World Smile Day

Do and act of kindness and help one person smile. 

Maybe this little pooch will make you smile…day after day -

You can get an “up close and personal” look at Tia today at the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley, 3551 Bataan Memorial right off Highway 70 (take the Sonoma Ranch exit.)  She’s a Pug, about 5 years old, and she and her sister are up for adoption.  They’re looking for a good home.  Do you know of one?

Music History 101:  1969: 19-year-old Steven Demetre Georgiou released "I Love My Dog." It wasn’t a big hit, but five years he started doing pretty well under another name – but he would later change his name again to Yussuf Islam – Most people know him as Cat Stevens.

The 101 number one song of the day was written especially for one half of a famous duo and the writer brought the song to their producer. Problem is, the producer had just quit working with them out of frustration. Today’s song brought back the producer but the other half of the act was on the way out for good.  The producer was Snuff Garrett and he had helped the pair get back on the charts for the first time in several years but creative differences with the male member of the act brought the relationship to a premature air. Lyricist Mary Dean didn’t know that when she told Garrett that the female member of the duo was the only person who could do it justice. He agreed and started a process which would bring them back together. Meanwhile, it was the beginning of the end for her and her former partner – both professionally and personally. And that brings us to the song that reached number one this week of October 1973 for Cher – without Sonny (Half Breed)

the 101 Gold Nugget of Knowledge: A Chicago doctor said her invention, an “Emergency Bra” that can be quickly converted into a pair of gas masks, is now available for purchase online. Dr. Elena Bodnar, who won the Ig Nobel prize last year at Harvard University for her unusual but useful invention, said the emergency bra is available for $29.95 at ebbra.com. “Right now it’s available just in B and C cup sizes and just in what I call ‘original red,’” she said. “But in two months, we will be selling it in classic black and white as well.” Bodnar is currently working on a dress shirt for men that can be converted into an emergency gas mask.

Other stuff:

Chad Ochocinco has a new cereal out – for charity. Apparently you buy the breakfast cereal and a portion of the proceeds go to charity. But there’s also a phone number on the box you can call to make a donation. Except – there’s a little mix-up. The number on the box connects you to a phone sex line.

-Yeah – ask for ‘Charity’.

Congress has left Washington so its members can go home and campaign for next month’s election. Republicans are upset that they closed down the government without voting on extending the Bush tax cuts for next year. They say Congress is leaving millions of Americans in the lurch about planning for the future. But the good news – the Senate was able to pass one bill before leaving the city. They passed a law requiring TV stations and cable operators to adhere to standards on the audio volume of TV commercials. The commercials will not be allowed to run at a significantly higher volume than the shows.

- Forget the Tea Party…watch out for the TV Party!

Well, we’ve heard it all now. Our old friend, the now famous Times Square Naked Cowboy has announced his candidacy for U.S. president in the 2012 election. Calling himself “a testament to America’s promise of individual liberty” and “an American success story,” Robert Burck told TMZ he plans to run on a strong conservative platform of fiscal responsibility, anti-immigration, and limited government. “Obama’s going down,” Burck said. The Naked Cowboy put on some clothes and cut off his long locks before making his announcement. He wrapped up his statement with, “I’m going to blow your minds.”   We think he already has.  Here he is announcing for the Mayor of NYC job a few months ago.

Hope to see you Monday morning for the Coats for Kids kickoff in the Arroyo Plaza in front of Comet Cleaners between six and ten!