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Cool Website

RedKid.net is a cool website with lots of stuff, including image generators - you pick a photo, type in some text, and a photo appears with your text on it.  Like so:

 
Isn't that just so cool?

Young Deer Bathes Kitty

The Surprising Reason That You Should WANT Gray Hair

From the Beauty Brains.com:

First we told you about a better way to get your gray hair dyed. Then we explained how stress causes gray hair. And most recently we we told you how to to get rid of gray hair forever.  Now  we’re blogging about why you should be HAPPY that you have gray hair. (Why all the posts about gray hair? Trust me, if you had to look at the Left Brain’s roots everyday you wouldn’t have to ask that question!) Anyway, the latest news is that gray hair may actually protect you from cancer!

Gray hair is good

Hair color is produced by cells called melanocytes which are in part controlled by stem cells. When the number of stem cells in hair follicles goes down, hair turns gray. Now researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan have discovered that radiation and chemicals that damage DNA can cause stem cells to permanently transform into melanocytes. Without the stem cells to produce more melanocytes, hair turns grey (Cell, vol 137, p 1088). Another researcher, David Fisher at Harvard Medical School, suggests this processes may help protect us from cancer, by preventing damaged stem cells from passing on mutated DNA.  “One likely beneficial effect is the removal of potentially dangerous cells that may contain pre-cancerous capabilities,” he says. So there you have it gals, it’s Gray Pride Day!

The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced on the Internet

...unless you're old or a loser or something.  Well, I guess I'm both, because I have only seen a few of these!

Youshouldhaveseenthis.com is Greg Rutter's Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced on the Internet. 

Can any of us forget the dancing baby?

Note:  I hated #1 - don't watch it.  You've been warned.

5 Words You Don't Want to Hear From Your Doctor's Office

We lost your pap test.
          
You mean I have to do it AGAIN?????

My head just about exploded with the cuteness of this...

Thanks to Cute Overload for this achingly cute picture.

Good News!

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of hearing all the negativity in the press.  Yes, the financial markets are having a very rough time, unemployment is higher, there is plenty of bad news out there.  But as I drive around my city, I do see crowded parking lots, both at restaurants and shopping malls.  Soapourri is having its best year ever.  There is still a lot to be thankful for.

Yesterday, I had a brainstorm and decided to make a Good News Soap.  It will be a super duper price.  Last night I made a whole bunch.

So for a few minutes, let's think of ONLY GOOD NEWS!  Please post - I'm dying to hear it!

I'll start.  The sun is shining today. 

Do you know what is in your spam folder?

Let me rephrase that - do you know what a spam folder is and do you know how to check it?  I used to live in blissful ignorance about my spam.  Now I have a pretty aggressive filter and I learn to check it FREQUENTLY.  'Cause a lot of good stuff ends up in there.  And I'm just saying - check yours because there might be something from ME in there!  For some reason, I must have SPAM instead of SOAP written on my forehead.  Wah.

BFF

...Best Friends Forever.

Segways are a Blast

A couple of weeks ago, my better half and I went up to Minneapolis to celebrate our anniversary.  We decided, with some trepidation, to take a Segway tour.  We are glad we did - it was such a blast!  It was a beautiful morning and the 3 hour tour took us around and over the Mississippi River, along with about 50 other people.  At first it is pretty scary, but you quickly get the hang of it and after awhile, you just want to go faster!  Here is the link to the tour group that we used. Everyone should try this at least once, although now that we have, I want a Segway for myself!  If you live in the Twin Cities or are planning to visit and would like our wrist bands, drop me a line and I'll mail it to you - you get $10 off your tour for each one.