Well, Bobby Brown, more famous for being Whitney Houston’s embattled ex husband than he is for his former music career, has taken the cake again with his new tell all book that is set to come out where he tells it like it is about his lifetime.  In one part of the book, which is cowritten by another author as well, he claims that the word on the street - whatever that means - is that he’s a very good lover and is very “well endowed”, which for any of you that don’t know what the means, means he has a large penis.  At least in his own mind.

Brown goes on to reveal, among other things reportedly, that he and Whitney had great chemistry in the bedroom and he’s good at sexuall pleasing women basically, and even supposedly is going to  name a major pop star whom he allegedly bedded.  Not sure if I believe this one, but hey, anything’s possible when you’re young and stupid, right? 

Bobby Brown has been made to look like the villain in the Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston divorce, and many think that he’s the reason the Whitney started doing hard core drugs, but he might refute that partly in his book as well so I’ve heard.  All I can say is that it seems like Whitney is doing a lot better without him, so that kind of helps along the theory that he was the reason for the couple’s admittedly “joing” downfall, but Whitney I’m sure was no angel either, and it takes two to tango.

I just love when men claim they’re great lovers and well endowed with large penises.  It makes you wonder why they have to say it out loud, if it’s true, men usually will keep that to themselves.  It just seems a little classier.  But then again, look who we’re dealing with.

When I first read the headline, and then also saw a sensational teaser on a local news station, I thought wow, a man has truly conceived?  This must be the most amazing thing in human history that’s recently happened.  A medical and anatomical impossibility, right?  Wrong.  What they didn’t disclose in the sensationalistic title of the news story was that the “man” was actually a former female who went through a sex change.

And, further, what makes this story even less interesting is that the former female “man” also didn’t undergo a full sex change, which means all of her female sexual parts were still intact so that she could still become pregnant, even if she were taking hormones, etc.  Not so exceptional a story anymore, huh? 

I have to rant a bit here.  I get really tired of the “news” making headlines that are sensationalistic so much so that they almost lie to the reader, to get them to read what is ultimately a really lame and boring story that is nothing less than un-extraordinary.  This news story I’m sure got clicked on a lot on all the news sites it was on, and also got watched a lot on the news shows that were clever enough to disguise the fact that it was in fact a former female that was pregnant and not a biologically born man, to get you to watch the story in hopes of seeing some new medical anomale.  No, it was really just a farce! 

In the pictures you see the man’s obviously “manly” belly protruding with what looks like an obvious pregnancy, so it does appear the pregnancy is real.  It does make you look twice at the pictures when you see a hairy belly with a protruding pregnant look to it, I have to admit, but that hope that its’ a new medical mystery is dashed as soon as you read further. 

Enough with the sensationalist headlines!  And while we’re at it, can we stop making celebirty’s lives newsworthy?  The obsession with celebrity is really disgusting these days, especially when you see it as the second headline down on major journalistic, supposedly respected news leaders like CNN and MSNBC.

Coming to a drugstore near you soon very likely will be a kit for around thirty bucks that can determine the paternity of a child by some simply saliva swabbing from the mother, the alleged baby daddy (like my pop culture reference there?) and the child.  Apparently someone decided there’s a market for this?  Honestly it’s kind of shocking to me how cheap the kit is, especially considering these types of tests are usually court ordered.  I mean, aren’t pregnancy tests a good starting point?

Well, the sales of this new product brought to market by a genomics firm have actually taken off quite well at Rite Aid stores where they are available so far, in California, Washington and Oregon.  But it’s not just the typical Jerry Springer types of situation you might be thinking of (I’ll admit, I’m guilty of that judgment too), but it’s also for families who have long speculated about the definite paternity of a child, even if they’re now an adult, and have had their curiousity satisfied as to who is going to be the father in their family tree. 

Of course the do it yourself paternity tests are not without their critics.  Some question the morality of finding out such a profound piece of information in such a cheap, simple way, and even might question the total accuracy of the testing.  Also, they say there is no FDA supervision on this type of test yet, so they are worried about the limited amount of consumer protection.  That’s of course not going to stop people from buying them out of simple curiousity though.

Also, I’m wondering how this would work if this were an estranged situation.  How would you get the saliva samples from all three people involved, the child, father and mother?  It seems a bit complicated, and I’m trying to picture situations where all three can happily sit together without any awkwardness, but apparently these types of situations are more plentiful than I realize. 

A natural diet aid called “Total Body Formula” and “Total Body Mega Formula” recently have been voluntarily recalled after several men and some women as well experienced effects that included severe hair loss after taking the diet formula which is in liquid form for a little more than a week.  All in all, there were 23 reports, and God knows how many more incidents since probably not everyone experiencing the hair loss, males and females both probably reported this scary side effect.

We all want to get a bit slimmer - guys want to get rid of their beer bellies and women want to shave down their thighs butts and bellies since the spring and summer seasons are fast approaching in many places, but this side effect of hair loss is obviously something that no one would want to put up with in order to shed a few extra pounds for the shorts and tank top season.

Other side effects that were reported when consumers used the peach and tangerine formulas of these diet aids were diarrhea, muscle cramping and joint pain and fatigue.  No word on why it’s just those certain flavors, and it wasn’t mentioned whether those were, in fact the only flavors available in this supplement or not. 

The FDA is thinking that the side effects are due to an abnormally high amount of selenium in the formula, which is a nutrient that is only needed by the human body to stay healthy in trace amounts, not in the amounts showing present in the diet aid.  The FDA is advising anyone who has the product to dispense of it in a trash receptacle outside of the home, and is also working at getting the products that result in the hair loss off of shelves in the hand full of states they are sold in. 

Hopefully the company along with the FDA can mitigate the risks still posed to consumers by taking action early on.  Kudos to the company for voluntarily recalling as well, it could have stayed on the shelf longer if they hadn’t taken immediate action. 

Just when you thought the world of politics was already submerged in enough sex scandal to last a few good years in the press, here comes another one!  In the wake o Elliot Spitzer’s downfall among allegations that he used an escort service several times that was geared toward high profile and rich men, his lieutenant governor has taken over for him. 

To avoid any investigations into his personal past, the new governor of New York has already come forth with his skeletons and proclaimed that he had an extramarital affair, and his wife did as well when they were going through a rough patch in their marriage.

Not only that, he has already gone so far as to disclose that he tried certain recreational drugs in his youth.  I for one think it’s smart of him to just come right out and spill it, instead of wasting the taxpayers money with big investigations.  And who cares about his past anyways? 

Well now, the Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, who has been dubbed the hip hop mayor of Detroit, and has gained quite a loyal following among the younger population, but also has been a dividing force, is being investigated for lying about an ongoing affair with his assistant.  Mr. Kilpatrick and his assistant are both married with children, although now his assistant (it sounds like) may be separated. 

The reason it is being pursued is because supposedly Mr. Kilpatrick lied about the affair, and committed perjury by doing so.  He is being pursued because it is said that he lied after intimate text messages between himself and his assistant were found. 

I’m not really sure why this has to do with public interest (I think you can see that I don’t care what politicians do in their spare time), but the prosecutor is saying that he created a mockery out of the justice system by lying and has wasted taxpayers money and trust, so he is being pursued.  He could serve many years if he is convicted.  What is this world coming to?