Music Choice FunFacts: James Blunt

If you have Time Warner Cable, chances are you've listened to their music channels, called Music Choice. One of the interesting things they do on Music Choice is provide trivia on the artists and songs as you listen to them. Here are the things they said about James Blunt whilst his song "1973" played on Adult Alternative (uncensored):

• James Blunt's album "Back to Bedlam" came out in 2004
• James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" reached #13 on Billbord's Hot 100 Chart in 2005
  
• The word blunt means to make less intense, dull, numb, or insensitive
• James Blunt is often seen in public enjoying cucumber sandwiches
• James Blunt has been known to sleep in excess of 17 hours per day
• "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt is hated by almost everyone
  
• Critics rank James Blunt alongside inexpensive FTD floral arrangements and Sweet'N Low
  
• James Blunt is described on his website as "tender" and "mealy-mouthed"
  
• Experts expect James Blunt to fade into obscurity sometime in late 2012

BlairLake in the News

From the May 20, 1999 issue of the Wall Street Journal.

Peanut Butter Items Recalled

Breaking news from Reuters:

The sole source of the U.S. salmonella outbreak involving contaminated peanut butter appears to be the Peanut Corp of America's Blakely, Georgia processing facility, federal officials said on Wednesday.

Here are items made with Peanut Corp's products (listed in order of popularity):

• Balk Brand Salted-in-the-Shell Peanuts
• Salma 'N' Ella's Peanut Butter Schnapps
• Emeril's Peanut Remoulade Sauce
• PowerUp Protein Giblets (Peanut Butter flavor)
• Omaha Steaks Nu Flavas Brand Fillets w/ Peanut Butter Cream Sauce
  
• Kirkland Brand Mini Nougat Hunks (2-gross pack)
• Obese Gourmet Ready-2-Eat Peanut Butter Waffles
  
• Guy Fieri's Nutrageous Ginger Blast (12 oz. size)
  
• Yoplait Nutty Molasses Hot Chocolate Smoothie Nibblers ToGo

If you have any of these items, the FDA suggests you should return them to the store.

George Bush's Note for Barack Obama

I just found this on Yahoo News:

Keeping a White House tradition, US President George W. Bush left a confidential note in the Oval Office for successor Barack Obama to wish him well as his historic presidency begins.

Here's a copy of the note: