands in public restaurants—the highest number since studies began in 1996.
Catwalk alert. What kind of Schadenfreude society are we when the first model that falls in Fashion Week makes headlines? And then someone boasts: “No, we had the first faller!” and posts a video to prove it. I once fell off the runway during a Seventeen Magazine show. Landed in a Southern lady’s mint julep. Enjoy that Schadenfreuders!
Now, eat your dinner!

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Pop Culture Pop-Up – YouTube Time Machine

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Finally, time travel made possible, not by NASA, but by YouTube. With YouTube Time Machine (genius, right? Why did I not think of this?) you pick a year from 1860 to 2010, and are treated to a variety of utterly random videos from that year. Clips from the musical Annie in 1982? Saw it. Mickey D’s commercial from ’86? Watched it. Sandlot trailer from 1993? Loved it. Oh, for the days when Mark Walhberg was still Marky Mark.

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Gossip! – Smell Like Gaga

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Coty Beauty, a French perfume house that has created perfume lines for celebrities like JLo, Faith Hill and Beyonce, just announced a new celeb scent to be released in 2012. L’eau de Gaga. Reports say that it will smell “very unusual” and seeing Lady Gaga’s, ah, unique tastes, I’m not surprised. I love me some Gaga, but the big question is, do I want to smell like her?

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Pop Culture Pop-Up – Jersey Shore Cats

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

You can't get much cuter than a cat. In a jacket.

Somebody has finally found a way to make Jersey Shore watchable. By replacing all the characters with CATS! Everything is cuter, including a rude, overtanned girl from Staten Island, when cats are involved. And to keep your Tuesday extra-catty, here’s an adorable cat video. I sincerely hope that cat is declawed! Woe to the iPad who meets a cat with claws…

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Travel – Packing it up

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

If you’ve flown lately, you know it’s annoying. There was an elderly woman in front of me at security recently who hadn’t flown since 1962. Militant TSA personnel had her shaking in her support hose. They seized a small can of Aquanet from her bag and scolded: “Can’t you read?! No aerosols!” I kept my mouth shut for fear of federal offense. But I have become better at packing. Who wants to pay $25 a bag? I judged a beauty pageant once where a girl’s talent was packing a suitcase. She didn’t win. But this guy does.

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Pet Fun – Smallest and Largest Dogs Meet

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

It's like a game. Can you find the tiny dog?

When the world’s smallest dog met the world’s biggest dog yesterday in Central Park, there was a whole lot of adorable going on. Giant George the Great Dane is so large, his owners have to keep him from walking near their one-year-old daughter. On the other hand, Boo-Boo the Chihuahua is less than four inches tall. The tiny pup is 1.5 lbs., smaller than a slice of New York pizza. Says Giant George’s owner, “George is really smart, but I think that it even took him a few minutes to figure out that Boo-Boo was a real dog.”

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American icons – Oprah

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

Today, Oprah dances out with John Travolta to begin her show’s last and final year. Though she’ll continue making life-inspiring television at her OWN network (launching in early 2011), it’s the O Show’s last hurrah. During her years on TV, Oprah has been our psychological guinea pig, a living canvas, and America’s life coach. In honor of Oprah’s 25th and final season, why don’t you go Oprahfy yourself? I did. Barack Obama did!

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Life 101 – Keeping house

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Bruce Littlefield

In Edgewater Farm‘s mailbag this week was the uber envelope known as Val-Pak. No wonder the housing market frightens some people! Each coupon was a ticket to trouble. “Need new roof?” “Got mold?” “Breathing problems?” “Bathroom embarrassing?” “New siding!” “How old is your fuel tank?” “We’ve got your dumpster. We haul anything.” “Carpets steam cleaned.” “Window and door replacement.” “Custom cabinet refacing.” “Bedbugs biting?” Well, “Isn’t it time you had the beautiful kitchen you deserve?” Um, I think I’ll just pitch a tent. Oh, wait, this weekend there was a bear in the backyard.

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