Born on 8/8/08 at 8:08 and Weighing 8 Pounds, 8 Ounces

Babies Hailey Jo Hauer and Xander Jace Riniker, both born at 8:08 a.m. on 8/8/08, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces, in neighboring states.

Xander, born at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the eighth grandchild for his mother's parents. And he's not the only one in his family with an unusual birthday: His 2-year-old brother, Kael, was born on 4/5/06.

Lindsey Hauer thought staff at Lake Region Hospital in Minnesota were joking when they told her the time of her daughter's birth. And then she got a call from the birthing suite noting Hailey's weight. Nurse Jenny Harstad joked that she tried to shrink the baby to 18 inches from her actual 19.5 inches.

Those are lucky babies!

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-ODD-Baby-Eights.html

Is Beyonce Pulling A Michael?

Cosmetics company L’Oreal has denied that it lightened Beyonce’s skin tone for an ad — after gossip-site tmz.com posted comparison pictures of Knowles promoting Feria looking noticably paler and lighter than usual. “We highly value our relationship with Ms. Knowles. It is categorically untrue that L’Oreal Paris altered Ms. Knowles’ features or skin tone in the campaign for Feria hair color,” the Paris-based company said in a statement to the Associated Press. Knowles’ representative declined further comment — but I think the comparison photos speak for themselves.

Did Hilary Get Fake Ones?

They are sitting a bit high and apart...

What Everyone Needs!

This Beer Belt costs $18 from Urban Outfitters and holds six cans or bottles. But I assume if you're buying this you'll be carrying bottles. And not just because they're classier (although they are), but to carry six cans, you just put your belt through a loop in one of those plastic 6-pack carriers that strangles birds. But whichever way you go, there's one thing for certain: you'll be looking damn good.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp;?itemdescription=true&itemCount=60&id=14242531&cm_mmc=Performics-_-Affiliates-_-Uncrate-_-d

Just In Case...

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Just in case you haven't seen it... Paris Hilton's "Presidential" ad. Admittedly kind of clever and dare I say it - clever.

Just What I Need...Another Reason To Lose My Current Camera

Was just on the Sony Style site... love the new DSC-T700 camera. Has all the usual features their latest Cyber-shot cameras have (large touch screen, internal memory, etc...). But this is actually going to be thinner than ever! Comes out in September, but be ready to shell out around $400.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665491098

Wake n' Bacon

Let me introduce you to the Wake n' Bacon. BRILLIANT for people on the Atkins Diet. The Wake n' Bacon is a collaborative alarm clock design by Matty Sallin, Daniel Bartolini and Hsiao-huh Hsu. It wakes you up with the delicious scent of bacon instead of beeping. How?

A frozen strip of bacon is placed in Wake n' Bacon the night before. Because there is a 10 minute cooking time, the clock is set to go off 10 minutes before the desired waking time. Once the alarm goes off, the clock it sends a signal to a small speaker to generate the alarm sound. Then that signal is re-routed by a microchip that in responds by sending a signal to a relay that throws the switch to power two halogen lamps that slow-cook the bacon in about 10 minutes.

Simple as that. No loud noises, no breaking your alarm, just delicious bacon. Now what you need to do is keep a mini-fridge by the bed so you can toss in another piece, hit snooze, and ten minutes later: more bacon.

http://www.mathlete.com/portfolio/wakeNbacon.php