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Zachary Quinto in Orlando for Obama!!

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It's always impressive to me when people who have a certain amount of fame, who could spend their time globe-trotting or laying on exotic beaches use their notoriety instead to further a good cause: Zachary Quinto is one of them. Quinto ( being attentive to whatever I'm blathering about, left)  who played Spock in the latest  Star Trek  ( there's another one on the way , by the way, with Benedict Cumberbatch no less!),  Syler in Heros, and Peter Sullivan in Margin Call . He came to campaign for President Obama at a Meet-and-Greet hosted by Orlando Democratic activist Doug Head. It was an amazing invite to get just when the summer doldrums had hit O-Town - it's too hot to do any serious breathing outdoors and sensible people are in heat hibernation  - and suddenly I get the message to oh-by-the-way, come meet the gorgeous, famous, Star Trek actor? My karma must be better than I think.  Quinto came out last year, a move spurred by the tragic suicide of 

10 Amazing Discoveries: Brilliant gorillas, bug-killing paint and why you should eat more cheese!

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You want to click HERE for 10 Mind-Blowing Discoveries this week including.... How amazing squid sex is.....and ....free astrobiology class from the University of Edinburgh through Coursera....AND.... how awesome things (truly awesome ones) can slow down time and... ...how gorillas learned to dismantle snares set by poachers... ...a jellyfish bioengineered from silicone and rat heart tissue AND.... ...insecticidal paint AND.... ....the heat shield that might help humans explore Mars...AND... how raindrops make spiders look cute... and....brain cells that might show the origin of human consciousness... AND Behold: the power of cheese! Cheese might....just might...lower yoru chances of getting type 2 diabetes. Anyway, if you enjoy the column please like it on Facebook and share it and/or this blog with your friends. Cheers!!

What's Hot in CF

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This week's What's Hot in Central Florida on 90.7 FM WMFE is about international relations, including tonight's Olympic Opening Ceremonies which you can watch with actual Olympic athletes at Disney's Swan & Dolphin resort  and Hossam and Serena Ramzy, internationally renown husband and wife performers - he drums, she dances - at the Festival on the Nile . See you out there!

What's Hot in CF: Mascot games, Hedwig & the Angry Inch and opera on the big screen at Enzian

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Orlando is especially famous for one singular character - Casey Anthony. George Zimmerman.    Mickey Mouse. But there are tons of other characters to enjoy especially this weekend with the Celebrity Mascot Games , Opera on the Big Screen: La Boheme at Enzian , and Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Josh Eads-Brown and Janine Kline at the Footlights Theater . Listen in for the skinny on What's Hot in Central Florida on WMFE 90.7 FM at 4:32 PM today or click the link to hear the podcast. And then get out there and check 'em out!! See you out there!

What's Hot in CF: Belly dancers, princesses and roller derby queens!

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All Things Girl, that's What's Hot in Central Florida this week! Well, CF girls are always hot but they are showcased in lots of lovely ways this week including in Blood on the Veil, Carol Hemming Tandava's unique belly dance show which intersperses dance with comic and serious monologs about the experience and history of the dance. Then there's Cinderella at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater , a comic and interactive version for ages 4 and up and finally the rock 'em sock 'em Psycho City Derby Girls are having a fund raiser for breast cancer at AMF Casselberry Lanes this Sunday. Check it all out here at What's Hot in Central Florida on WMFE 90.7 FM at 4:32 pm today or on this link RIGHT NOW! Cheers!

A squid inseminates a woman's mouth and...hey! Where ya goin'?

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Last week was pretty exhausting but we DID it!!! Actually YOU did it....my "Ten Mind-Blowing Discoveries" column got to number 5 in the most-read list on Alternet so I feel safe for a little while (as safe as I ever feel).... ....and I feel even safer because it's highly unlikely that I'm ever going to eat any par-boiled squid in my life and that is exactly what kicks off the column this week, one of the most sickening and riveting things I've ever read about a squid inseminating a woman's mouth....and how that could happen...followed by..... ....a new breakthrough in birth control for men - a gel you put on like lotion that deactivates sperm....and.... ....79 new species of shark are discovered but their numbers are still in danger..... .....a study revealing that dieters who ate dessert with breakfast did MUCH better on their diets than those who didn't..... ....how you can improve your memory for certain things in