tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67070931914262264132024-02-08T12:15:00.688-08:00Salty CaramelAn unexpectedly delicious combo that doesn't make you crySalty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-16744899259524180662010-12-27T21:13:00.001-08:002010-12-29T13:43:16.217-08:00Man Grapples with Appropriate Holiday GreetingsSPARTANBURG, S.C. – After jokingly offering his pescetarian secretary a bite of his Chick-fil-a spicy chicken sandwich, Jerry Maybell had to attend an HR-ordered sensitivity training session where he was schooled in the differences between octo-lacto vegetarians (no meat, fish, or seafood), pescetarians (no meat, but fish is okay) and fruitarians (only what falls from a plant).Chastened by the Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-9978479612640958642010-12-23T22:06:00.000-08:002010-12-25T01:00:51.522-08:00Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds Disappoint Tabloids with Classy Marriage, DivorceHollywood stars Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds made their split official Thursday as they filed for divorce a mere two years after their top-secret marriage in Canada two years ago. While the dissolution of their union has led some to cluck their tongues disapprovingly at short-lived "Hollywood marriages," their discreet handling of their relationship and lack sexting with a Vegas stripper Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-43546242582377286462010-07-01T23:42:00.000-07:002010-07-06T21:52:00.460-07:00Al Gore Admits Infidelity to RecyclingCOLUMBIA, S.C. – Former Vice President Al Gore has admitted to cheating on his carbon-offsetting lifestyle during a tempestuous months-long affair with wastefully packaged 100 calorie snacks, plastic bags and SUVs.The hasty admission came just hours before the National Enquirer was set to run a story detailing a Coca-Cola fueled night in which Gore rode in a Hummer through Georgia and South Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-80193649687307937242010-06-10T10:06:00.000-07:002010-06-16T00:22:20.401-07:00Massive Perfume Leak Spurs Accusations of Cheating, MetrosexualityThe biggest olfactory catastrophe in the history of South Carolina has struck the small fishing village of Murrells Inlet and is spreading rapidly despite efforts to contain the disaster site. Scents 4 Everyone, a perfume manufacturer, began leaking its “Carolina Breeze” fragrance three days ago, through undiscovered cracks in the 100 gallon vats used to combine the yellow jessamine flower Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-17342665787772174122010-05-07T23:39:00.000-07:002010-05-08T13:53:43.309-07:00Apple Moving Headquarters to DubaiConcerned by the recent outing of the fourth generation iPhone prototype on tech blog Gizmodo, secrecy obsessed Apple is moving its headquarters to Dubai. The Middle East emirate has long been known for its ultra luxe amenities, including an indoor snow resort and the world's largest man-made islands and the tallest building. But more recently, they were in the news for using their sophisticated Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-75436343602241454012010-05-05T00:40:00.000-07:002010-05-05T00:41:54.151-07:00Spanish Intern Tasked with Planning Cinco de Mayo CelebrationCOLUMBIA, S.C. – Carolina Pascal recently called her aunt in Barcelona to wish her a happy birthday. Little did 21-year-old intern for the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SCPRT) expect that her overheard "feliz cumpleaños" would lead to her planning the office's Cinco de Mayo celebrations.The agency's celebration of the Mexican holiday is a newly instituted practice, Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-64422103355190226942010-04-27T17:17:00.000-07:002010-04-29T20:26:33.102-07:00South Carolina to Bar New Yorkers, CaliforniansCOLUMBIA, S.C. – Following Arizona’s lead, South Carolina is expected to enact the nation’s toughest immigration laws to date, with New Yorkers and Californians to be officially declared persona non grata.Not only are residents of the Empire and Golden states prohibited from living in South Carolina, under the bill being considered by South Carolina’s legislature, they would not even be permittedSalty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-81579517731017185592010-03-22T14:28:00.000-07:002010-03-22T14:35:20.858-07:00Ninety-Nine Percent of Public Uglier than Facebook DoppelgangersA new study has determined that 95 percent of the Facebook doppelgangers are more attractive than the actual people who participated in "celebrity doppelganger week." In addition, 93 percent of the doppelgangers were younger and 95 percent were slimmer. The study was published in the Proceedings Of The Royal Society, Biological Sciences, the same journal that published the findings in 2007 Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-66568556221299460552010-03-11T10:31:00.000-08:002010-03-11T13:37:38.255-08:00Woman Suffers Olympics Commercials WithdrawalEmily Johnson's eyes welled up at the Winn Dixie this week when she pulled out her Visa credit card to pay for her sliced ham and Pringles potato chips. "Go World," she mouthed, choking back a sob. Johnson does not know any Vancouver Olympians, nor has she ever attended an Olympics. But 11 days after Canada defeated the U.S. men's hockey team, Johnson said she would give anything to have the Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-28970403133763934762010-03-01T22:07:00.001-08:002010-03-02T15:51:16.102-08:00Medal-less Russian Olympians Forced into ExileVANCOUVER -- Olympian Yuri Lysenko was looking forward to seeing his daughter, Ksenia, and having a big bowl of his wife's borscht, which he hoped would ease his disappointment over having missed out on a medal. But it turns out that the Russian's disappointment paled in comparison to that of Moscow's. When he showed up at the airport in Vancouver, Lysenko was informed that, by order of PresidentSalty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-44236365476542466352010-02-24T22:44:00.000-08:002010-02-25T02:50:45.033-08:00Canuck Avoids Depression Despite Men's Hockey LossVANCOUVER -- Harold Saber's father was a Mountie and his favorite band is The Tragically Hip. He has a maple leaf patch on his duffel and he can't understand why health care isn't a right even though he is considered a conservative. Despite his bona fide Canadian roots, Saber was seen whistling on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after the Canadian men's hockey team lost to the United States, 5-3 in Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-27473945206582961452010-02-22T19:00:00.000-08:002010-02-22T20:40:58.417-08:00Washed Up Former Queen Bee Born Too Soon for Reality TV CrazeAlegra Jones nee Morrison stole her older sister's boyfriend at age 13, had surgery for a "deviated septum" a year later and watched Beverly Hills, 90210 religiously. If she were 16 today instead of 36 she would probably be starring in her own reality television show. Instead, the UC Santa Cruz dropout lives in Newport Beach, Calif., and ferries her two daughters to figure skating lessons. Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-32539349433718552002010-02-18T13:09:00.000-08:002010-02-18T14:25:28.660-08:00Shaun White Training Four-by-Four, Animal Style for 2014VANCOUVER -- Shaun White's soaring performance in Wednesday's halfpipe competition yielded lots of gold: a medal for himself, along with a marketing bonanza for McDonalds. A minute after securing the gold medal, White took his victory run, capping it with an element sure to make the most hyped list of 2010, just after the iPad -- a Double McTwist 1260, involving 3 1/2 twists and two flips. The Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-79383038188198994352010-02-17T11:00:00.000-08:002010-03-22T12:39:00.730-07:00Google Buzz Reveals Man has Lame Social LifeNEW YORK -- Most of the buzz around Google's latest social networking innovation has involved concern over the publicizing of people's frequent contacts -- and resulting potential to reveal liaisons with mistresses or interviews with rival companies. But one man's worst fears were realized when Google Buzz revealed that the man's supposedly sizzling social life was a total fraud. According to hisSalty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-38275538937912976422010-02-16T14:40:00.000-08:002010-02-16T14:46:22.128-08:00Southwest Scuttles Plans to Charge Passengers by the PoundAn unfortunate mishap with a famous overweight director has caused Southwest Airlines to shelve plans to offer reduced prices to skinny passengers. The proposal, now in the dustbin of bad ideas along with New Coke, John Edwards' decision to allow Rielle Hunter to produce videos about his campaign and Napoleon's invasion of Russia, would have charged an extremely low base fare for the first 125 Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-50126228074832040782010-02-14T03:07:00.000-08:002010-02-15T20:31:03.747-08:00Canadians Ramp Up Aggression in Quest for Olympic GloryVANCOUVER -- Canada's "Own the Podium" initiative goes far beyond limiting access to training facilities, according to a handbook obtained exclusively by Salty Caramel.The guide, apparently passed out to Canadian athletes and coaches, contains instructions on how to behave and what to say (and not say). For example, athletes and officials are to refrain from saying "Eh," in the presence of Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-48742238631112423072010-02-06T16:37:00.000-08:002010-02-08T14:26:04.322-08:00Toyota Recalls NameBeset by bad publicity over faulty gas pedals in eight car models and tempermental brakes in the crown jewel 2010 model Prius, Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., announced Monday that he was recalling the name of the company. "Effective immediately, Toyota Motor Corp. will be referred to as TMW," Toyoda said. "We regret that the Toyota name has become sullied and with this step we hopeSalty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-36498832893475124932010-01-17T22:29:00.000-08:002010-02-02T16:19:45.058-08:00CNN Rushes Slim-Fitting T-Shirts to HaitiPORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Concerned that its anchors were running out of slim-fitting monochromatic T-shirts, CNN ordered a special delivery of the unofficial uniform to the earthquake plagued city Saturday. "Thank you, Banana Republic," Anderson Cooper was reported to have exclaimed, pumping his bicep, which was shrouded under a loose-fitting, long sleeved striped shirt. Cooper apparently only Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-16840332567426765392009-12-18T07:00:00.000-08:002009-12-18T03:24:52.018-08:00Democrats Strike Deal on Health Care ReformSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., triumphantly announced on Friday that Democrats had struck a deal with Republicans to provide universal health care coverage to “every single American, at zero additional cost to the taxpayers.” “The time to act is now,” Reid said. “We must seize the moment and enact meaningful reform that will prohibit insurance companies from denying coverage for Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-79730461476070226012009-12-14T18:23:00.000-08:002009-12-15T21:43:44.481-08:00Zhu Zhu Rescue Shelter CreatedSUMMERVILLE, S.C. – Zhu Zhu pet hamsters are the must-have present of the 2009 holiday season. They squeak, run through mazes and even ride skateboards without making a mess, making them darlings of kids and their parents.But Harriet Wortherby knows that a year from now will be a different story. She remembers the Tickle Me Elmo carnage of ‘97 — when just months after parents shelled out big Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-90594617676307953642009-12-13T10:17:00.000-08:002009-12-13T18:28:01.673-08:00Indianapolis Woman Covets Google PhoneINDIANAPOLIS -- All Linda Williams wants for Christmas is a Google Phone, but it's unlikely she'll get it. The much buzzed about phones were distributed to select Google employees last week but they are not expected to be sold to the public until 2010. The homemaker and mother of three boys said she began obsessing about the phone after a tech savvy college student, who works part time at the Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-19648354826093507712009-12-12T22:00:00.000-08:002009-12-13T18:18:52.034-08:00Polanski Trains for Ironman TriathlonGSTAAD, SWITZERLAND -- Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning director currently living in his Swiss chalet under house arrest, is undergoing a vigorous training regime in hopes of participating in an Ironman triathlon. The 78-year-old director has been forced to stay at his house as he awaits extradition to the United States. But Polanski's limited confines have not hindered his intense training Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-36714122231588032882009-12-08T02:11:00.000-08:002009-12-13T18:12:19.490-08:00Drowning Polar Bears Just 'Lazy Swimmers' Says PalinSarah Palin tacked sharply to the right Wednesday as she sought to cast doubt about the "junk science" relating to global warming and questioned the claim that polar bears are drowning due to a melting Artic ice shelf.Polar bears have become a symbol for some climate change activists as they seek to garner widespread support for a dramatic curbing of greenhouse emissions. Most notably, in "An Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-6899048291141374852009-10-18T17:53:00.000-07:002009-12-13T20:03:53.928-08:00Diminutive Starbucks Barista's Son Insists He's TallSEATTLE -- Alcee James, age six, practically grew up in Starbucks. His mother, Rose James, has been a barrista for the popular coffee chain for a decade, and Starbucks became the de facto child care center when her husband left them two years ago. Alcee has been adopted by the Starbucks regulars and he will often inform new Starbucks workers what drink they should start preparing as soon as they Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707093191426226413.post-547163712183233532009-10-07T23:30:00.000-07:002010-02-02T16:22:38.483-08:00Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom Struggle With Seven Day ItchLOS ANGELES -- Recently wedded reality television star Khloé Kardashian and Lakers basketball player Lamar Odom confessed Wednesday that they had struggled with the "seven day itch" but after intensive counseling had returned to wedded bliss.Kardashian and Odom married Sept. 27 after a whirlwind month-long courtship that made Tom Cruise's pre-engagement pursuit of Katie Holmes appear protracted. Salty Caramelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07097668223438677638noreply@blogger.com0