A few years ago right here in Florida during Spring Training for Major League Baseball, Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler died after having supposedly taken an ephedra supplement. This, coupled with the fact the chemical is a precursor in the methamphetamine manufacturing process lead the DEA to crack down on so called ephedra diet pills. However, if you look hard enough you may still find some.

It’s been a while since I’ve heard anything about celebrities in drug treatment centers. For a while, entertainment news was dominated by another star gone awry, ending up in rehab for pain pill addiction, cocaine dependency, alcoholism, anything under the rainbow. If there was a substance to abuse, it seems like some celebrity was doing it. However, we as a nation like to snicker at how badly celebrities are doing when in all reality they abuse drugs and substances no more than the regular population. I say, let’s get off their backs and find them help instead of making a public spectacle of them.

Wilford Brimley made a career out of being a decent supporting actor in feature films like The China Syndrome. His biggest era was in the early 70s before he made the switch over to television commercials, most famously for Quaker Oatmeal and Liberty Medical diabetes testing supplies. He also has a knack for pocket watches. Wilford has taken his signature watch and turned it into charity money for kids with diabetes. Every day he gets new pocket watches and puts the old ones up for auction, which regularly fetch anywhere from 50-200 dollars for juvenile diabetes research.

I own your basic Linksys wireless router to get on the laptop and video game console. I am not sure of the range, but just imagine the setups the rich and famous must have! In order to reach every corner of their houses, they would probably need multiple routers like I have or one very powerful one. I bet it’d be easy to mooch a signal in Orange County, but for some reason I don’t think anyone there needs to.

I am currently supporting a particular candidate for State House of Representatives. I met with him for lunch to discuss my position in his campaign. He told me the door was open for me to jump on board, as he was conducting a campaign on behalf of the little guys in the area. We then exited the restaurant and I followed him to his car. He had this Dodge. He said it was worth a lot of money, but he needed to do some work on it. On my own accord, I started looking for Dodge Charger accessories so he could campaign in style.