Father of Six Discovers He is Actually a Woman – tradeshow booth of life

When Steve Crecelius, a photographer from Denver, Colorado, who has a wife and six children, went to hospital for an ultrasound, he got unexpected news. The ultrasound results revealed that he has woman’s internal organs.

Steve, who now lives as a woman “Stevie,” says she is fortunate to have a wife and six children who are giving her support.  We at tradeshow booth also wish him/her well.

Stvie has male genitalia, but the ultrasound showed she also has internal female sex organs, a condition known as “intersex.”  She was very concerned about telling their six children but they are very supportive. Every one of them said, ‘We don’t care one way or the other. We love you for who you are and you’re still my dad.’” She was most worried about telling one of her sons who is a Marine. But her son said, “I don’t care dad; I love you for who you are.”  Read more…….

Digita lJournal

Very Odd Jobs to Make Some Money – Tradeshow booth of life

Getting paid to eat ice cream is probably like entering heaven’s buffet bar.  Some ice cream tasters help in inventing new ice cream, others may test up to 60 packages of ice cream a day.  Pay: $56,000 is the average salary for a food scientist.

If that job is too fattening, how about furniture tester  -  the ultimate dream job for the couch potato. Sitting, wiggling around and leaning back are all part of the job requirements.  Some furniture testers are asked to test up to 200 pieces of furniture a day.  Pay: $6 to $10 per hour – not much to us at the tradeshow booth of life.

Or how about getting paid to sleep, testing video games, collecting seashells in Kauai or another odd job.  Read more….

Deseret News

Woman Breaks in, Cleans House, Leaves Bill – Trade show Booth of life

An Ohio family was stunned to learn that someone broke into their home, not to steal anything, but to clean it. Not only was parts of their house tidied, but the intruder left a $75 cleaning bill.

Bull and Cow “Having Relations” Cause Traffic Jam – tradeshow booth of life

According to the Pennsylvania State Police, a cow and bull pair that stopped to “have relations”  in Western Pennsylvania, caused a traffic jam on Friday morning.

The Happiest Countries in the World – tradeshow booth of life

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s report on life satisfaction in the developed world, economic prosperity, health and a strong social support network continue to correspond highly with happiness.

> Life satisfaction score: 7.8http://www.tradeshowboothbuilder.com/wp-admin/edit.php
> Employment rate: 73% (6th highest)
> Self-reported good health: 71% (17th highest)
> Employees working long hours: 1.92% (4th lowest)
> Disposable income: $23,213 (15th lowest)
> Educational attainment: 76% (18th lowest)
> Life expectancy: 79.3 (11th lowest)

What other countries rank in the OECD’s top ten?  Read more…..

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Wines for Chicks – Tradeshow booth of life

In the past few years the wine world has finally discovered that women drinkers make up nearly 60 percent of U.S. wine consumer.

Which is why there are so many companies are starting up lines of wines for chicks. Most are targeting women 21 to 34, but their marketing efforts often treat this audience as if it had no more sophistication than a bevy of sorority sisters on spring break – Nice call from the tradeshow booth of life.

After blind tasting a few “chick” wines, Elin McCoy writes, “For the $10 to $15 that most of these cutsey bottling go for, drinkers seeking an emotional connection with what they swill in their glass could have real wine made by real people — think rieslings, proseccos, roses, Beaujolais, Argentinean torrontes and malbecs — you know, the kind of vino even guys like.”

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Business Week

Man tries to pay for meal with a bag of marijuana # trade show booth of life

On Saturday at about 2 a.m. a man ordered a meal of burger and fries worth $9.91 at Denny’s restaurant in Niagara Falls, N. Y.   After the meal, he offered the cashier $1 and a bag of weed in exchange.

When the cashier refused the deal, the man began hawking the pot around the restaurant, hoping to find a fellow stoner to sell it to.

The cashier promptly called the police and, at the sight of the police, the man fled into a nearby wooded area. An employee at the restaurant, who recognized the man as a resident in the neighborhood, gave his name and address to the police.

But the man was not at home when the police called.

Digital Journal

The Pope’s Butler is guilty claims the Vatican Police force – Tradeshow booth of life

According to the Vatican police force, the pope’s butler is responsible for the recent leaks of personal papal correspondence that  shed unwanted light on powerful struggles and alleged corruption within the Vatican.

The scandal that the Italian press has called VatiLeaks burst into the open on Friday with the arrest by Vatican gendarmes of a man, identified as Paolo Gabriele, the pope’s butler, who the Vatican said was in possession of confidential documents and is suspected of leaking private letters. Interesting stuff for the tradeshow booth of life.

The arrest follows the ouster of the president of the Vatican Bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, amid conflicts over how to bring the secretive institution in line with international banking standards and the publication of a sensational book that reveals clashes over the management at the Vatican bank and allegations of corruption and cronyism.

Not everyone believes Gabriele is guilty.  Paolo Rodari, a Vatican expert for the Italian daily Il Foglio writes, “His arrest seems more the Vatican’s desire to find a scapegoat.”

LA Times

The Vibrator created to relieve female patients with “hysteria” – tradeshow booth of life

The new movie “Hysteria” is about a Victorian-era doctor who invents an electric massager and uses it to bring about “paroxysms” of relief in female patients with “hysteria.” Surprising even to the Trade Show Booth of Life

While the movie is set in the 19th century, doctors’ “manual manipulation” as a treatment for female hysteria goes back as far as the second century. “That took too long so doctors started training midwives to do it.  Eventually, doctors turned to technology to speed up the laborious treatment.

British physician Joseph Mortimer Granville – who’s at the center of “Hysteria” — patented a battery-operated vibrator for treatment of muscle pain.

When was hysteria taken out of medical books?  Read more….

Salon

Get your Cheap Eats at the Local Strip Mall # tradeshow booth of life

According to Tyler Cowen, an economist who teaches at George Mason University, when it comes to getting the best value for the dining dollar, foodies should pass on nearly every restaurant located in hip urban neighborhoods. Instead, Cowen recommends heading to restaurants that share parking lots with dollar stores, supermarkets, and liquor stores. What we’re talking about is the scintillating dining destination known as the suburban strip mall.

Cowen’s reasoning is that, compared to restaurants in high-rent districts, strip mall eateries have low overhead, so they can keep menu prices down and experiment with foods and ingredients without constantly having to worry it won’t be able to pay the bills.

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Time