out of gas
daily dos
mon 7/7/2008

(image by borya via flickr)
- Organizations that help the elderly by delivering meals and providing transportation assistance are cutting back on their programs due to rising gas prices. They're also finding it harder to recruit volunteers. Nine out of 10 agencies said they are planning on cuts in 2009.
- A video of every single time a reality TV star has claimed: "I'm not here to make friends."
- Every day Amazon sells at least one album of mp3s for just a few dollars. Find out which ones by tracking this Twitter feed. (via Big Contrarian)
- Dr Himanshu Tyagi of West London Mental Health NHS Trust says kids "used to the quick pace of online social networking may soon find the real world boring and unstimulating." Psychologist Graham Jones disagrees: "In my experience, the people who tend to be most active on sites such as Facebook or Bebo are those who are most socially active anyway."
- Marisol Terrazas of Los Horóscopos de Durango was married to businessman René Cervantes this past weekend.
- Eva Mendes on being Latina in Hollywood: "I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent... What makes it frustrating is when a director or a studio head doesn't see me for the same part that they'll see, let's say, Drew Barrymore for."
- There's no need for spray paint with the Online Graffiti maker. (via Random Good Stuff)

