Chubby guys needed

Calling all manatees, not the sea cows, but chubby men who love the Marlins, and like to dance and cheer them on. Auditions are Sunday for the all male Marlins cheerleading squad. It's 9 am to noon at Florida International University, 11310 SE 17 Street.

Coffee drinking hazard

Nearly everybody enjoys a morning cup of coffee, and most research finds that's okay. But for those of you who drink many cups a day, like more than seven, you could be putting yourself at risk of seeing things that aren't there. New research has found those with a high caffeine intake were three times more likely to hear voices, sense non-existent people or hallucinate than those with low intake. So that old "I see dead people" thing was really just too much caffeine? Details here.

Your office making you sick?

Research has found open office plans can make you sick. Sure no walls and lots of cubicles save about 20 percent on construction, but they also hurt the bottom line.
Studies found open office plans cause high levels of stress, conflict, high blood pressure and a high staff turnover, leading to the obvious, lower productivity.
You can read more about it here and then share it with your boss. Good luck.

Ring finger linked to money

If you have a long ring finger, you could be making more money. Well, research has found that stock traders with ring fingers longer than their index fingers made more money. It has to do with male hormones in the womb, making the finger longer and qualities of risk taking, confidence and aggression that come with the hormones. You can read more about it here. I just want to know which finger needs to be long to pick the winning Powerball!

Overeating gene?

When it comes to cookies, I could eat the whole jar, the whole box, the whole enchilada so to speak. And now comes word from researchers that there is a gene that could be responsible for that. The FTO gene. They tested kids and found those who ate more cookies after a meal had certain variations of the FTO gene, a gene linked to larger body size. Could it be? I could blame it all on my genes? Read more about it here.

Miami Spice returns

If you love to go out to dinner, but don't love the cost, you'll love Miami Spice. It returns today. 50 of Miami's top restaurants are offering three course lunch menus for as low as $23.00 and special dinner menus for $36.00. Miami Spice usually runs in the summer, but it's now being offered the winter too, from January 12th thru February 12th. Yum.