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The obesity epidemic in America doesn't stop at human beings. More than half of our dogs and cats are overweight too.
--A report by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention found that 55% of cats and 53% of dogs are overweight. That's 47 million overweight cats and 41 million dogs.
--One in four cats are classified as obese, and so are 21% of dogs. The reason is pretty obvious. We feed them too much and don't give them enough exercise.
--And a lot of pet owners aren't aware of the problem. 15% of cat owners and 22% of dog owners thought their pet was a normal weight . . . when it was really overweight. The study's author said, quote, "We've made fat pets the new normal."
--The extra weight causes a lot of the same problems in pets as it does in people. They can suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure, and arthritis. And it shortens their life by an average of more than two years.
If you can't fight the constant urge to check what's happening on Facebook or Twitter every waking moment of your miserable existence, you're not alone.
--Researchers at the University of Chicago found that it's harder to resist the urge to check Facebook, Twitter, and email on your cell phone than it is for smokers and drinkers to resist cigarettes and alcohol.
--The researchers gave BlackBerries to volunteers of all ages and told them to carry them throughout their normal day. Then they sent the volunteers messages at various points throughout the day asking if they had been tempted to check their Facebook, Twitter, or email messages in the last half hour.
--Volunteers said they had a desire to check their messages 75% of the time.
--Based on previous studies, smokers and drinkers did a better job at fighting off their urges than the volunteers did with social media. The only urges harder to resist were urges to sleep and have sex.
Earlier this month, ELTON JOHN'S husband DAVID FURNISH seemed to smooth things over with MADONNA . . . after he and Elton slammed her during the "Golden Globes". But yesterday, Elton added a little more fuel to the fire.
--In an interview on "Good Morning America", Elton was asked if he had any advice for Madonna regarding her halftime show at the Super Bowl this Sunday.
--And he did. He said, quote, "Make sure you lip-sync good."
--Elton has never done a Super Bowl halftime show, and he said he wouldn't because, quote, "I've never seen a decent one. Never ever." However, he later added, quote, "To be honest with you, I saw the [ROLLING] STONES and I saw PRINCE and I thought they were pretty good."
--Naturally, his biggest problem with the halftime show is the lip-synching, but he admitted it IS difficult to perform live at the Super Bowl.
--He said, quote, "I don't think you can. In all fairness to everyone who has done it before, I think you may be able to sing live, but it's really hard to play live."
(--The producers probably PREFER an artist to lip-sync. There's only a few moments to set that stage up . . . and if the artist is performing live, every piece of equipment must be set up perfectly in order for it to go off without a hitch.)
(--You can find video of Elton's interview at ABCnews.go.com. The part about Madonna begins at the 3:50 mark.)
(--Last month, GENE SIMMONS had a similar thing to say. He didn't think that the choice to have Madonna do the halftime show was "appropriate" because of the lip-synching. He thought they'd be better off with a, quote, "real band.")
(--For the record, we don't KNOW that Madonna is going to be lip-synching.)
--By the way, Elton was speaking from the set of his Pepsi Super Bowl commercial, which also features "X Factor" winner MELANIE AMARO.
--Elton also said he thinks it's hard for the winners of singing competition shows, because they're becoming famous BEFORE establishing a "live experience."
--He said, quote, "That's vital. To thrust them into the limelight on TV, and then they have to go learn their trade onstage . . . we did it the other way around.
--"It's still the same premise. If you want a career now, you have to play live, and you have to try and write your own songs."
--Speaking of Madonna and singing competition shows, Madonna's new album "MDNA" is coming out on March 26th . . . and a "preview" of her "Give Me All Your Luvin'" video will premiere on "American Idol" this Thursday. The full video will be out on Friday.
If you think you're pretty responsible when it comes to saving energy and being good to the environment, think again. Here are four ways you're destroying the planet on the daily basis without even realizing it.
#1.) By Keeping Your Electronics Plugged In. Most gadgets like computers, cable boxes, and DVD players don't actually turn off. They go into "sleep mode" and keep using energy.
--It's not much, but it adds up. According to one expert, the average household wastes about $200 a year on what they call "vampire energy."
#2.) By Taking Birth Control. The birth control pill works by flooding a woman's body with estrogen. The problem is there's always a surplus of it, which ends up in her urine, and eventually in the sewage system.
--That's all fine and good, until the estrogen makes it back into the waterways, where it gives male fish fertility problems . . . and sometimes even makes fish develop both male AND female sex traits.
--According to studies done all across the United States, it's happening in one-third of our rivers.
#3.) By Watering Your Lawn. Most people realize it's a waste of water, but don't know how MUCH: Combined, lawns in the U.S. take up about 50,000 square miles, which is three times the amount of space we use to grow corn.
--And according to the National Wildlife Federation, 50 to 70% of our drinkable water is used to keep grass green and flowers blooming.
#4.) By Using Extra-Soft Toilet Paper. It's actually worse for the planet than owning an SUV.
--The average American uses three times more toilet paper than people in most other countries. About 50 to 75% of the toilet paper we use comes from virgin forests. And only 2% of it is made from recycled wood.
Your eyes have done a horrible job at finding the right people to date. Your brain hasn't done much better. So maybe it's time to make the call to the bullpen and let your nose have a crack at it.
--Apparently, there's a small growing trend in dating called PHEROMONE PARTIES.
--Here's how it works: You wear a t-shirt to bed three nights in a row, without wearing deodorant. Then you bring the shirt to the party. People of the opposite sex get to smell each shirt and mark the ones they like.
--Just like in speed dating, after everyone's smelled everything, people who both liked each other's scents get matched up and exchange contact info.
--25-year-old Judith Prays came up with the idea for pheromone parties, and at the first one she did, 12 of the 40 people in attendance, quote, "hooked up" with someone . . . and three of those couples turned into real relationships.
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