What started as a fun blog to go alongside my radio job, turned into a personal journey that needed a home. Welcome inside my head ;)
We all now that the Swiss are mad for cheese, but this might be talking their passion for dairy a tad too far! Rivella sits alongside Coke in the grocery stores. It looks like a normal soft drink BUT look closely at the ingredients... cheese byproduct! WHAT?? Yep -- Rivella contains whey (the... Continue Reading →
Investigating the society that created Hitler, "Hitler and the Germans" is a new exhibition in Berlin's German Historical Museum. It only opened on Friday and has already seen more than 10,000 visitors walk through its doors!! I've waited in line to see the Anne Frank Museum, so I understand the interest of historical memoribilia, but on... Continue Reading →
I'm surprised no one thought of this before... It took 3 months for artist Mike Lahue to make a bust of Kevin Bacon out of -- you guessed it -- bacon!! The sculpture was auctioned off on EBay to support Ashley's team -- a charity that provides help to families of kids with cancer.... Continue Reading →
What a great invention! Because they are not mandatory for adults and, let's face it, not fashionable -- many won't wear a helmet while cycling... Soon enough, you might not have to! A new airbag designed for cyclists has been developed with the aim of preventing head injuries in accidents. How cool is that?!... Continue Reading →
I always joked that since I never had one as I kid, I wanted to celebrate one of my milestone adult birthdays at McDonald's! Well, it looks like instead, I could celebrate my wedding! Fast food giant McDonald's is finding a new role for itself in Hong Kong -- as a wedding planner! No joke! "McWeddings"... Continue Reading →
I went to the same school as an actual Saint!! Well, I'll admit that he was there way before my time (a good 80 years before me), yet I went to the same school as a Saint! Brother Andre, canonized by the Pope in Rome today is only the 9th Saint in Canadian history. Here's... Continue Reading →
According to a survey, 4 out of 10 moms disregard dad's views during the process of selecting a name for new baby!! It also emerged that the average couple considers 12 different names before selecting their favorite, but 1 in 4 don't make their final decision until after the baby is born (and 1/3 of those will fail to do so... Continue Reading →
How you remember someone after they are gone is a worry for many so a nonprofit company in Singapore revealed a series of coffins that transform the traditional negative association of a funeral into a more positive outlook on death!! The Linen Foundation created Happy Coffins in order to make funerals less grim! There are currently... Continue Reading →
... she was a Sopranos extra!!! Lady Gaga's appearance on a 2001 episode of "The Sopranos" (season 3 ep. 9) has surfaced online, showing the world a 15-year-old Stefani Germanotta who didn't have to do much more than laugh! In her cameo role, Gaga and her gal-pals are trying to look sexy in cropped sweaters,... Continue Reading →
Sitting around a table with family at Thanksgiving can lead to many different topics of conversation! I discovered that one cannot see the Great Wall of China from space! I googled it and it's true... I was so excited about that fact when I walked on the Wall a couple years back, now my... Continue Reading →
In Kim’s Head 