Archive for 2011

Texas model who hit propeller can walk, smile

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Lauren Scruggs modeling fashions for streetsofsparkle.com. (Courtesy streets of sparkle.com)

A Dallas-area model and fashion blogger walked unassisted Monday for the first time since being severely injured walking into the propeller of a small airplane Dec. 3.

Lauren Scruggs, 23, of Plano lost her left hand in the accident, plus suffered head, brain and shoulder injuries from the plane propeller. She’s in a Dallas hospital.

On Monday, Lauren’s family wrote in their CaringBridge blog that she also was able to eat some of her favorite foods:

Praise the Lord, Lauren’s pain is much more manageable today! Thank you so much for the prayers! She has been eating some of her favorite foods today, sweet potatoes and hard boiled eggs! Lauren was able to walk on her own today, such a miracle!

On Saturday, they wrote in the blog that she smiled:

Earlier in the week, we requested prayer for Lauren’s facial nerve, and it appears prayers have been answered! Lauren is able to smile and lift both eyebrows on her own, such a miracle! Please continue to pray for this recovery, as well as her left eye. Lauren’s sweet spirit continues to shine through every day, reminding us of the miracle that she is!

Video of toddler Taekwondo is the cutest thing you’ve ever seen

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Anyone who has kids knows that watching toddlers play sports is a parent’s favorite pastime.

Yes, the kids get exercise and learn a skill, or whatever, but even better is seeing those pint-sized balls of energy in over-sized uniforms fall all over themselves. Hilarious!

You really don’t have to be a parent to love toddlers fighting in Taekwondo though. I dare you not to laugh at the roundhouse kick. Not even this kid’s mother could stop herself.

Jennifer Aniston named sexiest woman of all time

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Aniston portrayed a sexually agressive dentist in her latest movie, Horrible Bosses.

MensHealth.com has announced Jennifer Aniston is the sexiest woman of all time. From the story:

Funny is sexy, and Jennifer Aniston is funny—she was invited to join Saturday Night Live before her big break with Friends. Her down-to-earth persona makes her seem attainable, and anyone who’s seen her in Office Space has to admit she makes even pieces of flair look good. She rarely plays the airhead, and she seldom overplays a role: she’s funny in a quiet, refreshingly human way. And her all-too-human love life off screen inspires sympathy that not even a string of bland romantic comedies can diminish. Other sex symbols drift toward one-dimensionality, becoming flat icons in the process, but throughout her career Aniston has remained sexy, funny, and unmistakably real.

The rankings put the 42-year-old actress ahead of other beauties such as Marilyn Monroe, Raquel Welch and Jane Fonda. The actress even beat out former love rival Angelina Jolie who came in at number 10 on the list.

The rankings are based on Men’s Health readers who voted for their favorite actresses.

Aniston herself told the website she thinks the sexiest woman of all time is a toss up between Brigitte Bardot and Gloria Steinem.
“But if I had to choose one, I’d say Gloria because, well, she’s the full package. That’s sexy,” she said.

If Siri could referee between husband and wife

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We’re not sure Siri could ever actually convey messages, but if she could, a fight between a husband and a wife might go a little something like this.

Injured model sees her face for the first time

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Lauren Scruggs, the Dallas-area model who was severely injured when she walked into an airplane propeller last weekend, has looked in a mirror for the first time since the accident, msnbc.com is reporting.

Lauren used a mirror to look at her face for the first time, her dad said. And her response showed promising signs that her old “spunk” was back.

“She looked and she said, ‘That’s not that bad,’” he told reporters. “So that was really encouraging. You know what, and she still has her beautiful smile.”

According to the Scruggs family’s blog, the 23-year-old patient is asking for brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes today, but hasn’t been able to eat them.  Thursday, she walked again Thursday and talked about her dreams:

She walked again this morning, a little further than yesterday. After resting this afternoon, she woke up much more herself than we have yet to see, talking and laughing. (Sister) Brittany asked her if she had any dreams, and she told her, “I had a dream about big, beautiful flowers! And I said, thank you Lord, for letting me see such beautiful things!” Such a sweet blessing!

Today Scruggs, who lost her left hand in the accident, will have no visitors per doctors’ orders. Maybe she’s had a little too much excitement.

Wednesday, her parents, Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs, reported their daughter walked for the first time since Saturday’s accident and said her left eye remains “non-responsive.”

Lauren Scruggs modeling fashions for streetsofsparkle.com. (Courtesy streets of sparkle)

Hidden pictures discovered in Mona Lisa

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One of the world’s most fiercely debated paintings just became even more mysterious. Artist Ron Piccirillo recently discovered “a secret that has been hiding for five hundred years” — three animal heads in the landscape of the Mona Lisa. Piccirillo claims to have figured out Leonardo da Vinci’s “secret vantage point” for viewing paintings, which revealed the ghost-like animal images.

See them for yourself. Here’s the original Mona Lisa:

The Mona Lisa

The original Mona Lisa

And here are the hidden pictures. Clockwise: An ape, a lion, and a buffalo.

Hidden pictures

Clockwise: An ape, a lion, and a buffalo. Photo: thehiddenhorsehead.com

Piccirillo explains more of the mysteries behind the Mona Lisa and expands on the evidence behind his theories in a recent post on his site, The Hidden Horse Head.

H/T Buzzfeed

MLB star crashes Maserati, allegedly spits at cops

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Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman James Looney was arrested in November after allegedly smashing his Maserati into three cars and later spit at a police offer, according to a report by TMZ.

Loney was arrested because he was believed to be under the influence of drugs after he swerved into one car and careened into two others.

Loney was “restless, unsteady, aggressive and irritable,” according to the report.

Loney was asked what day it was and he replied “7/15 and Saturday.” Well, it was Nov. 14 and a Monday.

When he was transported to a nearby hospital, he became “uncooperative.” When an officer attempted to give him a breathalyzer test, Looney, according to the report, bit off the mouthpiece and spit it back at the cop.

Cops say they obtained a blood sample to test drugs and alcohol, and it came back negative, actually.

Proud cheerleader mom ‘throws that swagger!’

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Little known fact about parenting teenagers: embarrassing the hell out of them is a lot of fun.

This woman, caught on tape cheering for her daughter at a Louisiana High School Athletic Association Cheer & Dance Competition in Lake Charles, is clearly very proud of her daughter.

We have no evidence that her child ‘threw that swagger,’ but the mother clearly has it. And it is thrown:

The person who posted the video calls it the best two minutes of the competition.

(And as an aside, the missing child mentioned at the end over loudspeaker was found.)