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Watch suspension bridge blow up in slow mo! Posted February 22, 2012 by Brandon Lake

This is SOOOO Cool! The Fort Steuben Bridge in Ohio was put to rest this past week by the Ohio DOT. At least it went out with a bang... haha get it

Want to lose weight, Get Smarter, and Live longer??? Just stop eating Posted February 21, 2012 by Brandon Lake

This is a weird way to lose weight!

Researchers at the National Institute for Aging found that if you FAST every other day, it's great for your heart, your brain, and your body.  On the days where you fast, you actually CAN eat a little . . . only between zero and 500 calories . . .

 

 That sounds awful.  BUT there's another twist.  In tests, the people who were fasting every other day could eat pretty much ANYTHING THEY WANTED on their eating days.  And they still lost weight.

 

 The scientists say this all comes down to insulin production.  After high-carb, high-sugar food, your body produces extra insulin.  That's bad for your heart, it causes weight gain, and actually reduces your brain function.

 

Idol vs X-Factor vs The Voice? Posted February 21, 2012 by Brandon Lake

I LOVE this idea!

SIMON COWELL recently proposed a "super final," where the winners of "American Idol", "The Voice" and "X Factor" would face-off to determine the best singer.

 Well, JAVIER COLON . . . the winner of the first season of "The Voice" . . . is interested.  He Tweeted, quote, "I respect the other winners a lot but if you want a battle, I'm IN!"

 In another Tweet directed at "Idol" producer NIGEL LYTHGOE, Javier added, quote, "As you know, Simon proposed an 'Idol' / 'X Factor' / 'Voice' face off.  Just letting you know that I'm down!  It's on you, sir."

 Nigel hasn't responded, but over the weekend he poked fun at the idea . . . saying, quote, "The problem is the 'Idol' winner will be a star by then."

If it were to happen it would be, The Voice's Javier Colon vs Idol's Scotty Mccreery vs X- Factor"s Melanie Amaro. My vote goes to Javier, But I think it would be close with Scotty Mccreery!

 

What do you think?

Our top 10 Presidents Ever! Posted February 20, 2012 by Brandon Lake

Since its presidents day I figured I would put this up. Our top 10 presidents of all time with a little twist of why I think they are there.

1. George Washington... Go figure the dude is on the $1 Bill

2. Abraham Lincoln... Duh he had a sweet Beard

3. Thomas Jefferson

4. Teddy Roosevelt... He made the teddy bear... wait thats not right...

5. John Adams

6. Harry Truman

7. Dwight Eisenhower

8. John F Kennedy

9. John Quincey Adams.... isnt he on here twice? Oh wait nevermind

10. Franklin D Roosevelt

Wild's Star Goalie shines on Hockey Day America Posted February 20, 2012 by Brandon Lake

Yesterday was a big day for Minnesota Hockey. It was Hockey day America and the feature game for the day was Our Minnesota Wild against the defending Stanley Cup Champs the Boston Bruins.

Our Star goalie Niklas Backstrom was amazing and had a 48 save shutout! This was the best one!

No More King Size Candy bars!! NOOOOO!!! Posted February 16, 2012 by Brandon Lake

This is my nightmare!!!!

Mars Inc., the candy giant that makes Snickers bars and M&M's, will stop selling products that have more than 250 calories per serving size as part of a new nutrition initiative, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.

That spells the end of the king-size Snickers bar, containing 510 calories -- though the company notes a serving size is only one-third of a bar. A regular-sized Snickers bar has 280 calories.

Women falls down steps on live tv! Posted February 16, 2012 by Brandon Lake

Reason #1 why you dont text and walk down steps. Watch the background of this newscast!

11 Year old's amazing hockey move! Posted February 15, 2012 by Brandon Lake

Check this out! Kid has some skills!

Minnesota Girl On Ellen!!!!! HILARIOUS!!!! Posted February 14, 2012 by Brandon Lake

This is Nicole from Eveleth MN. She made this video for the Ellen show... and made it!

This is hilarious and Nicole you have wayyyyyy more guts than me!

The Voice's Blake Shelton's Top 6 Inapporpriate Valentines Posted February 14, 2012 by Brandon Lake

HAHAHAHA!!! This is why I love blake Shelton!

Bruno Mars Flip out... kinda Posted February 13, 2012 by Brandon Lake

Is this real or fake???? My guess fake but still hilarious!

Not planking, not tebowing, not breading... But Bradying! Posted February 9, 2012 by Brandon Lake

Remember when I asked when these types of things would stop??? Apparently not anytime soon. That infamous picture of Tom Brady after losing the Superbowl sitting on the ground looking down wondering "How the heck did that happen?" has now became anoth internet senseation.... Check it out!



So of course.... I had to try it myself!

2 things. 1. Im pretty good at this whole "Bradying" thing. and 2. Look how annoyed my co worker is that Im doing this while shes trying to work LOL