Spin Cycle: Fashionable Felons and Pizza Delivery
Posted on: Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 09:00 CDT
Tulle and shackles
We were just reading about a Milan prison fashion show that showcased inmates' designs. Seems some Italian jails use the catwalk to teach female felons marketable skills. As one Milan city council member put it, "Who knows if one of them isn't the new Prada?"
Well, Miuccia Prada isn't serving 15 to life, so probably not.
But all this gives an idea. We hear the fall TV season isn't looking so hot. What if they combine those ubiquitous reality shows with a scripted crime show? Bravo could launch "Project Runway: Prison Break." Those would be some fierce auf wiedersehens.
Suri, Shiloh and Supernova
So exciting. NASA just announced that astronomers have discovered a baby supernova, the youngest stellar explosion ever spotted in the Milky Way galaxy. No word on where the baby's registered -- Posh Supernova, perhaps, or Galaxies R Us -- but we hear the youngster has been hanging out with Suri Cruise and other tiny celebs. Wonder how much People Magazine is shelling out for the baby pics, They paid $6 million for J Lo's babies' pics, after all, and those twins weren't even stars.
Extra large, hold the anchovies
That bulging waistline may not be your fault. According to researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, baby mice who were exposed to
tiny amounts of certain chemicals in utero were more likely to become obese later in life. Which chemicals? The already controversial Bisphenol A, which is found in plastic bottles and containers, and the stuff used in the grease-proof lining of microwave popcorn bags and pizza boxes. So it isn't the pizza or the butter-drenched snacks making you fat "... it's the box.
OK, may we just ask how those fetuses got the pizza in there? Because even Domino's speedy delivery folks may not be up to that challenge. Not in 30 minutes, anyway.
-- Jackie Burrell
Spin Cycle takes a quirky view of daily news. Send comments to jburrell@bayareanewsgroup.com.
Source: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.)
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